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This Is Your Time [level: Medium]
J. Reese Norris
| Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1584 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano, percussion, opt. guitar
The profound text quotes Sir Winston Churchill with his challenge to young people. This dramatic piece needs to be sung!
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This Is Your Time [level: Medium]
J. Reese Norris
| Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: TBB | catalog number: SBMP 1585 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano, percussion, opt. guitar
The profound text quotes Sir Winston Churchill with his challenge to young people. This dramatic piece needs to be sung!
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This Song of Mine [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1396 | duration: 4:05
| price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
Set to an elegant and thought-provoking text by R. Tagore, the composer created beautiful melodies and an accompaniment in the style of a fine art song to bring this text to vivid life.
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Threaded with Stars [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1240 | duration: 3:40
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella
Starting in unison, then adding a part, and another, and mid-way through we reach the stars with all four parts involved. This is a treble a cappella piece that is stunning. Sara Teasdale off in the heavens would delight to hear this wonderful setting of her poem.
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Three Japanese Folksongs [level: Easy]
Misuzu McManus
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 523 | duration: 2:45, 2:50, 2:00
| price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano, fl or ob, bell
The Japanese American composer chose three delightful, contrasting folksongs. Beautiful melody, fun rhythms, and humor all are present. A bit of staging, perhaps a dancer, could add an additional dimension to this excellent set. Also available for SATB.
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Three Japanese Folksongs [level: Easy]
arr. Misuzu McManus
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 440 | duration: 2:45, 2:50, 2:00
| price: $230
accompaniment: piano, fl or ob, bell
The Japanese American composer chose three delightful, contrasting folksongs. Beautiful melody, fun rhythms, and humor all are present. A bit of staging, perhaps a dancer, could add an additional dimension to this excellent set. Also available for SSAA.
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Three Love Canons [level: Medium]
Carson Cooman
voicing: any | catalog number: SBMP 1166 | price: $1.85
accompaniment: a cappella
A splendid contrast in a concert program, these clever and sophisticated canons will intrigue audiences and delight singers. Their titles: Leap into Love, From Your Heart, and One Word. The voicing is adaptable to many combinations.
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Three Nightsongs [level: Medium]
Joshua Shank
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 598 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
1. Evening2. Moonsong3. WaterYoungster poet Hilda Conkling's poems see the world through fresh eyes; Joshua Shank discovers the beauty of her poetry and composes with fresh ideas. A wonderful marriage of text and music.
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Three Poems by Emily [level: Medium]
Michael Larkin
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1106 | duration: 4:30
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A delightful set crafted of diverse poems by beloved poet Emily Dickinson, each piece has its own style befitting the nature of the text. With no divisi, conservative ranges, and much sharing of the melodies, choirs of many ability levels will enjoy this set.
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To Daffodils [level: Medium]
Andrea Ramsey
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 745 | duration: 2:50
| price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella
A sensitive setting of the Robert Herrick poem. The artistic melodic and harmonic treatment, with very little divisi, this piece can serve the interests of many choirs.
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To Hold All Sounds [level: Medium]
Andrea Ramsey
| Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1120 | duration: 6:30
| price: $2.25
accompaniment: organ, timpani
Dramatic and profoundly moving, set to text from Whitman’s LEAVES OF GRASS, this is an outstanding piece for the large choir. Organ and timpani provide color and excitement. 6:30 in length, it would be a fine closer or centerpiece for a concert.
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To the Holy Spirit [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 838 | duration: 3:30
| price: $1.70
accompaniment: piano
Wendell Berry’s poem inspires us to imagine the extreme reaches of the “holy spirit.” As always, Joan Szymko perfectly captures the sense of the text to bring us a dramatic piece.
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To the Moonbeam [level: Easy]
David Asher Brown
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SA or TB | catalog number: SBMP 1225 | duration: 2:45
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
Charming and sophisticated, audiences will leave humming this melody while pondering the significance of the thought-provoking Percy Bysshe Shelley poem. An artistic piano accompaniment adds color and interest to this special piece.
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Toboggan! [level: Medium]
Mona Lyn Reese
| Daniel Hughes Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1038 | duration: 2:10
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: flute or treble recorder
A classy piece, it was created with great whimsy reflective of the theme as the vocal lines occasionally have a downhill slide. The grace notes of the flute or recorder enhance the dance-like rhythms. Toboggan is a worthy novelty number or encore for a winter program.
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Tread Softly [level: Medium]
Connor J. Koppin
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1447 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
This setting of the profound Yeats poem wiill be a favorite of singers as the composer lets each section have a turn at singing the melody, the conclusion bringing them together as one.
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Trees [level: Medium]
Daniel Brinsmead
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1117 | duration: 3:55
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella
“I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” states the beloved poem by Joyce Kilmer. Marked “espressivo,” choirs will delight in creating their unique stamp on this beautiful composition.
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Tu Voz [level: Medium]
Shawn L. Kirchner
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 705 | duration: 4:30
| price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano
Set to a Spanish text by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, this is a dramatic love song that reflects the Spanish tradition with a colorful piano accompaniment supporting the folk-like melodies of the singers. Although written for a large festival choir, the piece would adapt well to the chamber choir.
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Turn Around [level: Easy]
Greene, Reynolds, Belafonte, arr. René Clausen
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 542 | duration: 3:15
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
Made famous by Harry Belafonte, this poignant song about a girl quickly growing up will be a favorite of high school and women’s choirs.
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Two Sisters, The [level: Easy]
arr. Joshua Shank
| Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: TB | catalog number: SBMP 936 | duration: 3:30
| price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano
Ever clever composer Joshua Shank chose an obscure murder ballad that stands aside the likes of more famous Frankie and Johnny, and gave the tune artful and savvy treatment that boys will love.
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Two South African Folksongs [level: Easy]
arr. Bruce More
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 411 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella
Arranger More brought these home from a trip to South Africa. Genuine ethnic flavor abounds in these two folksongs.
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Ubi Caritas [level: Difficult]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 291 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella
Composer Szymko hopes to "arouse the universal longing for the Spirit" with this original setting of the famous antiphon text. Indeed, it will. Stunning, fresh, highly creative, a wonderful challenge for the fine choir. The women's voices are in four parts, the men's in two except for the divisi ending.
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Umahlalela [level: Medium]
Michael Barrett
| Cameron LaBarr Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1219 | duration: 2:45
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella
The Pretoria-based ethnic music expert brings us another fine arrangement of a native melody. Powerful in its repetition as is typical of this genre, it could lend itself well to a procession opening a concert, or ending either one section or the concert.
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Umi Sono Ai [level: Medium]
Kousaku Dan, arr. Rachel Stenson
| Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 974 | duration: 4:40
| price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano
A beautiful, beloved Japanese song, it tells of a man who goes to the ocean to reflect upon his life. In each wave he sees opportunity. Though the retreat of each wave may reflect his failures, a new wave of hope soon appears. It carries him, it lifts him, and sends him toward his destiny. Sing the song in the original Japanese, or in the English version provided by Randy Stenson.
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Umi Sono Ai [level: Medium]
Kousaku Dan, arr. Rachel Stenson
| Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 995 | duration: 4:40
| price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano
A beautiful, beloved Japanese song, it tells of a man who goes to the ocean to reflect upon his life. In each wave he sees opportunity. Though the retreat of each wave may reflect his failures, a new wave of hope soon appears. It carries him, it lifts him, and sends him toward his destiny. Sing the song in the original Japanese, or in the English version provided by Randy Stenson.
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Un Canadien Errant [level: Easy]
arr. Donald Kendrick
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 284 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
This beautiful French Canadian folk song receives special treatment here by composer Kendrick who grew up in bilingual Canada. Sing the piece in French, or use the optional English versuib
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Under the Willow [level: Medium]
Stephen Foster, arr. Susan LaBarr
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 896 | duration: 5:05
| price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella
A charming piece, the beautiful Foster melody is creatively enhanced by some flourishing vocal lines added by the arranger. This is the rare unaccompanied piece for women’s voices that really works.
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Upon the Heights [level: Medium]
Ben Sides
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1362 | duration: 3:20
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Having chosen poignant biblical verses, the composer beautifully succeeds in bringing them to radiant life. Starting with just the low basses, the piece builds to a conclusion befitting the “Heights” of the title. With melodic interest present in all voices, singers will love this.
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Vacant Chair, The [level: Medium]
George F. Root, arr. Ben Allaway
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 687 | duration: 6:40
| price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano, trpt; opt bluegrass ens.
THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM, a famous Civil War song, is the basis of this arrangement. The composer has added his own final verse to the text, the significance of which is the poignant image of a vacant chair at Thanksgiving due to the death of the young soldier days earlier. The arranger has woven trumpet taps into the fabric of this emotional, stirring song.
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Vidi Aquam [level: Medium]
Kevin T. Padworski
voicing: SSATB | catalog number: SBMP 1483 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano 4 hands
Upbeat and exciting with four rhythmic hands on the keyboard, this would be a bright spot in a program. The brief Latin text, part of a Catholic Easter ceremony, is given festive treatment, ending in a glorious alleluia. This would be a lively opener or closer for a concert.
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Vivos Voco [level: Difficult]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 615 | duration: 5:40
| price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano, handbells
The text consists of Virtutes, literally, "moral virtues," the name given to the short statements inscribed (primarily in Latin) on church tower bells in medieval times. Bells rang outward, chasing away the evil spirits that were believed to hover over the rooftops, and upward, as prayers to the heavens. Not only were church bells rung to ward off evil spirits, but to protect the faithful from storms, fires, human enemies and disease.VIVOS VOCO I call the livingFLEO MORTUA I cry for the dyingMORTUOS PLANGO I wail for the deadCONSOLO VIVA I console the livingDISSIPO VENTOS I disperse the windsCOMPELLO NUBILA I drive away the overcast of the skyThe composer has provided great drama with handbells ringing high above the choir, as well as the piano doing its best to be imitative of bells. A very dramatic piece that is excellent for the large choir.
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Wade in de water [level: Medium]
arr. Allen Koepke
voicing: SSAATTBB | catalog number: SBMP 227 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella
Hold your hats, this one will raise the house. A favorite of honor choirs.
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Wade in the Water [level: Medium]
arr. Nina Gilbert
| Jerry Blackstone Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 179 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: tuba
The tuba opens this setting with a simple rendition of the melody. Later as the piece progresses and the choral writing gets more involved, the tuba is there to help build the drama.
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Wade in the Water [level: Medium]
arr. Marion Verhaalen
| Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 690 | duration: 4:00
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: opt. piano
The arranger has woven a subtle, flowing accompaniment, breathing new life into this spiritual. The solid vocal writing can stand alone without the piano should the need or the spirit of the moment demand.
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Wake up, Ollie Brown! [level: Medium]
Ben Allaway
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 45 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: a cappella
A variety of African-American musical styles join in this choral drama. Four soloists are featured and are backed up by a “chorus of angels.” A dramatic piece.
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Waking, The [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers
| Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 868 | duration: 3:17
| price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano
This delightful setting of a Theodore Roethke poem gloriously describes awakening to the beauties and wonders of nature. Vivid imagery, lovely vocals, and a flowing accompaniment all combine to create a piece that is especially suitable for spring and summer concerts. Also available for SSA.
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