By Robert Schuneman. For Soprano voice solo, SATB Choir, Congregation, Organ (Mixed Voices). Ascension. Ephesians 1:15-23. Choral. 16 pages

For SATB and Organ (One for SA). Composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Choral. Classical. Octavo. 54 pages. Novello and Co Ltd. #NOV320122. Published by Novello and Co Ltd. (HL.248699).

Composed by Various. Edited by Dan Damon. For SATB choir, Unison choir. General. Hymn Collection. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Joel Raney. Justice and Peace, Mission, Sacred, General Worship. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C6046).

By Bob Chilcott and Knight. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir. Published by Oxford University Press.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050267

Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. Softcover. 128 pages. PraiseGathering #A08417. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050267).

ISBN 9781705153451. UPC: 797242013799. 6.75x10.5x0.318 inches.

Randy Vader, Jay Rouse, and Camp Kirkland present the powerful sequel to THE WONDERS OF HIS LOVE. Christmas is a modern day miracle of ancient origin. Two thousand years of human history have not diminished the importance nor the implications of the Incarnation. The joy of that event will resound for millennia to come. As we celebrate the antiquity of the Christmas story, we must be mindful of the significance the account of the coming of Christ has on our lives today. The Light that shone from Bethlehem, from Galilee to Jerusalem, from a rugged cross to the Father's throne; that Light still shines in the darkest night it will lead us home. The visions of a star, a stable, shepherds, wisemen, a young mother and father, and a tiny baby in a manger of hay, are still wreathed in wonder and awe. The tidings of great joy that reach to us from that time long ago in that place far away, resound with this great promise and truth... “the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” (Matthew 4:16).

(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.

By George Frideric Handel. For SATB Choir, Piano Accompaniment. Baroque, Sacred, Choral, Religious. Sheet Music. 264 pages. Published by Novello and Co Ltd.

Shine in the Darkness. Composed by Paul David Thomas. Fold. OCTAVO. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 13 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9610. Published by Carl Fischer Music

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?

SATB chorus - early intermediate

SKU: XC.HRMG1835

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Lent, All Saints. Michael John Trotta. Sacred. Score. 76 pages. Hampton Roads Music Group LLC #HRMG1835. Published by Hampton Roads Music Group LLC (XC.HRMG1835).

UPC: 785147105855. English. Fiona Macleod Rabindranath Tagore John Donne Virgil Vahcel Lindsey Text Source: Elizabeth Frye. Scripture: Psalm 23, John 1 :13, Isaiah 60:1, Revelation 21:1, Isaiah :7.

Designed to be accessible for the choir looking to prepare a larger work within the constraints of limited rehearsal time, this work provides conservative ranges and straightforward rhythms that allow time to craft a more artistic performance. Cast in eight movements, this major work draws on texts that examine the many facets of death, the pain of transitions, and the hope and joy of a better place. The work is scored for choir, organ or piano, and optional string orchestra. Each of the movements is available separately; the work as a whole or as individual parts is recommended for concert or liturgical service use. Movements: 1. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep; 2. I Seek a Faith; 3. The Lord Is My Shepherd; 4. A Light Shines in the Darkness; 5. Death Shall Be No More; 6. I Saw a New Heaven; 7. Love Conquers All; 8. Gaelic Blessing (Deep Peace).

Choral (SATB a cappella)

SKU: HL.48024856

SATB a cappella. Composed by Rhiannon Randle. Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral. Classical. Octavo. 8 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060136658. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024856).

ISBN 9781784545598. UPC: 840126910803. 7.5x10.25x0.03 inches.

From one of the UK's bright, emerging choral composers, Rhiannon Randle, is this sublime setting of the familiar Latin text. O nata lux is a personal reflection on the compelling and timeless choral atmosphere depicted by the famous Thomas Tallis setting of these words. Dedicated to the memory of Randle's late grandmother, the work balances a sense of intimate prayer and meditation with a spiritual declamation of the “light born of light.” To see hope and new life in despair and death - for in the darkness we have seena great light - chimes as much with the season of Advent as it does with personal loss. The lilting homophony of the opening is characterised by light tenuti, intended to provide a sense of gentle ebb and flow, almost as if to accentuate the natural emphases of speech. This then broadens into a polyphonic cascade, which hints at Bruckner as much as paying homage to Tallis's own setting. O nata lux is an exciting addition to the Contemporary Choral Series, suitable for intermediate to advanced choirs looking to support and program new music by outstanding young composers.

SATB chorus - early intermediate

SKU: XC.HRMG1835.4

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Michael John Trotta. Octavo. Hampton Roads Music Group LLC #HRMG1835.4. Published by Hampton Roads Music Group LLC (XC.HRMG1835.4).

You will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. A simple anthem featuring a mix of unison melody and straightforward homophonic singing with piano or organ accompaniment. Movement 4 from Light Shines in the Darkness.

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.49692

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Graduation; Peace/Brotherhood; Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-49692. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49692).

UPC: 038081567792. English.

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A lux aeterna refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with touches of shimmering dissonance on cadences. One final tone cluster at the end ignites shivers. This inspiring text provides a personal credo to live with light. Download the optional violin obbligato for free.

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.

Composed by Dan Forrest. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #BP2199. Published by Beckenhorst Press

SATB chorus and piano - intermediate

SKU: BP.BP2316

Composed by Greg Habegger. Arranged by Molly Ijames. Church Choral. Advent,Christmas. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #BP2316. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.BP2316).

6.88 x 10.5 inches.

Molly Ijames' arrangement of this newly written Christmas hymn frames the nativity story in a haunting narrative about the darkness of waiting and the coming of Christ's light. Each stanza explores different aspects and metaphors of the darkness/light themes, vividly brought to life by the musical text-painting of the setting. For SATB chorus and piano, with optional string orchestra and percussion.

SATB choir, piano

SKU: WD.080689487231

Composed by Cliff Duren. Arranged by Cliff Duren. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Word Music #080689487231. Published by Word Music (WD.080689487231).

UPC: 080689487231.

A Christmas single for CCM artist Selah, this delightfully cheery 6/8 Christmas anthem, arranged and orchestrated by Cliff Duren, rejoices in the coming of our Deliverer….the Christ Child, our promised one true Hope. Jesus, the Light of the World, banishes darkness and brings forth light in the dawn. Rejoice, celebrate, and Dance in the Dawn with the birth of our Savior and King!

SATB choir, piano, and Spoken word, with optional violin, B- flat trumpet, and snare drum - Late Intermediate SKU: EC.1.3682 Composed by Kyle Pederson. 9/11 Service, National Songs/Patriotic. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.3682. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

SATB choir, a cappella - Medium-Medium Difficult

SKU: PL.9212

Composed by Randall Giles. Cathedral/Parish. Choral, Evensong, General. Octavo. Paraclete Press #9212. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.9212).

Addressing the darkness of both the physical and spiritual world, this evening collect has been artfully elevated in Giles' musical setting. He has thoughtfully used dissonance and rests to highlight certain portions of text. The rhythm of the music is governed by the text rhythms, chant-like in style and spirit.

Composed by Marty Parks. For SATB choir, piano (with optional violin). Sacred Anthem, General, Lent, Reformation. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/4714L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by John Leavitt. (SATB). Methodology Chorals. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2053787

Composed by Randy Vader. Arranged by Jay Rouse. Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. CD. Duration 334 seconds. PraiseGathering #A08811SM. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2053787).

UPC: 797242373305. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2053780

Composed by Randy Vader. Arranged by Jay Rouse. Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. CD-ROM. Duration 334 seconds. PraiseGathering #A08811OR. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2053780).

UPC: 797242373077. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050255

Arranged by Camp Kirkland. Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. Softcover. 120 pages. PraiseGathering #A08404. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050255).

UPC: 080689134999. 6.75x10.5x0.287 inches.

This is the story of how much God loved the world and what He was willing to do to show us that love. It is a marvelous story--it is an incredible reality. The account of the incarnation is exquisite in the simplicity yet magnificent in its design. It is the journal of the death of the dominion of darkness, accomplished through the birth of the Light of the ages--deception's lies laid to rest by divine Light. This is the chronicle of the coming of the Son of God--Love's Pure Light.

Evidence Of Grace (A Worship Musical Tracing God's Hand of Mercy). By David T. Clydesdale and Steve Moore. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB Choir. Musical. Modern Christian. Choral Book. Duration 50'00". Published by Word Music