Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.48923

Composed by Greg Gilpin. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Graduation; Secular. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-48923. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48923).

UPC: 038081562476. English.

Carefully placed staccatos and well-chosen chord inversions illuminate the gospel style of this original anthem of hope. It's a perfect pep talk or pick-me-up theme song for whenever your program needs a lift. A solo voice becomes a duet before all the singers join in and grow with intensity. Several ascending key changes raise spirits, ensuring that the uplifting message resonates. Everything will be alright, everything will be okay, 'cause I can see a new horizon on a brand new day. If you don't perform with the kickin' SoundTrax accompaniment, be sure to add a groovin' drummer and riffing organ of your own. We dare you (and your audience) not to clap along!

About Alfred Choral Designs

Th e Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050270

Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. Softcover. PraiseGathering #A08420. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050270).

UPC: 797242146398. 6.75x10.5x0.385 inches.

It is the dawning of a new millennium. Uncertainty about the future makes fear a predator and entire nations its vulnerable prey. The global economy is changing faster than the commerce of most countries can adjust to. Wars rage. There is corruption in the highest seats of government and among religious leaders. Hunger is an ever present enemy. God's people are crying out for Divine intervention and peace for a world mired in chaos. Listen...angels are about to sing... common laborers are about to rejoice... rulers are going to bow down... a promise is about to be fulfilled... a King is coming. This is the world scene on the eve of Bethlehem... this is the world scene on the eve of His second advent. Not much is different - yet, everything has changed. Those that listen will hear... those that look will see... those that seek will find. A promise is about to be fulfilled. A King is coming! All Is Calm, All Is Bright.

SATB choir

SKU: LP.765762188907

Composed by Donna Norton. Arranged by Steve Mauldin. Anthems. Southern Gospel and Sacred. Orchestration on CD-ROM. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company (LP.765762188907).

UPC: 765762188907.

Steve W. Mauldin's classic Southern gospel arrangement of this memorable song from Donna Norton will become the one everyone is singing as they leave the sanctuary. With vocal ranges that are accessible and reasonable, this easy-to-learn number is perfect for choirs of any size, especially senior adults and small choirs with limited rehearsal time.

Choral SATB choir, piano

SKU: PR.312419280

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 5:30. Theodore Presser Company #312-41928. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419280).

ISBN 9781491137925. UPC: 680160692613.

Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: PR.312419020

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419020).

ISBN 9781491131862. UPC: 680160680474. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. DVD/CD Preview Pack. Published by Word Music

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Choral Book. Duration ca. 59 minutes. Published by Word Music

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Listening CD. Duration ca. 59 minutes. Published by Word Music

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Practice Trax CD. Published by Word Music

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Bulk CDs (10-pack). Duration ca. 59 minutes. Published by Word Music

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Accompaniment CD. Duration ca. 59 minutes. Published by Word Music

(A Southern Gospel Senior Adult Christmas Musical). By Dave Clark and Steve Maudlin. Choral. Traditional. Book

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050311

Praise Gathering Choral. Easter. Softcover. 80 pages. Duration 1620 seconds. PraiseGathering #A08463. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050311).

UPC: 797242381393. 6.75x10.5x0.187 inches.

Over two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ came to earth. He had one purpose, the eternal redemption of man.When Jesus died a shameful death on a cross and offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice,the great veil that shields the entrance into the Holy of Holies was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.Now everything changes. No longer will we need an earthly priest to approach the throne in our stead. There is an answer for sin. That answer is Jesus Christ!