Composed by Dale Peterson. Arranged by Charles McCartha. For SATB choir, piano accompaniment (with optional flute). Sacred Anthem, Advent. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/4645L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Passion. By Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Martin Smith. Arranged by Dennis Allen. SATB. PraiseSong Choral. 12 pages. Published by PraiseSong

By John Mayer. Arranged by Deke Sharon. For Choral (SATB DV A Cappella). Choral. 12 pages. Published by Contemporary A Cappella Publishing

Arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram. (SATB). Daybreak Christmas Choral. Sacred. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 16 pages. Published by Daybreak Music.

Composed by Oliver Tarney. Vocal score. 4 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193522923. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193522923).

By Richard Marx. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. SATB A Cappella. Pop Choral Series. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Bob Chilcott. For SATB choir, a cappella. Mixed Voices. Christmas, Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 3'. Published by Oxford University Press

Composed by Greg Gilpin. Shawnee Press. A Cappella, Concert, Festival, Spiritual. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 165 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press

By Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir. Advent, Sacred. Sacred Anthem. Published by Exaltation Publications. (10/2845L)

By Joseph M. Martin. For SATB choir. Advent, Sacred. Level: Easy. Sacred Anthem. Published by Triune Music Inc. (10/1632T)

SATB choir - Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689630170

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Book. Word Music #080689630170. Published by Word Music (WD.080689630170).

UPC: 080689630170.

We’ re counting down the days to Christmas…that most wonderful time of the year! And somehow, it always feels so much longer than the actual 364 days it takes for that special day to arrive…that one day each year when family and friends come together to celebrate the joy, peace, hope, and love that came into our world through the birth of our Savior!

What better way to bring all that anticipation into focus and usher in the season than with the new Christmas musical from Marty Parks and Word Music & Church Resources, Waiting for Christmas! This delightful, nostalgic, and heartfelt musical comes to you wrapped in Marty Park’s signature format… Large-Print-No-Repeats -Perfect-For-Any-Choir! More specifically, these specially designed musicals from Marty come your way perfect for Senior Adult Choirs, yet perfectly appropriate for every choir!

Featuring a heartwarming story of a letter found in an old family Bible, this musical introduces a young girl named Sarah writing to her “Nana”, expressing her joy and delight as she anticipates the holiday and, once again, getting the family together at Christmastime. The memories of past Christmases combined with the expectation of precious new memories yet to be made create a vivid backdrop for sharing the real reason for the season…Jesus!

Composed by Mark Shepperd. Advent, 21st Century. Octavo. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-0088).

By Douglas Nolan. For SATB choir and cello (SATB W/ CELLO). Shawnee Press. Sacred, Advent, Christmas. 16 pages

(An Advent/Christmas Suite). By Lloyd Larson and Joseph M. Martin. For SATB choir, piano and narrator (with optional orchestra). Worship Works. Advent, Christmas, Sacred. Sacred Anthem

Choral SATB choir, piano

SKU: CF.CM9713

Composed by Jacob Narverud. 16 pages. Duration 4:01. Carl Fischer Music #CM9713. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9713).

ISBN 9781491160084. UPC: 680160918683. Key: G major. English. Robert Bode. Original.

The piece was commissioned by Kevin Scully, Director of Creative Arts, for the Port Washington School District, New York, with special thanks to the Ed Foundation and HEARTS for their unwavering support. Performance Notes This lighthearted piece is a great way to bring multiple choirs together in harmony. It may be sung by a single SATB choir, though it is intended to be performed by multiple choirs of varying age levels. Song of the Sound was written for an all-district feeder festival piece for combined elementary, middle level, and high school choirs. Here is a suggested outline for combining multiple choirs: Rehearsal Letters A to B: Elementary choir only (two-part, Soprano, Alto) Rehearsal Letter B: add Middle Level Soprano, Alto with Elementary choir Rehearsal Letter C: Middle Level choir only Rehearsal Letter D: High School choir only Rehearsal Letter E to the end: Everyone! Song of the Sound: Running on the beach, digging in the sand, Seaweed in my toes, bucket in my hand. When I'm at the shore, way above the rest, These are all the things that I love the best. Skipping like a stone on the water, diving deep in the silvery foam, Swimming far where the land cannot hold us, where the lighthouse calls us home. Flying free above the marshes, soaring high above the sea, Where the tern and cormorant and plover call to lands we cannot see.Come let us go to the water, let us go to the singing shore: Where the gentle breezes whisper and the mighty breakers roar. We will look to the shining ocean, to the East, where the new day dawned: We will sing a song of the edge of the world and the waiting sky beyond. -Poem by Robert Bode (Hope Springs Retreat Center, Ohio. August 2019) About the Composer: Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor. Dr. Narverud is an active guest Conductor/Clinician for Choral Festivals and All-State Choirs across the country and is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble comprised of musicians from across the Great Plains. As a sought-after composer, Narverud has been commissioned to write new works for a variety of choral ensembles and organizations. Many of his Editors' Choirs compositions are publisher Best Sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels. Website: www.jnarverud.com YouTube & Spotify: @jacobnarverud.
The piece was commissioned by Kevin Scully, Director of Creative Arts, for the Port Washington School District, New York, with special thanks to the Ed Foundation and HEARTS for their unwavering support.Performance NotesThis lighthearted piece is a great way to bring multiple choirs together in harmony. It may be sung by a single SATB choir, though it is intended to be performed by multiple choirs of varying age levels. Song of the Sound was written for an all-district feeder festival piece for combined elementary, middle level, and high school choirs. Here is a suggested outline for combining multiple choirs:Rehearsal Letters A to B: Elementary choir only (two-part, Soprano, Alto)Rehearsal Letter B: add Middle Level Soprano, Alto with Elementary choirRehearsal Letter C: Middle Level choir onlyRehearsal Letter D: High School choir onlyRehearsal Letter E to the end: Everyone!Song of the Sound:Running on the beach, digging in the sand,Seaweed in my toes, bucket in my hand.When I'm at the shore, way above the rest,These are all the things that I love the best. Skipping like a stone on the water, diving deep in the silvery foam,Swimming far where the land cannot hold us, where the lighthouse calls us home.Flying free above the marshes, soaring high above the sea,Where the tern and cormorant and plover call to lands we cannot see.Come let us go to the water, let us go to the singing shore:Where the gentle breezes whisper and the mighty breakers roar.We will look to the shining ocean, to the East, where the new day dawned:We will sing a song of the edge of the world and the waiting sky beyond.-Poem by Robert Bode (Hope Springs Retreat Center, Ohio. August 2019)About the Composer:Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor. Dr. Narverud is an active guest Conductor/Clinician for Choral Festivals and All-State Choirs across the country and is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble comprised of musicians from across the Great Plains. As a sought-after composer, Narverud has been commissioned to write new works for a variety of choral ensembles and organizations. Many of his Editors' Choirs compositions are publisher Best Sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels. Website: www.jnarverud.com  YouTube & Spotify: @jacobnarverud.

(An Advent/Christmas Suite). By Lloyd Larson and Joseph M. Martin. For SAB choir, narrator and piano (with optional orchestra). Worship Works. Advent, Christmas, Sacred. Sacred Anthem

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-455-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-455-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-455-5).

ISBN 9790550114555.

This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti's conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation. The cycle traces the long nights of watchfulness before Christmas, with the great event constantly deferred, only glimpsed periodically in different visions before the music turns inward again to contemplation. The opening carol embodies this spirit, with passages of diffuse, roving harmony interspersed with meditative, lyrical pedals, calling out the night watch and dreaming of a far-off summer of the spirit. Earth Grown Old is a kind of double carol, setting two complete poems, their lines at first presented separately as a still, expectant chorale and a jubilant dance, then progressively interwoven toward a fervent climax before once again receding into quiet. In the bleak mid-winter, which sets a highly compressed version of Rossetti's original poem, presents an enfeebled landscape frozen in time, in dire need of deliverance. A gentle melody weaves its way through static drones, broken by an angels' chorus announcing the joy to come. Love Came Down at Christmas ends the waiting, with its gently falling, overlapping lines building to a final revelation, the mystery of Christmas at last made real.

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-7774

Composed by William Rowan. Christmastide, Christmas Vigil, Christmas Night, Christmas Dawn, Christmas Day. Christmas. Tune Name: Robinson Chapel. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #7774. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7774).

UPC: 785147777403. English. Text by Mary Louise Bringle.

Beginning with a single bass line in the keyboard, expanding to 2 parts, then adding in the men’s voices and eventually the women, it is as if everyone in the room is waiting on the brink, expecting something. The mixed two-part voicing is used for the first 3 verses, finally expanding to SATB on the final verse, providing a comforting expansiveness.

By Lloyd Larson. Arranged by Victor C Johnson. For SATB choir, piano (with optional orchestration). Cantatas. Christmas, Sacred. Choral score and CD. 68 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

SATB chorus and piano - Medium

SKU: JK.01311

Composed by Will L. Thompson ( 1847-1909). Arranged by Brent Jorgensen. Choral A cappella, Choral SATB, Difficulty Medium, Piano Choir, Comfort, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ - Example, Jesus Christ - Savior, Jesus Christ - Second Coming, Love, Mercy, Plan of Salvation, Prayer, Repentance. Christian, Inspirational. Duration 2:15. Jackman Music Corporation #01311. Published by Jackman Music Corporation (JK.01311).

Mark 4:39-41, Psalm 48:14.

New arrangement of the classic hymn for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano, with one verse optional a cappella.
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He's waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
Composer: Will L. Thompson ( 1847-1909)
Arranger: Brent Jorgensen
Difficulty: Medium
Performance time: 2:15
Reference: Mark 4:39-41, Psalm 48:14.

By Jack Schrader. For SATB choir. Scripture References: Isaiah 11:1 -- John 1:29 -- John 1:36 -- John 4:25 -- Revelations 22:20. Advent, Sacred. Choral octavo. 8 pages

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.

By Joseph M. Martin and David Angerman. For SATB Choir (SATB). Shawnee Press. 11 pages