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A La Ru [level: Easy] arr. Paul Stuart
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 283 | duration: 2:22 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
Treble choirs young and old will enjoy this setting of the Hispanic folk song. The text is in Spanish with an optional English version. In unison and two parts, the middle three-part a cappella section may be sung by the full choir, a smaller group, or a trio. A sprightly piano accompaniment lends great flavor to this arrangement.
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African Lullaby [level: Easy] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 809 | duration: 2:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano, hand drum
The arranger cleverly weaves together two folk lullabies of African origin: the soothing African American song, “Angels Watching Over Me” and “Abiyoyo,” from the Bantu people of southern Africa. Choirs of all ages will enjoy this beautiful arrangement.
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Agnus Dei [level: Medium] Jan Dismas Zelenka, arr. Robert Sieving
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 910 | duration: 2:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The Czech Baroque composer left a large legacy of wonderful music, including this little gem from one of his masses. Treble choirs of all ages will love singing this fine piece.
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All My Trials [level: Easy] arr. B. Wayne Bisbee
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 246 | duration: 3:15 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
The well-known American folk song is accompanied by a lilting piano part.
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Alley Cat Love Song [level: Medium] Paul Carey | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 737 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Hilarious goings on here. Fred, the Alley Cat, is quite the fellow. Audiences will adore this piece.
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And Nature Smiled [level: Medium] Allen Koepke
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 36 | duration: 4:15 | price: 1.95
accompaniment: piano
Girls love this inspirational song. Also available for TBB
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Angels of the Wind [level: Medium] Allen Koepke
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 202 | duration: 4:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano 4 hands
Written in the modern folksong style, Koepke's text uses the metaphor of the currents of the wind to point up the guiding forces in our lives. Also available for TTB
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Angels' Voices [level: Medium] John Burge | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: Unison - SA - SSA | catalog number: SBMP 617 | duration: 21:00 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano or orchestra or band
A five movement work for treble voices with piano or orchestra OR BRASS BAND accompaniment. Wonderful for any time of the year, and special for the Christmas season. This is a charming, impressive work for the children's chorus.
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Arrow and the Song, The [level: Medium] Nancy Grundahl
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 753 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, cello
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem is giving sprightly treatment with a colorful piano accompaniment enhanced by a cello.
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Arrow and The Song, The [level: Medium] Joshua Shank
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 597 | duration: 3:20 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
Longfellow's poem about friendship is given dramatic, haunting treatment here. Simple but effective, and great to sing. Also available for SATB
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Ave Maria [level: Medium] László Halmos
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 25 | duration: 2:45 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
An eloquent setting of the familiar Ave Maria text. Hungarian composer Halmos wrote this setting of the Ave Maria in homage to Zoltán Kodály to commemorate the centenary of the composer's birth. Latin text only.
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Ave Maria [level: Medium] David N. Childs | Charlotte Adams Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 222 | duration: 3:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, flute
A bold, yet beautiful setting for today‘s choirs; accessible to singers of all levels.
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Ave Maria [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 292 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.75
accompaniment: a cappella
All the beauty of Renaissance vocal lines in a dramatic, contemporary setting. Conservative ranges will allow many age groups to enjoy this beautiful piece.
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Away in a Manger [level: Easy] arr. Charlotte Bara | Charlene Archibeque Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 20 | duration: 3:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
A quodlibet skillfully combining "Away in the Manger" with the Brahms "Lullaby." This combination of two beautiful melodies is sure to be an audience pleaser. The piano offers support in the style of the "Lullaby"; the voices have unison, two-part, and three-part texture.
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Barter [level: Medium] René Clausen
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 527 | duration: 3:55 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
An elegant, melodious piece set to a musical poem by Sara Teasdale. Choirs of all ages will enjoy singing this piece.
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Before the Paling of the Stars [level: Easy] J. Edmund Hughes
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 670 | duration: 2:30 | price: $1.75
accompaniment: piano or handbells, opt. windchimes
Set to a text by Christina Rossetti, the handbells add color, and the composer cleverly sneaks in the melody of What Child is This to lend a traditional flavor to this new Christmas piece.
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Benedictus [level: Medium] Johann Michael Haydn, ed/piano accompaniment by Michael Cleveland
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 237 | duration: 4:45 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
Optional solos combine with a beautiful expression of the classic form to provide a piece with educational and musical value.
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Benedictus [level: Medium] Luigi Boccherini, arr. Robert Sieving
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 928 | duration: 3:10 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
A skillful arrangement adapted from the second movement of Boccherini’s beloved Cello Concerto in B flat. Singers will love the beautiful melodic lines and classical elegance of this piece.
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Beside the Still Waters [level: Medium] Rollo A. Dilworth | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 610 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, opt. percussion
A gospel feel shines brightly here in this tasteful setting of Psalm 23. Appropriate for concert or church use. Also available for SATB
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Bloom [level: Easy] Philip E. Silvey
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 634 | duration: 3:08 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Ah, spring! This piece celebrates the season and allows the chorus to bloom. The piano brings great life to the piece with its running eighth notes, eager to aide in the bloom of the season.
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Blue Bird [level: Easy] Korean folk song, arr. Jungsun Lee
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1035 | duration: 2:45 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A beautiful Korean folk song, it has a short, but powerful text symbolic of a farmer’s dream for a better life. The transliteration makes this easy to learn. An artistic piano accompaniment lends support and adds its own color to the already colorful melodies - the piece may also be sung a cappella. Also available for SATB.
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Brook Within, The [level: Medium] Joan Marie Andrews
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 456 | duration: 3:45 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The poem by Emiily Dickinson: “Have you got a brook in your little heart Where bashful flowers blow…”
Women’s choirs will love this beautiful piece.
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Call, The [level: Difficult] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA/SATB | catalog number: SBMP 455 | duration: 4:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
The florid melodies of the treble choir add drama to the SATB choir’s melodious and dramatic statement of the text. An exceptional piece for combining two choirs.
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Cantate Domino [level: Medium] Paul Ayres | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 526 | duration: 2:15 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
Great bravado in this piece, a tour de force for the treble choir. Advanced children's choirs will love the challenge, and women's choirs will be delighted to discover a piece that shows off their skills as uniquely as does this high quality show-stopper piece. In 2009 the Concordia Youth Chorale commissioned an orchestration of the accompaniment, for performance with the New Jersey State Youth Orchestra: score and parts are available direct from the composer
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Caroling Fantasy [level: Easy] arr. B. Wayne Bisbee
voicing: SATB or SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1041 | duration: 2:50 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano, flute, handbells, perc.
Composer Bisbee has created a festive and clever medley of The First Noel, Sing Nowell, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and Have a Merry Christmas. An aleatoric rendering of the latter greeting leads to the final dramatic phrase: “And a happy new year.” Throughout, a sprightly flute part decorates the melodies; the piano adds great rhythmic and harmonic support; the handbells add elegance with their special ring; and the drum and triangle add rhythmic emphasis and sparkle. The versatile arrangement can be sung by treble choirs and/or by mixed voices. This piece is a great choice for concluding a holiday concert, perhaps with more than one choir combining forces.
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Cedar Swamp [level: Easy] arr. Jay Broeker
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 442 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Mr. Broeker has done it again! Great swinging fun abounds in this arrangement. The voices introduce the piece imitating the sound of a "mountain" fiddle.
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Cielito Lindo [level: Easy] arr. Barbara Harlow
voicing: SSA or TBB | catalog number: SBMP 567 | duration: 2:20 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano, opt. 3 trpts., 3 guitars, bass
A favorite folk song in Mexico and also in the U.S. The piano accompaniment imitates the upbeat, rhythmic sound of a mariachi band. An optional scoring for mariachi band accompaniment is available. Men will sing the piece an octave lower than written. Also available for SATB
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Come Pretty Love [level: Medium] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 492 | duration: 2:15 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
A modified round with added descant and hand clapping, this piece is loaded with excitement and spirit. Also available for SATB
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Dance on My Heart [level: Medium] Allen Koepke
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 34 | duration: 2:35 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Composer/poet Koepke spun a fun tale of romance, then set it to sprightly music that is a delight to sing, accompanied by a piano part that both supports the singers and adds to the drama. Treble choirs of all ages have been captivated by this magical piece. Over 170,000 copies have been sold.
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Dicen que me case yo [level: Medium] David Montoya
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 592 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: guitar, finger cymbals
A fun, artistic piece that may be sung a cappella or with guitar accompaniment.
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Dona Nobis Pacem [level: Medium] Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Nancy Grundahl
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 471 | duration: 2:30 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
One of Bach’s most gorgeous melodies skillfully set for treble choir.
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Du bist du Ruh [level: Medium] Franz Schubert, ed. Peter A. Eklund | Peter A. Eklund Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 767 | duration: 3:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
A beautiful, romantic song composed by Schubert for solo voice, now tastefully arranged for three-part women. To be sung in German.
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Eu e Vocé [level: Medium] piano accomp.: Mary Ellen Loose - arr. J. Edmund Hughes
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 710 | duration: 3:10 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Great rhythmic fun and involvement are possible in this delightful arrangement. The voices play a big part in the quasi-instrumental rhythm, and are optionally joined by finger snaps, lap slaps, and hand claps in a rhythmic interlude that could also incorporate the audience and rhythm instruments.
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Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit [level: Medium] arr. Allen Koepke
voicing: SATB/SSA | catalog number: SBMP 345 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Two choirs can join to have great fun with the joyful arrangement.
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Everyone Sang [level: Medium] Paul Rudoi | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1024 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The profound poem, with a subtle theme of war and peace and alive with colorful images, has been given vivid musical treatment. A highly creative piano part soars on its own, coupled with superb melodic writing for the voices. An excellent piece for the mature choir blessed with a fine accompanist.
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Everything She Touches [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 738 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
The composer's creativity never ceases to amaze. She discovered the Wiccan text for this piece when researching the triple goddess, Brigid, for a Celtic ritual Imbolc (Candlemas) choral presentation. Wicca relies heavily on ancient Celtic symbols, beliefs and celebrations) Her notes explain: The Goddess Triad archetype is found in many ancient Indo-European cultures, as well as in some mythologies of Africa and Asia.
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Fine Sally [level: Easy] arr. Bill Erickson | Charlene Archibeque Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 5 | duration: 1:40 | price: $1.60
accompaniment: piano, optional glockenspiel
A light-hearted setting of this American folksong about the courting of Fine Sally. Verses in one, two and three parts offer a variety of vocal experiences for the treble choir; the Glockenspiel can add color to the performance of this piece.
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Fire, Burn Bright [level: Medium] Joan Szymko | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 988 | duration: 2:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
This sprightly piece celebrates something we all love on a cold winter’s day: the crackling logs in the fireplace. A traditional folk poem from the English West Country provided the text. A colorful piano accompaniment adds great interest to the clever melodic realization of the text as it describes the various kinds of logs and how they react when lit.
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Giá il sole dal Gange [level: Medium] Scarlatti, arr. Robert Sieving | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 571 | duration: 2:45 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A favorite solo art song tastefully and musically arranged in three parts. To be sung in Italian; a pronunciation underlay is included. For all ages of treble choirs.
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Giver of Stars, The [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 956 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
With her great sensitivity to text, the composer has created a musical painting of Amy Lowell’s touching poem. Anyone who has experienced romantic love will relate to the message and enjoy the expressive melodies that abound in this piece.
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Gloria [level: Easy] Nancy Hill Cobb
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 578 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, flute
A majestic GLORIA, this would be a terrific opener or closer for a concert. A fine flute player is needed for this dramatic part which soars above the choir.
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He’s Gone Away [level: Medium] arr. Cathy DeRousse
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 787 | duration: 2:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, vln.
The violin is an active participant in this charming setting of the favorite folk song.
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High Flight [level: Medium] Karen Robinson
voicing: SSA or TTB | catalog number: SBMP 704 | duration: 4:45 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The poem was written by a young pilot in 1941—it has been called the most famous aviation poem ever written. The composer is very in tune with the message of the poem—an inspired piece. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew— And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
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Hodie [level: Medium] Nancy Hill Cobb | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 501 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Another winner from Nancy Hill Cobb. Unison, two-parts, and cadential three-parts lend variety. All ages of treble choirs will enjoy this piece
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How Can I Keep from Singing [level: Medium] arr. Neil Ginsberg
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 223 | duration: 4:50 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Composer Ginsberg gives the Quaker hymn a beautiful, sensitive treatment; the piano accompaniment is artfully conceived and adds greatly to the composition.
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How Can I Keep from Singing [level: Medium] arr. Scott Farthing | Charlotte Adams Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 407 | duration: 5:45 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano
Discover this extra special setting of this favorite. Composer Farthing uses the piano to create unique harmonic interest and a flowing accompaniment.
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How Can I Keep from Singing [level: Medium] David Bridges | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 859 | duration: 5:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
This is not the folk song! The composer has reached dramatic, new heights, creating fresh music for the familiar text.
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I Know Where I’m Goin’ [level: Medium] arr. Neil Ginsberg
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 285 | duration: 2:30 | price: $1.60
accompaniment: piano
The traditional Irish folk song is given a foot-tapping treatment here by a rhythmic accompaniment to go along with the beautiful song. Choirs will want to speculate just what "handsome, winsome Johnnie" looks like after they see the cover art for this one.
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I Lift My Eyes [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 658 | duration: 3:30 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
A provocative text combining the sentiment of Psalm 121 (I lift my eyes to the hills), with a quote from the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Naht Hanh (I am solid as a mountain). The composer opens the piece with a beautiful unison melody set to the biblical text. In typical Szymko style, we are treated to a dramatic exploration of the theme, a harmonization of the original melody, and finally a strong statement to end the piece. Not difficult, this piece will be an interesting challenge for teenagers through mature adults.
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I’ve Been Buked, Children! [level: Medium] arr. Rollo Dilworth | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 547 | duration: 5:08 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano, percussion
A spiritual with a real life story. The percussion sets the tone and plays up the drama. Bound to be a huge winner. Also available for SATB.
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