A Comprehensive Method Book for Years Two, Three, and Beyond. Edited by Marguerite Wilder. Habits of a Successful Musician. Music Education. Method book. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9143).

SATB chorus, Piano Piano (SATB) - early intermediate

SKU: CR.984299

Composed by Brian Hanson. Choral. With music. Concordia Publishing House #984299. Published by Concordia Publishing House (CR.984299).

ISBN 9780758661807. 7 x 10.25 inches.

This familiar Christmas carol is given an ethereal setting by Brian L. Hanson. Supported by a gentle, lilting accompaniment, the strains of 'Still, Still, Still' interweave in both the accompaniment and choral parts. Soaring vocal lines, rich harmonies, and imaginative text painting point to the wonder and mystery of Christmas.

In the bleak midwinter,
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter,
Long ago.

Heaven cannot hold Him,
Nor earth sustain;
Hea v'n and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign;
In the bleak midwinter,
A stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Je sus Christ.

Still, still, still,
One can hear the falling snow.
For all is hushed, the world is sleeping,
Ho ly star its vigil keeping.
Sti ll, still, still,
One can hear the falling snow.

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man,
I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him—
W hat can I give Him?
Give my heart.

For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Swing. 320 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

SATB choir

SKU: ST.CN16P

Composed by Richard Bullen. ChoralNow. This PRINTED version is available to purchase as a regular sheet music title for delivery by post. Octavo. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #CN16P. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.CN16P).

ISBN 9790220224737.

As well as traditional genres, Richard Bullen's music embraces several contemporary ones including video and electronics, and shows a keen interest in location both in its formal possibilities and in its genius loci - its spirit of place. A five-minute stand-alone piece for SATB chorus, The Seven Arches was written for a site-specific project at the Dartington International Summer School: an invocation of the rich cultural and mythic past of the celebrated gardens. In poet Steve Willey's multi-layered text the remaining seven arches of the medieval courtyard become metaphors for this continuing presence. Bold arched melodies springing from resilient, purposeful chords likewise animate the music, a sonic tableau of the sites / sights and sounds of history. Click video tab for the premiere performance conducted by David Lardi with the Finchley Chamber Choir, and view the full text as presented in Willey's intriguing original visual conception of his poem about Dartington Hall.

By Various. For Ukulele. Ukulele. Softcover. 416 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Saxophone, Accordion, Double Bass

SKU: HL.14033723

Composed by Karsten Fundal. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 15 pages. Music Sales #KP01526. Published by Music Sales (HL.14033723).

ISBN 9788759891322. Danish.

Together Apart/Apart Together for Saxophone, Accordion and Double Bass was composed by Karsten Fundal in 2004. Written for and commissioned by Poing. Programme note: This piece is the 3rd in a row of pieces, which concentrates on a rhythmical relationship that continues to puzzle me. It is actually two relationships embedded. The 1st is a pattern that is very inspired by the composer Per Norgard, who in the beginning of the 90's got very preoccupied with the idea that you can have rhythms that never meet. This happens if you start a rhythm, like a quintuplet, on the beat and one, like a triplet, off beat. This can, with different rhythms, give very intricate interwoven patterns, that gives the illusion that they are not cyclic. In my case I use the two ratio five to seven, in the described way. This rythms have the strange property that if you take each 5th note of the seven and each 7 note of the five you get a ratio almost identical: 49:50. This is very intriguing, as you can use the possibility of letting them be equal or the possibility of letting them interfere. In the first case you get an interlocking rhythm which is smooth: an equal rhythmic pattern. In the second case you get a similar situation, but where one of them is one short after 50 of the other ones, which results in a disturbing almost equality, but not quite. Therefore the title: because when I use the unequal rhythm I put the two layers in a similar tone register, or a similar way of playing, and when I use the equal one I put them a part tone wise speaking. This is a very technical description, but it is very hard to put it in more wide terms, but you might compare it with driving in a train and looking at two fence rows behind each other: if the poles are placed exactly halfway between each other you will experience an illusion of a fast jump if there is enough distance between them, as a result of the perspective. If they are placed in a way that there are almost the same numbers of poles, like 49:50, you will experience a very complex pattern, which seems unpredictable. But of course when using it in music the whole thing is somewhat different, but even then it gives an idea of my preoccupation. What also intrigues me is that the relations are very hard to use in a musical way, and that is also quire a challenge.' Finally I have to say that I enjoyed very much writing for Poing, as these crazy guys are capable of doing almost anything you want in an nearly literal sense. - Karsten Fundal summer 2004.

Choir Secular Countertenor Solo - Children's Chorus - SATB choir- 2 piano - percussion

SKU: PE.EP72698A

Cantata for Solo Countertenor, Children's Chorus, Adult Mixed Chorus, Two Pianos and Percussion. Composed by Jonathan Dove. Choral Works (inc. Oratorios). Edition Peters. Book. 92 pages. Duration 00:25:00. Edition Peters #98-EP72698A. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP72698A).

ISBN 9790577010519. 210 x 297mm inches. English.

Commiss ioned by Making Music with funds from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Foundation

First performance: 12th March 2016, Waltham Singers, conducted by Andrew Fardell, King Edward's Grammar School, Chelmsford.

Mus ic runs through the story of Arion, which begins with a singing competition in Sicily. Arion wins the prize, and this puts his life in danger: his newfound wealth excites the Greed of the sailors who are supposed to be bringing him back to Corinth, and they threaten to kill him.  They allow Arion to sing one last song, and the power of his singing attracts dolphins to the ship.  At The End of his song, he jumps overboard, and one of the dolphins carries him to safety.  So Arion’s musical gift gets him into trouble, but it is also his salvation.  

The idea of being rescued by a music-loving dolphin is very appealing.  In Robert Graves’ account of the myth, the dolphin could not bear to be parted from Arion, and accompanied him back to court, where “it soon succumbed to a life of luxury.”  However, Herodotus says that, after his rescue and return to Corinth, Arion failed to return the dolphin to the sea, and it died there.  Apollo placed the dolphin among the stars, and next to it, Arion’s lyre, in recognition of his musical skill.  This is one of the mythical explanations of the origins of the constellations Delphinus and Lyra.

It seems natural to sing a story that has singing at its heart.  When I was asked by the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust to write a choral work for Making Music, something that would be within reach of many choirs, and involve children, this story struck me as ideal: the men of the chorus could be the bloodthirsty sailors, and the women could create an atmosphere of mystery for the arrival of the dolphins, represented by children’s voices.  There would be one solo voice: Arion, the marvellous singer.  Andrew Fardell, the conductor who was advisor to this commission, had suggested that I might use the same instrumentation as a popular arrangement of Orff’s Carmina Burana, a work that, as well as using children’s chorus, features a solo countertenor.  I thought the magical, otherworldly quality of this voice would help to convey the extraordinary effect Arion’s singing had on all who heard it. 

- Jonathan Dove

By Lori True. For Guitar. Sacred. Guitar Part. 4 pages. Published by GIA Publications

Composed by John Trotter. Featured Products, Wire bound. Method. Book/CD set. 282 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #610506E. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Chamber Music Violin, Viola, cello, Piano

SKU: PR.14440587S

Composed by Steven Stucky. Premiered by Opus One, Music from Angel Fire, NM. Contemporary. Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2012. 44 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40587S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440587S).

UPC: 680160616497. 9x12 inches.

As composer-in-residence at the Music from Angel Fire festival in New Mexico, Stucky was commissioned for a new chamber work, Rain Shadow, written for Opus One. For inspiration, Stucky looked to the incredible works of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Much of the piece underscores contrasts between the piano and the violin, viola, and cello, with the strings working largely as a unit, frequently intoning their unpredictable harmonies in homophonic rhythms... Rain Shadow is big on clarity, easy to follow, and attractive to the ear, even letting loose (near the end) a big ol' Romantic theme that wouldn't be out of place in a cinematic epic set in outer space. (James M. Keller, Listen Up, Santa Fe New Mexican).

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050312

Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. Softcover. 136 pages. Duration 2460 seconds. PraiseGathering #A08464. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050312).

UPC: 797242384196. 6.75x10.5x0.314 inches.

The angel's message was clear, a Savior had been born! And this, they said, is how we will know Him. We will find Him wrapped in cloths, lying in a manger. The Messiah born--in a manger! The coming King in a cattle stall!Yes, the truth of it resonated, tonight the commonplace would rest with the miraculous. A dimly lit stable housed an infant King, a helpless Baby with the lineage of a Lion.This King was like no other king to ever rule the earth.But the great mystery before us? What kind of King and how would this King come?

Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 192 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.260627).