By Gaither. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir and piano. The Lloyd Larson Choral Series. Hymntune, General Worship, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

By Kirby Shaw. (SATB A Cappella). Jazz Chorals. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Kirby Shaw. (SATB A Cappella). Jazz Chorals. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Choral SATB Choir, keyboard

SKU: CF.CM9230

Composed by Vicki Tucker Courtney. Christmas and Holiday. Performance. With Standard notation. 8 pages. Duration 2:10. Carl Fischer Music #CM9230. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9230).

ISBN 9780825883484. UPC: 798408083489. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: C major. Text: Bert Stratton. Bert Stratton.

Holiday cheer abounds in this charming selection from Vicki Tucker Courtney and Bert Stratton. In a gentle 6/8 meter, we are reminded that the sounds of Christmas linger in our hearts throughout the year. A beautiful school selection for a holiday concert. Duration: 2:10.

Composed by R. Christopher Teichler. Choral. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5468L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Composed by Brenda Portman. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Sacred Music Press #10/4868S. Published by Sacred Music Press (LO.10-4868S).

SATB choir

SKU: WD.080689645174

Composed by Marty Hamby. Book. Word Music #080689645174. Published by Word Music (WD.080689645174).

UPC: 080689645174.

Featu ring 10 of the newest and best Southern Gospel hit songs, with a variety of arrangements to meet all your southern gospel choir needs; songs and arrangements full of grit and attitude, like Gotta Be Saved; songs that celebrate being sons and daughters of the Most High like We Are God’s Children; songs that express the promise of eternal life and declare a longing to go home like I Know I’ll Be There, and Resurrection Morn; songs that speak to the depth of God’s love for us and the lengths to which He will go to rescue us like Lost and Just When You Thought; songs that tell of His faithfulness to us and songs that speak of our desire to be found faithful; songs that will bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, and a spring to your step, that will make your heart soar to think of how much He loves us! No sound this side of heaven rivals the sound of a spirited choir raising their voices together to sing an emotion-filled Southern Gospel song of testimony, deliverance, victory, promise, and forgiveness. Gather your choir together soon to let them experience the joy and blessing of ministering to people through the message and sounds of a Southern Gospel song!

Composed by David Schwoebel. Brookfield Choral Series. Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Brookfield Press (HL.156572).

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.).­­.

By Donald Busarow. For SSATBB choir, treble solo (a cappella). Choral Music. Advent. Medium-Difficult

SSATBB choir a cappella - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-1137

Composed by Matthew Culloton. Secular, Christmas, Advent, Christmas-Sacred, Lessons and Carols, 21st Century. Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-1137. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-1137).

UPC: 688670511370. English.

A lilting choral accompaniment evokes pizzicato sounds surrounding the tenor melody in verse one.  The other verses are set more conventionally but still reflect the goals of our Christmas with The Singers series: that the audience will enjoy the famliarity of the carol but be enchanted by the creativity of the arrangement. Challenging, but masterful in how Matthew Culloton treats the ensemble as a self-sufficient choral idiom. Duration 2:30.

By Bruce Sled. For SSATBB choir, a cappella. Octavo. Published by Cypress Choral Music

(Sounds of a Better World). By Jim Papoulis. Edited by Francisco J. Nunez. For Choral, Hand Drum (SATB). BH Sounds of a Better World. 12 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481569. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

By Susan LaBarr. For SATB choir, piano, cello. Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series. Concert, General. Octavo. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Sounds of a Better World. By Jim Papoulis. (SATB). BH Sounds of a Better World. 16 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

From Sounds of a Better World. By Jim Papoulis. Arranged by Francisco J. Nunez. (SATB). BH Sounds of a Better World. Size 6.8x10.5 inches. 16 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

By Traditional Haitian. Arranged by Sten KÌ_llman and Sten K. For Choral, Percussion (SATB). Walton Choral. 12 pages. Walton Music #WW1484. Published by Walton Music

(Sounds of a Better World). By Jim Papoulis. Edited by Francisco J. N̼̱ez and Francisco J. N. For Choral, Shaker, Djembe, Agogo Bell (SATB). BH Sounds of a Better World. 24 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481248. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

SATB choir (with soprano semi-choir), piano, & optional percussion (bass drum, tam-tam/gong, & 3 tom-toms) (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193379633

Composed by Kerry Andrew. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Secular, Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 5'. Oxford University Press #9780193379633. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193379633).

ISBN 9780193379633. 11 x 9 inches.

For SATB (with soprano semi-chorus), piano, & optional percussion The earth hath voice is a colourful and dramatic celebration of nature and its powerful and hypnotizing sounds, taking the listener on a captivating journey through the natural world with an array of different sounds. This piece will appeal to choirs looking for a new challenge.

((from CoolSide of Yuletide) Sounds of a Better World). Arranged by Francisco J. N̼̱ez and Jim Papoulis. SATB A Cappella. BH Sounds of a Better World. 12 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481019. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

SATB chorus & Piano - Level 2

SKU: A8.MIX051

Composed by Alan Simmons. A haunting melodic setting that sounds vocally advanced, but technically within grasp of most choirs. Octavo. Alan Simmons Music #MIX051. Published by Alan Simmons Music (A8.MIX051).

Try this in your Christmas concert if you want a calm reflective moment. Its haunting melodic setting provides an enticing mood that sounds vocally advanced, but is actually technically within the grasp of most choirs.

(Sounds of a Better World). By Jim Papoulis. SATB. BH Sounds of a Better World. 12 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051479443. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

Composed by Eric Barnum. For SATB choir, a cappella. Octavo. Published by Alliance Music Publications

Sounds of a Better World Series. Composed by Jim Papoulis. BH Sounds of a Better World. Concert, Festival. Octavo. 12 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051485581. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

Sounds of a Better World Series. Composed by Jim Papoulis. BH Sounds of a Better World. Concert, Festival, Inspirational. Octavo. 12 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051485246. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

Sounds of a Better World Series. Composed by Jim Papoulis. BH Sounds of a Better World. Concert, Inspirational, World Music. Octavo. 20 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes