By J. Paul Williams. For Men's Chorus. Bass/Percussion, Tracks, General Use, All Saints Day, Homecomings, Missions, Youth Choirs and Sacred. Sheet Music. Published by Shawnee Press.

Choral TTBB choir, piano

SKU: PR.312419270

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Performance Score. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #312-41927. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419270).

ISBN 9781491137918. UPC: 680160692606. English. Charles Mackay.

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?

Composed by Paul Gibson (1952-). For TTBB choir, english horn. Christmas, Services, Concerts, 21st Century. Octavo. Text Language: English. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Choral (TTBB Choir)

SKU: HL.1359946

By Bob Dylan. By Bob Dylan. Arranged by Adam Podd. Podd Brothers Choral Series. Concert, Festival, Folk, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Sixties. Octavo. Duration 210 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1359946).

UPC: 196288192794. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Now available for low voices. This re-imagined interpretation of the classic Bob Dylan song is perfect for any concert with a social justice theme. The re-harmonization and contrasting musical style will bring a new attention and poignancy to these well-known words.

TTBB

SKU: HP.C6319

Arranged by Lloyd Larson. Piano Accompaniment. Octavo. 8 pages. Hope Publishing Company #C6319. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C6319).

UPC: 763628163198.

Popul ar Praise chorus by John Thompson & Randy Scruggs This Quick Study Choral on John Thompson and Randy Scruggs' popular praise chorus is paired with original words and music by Lloyd Larson. The prayerful message calls for each worshiper to come before God in devotion and thanksgiving. The handbell part can be played alone or used as the accompaniment to all of the choral versions.

Composed by Dan Forrest. Sacred. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #BP2140. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.BP2140).

Choral (TTBB Choir)

SKU: HL.145682

Sheet music. Pavane Secular. Male Voices, Mexican, Concert. Set of parts. 1518. 12 pages. Pavane Publishing #P1518. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.145682).

UPC: 888680066987. 6.75x10.5 inches. Czech.

Selected for the new Music of the Americas Multicultural Series from North Dakota State University, this zesty piece hails from Mexico. The encouraging message is that chuchumbé; will reach you whether things go good or bad. It is similar to saying the rhythm or dance of life will positively infect you no matter what. And what a great dance it is, with hand percussion bringing additional rhythm to the piece. The verses are so playful it is appropriate for performers to alter the words based on the region in which they are singing. Easy to Medium. For male choirs in high school or college.

By Veljo Tormis. (TTBB). Boosey and Hawkes Secular Choral. 8 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

TTBB chorus

SKU: HP.C6315

Arranged by Lloyd Larson. Piano Accompaniment with Optional Guitar. Octavo. Hope Publishing Company #C6315. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C6315).

UPC: 763628163150.

Conte mporary praise song by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman This superb contemporary praise song by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman is given a sensitive choral treatment in this ballad setting by Lloyd Larson for SATB voices. The words of the Psalmist (Ps. 103) combine with the idea that we could never begin to count the reasons for which we come before God with praise. In the final verse, the number 10,000 is further connected to our endless praise in eternity, forevermore.

Arranged by Jack Schrader. For Choir. (Men's Voices). Print Music Collection (TTBB). 76 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company.

(TTBB Choir)

SKU: HL.14065087

Composed by Arnold Williams. Choral. General Merchandise. Duration 240 seconds. Music Sales #JC50748. Published by Music Sales (HL.14065087).

Composed by Nick Johnson. National/Emerson Fred Bock. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. National Music Publishers #NM1050. Published by National Music Publishers

Soprano, SSAATTBB Choir

SKU: CA.921100

Composed by John Hoybye. Secular choral music; Carus sheet music series: Contemporary choral music. Contemporary Choir Music. Secular choral music. Full score. Duration 15 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.211/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.921100).

ISBN 9790007188498. Language: English.

John Hoybyes This Human Life! for solo voice and mixed choir deals with thoughts about life and death, worries and speculations that occupy our minds. Described in serious, humorous, grotesque and promising words by R. H. Stoddard, William Blake, Edward Broadbridge and Woody Allen. The music is classical yet contemporary - and as always with Hoybye - coloured by a touch of jazz.

SSAATTBB Choir

SKU: CA.967400

Composed by Jacek Sykulski. Edited by Stefan Schuck. CARUS CONTEMPORARY. Sacred vocal music. Full score. 16 pages. Duration 8 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.674/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.967400).

ISBN 9790007187484. Language: Latin.

With the publication of his hypnotic Pater noster, Carus proudly presents Jacek Sykulski as a new composer in the Carus Contemporary series. Whilst Sykulski has achieved worldwide success as Director of the Academic Choir at the University of Poznan and the Poznan Boys' Choir, as a composer he has remained a well-guarded secret until now. In his sacred compositions he combines in music the deeply Catholic-imbued tradition of his country with his own compositional technique, characterized by a tremendous vocal sensuousness of sound and a conscious use of tonality enriched by dissonance. His Pater noster was composed in 2009 and revised in 2015 for a performance by the RIAS Kammerchor in Berlin. The first section of this three-part work for eight-part choir (tenors and sopranos also split into three) begins with the invocation Pater noster homophonically in A minor. This then introduces the Gregorian liturgical melody of the Our Father canonically and aleatorically, like a contemplative congregational hymn. The middle section calls out Dein Reich komme in increasingly insistent rhythmic declamation, more demanding, with hypnotic repetitions and intensifications. In the last section, Sykulski returns to the opening harmonies, but now a semitone lower on A flat, followed by an intensification at the words sed libera nos a malo - and delivery us from evil once more; this ends unresolved in a diatonic cluster on A flat as the paradigm of our imperfect earthly existence. The eight-minute unaccompanied composition is extremely singable, impressive, and not difficult to master. The piece is suitable for use in the liturgy, as well as in concerts and competitions.