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A la Media Noche [level: Medium] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 304 | duration: 4:30 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano, flute, percussion, claves, shaker, conga
The gals can really ring out on this festive arrangement. To be sung in Spanish, it will add a special merriment to the holiday concert.
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A Prayer for Peace [level: Medium] Paula Foley Tillen | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 948 | duration: 5:50 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The text, by Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, was written as a peace chant in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Composer Foley has created a hauntingly beautiful setting that unfolds dramatically, ending with a whisper of hope. Mostly SA, SSA, and briefly, SSAA.
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Agnus Dei [level: Medium] David Rossow
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 843 | duration: 4:00 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano/4 hands
A possible companion piece to SANCTUS by David Rossow, AGNUS DEI offers the contrast with its slower tempo and quieter mood. Soaring melodic lines, this will be a wonderful addition to literature for the advanced women’s ensemble.
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Amazing Grace [level: Medium] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 437 | duration: 2:20 | price: $1.75
accompaniment: a cappella
Rich textures, close harmonies, a fresh setting for the four-part women's choir.
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Angels We Have Heard on High [level: Medium] arr. Linda Paschal Gingrich
voicing: SATB/SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 125 | duration: 3:15 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
A marvelous antiphonal setting of the familiar carol. The SSAA “echo" could be sung by a quartet or a small group.
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Ave Maria [level: Medium] Aleksandar S. Vujic
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 196 | duration: 2:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
A beautiful setting by the Yugoslavian composer.
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Ave Maria [level: Difficult] David V. Montoya
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 581 | duration: 3:24 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
Not your usual Ave Maria, composer Montoya brings new drama to this text. Each part is a masterpiece unto itself; the harmonies are contemporary and pleasing. A wonderful challenge for the mature women’s ensemble.
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Beauty of Your Dreams, The [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 564 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Famous statements of Eleanor Roosevelt provide the text for this inspiring piece. The dramatic writing of Joan Szymko vividly brings the text to life. A special showpiece for the women's choir.
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Benedizione [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 799 | duration: 2:50 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano
Inspired after a visit to Assisi, the composer uses as text the Italian version of the beloved Blessing of St Francis, “The Lord Bless You and Keep you.” The beginning and ending of the piece feature a beautiful unison melody; the middle section divides briefly into 4 parts for a dramatic contrast.
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Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind [level: Difficult] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 428 | duration: 2:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
The piano creates the rush of the wind while the voices match the many moods of the poem: somber, ironic, dancing, and finally jolly.
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Down in the Valley to Pray [level: Medium] arr. Michael Cleveland
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 477 | duration: 1:35 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
This spiritual was featured in the movie, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” For the film, the title and text was changed to Down to the River to Pray. To be sung with great fervor , the melody is in the pentatonic mode. Also available for SATB.
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Ein Bernelis Per Laukeli [level: Medium] arr. Kristina Vasiliauskaite, ed. Vance Wolverton | Baltic Series edited by Vance Wolverton
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 143 | duration: 1:14 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
This charming folksong setting tells the story of a carefree young man who proffers a bouquet of sweet clover to a young woman who prefers sweet words over flowers. The lilting melody in duple meter is accompanied by consonant harmonies and the oft-repeated affirmative idiom "Oi ja, oi ja."
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Et In Terra Pax [level: Difficult] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 493 | duration: 3:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Based on the lydian mode, this is a show piece for the advanced treble choir.
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Famine Song [level: Medium] VIDA, arr. Matthew Culloton | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1007 | duration: 5:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Written by a quartet of women named VIDA and inspired by the stories of Sudanese basket weavers who expressed the pain and hope experienced by those in the famine of the 1980s, this is a most unusual and fascinating song. Arranger Culloton has captured all the pathos of the original version. A proven audience pleaser. Also available for SATB.
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Freedom Come [level: Medium] Ben Allaway
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 133 | duration: 5:10 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
In the style of a South African freedom song. Easy vocal writing and one or two soloists provide a dramatic uplifting experience. The words may be altered to suit the occasion, be it Christmas or a celebration of a special sort. Great audience appeal and an excellent concert closer. Also available for SATB or TTBB.
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Healing River [level: Medium] Fred Hellerman, arr. Sheena Phillips
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 681 | duration: 3:00 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
The versatile composer is renowned in the world of folk music for his association with the Weavers, that legendary group of the fifties and sixties who received an honorary Grammy in 2006. Sheena Phillips created a splendid choral arrangement of this moving piece; it is also available for SATB.
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Hodie [level: Difficult] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 356 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
The opening unison chant is first contrasted by vigorous rhythmic sections, then developed with masterful weaving of the vocal line. A must for outstanding treble choirs.
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Hold On [level: Medium] arr. Jay Broeker
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 321 | duration: 3:36 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: bass, percussionon
Treble choirs will delight in the opportunity to indulge in this program winner. Percussion and bass join the a cappella singing which begins quietly and innocently, and builds to a dramatic flair at the ending.
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How Can I Keep from Singing [level: Medium] Robert Wadsworth Lowry, arr. Karen P. Thomas | Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 894 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
A glorious setting of this favorite song. A small group begins the piece singing in unison; the piece builds and builds to the six-part ending.
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I Am Not Yours [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 568 | duration: 4:38 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A flowing piano accompaniment supports a tender love song with text by Sara Teasdale. Women's choirs will delight in this piece.
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I Dream a World [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 613 | duration: 3:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The famous text by Langston Hughes is set to a beautiful melody with a dramatic buildup midway emphasizing the powerful meaning herein. Suitable for all ages of treble choirs; some unison, some 2 part, and some 4 part writing.
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I Know Where I'm Going [level: Medium] arr. Christopher T. Lewis
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 618 | duration: 3:50 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
The non-traditional harmonies of the piano accompaniment, along with the arranger's creative stretch for the melody, make this a totally new setting of this beloved folk song.
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I See the Heaven’s Glories Shine [level: Medium] Andrea Ramsey
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 929 | duration: 4:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The singers get to shine in this majestic piece set to a poem by Emily Bronte. Composer Ramsey has created an outstanding show piece for treble choirs. Also available for SATB or TTBB.
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I Shot an Arrow [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 998 | duration: 5:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, oboe
The poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow comes to life in this dramatic piece. The oboe shoots the arrow, the singers follow with their ascending take on this event. Word painting adds to the color. A great opener for a concert, this piece would quickly engage the listeners.
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Illumina le tenebre [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 955 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
A reverberant hall will serve this special piece very well. The text is one of the oldest prayers of St. Francis of Assisi. The composer states: “My intention was to create a setting both spacious and intimate.” She has succeeded beautifully. Also available for SATB.
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In my quiet place [level: Easy] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 362 | duration: 3:19 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: marimba
Word painting inspired by a profound, tho simple text. The marimba adds color. Number two in the set of three titled THIS WONDERFUL FEELING.
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Instruments of Praise [level: Medium] Allen Koepke | Charlotte Adams Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 156 | duration: 2:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A dramatic setting of Psalm 150 suitable for concert or church use.
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It Takes a Village [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 328 | duration: 3:45 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: percussion
The familiar African saying, "It takes a village to raise a child," is given African-style treatment. A great closer, this piece is a proven audience favorite. Also available for SATB.
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Jubilate Deo [level: Medium] Halmos, arr. Barbara Harlow
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 915 | duration: 1:40 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
The SATB version of this piece has been a long-time best seller in the SBMP catalog. At the request of Nancy Parker who recorded it with her choir, a treble version was created. Wonderful antiphonal melodies will lend well to spacing the two sections of the choir a bit apart for a dramatic effect. This is one of those rare a cappella pieces that works really well for treble voices.
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Kyrie & Gloria (from Missa Brevis) [level: Medium] Kristina Vasiliauskaite | Baltic Series edited by Vance Wolverton
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 263 | duration: 1:35 & 1:50 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: keyboard
The first two parts of a stunning Missa Brevis for women.
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Lacrymosa [level: Medium] Mozart, arr. Michael Cleveland
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 297 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: piano
From Mozart's REQUIEM. Scored originally for mixed choir and strings, composer Cleveland has created a beautiful setting for four-part treble chorus with keyboard accompaniment.
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Lamento di Arianna abbando [level: Difficult] Veroslav Neumann
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 359 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Avant garde, challenging, impressive, dramatic, expressive. The piece was inspired by the famous piece of Claudio Monteverdi and for a stunning contrast, could be paired with that piece in concert.
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Les Béatitudes [level: Medium] David N. Childs | Peter A. Eklund Choral Series
voicing: SSAA or TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 946 | duration: 3:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
The Beatitudes were translated into French for this elegant composition that features a chant-like melody and a dramatic harmonic structure. Beautiful!
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Lo, How a rose e're blooming [level: Medium] arr. J. Edmund Hughes
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 198 | duration: 3:45 | price: $1.75
accompaniment: opt. hand bells
Composer Hughes has combined a thirteenth century plainsong with the fifteenth century German carol for a fascinating result. To be sung in English.
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Lorica [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 800 | duration: 2:20 | price: $1.60
accompaniment: piano, flute
Ever seeking dramatic texts, for this piece the composer chose an excerpt from text traditionally held to have been inscribed on the breastplate, or “lorica” of Saint Patrick. As we have come to expect from Szymko, the drama of the music brings the text to brilliant and colorful fruition.
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Love's Philosophy [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 628 | duration: 3:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem presents the romantic notion that if all of nature can be so united, why not I with thine? High school and mature women's choruses will love both the sentiment, and Child's beautiful melodic treatment of the text.
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maggie and milly and molly and may [level: Difficult] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 588 | duration: 3:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Always stylish and highly creative, composer Szymko has great fun with this E. E. Cummings poem.
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Mary's song of praise [level: Medium] Cristine Temple-Evans
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 280 | duration: 3:45 | price: $1.75
accompaniment: a cappella
The beautiful, original writing of this setting of the Magnificat combines reflective devotion with heartfelt drama
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Melodijas [level: Medium] ed. Vance Wolverton, Peteris Barisons | Baltic Series edited by Vance Wolverton
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 167 | duration: 2:15 | price: $1.50
accompaniment: a cappella
The low altos are prominently featured both melodically and harmonically in this lush, a cappella setting that is strongly reminiscent of Brahms. In the text by J. Sudrabkalns musical concepts become metaphors for the complexities of life. Barisons's musical treatment enhances the meaning of the text while simultaneously evoking rich, warm tone and expressive delivery. Sing this in the original language (a transliteration is provided), or in English.
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Moon is Distant from the Sea, The [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 719 | duration: 3:40 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A best selling piece in its SATB version, the choral conductor in Ireland who ultimately provided the recording requested that David Childs set this for treble voices. This piece promises to be a favorite of treble choirs. Also available for SATB or TTBB.
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Music In My Mother's House [level: Medium] arr. J. David Moore, by Stuart Stotts | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 880 | duration: 3:50 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A big hit when performed at the ACDA National Convention, this sentimental piece is fun to sing, and will touch all those who hear it.
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Music, the Spirit of Life [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 785 | duration: 7:10 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano; opt. wind ensemble
Commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educator’s Association for the 2008 Women’s All State Honor Choir, this is a dramatic show piece for the treble choir.
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My Lagan Love [level: Medium] arr. Paula Tillen | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSAA/sop. solo | catalog number: SBMP 720 | duration: 3:00 | price: $1.55
accompaniment: piano, violin
The hauntingly beautiful melody is enhanced by a dramatic, flourishing violin, with harp-like chords coming from the piano. The melody is first stated by the soprano soloist, and in conclusion, by the choir.
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Nada te turbe [level: Medium] Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 334 | duration: 4:19 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: cello
text by Saint Teresa of Avila. Spain authored the sixteenth century sacred text, here rendered both in Spanish and in English. The accompanying cello first plays in the style of a guitar, then in a lyric counterpoint to the drama of the voices.
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O Eve! [level: Medium] Frank J. La Rocca
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 895 | duration: 3:45 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
In this sacred text, Mary celebrates Eve as 'my sister, my friend' - having been reconciled by the Child she carries. A beautiful, poignant piece that would be best performed in a reverberant hall. The recording was made in the Chapel at the University of Glasgow.
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O quam gloriosum [level: Medium] Andrew Larson | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 921 | duration: 3:30 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
Glorious indeed, the piece builds to a grand climax. Superb for the larger treble group.
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On Wings of Gladness [level: Medium] David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 818 | duration: 6:50 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano, flute
Set to a beautiful contemporary poem titled JOY, Childs has created another piece with gorgeous melodies that women’s choirs will love.
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Only Light, Only Love [level: Medium] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 840 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
The text, taken from a sermon by Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”
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Padmapani [level: Medium] Paula Foley Tillen | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 699 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano
Buddhist poet Thich Nhat Hahn’s poem, Lotus Bearer, is set to a hauntingly beautiful melody.
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Peace Like a River [level: Medium] arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 417 | duration: 3:50 | price: $1.65
accompaniment: piano
Arranged with dramatic flair and great sensitivity to the text.
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