By Shirley Murray. Sacred. Print Music Collection (Hymn Texts). Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Reproducible Score

SKU: HP.9171

Musicals for Youth. General Worship. Choral score. Hope Publishing Company #9171. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.9171).

UPC: 763628191719. Allen Pote.

A Musical for Young Voices - The Story of the Tower of Babel Leading to Pentecost In Genesis 11 and Acts 2 we read about two events where languages helped fulfill God's purpose. When the people of Babel built the tower, they were led by the human spirit and ended up in confusion, scattered over the earth, speaking different languages. At Pentecost, people from many nations, speaking different languages, were led by the Holy Spirit; and even in their diversity, they were united. This 35-minute musical for young voices (Unison w/opt. Two-Part) links together these Old Testament and New Testament stories with songs, humor and heart. The message is, if we follow the Great Commandments - ?loving God and loving our neighbors, no matter how different from us they are or what language they speak - we will surely be filled with the Holy Spirit. A score with piano accompaniment and a singers edition without the piano part are both included for the one price. You may make as many copies as you require for use by your choir. Separate audio MP3s and instrumental parts are available, and there is a video of the debut performance on the Hope YouTube channel.

Concert Band - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.46665S

Composed by Brian Beck. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Young Symphonic. Thanksgiving. Score. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-46665S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46665S).

UPC: 038081539546. English.

Inspired by Psalm 139, An Everlasting Spirit is a dedication to those who have always been there. Whether supportive parents, loving family, or dedicated friend---we all need each other and need to be there for each other.

Piano (Piano Solo)

SKU: HL.49047037

Piano Solo. Composed by Vijay Iyer. Piano Solo. Classical. Softcover. 11 pages. Duration 600 seconds. Schott Music #ED30416. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047037).

ISBN 9781705182024. UPC: 842819116998. 9.0x12.0x0.123 inches.

My father, Y. “Raghu” Raghunathan, came from India to the U.S. in 1963, followed soon after by my mother Sita. Dad enjoyed a substantial career as a pharmaceutical chemist, but he drew satisfaction from a simple life among family and friends, never allowing professional demands to overshadow his devotion to loved ones. Modest, compassionate, and ardently egalitarian, he was careful not to take anything too seriously, especially himself. He embraced his own ordinariness because it connected him to everyone else; it made him no better or worse than his neighbor, no more or less deserving of friendship or kindness than any of his fellow human beings. He showed us how to live with dignity, compassion, grace, and boundless love. His last piece of advice to me: “Go slow.” Several weeks after his passing, I happened upon a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, opus 87. I couldn’t understand why at the time, but the sixteenth prelude and fugue took hold of me and would not let go. I completely immersed myself in that piece for ten days, until it became a mystical conduit for something else: in this semi-trance state I produced a prelude and fugue of my own, in prayer (orison) and in praise (upastuti). It shadows Shostakovich’s form, but it somehow expresses my father’s unhurried, loving spirit. I’ve come to believe that he sent me this piece as a blessing. I hope you feel his presence in it as I do. Vijay Iyer.

SKU: HP.776

Composed by Rusty Edwards. This edition: Complete. Author Collections. Rusty Edwards Hymn Collection. General Worship, Sacred. Hymn Collection. 65 pages. Hope Publishing Company #776. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.776).

UPC: 763628107765.

This is a first published collection of hymns by Rusty Edwards. He not only authors texts, but is a talented composer as well. Many of his hymns have found their way into all of the major denominational hymnals.

SKU: GI.G-1095

Composed by James Jordan & The Same Stream. GIA ChoralWorks. Music Education. Choral score. GIA Publications #1095. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-1095).

The Universe works in strange ways. Recorded almost three years ago, none of us could have known that when this recording was released the world would have lived through a life-altering pandemic or a tumultuous upheaval in the cultural awareness that now surrounds us. The work that opens this recording—with the words of Quaker George Fox that end with, “So be faithful, and live in that which doth not think the time long”—provides a haunting premonition regarding the time in which we live, Quaker George Fox is strangely prophetic about these days and perhaps provides a future caution for us all. The music chosen for this recording is strangely and poignantly relevant, I believe, for each of us. “The Fruit of Silence” by Pēteris Vasks reminds us to visit those beliefs that are most sacred in the work by Cortlandt Matthews. A deeply personal Requiem by Peter Relph, in reflection, remembers the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the pandemic. And then there is Thomas LaVoy’s “O Great Beyond.” All great texts are timeless and speak to the universality of the human condition. Particularly, the George Fox text set by Jackson Hill and the Tagore text set by LaVoy give us messages to reinforce the humanness of each of us for hope. Two other works on this recording poignantly remind us of the passing of life, with the Relph Requiem and especially the final movement of “O Great Beyond.” May these words give comfort to all those who endured the deepest of Life’s losses during our shared pandemic journey. For so many loved ones, goodbyes were said in silence, and alone. It is our hope that all the music on this CD will show us a way for living as we move forward and also give loving comfort to those who have lost loved ones. Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way. —Rabindranath Tagore in The Gardener (1913).

(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs Spiral-Bound). Edited by Annie Patterson and Peter Blood. For Vocal. Vocal. Softcover. 304 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(253 of the finest praise and worship songs). Composed by Various. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). Sacred Folio. Gospel and Worship. Difficulty: medium. Songbook (spiral bound). Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics and chord names. 420 pages. Hal Leonard #080689006395. Published by Hal Leonard

For SATB. Modern Christian. Sacred. Hymnal (Looseleaf). Published by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.

(For C Instruments). By Various. For C Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 576 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Modern Christian. Sacred. Hymnal (Looseleaf). Published by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.