Composed by James Morrison. Text: The Roman Missal. Ritual music for Good Friday. Good Friday. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.3086-2).

(aus: Israelsbrunnlein. Geistliche Madrigale). By Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630). Edited by Graulich, Gunter. Arranged by Paul Horn. For SSATB Choir. No. 22. Madrigale, Psalms, German. Level 3. Score. Language: German/English. Composed 1623. 12 pages. Duration 4 min

(Christmas Carols For Mixed Voices) Edited by Graham Buckland. For SATB choir (unaccompanied). Format: a capella songbook. With choral notation, lyrics, performance notes, introductory text and index of first lines. Christmas and holiday. 224 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben.

Composed by Matthew Culloton. Christmas, Sacred, 21st Century. Instrumental part. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-1925. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Arranged by Jay Althouse. Collection for SAB A Cappella. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Arranged by Miles Ramsay. Christmas. Set of 6 octavos. Published by Cypress Choral Music (C3.CP1374).

SATB div. a cappella Choral (SATB ACAPPEL)

SKU: HL.346282

Composed by Michael D. Atwood. Pavane Secular. A Cappella, Concert, Traditional. Octavo. Pavane Publishing #P1668. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.346282).

UPC: 840126923452. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Imaginative and wonderful are the words that best describe this selection. The poet asks, who will read his words many years hence and what will the impact be? The music carries the words like a well-written story, and the listener is brought into the narrative. It is a masterful piece for an advanced high school or college choir.

SATB choir divisi a cappella - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.CH-1235

Composed by Nick Strimple and Paul Reale. Arranged by Nick Strimple. Octavo. Duration 3 minutes. Laurendale Associates #CH-1235. Published by Laurendale Associates (MN.CH-1235).

UPC: 765844003227.

The second of Reale's Two Madrigals, this piece is a great 20th century manifestation of 16th century English Madrigal style, and takes enormous pleasure in resolving the dissonances used to accentuate dramatic points in the text. Duration 3:00.

Composed by Kyle Pederson. Instrumental part. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-6144. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Composed by Various. For SATB choir, piano (with optional congregation, orchestra). Cantatas. Christmas. Score with performance CD. Lorenz Publishing Company #65/2070L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Edited by Alfred Dorffel. Arranged by August Horn. Choir and piano. For Solo voices, SATB Choir, Piano. This edition: Paperback. Oratorio (complete), Transcriptions, Original Works, Choral. Romantic Period; Sacr. Large Vocal Score. Romantic Period; Sacred/Hymns, German.

By Chris Owenby. For SATB choir and piano accompaniment. Pathways Series. Grade 4+. Octavo. Duration 6 minutes. Published by Imagine Music

(A Festival of Carols). By Mark Hayes. For SATB choir. Cantatas. Christmas, Sacred. Bulk performance CDs (10 pack). Duration 35 minutes. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

(16 carols and carol arrangements from North America). By Jerry Rubino. For SATB choir (with occasional divisions) and piano/unaccompanied. Mixed Voices. Christmas, Choral Collection. Vocal score. 128 pages. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.97801933

(The Compassion Hymn). By Keith Getty, Kristyn Lennox Getty and Stuart Townend. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir and piano with optional C instrument. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Jay Rouse. Choral, cantatas. Eastertide, Holy Week. Choral score. Lorenz Publishing Company #55/1192MD. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.55-1192MD).

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Albert Riemenschneider, Charles Boyd. Vocal score book for SATB choir. With vocal score notation (open score in German; closed score in English), introductory text and . Text language English; lyrics in German and English. 127 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

(Suite for Strings). Composed by Guy Forbes. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Pavane Choral. A Cappella. Octavo. Composed 1969. 1552. 12 pages. Pavane Publishing #P1552. Published by Pavane Publishing

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?

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.365092

Composed by David Schwoebel. Daybreak Christmas Choral. Advent, Christmas, Christmas/Advent Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 210 seconds. Published by Daybreak Music (HL.365092).

UPC: 840126960815. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches. Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 52:7-9, Micah 5:2-3.

There is a theatrical flair to this original anthem for Advent. The sounds of angels are on the wind and draw near throughout this good-natured offering. Uncluttered vocals are filled with rhythmic joy to perfectly match a text of Christmas hope. A contrasting four-part section gives the choir a chance to harmonize before the gleeful anticipation of the Child in the manger returns for a sparkling finish. Music of joy!

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5606L

Composed by Mark Hayes. Choral. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5606L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5606L).

ISBN 9780787774929.

Refl ecting on the need for love in our modern world of trial and uncertainty, What Love Demands is an upbeat encouragement to think about the way we treat and interact with those around us in a Christ-like manner setting aside personal differences. An energetic rhythm ensemble may be incorporated in the performance of this piece.

Composed by Amanda Quist and Tim Brent. Concert. Amanda Quist Choral Series. Octavo. Walton Music #WW1788. Published by Walton Music

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?

For SATB Choir, Piano. Christmas, 20th Century, Choral. Sheet Music. 220 pages. Published by Novello and Co Ltd.

By Larry Pugh. SATB. Sacred. Choral collection. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company.

SATB choir with soprano voice solo, a cappella - Medium/Medium Difficult

SKU: PL.0306

Composed by Randall Giles. Choral, General, Lent. Octavo. Paraclete Press #0306. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0306).

To Many a Well is a moving setting of a 16th century English carol. The text speaks of our need for healing from sin and of gratefulness in finding water to wash me. Set in verse form, the music is set in Renaissance motet style, but with a 20th century flavor. It opens with a soprano solo(burden) and is followed by three verses that are set in phrases of a gentle rise and fall in the middle voice. The effect is one of grace and prayerfulness. This would be an especially fine piece for the season of Lent.

To many a well is a glowing setting. . .This stunning music which demands a great deal of both singer's and listener's- but, like all great artists demands spring from its intensity and represent only a small token of what its creation must have cost its author. We can only continue to be enormously grateful to Randall for his gifts to our life and worship. - AAM Journal.

100 Carols for Choirs by David Willcocks; John Rutter. For Mostly SATB and piano. Mixed Voices. . . . for Choirs Collections. Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Sacred, Secular. Paperback. 388 pages. Published by Oxford University Press