Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.419541

With He's Everything to Me. Composed by Ralph Carmichael. Arranged by John Purifoy. Daybreak Choral Series. General Worship. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 190 seconds. Published by Daybreak Music (HL.419541).

UPC: 196288060932. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches. I Peter 1:1-25, Philippians 3:8-9, Psalm 63:3.

This effective pairing of two mid-century classics provides more than just nostalgia: there is a substantive message of a personal relationship with Christ. Truly inspired arranging opens this octavo up to any group. Sure to put a smile in the heart of all who grew up with these standards!

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: CF.CM9549

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Fold. Mjts. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CM9549. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9549).

ISBN 9781491150818. UPC: 680160908318. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.

Make Space for Life to Live by Michael John Trotta offers captivating, expansive melodies interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme. Its mesmerizing text resonates with the singer and the audience. Appropriate for concert or festival use throughout the year, this piece is also available for SA voices (CM9274), TB Voices (CM9283) and SAB voices (CM9289).
Editor's NoteAbout the WorkMake Space for Life to Live features expansive, yet accessible vocal lines perfect for choirs of all abilities and sizes. It offers compelling melodies and singable vocal lines interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme.About the TextThe text for this work was written while on an extended seashore retreat several years ago. It was the product of many long walks looking out into the vastness of the sea. It was a time in my life that was immediately preceded by great personal loss and turmoil. It was in that silence and space I was able to reconnect to that still, small voice within that reminded me that I was merely a part of something much bigger than myself. The text that was hewn from that experience is a reflection on the importance of allowing space in my daily life to experience the simple joys that every moment has to offer.Optional NarrationRegardless of race or creed the abundance that is found in the reality of the present moment is augmented by regular exposure to the arts. The capricious nature of time in the age of immediacy is that it is entirely flexible. Experience suggests that exposure to natural beauty, such as watching a sunrise unravel over the sea or a cloud formation sweep through a mountain range, allows an individual to feel part of something greater than themselves. Music has the ability to take time and slow it down, revealing to the participant their part in the whole. Taking part in choral music, whether as an audience member, singer, conductor or composer is an opportunity to slow down time long enough to allow the beauty of life to catch up with you.

SATB Choir

SKU: HL.14030878

Composed by Aulis Sallinen. Music Sales America. Classical. Part. 142 pages. Music Sales #NOV072460. Published by Music Sales (HL.14030878).

ISBN 9780853608370. 8.75x11.75x0.726 inches.

Dedicated to all my Dead Ones, those whose memory and strength still lingers on this side of the border. -Aulis Sallinen The vocal score to Sallinen's 1995 work, written to requiem poems by Lassi Nummi for baritone and orchestra.

With Take My Life and Let It Be. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. (SATB). Brookfield Choral Series. Sacred. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Brookfield Press.

By Elizabeth Alexander. For SSATB Choir, piano (SSATB). Medium-difficult. Duration 7 minutes

SATB Choir

SKU: BT.MUSM570368679

For choir and fixed media. Composed by Evis Sammoutis. Score Only. Composed 2019. 14 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570368679. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570368679).

Isthmus denotes a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger ars of land. The title is a metaphor for an effort to bond artistically my experiences of living in Cyprus, my birthplace, and in the USA, my recently adopted homeland. Having lived in a small, partitioned island for my formative years and in England for eleven years, water has always had a double meaning: it has at once served as a gateway to other cultures but also as a border, a violent and absolute interruption of a continuum. While in the USA, or indeed in a now connected Europe, it is possible to travel on land for days without having to encounter a border, in the countries where I lived for most of my life, that was not possible. As an artist, this notion of establishing boundaries and consciously trying to break them is very close to me, as my music deals both with modernity but also with tradition and, similarly, with metaphor and reality. As a Cypriot, the sea, the world of antiquity, the mysteries of the oracles, the notion of borders and the pastoral are all very central to my way of thinking. In Cyprus, different layers of history are frequently superimposed on a single building that might still preserve its Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman features in its layers of stone and architecture. Similarly, ancient ruins or the barbed wire of modern conflict often interrupt placid fields. An isthmus, therefore, can be seen to symbolize my artistic struggle to join strikingly different experiences and notions in a cohesive way. Similar to an isthmus, in this short piece, I connect these experiences with the purpose of creating a distinct and unique sonic context, connecting technology and tradition, the pastoral with the urban, the musical with the extra-musical and the abstract with the concrete. For example, the choir does not always sing in the traditional sense, but the singers imitate various natural sounds, such as water, air, crickets or birds, to create a vivid visual impression for the work. Scandinavian herding calls blend with field recordings from the seas of Cyprus and the lakes of Upstate New York, communicated within clearly defined, singular acoustic sources and spaces through wireless speakers. The text used is both onomatopoeic, articulating an imaginary language, but also literal, with a setting of the poem, “To make a prairie” by the iconic American poet Emily Dickinson and a tiny fragment from Callimachus’ “Hymn to Demeter.” Technology is used sparsely and very intentionally to articulate the expressive qualities of pastoral imagery, creating one unified synthetic timbre with the choristers’ sounds. This piece is dedicated to the wonderful singers of the Georgia Institute of Technology Chamber Choir with special thanks to Professors Hsu and Ulrich, without whose support this composition would not have been possible. Practical notes: A choir of no less than 24 singers is sought with 4 additional soloists (2 Sopranos and 2 Altos). Each singer must have their own wireless speaker, secured either in the music folder or as a strap inside their shirts. All sounds must match in volume the sound from the speakers, creating one unified timbre. The speakers should not be noticeable to the public. The four soloists are placed offstage at the beginning of the work. From 1:35’ onwards they enter the hall and take their positions, ideally at the four corners of the hall. If the hall is too large, the singers can find alternate positions, but these should always be antiphonal. The four soloists sing predominantly in the “kulning” style and the antiphonal aspect is very important to the work. There are two sound files for each section (SATB) that are triggered by each singer’s mobile device. The first occurs at the start of the piece, and the second, about a minute before the end. The sound files are able to be purchased separately, on CD, or are available directly from UYMP.

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.45653

Composed by Ruth Morris Gray. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-45653. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45653).

UPC: 038081513928. English. Words by Edgar Guest; William Shakespeare.

I can live my life on earth contented to the end, if but a few shall . . . call me friend. Success, by people's poet Edgar Guest is paired with a few lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 50 to create a warm, reflective text on the importance of friendship. Subtle tempo changes and sensitive dynamics encourage expressive singing, and an optional obbligato allows for a C-instrument of your choice.

Choral SATB choir

SKU: CF.CM9700

Composed by Hungarian Folk. Arranged by Stacy Garrop. 20 pages. Duration 4:44. Carl Fischer Music #CM9700. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9700).

ISBN 9781491160008. UPC: 680160918607. Key: A minor. Hungarian. Hungarian Folk.

In 2014, Chanticleer commissioned me to make a new arrangement of the Hungarian-Romani folk song Jarba, Mare Jarba for their 2014 touring program. Passed down orally through the Romani communities, this beautiful folk song, with text in a language called Beas (beh-osh), speaks of a deep longing to visit one's homeland, a place where the singer can never return. Chanticleer consists of twelve men whose vocal ranges span from low bass to high soprano, equivalent to the range of a mixed choir of women and men. I composed slow sections of original material to represent the singers' longing to return home; these are interspersed with the folk song's traditional fast sections. The incorporated shouts and calls in the score are typically found in the performance of Central European folk songs. I hope you enjoy singing this new version of Jarba, Mare Jarba that contains all of the vigor and excitement of the Chanticleer version. PERFORMANCE NOTES All spoken sounds (indicated by x noteheads) should be performed by individuals. Feel free to elaborate with more sounds of your own in the tradition of Eastern European folk music. If the piece is memorized, feel free to experiment with clapping on the off-beats of m. 93 to the end. TEXT Transliteration Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat, Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat. Mare jarba, verde jarba nu me pot duce a casa. Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat. O mers mama de pe sat, O lasat coliba goala, Infrunzitu, ingurzitu da plina de saracie, da plina de saracie. Mare jarba, verde jarba nu me pot duce a casa. Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat. Translation Green grass, tall grass, I would like to go home, but I cannot, because I have sworn not to. Tall grass, green grass - oh, that I cannot go home! My mother has left the village; she left the hut empty, Adorned with leaves but full of poverty. Tall grass, green grass - oh, that I cannot go home! Tall grass, green grass - I would like to go home. but I cannot, because I have sworn not to. Stacy Garrop's music is centered on dramatic and lyrical storytelling. The sharing of stories is a defining element of our humanity; we strive to share with others the experiences and concepts that we find compelling. She shares stories by taking audiences on sonic journeys - some simple and beautiful, while others are complicated and dark - depending on the needs and dramatic shape of the story. Garrop served as the first Emerging Opera Composer of Chicago Opera Theater's Vanguard Program. She also held a 3-year composer-in-residence position with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, funded by New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras. She has received numerous awards and grants including an Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fromm Music Foundation Grant, Barlow Prize, and three Barlow Endowment commissions, along with prizes from competitions sponsored by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Omaha Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Boston Choral Ensemble, Utah Arts Festival, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. She is a Cedille Records artist; her works are commercially available on more than ten additional labels. Her catalog covers a wide range, with works for orchestra, opera, oratorio, wind ensemble, choir, art song, various sized chamber ensembles, and works for solo instruments. Notable commissions include My Dearest Ruth for soprano and piano with text by Martin Ginsburg, the husband of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Transformation of Jane Doe for Chicago Opera Theater, The Battle for the Ballot for the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Goddess Triptych for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Glorious Mahalia for the Kronos Quartet, Give Me Hunger for Chanticleer, Rites for the Afterlife for the Akropolis and Calefax Reed Quintets, and Terra Nostra: an oratorio about our planet, commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society and Piedmont East Bay Children's Chorus. Garrop previously served as composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony and Skaneateles Festival, and as well as on faculty of the Fresh Inc Festival (2012-2017). She taught composition and orchestration full-time at Roosevelt University 2000-2016) before leaving to launch her freelance career. She earned degrees in music composition at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.M.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Indiana University-Bloomington (D.M.).
In 2014, Chanticleer commissioned me to make a new arrangement of the Hungarian-Romani folk song Jarba, Mare Jarba for their 2014 touring program. Passed down orally through the Romani communities, this beautiful folk song, with text in a language called Beas (beh-osh), speaks of a deep longing to visit one’s homeland, a place where the singer can never return. Chanticleer consists of twelve men whose vocal ranges span from low bass to high soprano, equivalent to the range of a mixed choir of women and men. I composed slow sections of original material to represent the singers’ longing to return home; these are interspersed with the folk song’s traditional fast sections. The incorporated shouts and calls in the score are typically found in the performance of Central European folk songs. I hope you enjoy singing this new version of Jarba, Mare Jarba that contains all of the vigor and excitement of the Chanticleer version.PERFORMANCE NOTESAll spoken sounds (indicated by x noteheads) should be performed by individuals. Feel free to elaborate with more sounds of your own in the tradition of Eastern European folk music.If the piece is memorized, feel free to experiment with clapping on the off-beats of m. 93 to the end.TEXTTransliterationJa rba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat, Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat. Mare jarba, verde jarba nu me pot duce a casa.Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat.O mers mama de pe sat, O lasat coliba goala,Infrunzitu, ingurzitu da plina de saracie, da plina de saracie. Mare jarba, verde jarba nu me pot duce a casa.Jarba, mare jarba mas duce a casa, da nu pot ca am jurat.TranslationGreen grass, tall grass, I would like to go home, but I cannot, because I have sworn not to.Tall grass, green grass – oh, that I cannot go home!My mother has left the village; she left the hut empty, Adorned with leaves but full of poverty.Tall grass, green grass – oh, that I cannot go home! Tall grass, green grass – I would like to go home.but I cannot, because I have sworn not to.Stacy Garrop’s music is centered on dramatic and lyrical storytelling. The sharing of stories is a defining element of our humanity; we strive to share with others the experiences and concepts that we find compelling. She shares stories by taking audiences on sonic journeys – some simple and beautiful, while others are complicated and dark – depending on the needs and dramatic shape of the story.Garrop served as the first Emerging Opera Composer of Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Program. She also held a 3-year composer-in-residence position with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, funded by New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras. She has received numerous awards and grants including an Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fromm Music Foundation Grant, Barlow Prize, and three Barlow Endowment commissions, along with prizes from competitions sponsored by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Omaha Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Boston Choral Ensemble, Utah Arts Festival, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. She is a Cedille Records artist; her works are commercially available on more than ten additional labels.Her catalog covers a wide range, with works for orchestra, opera, oratorio, wind ensemble, choir, art song, various sized chamber ensembles, and works for solo instruments. Notable commissions include My Dearest Ruth for soprano and piano with text by Martin Ginsburg, the husband of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Transformation of Jane Doe for Chicago Opera Theater, The Battle for the Ballot for the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Goddess Triptych for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Glorious Mahalia for the Kronos Quartet, Give Me Hunger for Chanticleer, Rites for the Afterlife for the Akropolis and Calefax Reed Quintets, and Terra Nostra: an oratorio about our planet, commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society and Piedmont East Bay Children’s Chorus.Garrop previously served as composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony and Skaneateles Festival, and as well as on faculty of the Fresh Inc Festival (2012-2017). She taught composition and orchestration full-time at Roosevelt University 2000-2016) before leaving to launch her freelance career. She earned degrees in music composition at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.M.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Indiana University-Bloomington (D.M.).­­.

SATB choir

SKU: LO.15-1426H

Composed by Sherri Porterfield. Choral. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/1426H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.15-1426H).

UPC: 000308045673.

SATB- The journey of human life is the theme of this joyous work. Driving rhythms and mixed meters highlight the opening and concluding sections, while the middle section allows singers to express the inspirational text through lyrical, legato singing.

Weddings for Choirs. (40 perfect SATB pieces). By Judy Martin; Peter Parshall. For SATB choir accompanied and a cappella. Mixed Voices. ...for Choirs Collections. Sacred, Choral Collection. Vocal score. 256 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

By Charles McCartha. For Choral (SATB). Harold Flammer. 8 pages. Published by Shawnee Press

Composed by Allan Robert Petker. This edition: hard- coverbinding with book jacket. Book. Pavane Secular. Anthem, Praise, Sacred, General Worship. 1491. 12 pages. Pavane Publishing #P1491. Published by Pavane Publishing

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.428247

A Beatles Super Medley. By The Beatles. By George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Mark A. Brymer. Pop Choral Series. Classic Rock, Medley, Novelty, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Sixties. Octavo. 20 pages. Duration 240 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.428247).

UPC: 196288063384. 6.75x10.5x0.045 inches.

A Fab Four Medley with 18 classic songs in just four minutes!? As Brian Wilson once said, “There's no outdoing the Beatles.” Includes: All You Need Is Love, Blackbird, Come Together, Eight Days a Week, Eleanor Rigby, A Hard Day's Night, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, I Want to Hold Your Hand, In My Life, Let It Me, Love Me Do, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever, We Can Work it Out, With a Little Help from My Friends and Hello, Goodbye.

Composed by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir, organ. Sacred Anthem, General, Stewardship. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/4654L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Philip P. Bliss. Arranged by Cindy Berry. For SATB choir. Choral music. General, Comfort, Confidence, Life of Faith, Peace, Hymntune. Choral octavo. 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

SATB choir, divisi, soprano voice solo, tenor voice solo, piano reduction - Intermediate

SKU: GI.G-8815

Composed by Cortlandt Matthews. Ordinary Time 20 A. Evoking Sound. Music Education. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #8815. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8815).

UPC: 785147881506. English, Latin. Text Source: Romans 11:29, Latin Vulgate. Scripture: Romans 11:29.

I composed this setting in my last weeks of study at Westminster Choir College. The Latin text (Sine paenitentia enim sunt dona et vocatio Dei) translates roughly to “Truly, without regret are the gifts and callings of God.” This piece serves not only as an outward affirmation for all to embrace and use their God-given talents, but also as an inward mantra for myself, as I move into an uncertain period in my life after completing my undergraduate studies. Many of the colors and textures found within this piece were influenced by my experience singing with the Westminster Williamson Voices for two years. While the “sine paenitentia” text may allow shades of doubt to creep in, all uncertainty and fear is dispelled upon singing “sunt dona et vocatio Dei.” —Cortlandt Matthews Here is an amazing performance by The Westminster Williamson Voices at the Choral Insititute at Oxford. Ryan Manni, Conductor.

Composed by Craig Courtney. For SATB choir, piano and Bb trumpet. Octavo. Text: Susan Bentall Boersma. Published by Beckenhorst Press

Composed by Zachary Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matthew Sanchez, David Rublin, Shep Goodman, and Aaron Accetta [American Authors]. Arranged by Andy Beck. Choir Secular. SATB choir. Choral Octavo. Pop Choral. Pop; Rock; Secular. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.279345

(Choral Medley). Composed by Various. Arranged by Alan Billingsley. Disney Choral. Ballad, Classics, Disney, Medley, Movies, Pop, Rock, Show Choir. Octavo. Duration 375 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.279345).

UPC: 888680755942. 6.75x10.5x0.062 inches.

Show your mettle and embrace your inner hero with this medley of Disney songs of bravery and adventure. Whatever the task, your choirs will be up to it as they are taught lessons of valor as only Disney movies can. Includes: How Far I'll Go, Touch the Sky, Reflection, When Will My Life Begin? and Zero to Hero.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.1157490

Andrea Ramsey Choral Series. Composed by Jennifer Lucy Cook. Andrea Ramsey Choral Series. Concert, Festival. Octavo. Duration 180 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1157490).

ISBN 9781705187203. UPC: 196288120902. 6.75x10.5x0.045 inches.

These are the musical ravings of a slightly deranged person reminding themselves to trust the process--after all, what good is a life without surprises? There is an unrelenting rhythm, to be sure, but the accents are off kilter, the piano in clusters, and sometimes the tenors and sopranos sing two clashing melody lines simultaneously, all at a tempo that could easily become a runaway train.

Choir Secular SATB choir, piano

SKU: PE.EP72079A

2010. Composed by Roxanna Panufnik. Choral Works (inc. Oratorios). Edition Peters. Modern. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 00:04:00. Edition Peters #98-EP72079A. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP72079A).

ISBN 9790577088549. English.

A setting of Come my way, my truth, my life by George Herbert (April 3rd, 1593 - March 1st, 1633)

Commissioned by The Choir of Saint John's College, Cambridge, for the Advent Carol Services 2010. First performed (in the version for SATB and Harp) by, and dedicated to, Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of Saint John's College, Cambridge, on November 27th, 2010. Performed again on November 28th, 2010 for broadcst by BBC Radio 3

SATB choir and Piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-6118

Composed by Harold Stover. All Saints/All Souls, Funeral, 21st Century, Heaven. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-6118. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-6118).

UPC: 688670561184. English.

O what are all my sufferings here compared to life above? This Charles Wesley text is set to a sturdy tune by William Walker, compiler of shape-note books such as Southern Harmony. It celebrates our joining with the saints and finding eternal rest. Harold Stover capitalizes on the almost-rollicking nature of the tune to give this music rhythmic drive and a real sense of jubilation, as the title suggests. Duration: 3:00.

By John Ferguson. For SATB choir, organ. Medium. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.49738

From Jingle Jangle. Composed by David Talbert, Davy Nathan, and Philip Lawrence. Arranged by Lisa DeSpain. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Christmas; Movie; Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 20 pages. Alfred Music #00-49738. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49738).

UPC: 038081568256. English.

Here's a rhythmic modern-day showstopper with the heart of a timeless classic. This spectacular opening number from the Netflix movie, Jingle Jangle has unmistakable theatrical flair---no surprise since the movie was originally conceived for the stage. The brightly optimistic lyrics will shine at any time of year, not just the holidays! What I got in my hands could be the spark that turns it all around . . . 'Cause all my life I've waited for this day. Don't miss the impressive SoundTrax accompaniment and a flexible SoundPax orchestration for rhythm and synth. (or optional horns).

Composed by Mark Shepperd. Beckenhorst Press #BP2245. Published by Beckenhorst Press

Choral SATB Choir

SKU: CF.CM9654

Composed by Mark Burrows. Fold. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 4:15. Carl Fischer Music #CM9654. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9654).

ISBN 9781491157268. UPC: 680160915828. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: Ab major. English, English. Julian of Norwich (1342-1416).

Burrow s's setting of words of assurance from the English mystic Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) is as relevant today as ever. For the advanced mixed ensemble, the powerful lyrics coupled with gorgeous harmonies make this an optimistic song of hope appropriate throughout the year.
All shall be well, And all shall be well, And all manner of thing shall be well. These words of assurance from the English mystic Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) are as relevant today as ever. During her life, Julian saw her community devastated by the Great Plague as well as deep civil unrest. Yet through all the turmoil came a vision of hope that has given the world this profound text. One of the most striking features is how this short text incorporates so much repetition. It's as if the writer knew she must be gently persistent in order for her optimistic message to truly sink in. The opening section tries to capture musically some of that persistent optimism. Then there is a departure from this optimistic tone (measure 26) The feel becomes more desperate, building to an anguished cry (measure 38), acknowledging the reality that, while all shall be well, things are very much NOT well right now. Eventually the anguish subsides (measure 52) as the music turns back hopeward with the calm assurance, again and again, that all shall be well.
All shall be well,And all shall be well,And all manner of thing shall be well.These words of assurance from the English mystic Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) are as relevant today as ever. During her life, Julian saw her community devastated by the Great Plague as well as deep civil unrest. Yet through all the turmoil came a vision of hope that has given the world this profound text.One of the most striking features is how this short text incorporates so much repetition. It’s as if the writer knew she must be gently persistent in order for her optimistic message to truly sink in.The opening section tries to capture musically some of that persistent optimism.Then there is a departure from this optimistic tone (measure 26) The feel becomes more desperate, building to an anguished cry (measure 38), acknowledging the reality that, while all shall be well, things are very much NOT well right now.Eventually the anguish subsides (measure 52) as the music turns back hopeward with the calm assurance, again and again, that all shall be well.

By Henri A. Cesar Malan. Arranged by Jack Schrader. (SATB). Scripture References: Psalm 9:1 -- Psalm 51:15 -- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. Commitment, Dedication, Devotion, Discipleship, Hymntune, Stewardship, Hymntune and Sacred. Print Music Single (SATB). 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company.

By Fred Coleman and Horatius Bonar. For SATB choir (SATB). Shawnee Press. Sacred, commitment. 8 pages. Shawnee Press #A8823. Published by Shawnee Press