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CoverStars I Shall Find [level: Medium]
Seth Houston | Donald Brinegar Choral Series
voicing: SA or TB | catalog number: SBMP 1065 | duration: 4:30 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

Poet Sara Teasdale dreams of special stars, a “crystal of peace.” The music is marked by compelling melodies, sensitive counterpoint, a luscious harmonic language, and an evocative piano accompaniment. Singers will love to sing this as each part is special.

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CoverStone Circles [level: Medium]
Anne Lister
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1383 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

This fascinating song from a Welch singer/composer is bound to be a program highlight. Folk-like in its character, it features several soloists, and has the possibility of some interesting staging that can make it a unique contribution to a concert.

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CoverSukkat Shelomekha [level: Medium]
Marjan Helms | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1600 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano, violin, opt. cello

A beautiful melody is the hallmark of this special piece. The lyrics are drawn from the Hashkiveinu, a traditional prayer in the Jewish evening service.

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CoverSuper flumina Babylonis [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 797 | duration: 4:55 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella

A special a cappella show piece for the treble choir.

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CoverSwing Low, Sweet Chariot [level: Medium]
Ashley Nelson | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: SSA or TTB | catalog number: SBMP 1261 | duration: 2:35 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

This arrangement really swings as it creatively generates a feeling that it is being improvised. Not difficult, it will be within the reach of most treble or male choirs.

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CoverSymbols [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
RELEASED: June 2021
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1648 | duration: c. 3:00 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke is creatively interpreted through the use of tone painting in another outstanding original by Narverud. With rich choral harmonies, moving vocal lines, and a flowing piano accompaniment, this piece glides with constant motion to end where it began. This challenging yet accessible piece will be an excellent addition to advanced choral libraries.

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CoverThe Castle Builder [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1175 | duration: 4:08 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano 4 hands

Longfellow’s poem, with its challenging message to young people to “Build on, and make thy castles high and fair,” marches to great music here. The dramatic 4-hand piano part artistically sets the pace for the well-crafted vocal parts. This is highly recommended for large choirs.

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CoverThe Dream [level: Easy]
Jason Shelton
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1243 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

A circle made of song, a dream of harmony, to love and be loved as I am—these are quotes from this song. Written in a Glee/Broadway style, an opening solo sets the mood, the choir soon joining in with their own take on this message. Upbeat with fine melodies, this is a winner.

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CoverThe gift I'll leave you [level: Medium]
Kim André Arnesen | Joel Rinsema Kantorei Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1370 | duration: 5:30 | price: $2.2
accompaniment: piano

Working with a profound Euan Tait poem on the theme of love, composer Arnesen has created another winner. An exquisite piano part supports the composer’s memorable melodies.

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CoverThe Moon is Distant from the Sea [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 540 | duration: 3:15 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

A whimsical poem by Emily Dickinson comes to sparkling life. The piano adds much color to the soaring vocal lines. Also available for SSAA or TTBB.

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CoverThe Moon is Distant from the Sea [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 719 | duration: 3:40 | price: $2.15
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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CoverThe Moon is Distant from the Sea [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 764 | duration: 3:40 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

A whimsical poem by Emily Dickinson comes to sparkling life. The piano adds much color to the soaring vocal lines. Also available for SATB or SSAA.

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CoverThe Music of My Soul [level: Easy]
Alejandro Consolacion II
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1496 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The lyrics laud the value of music, and the melodies give oral proof of that value. Singers will adore this piece because they all get their turn at these beautiful melodies.

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CoverThe Music of My Soul [level: Medium]
Alejandro Consolacion II
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1502 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The lyrics laud the value of music, and the beautiful melody provides aural proof of this value. An elegant accompaniment makes this piece extra special.

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CoverThe Poem, The Song, The Picture [level: Medium]
Terry Schlenker | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 927 | duration: 4:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

A provocative poem by Federico García Lorca inspired this beautiful piece by composer Schlenker. To be sung in English, the piece has little divisi for the men, and a bass part lacking in low notes. Tight harmonies underlay a dramatic melody for this special piece.

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CoverThe Poem, The Song, The Picture [level: Medium]
Terry Schlenker
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 951 | duration: 4:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

A provocative poem by Federico García Lorca inspired this beautiful piece. Tight harmonies underlay a dramatic melody. To be sung in English.


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CoverThe Power of a Song [level: Easy]
Roslyn Sieh
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1248 | duration: 3:20 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano

...music can bring us together as one. I believe in the power of a song. The composer makes a strong statement on the many powers of a song. Uplifting, spirited, and not difficult, this needs to be sung!

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CoverThe Power of a Song [level: Easy]
Roslyn Sieh
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1250 | duration: 3:20 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

...music can bring us together as one. I believe in the power of a song. The composer makes a strong statement on the many powers of a song. Uplifting, spirited, and not difficult, this needs to be sung!

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CoverThe Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful [level: Medium]
Frank J. La Rocca
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1070 | duration: 5:40 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano

The text, with its recipe for living a good life, is treated to a beautiful melody, often shared among the three voice parts. The composer has created a tasteful, precious setting — all ages of treble choirs can take delight in this piece.

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CoverThe Riddle Song [level: Medium]
arr. Vicente Chavarria
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1255 | duration: 3:30 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

With an accompaniment that sounds like it was born in the Appalachian mountains, this arrangement of the beloved folk song is stylish and clever. Everyone gets a turn at singing the melody, and on the final verse each part becomes independent with their own diverse tune, with all coming together in unison for the final word.

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CoverThe Singer’s Dance [level: Medium]
Kim André Arnesen
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1488 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

Beautiful music abounds in this special piece borrowed from the composer’s large work Wound on the Water. Optional string parts are available.

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CoverThe Song We Sing [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1547 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: a cappella

An invitation to gather, to breathe, to be a community. This piece is a lyrical welcome to " the poet, the beggar, the lover, and the rebel" in each of us to "join the song forever." A lovely beginning or ending to any concert.

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CoverThe Song We Sing [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1548 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: a cappella

An invitation to gather, to breathe, to be a community. This piece is a lyrical welcome to " the poet, the beggar, the lover, and the rebel" in each of us to "join the song forever." A lovely beginning or ending to any concert.

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CoverThe Turtle Dove [level: Medium]
arr. Jason Webb | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1129 | duration: 2:50 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

An excellent piano accompaniment sets the tone for this beautifully creative setting of the beloved folk song. Singers will like this arrangement as it offers each part a turn at singing the melody.

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CoverThe World Will See [level: Medium]
Kyle Pederson
RELEASED: June 2022
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1681 | duration: c. 4'13" | price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano

Another winner by Kyle Pederson, this time with a trendy 90's rock ballad vibe. With uplifting, hopeful lyrics and a rockin' piano accompaniment, this piece is fresh and fun to sing. The perfect concert closer for any high school mixed choir.

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CoverThere Has to Be a Song [level: Easy]
Andrea Ramsey | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
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voicing: SA or TB | catalog number: SBMP 963 | duration: 3:10 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

The text comes to spirited life as this gospel style setting lauds the value of a song to improve the quality of our lives. This is a song that needs to be sung! Also available for SATB.

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CoverThere Has to Be a Song [level: Easy]
Andrea Ramsey
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voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 970 | duration: 3:35 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

The text comes to spirited life as this gospel style setting lauds the value of a song to improve the quality of our lives. This is a song that needs to be sung! Also available for SA or TB.

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CoverThere Is Another Sky [level: Easy]
Seth Burk
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1310 | duration: 3:30 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

The charming Emily Dickinson poem has been perfectly set for young singers with lots of melodic interest for all, great style in the piano part, and enough challenge to keep the singers engaged.

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CoverThere Is Sweet Music Here [level: Medium]
Zachary J. Moore | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1277 | duration: 4:15 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The Tennyson poem lauds the many soothing values of music. The composer first created tranquil music emblematic of the text, and then, repeating the words “music here,” gradually takes us to great heights for the ending, bringing this celebration of music to a dramatic close. With divisi only at the ending, this special piece can be enjoyed by choirs of any size.

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CoverThere was a time [level: Medium]
Eric William Barnum | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. / sop. solo / incidental tenor solo | catalog number: SBMP 770 | duration: 3:55 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: a cappella

Like a fine artist, the composer paints a beautiful picture of this text by Wordsworth. Conservative ranges, and very little divisi put this piece within the reach of most choirs. The soprano solo adds interest to the piece, and it too, is conservative in its range; the 5-bar incidental tenor solo is at the octave with the soprano soloist. As the Wordsworth text suggests, “sing a joyous song!”

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CoverThere Will Come Soft Rains [level: Medium]
Brian Holmes | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1062 | duration: 4:15 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

Two poems by Sara Teasdale contrast the sadness and ugliness of war with the resilience and splendor of nature in springtime. A masterful setting of these profound texts, with great word painting and sensitivity, it would fit especially well in thematic concerts about war or peace or nature.

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CoverThere’s Gonna be a Homecomin’ [level: Medium]
Kyle Pederson
voicing: SSATB | catalog number: SBMP 1588 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

Plenty of joy, fun, and playfulness in this piece. With a gospel groove, a rockin' piano accompaniment, and vocal lines that all parts can sink their teeth into--this piece is perfect for your first/homecoming concert of the year. The text affirms the power of any community (church, school, family, town) to surround its members with love and be a voice and force for wholeness, reconciliation, and hope.

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CoverThis 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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CoverThis 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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CoverThis Is Your Time (SSA) [level: Medium]
J. Reese Norris | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1458 | price: $3.00
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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CoverThreaded 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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CoverTo a Friend [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers | Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1472 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

The Amy Lowell text ends “leave my heart its songs!” The composer’s hallmark is her sensitive setting of texts. This piece is no exception.

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CoverTo 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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CoverTrees [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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CoverTuli Tuli [level: Easy]
arr. Alex Gartner | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1477 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: djembe

Singers will delight in this fun arrangement of an African song. The lyrics are nonsense syllables, the mood of the piece upbeat. Add a bit of movement, and this will be a program highlight.

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CoverUmahlalela [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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CoverVacant 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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CoverVerses Left to Write [level: Medium]
Timothy Jon Tharaldson | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 866 | duration: 4:20 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella

A poignant setting of this interesting text that offers hope for the future with “Verses left to write.”

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CoverWaking, 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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CoverWalkers with the Dawn [level: Difficult]
Luke D. Rosen | Bowling Green State University Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1562 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The Langston Hughes text comes to vivid life in this highly rhythmic piece that might have listeners covertly tapping their feet.

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CoverWana Baraka [level: Medium]
arr. Shawn L. Kirchner
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voicing: SSATBB | catalog number: SBMP 482 | duration: 3:00 | price: $2.90
accompaniment: a cappella

An upbeat Kenyan religious folk song that will be a concert favorite for any season of the year. The arrangement builds with great excitement leading to an extensive rhythmic play on the word alleluya. The short text is Kenyan; a pronunciation guide is included. Also available for SSA div. or TTTBBB.

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CoverWana Baraka [level: Medium]
arr. Shawn L. Kirchner
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voicing: SSA div. | catalog number: SBMP 554 | duration: 3:00 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

An upbeat Kenyan religious folk song that will be a concert favorite for any season of the year. The arrangement builds with great excitement leading to an extensive rhythmic play on the word alleluya. The short text is Kenyan; a pronunciation guide is included. Also available for SSATBB or TTTBBB.

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CoverWana Baraka [level: Medium]
arr. Shawn L. Kirchner | Daniel Hughes Choral Series
voicing: TTTBBB | catalog number: SBMP 807 | duration: 3:00 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella

An upbeat Kenyan religious folk song that will be a concert favorite for any season of the year. The arrangement builds with great excitement leading to an extensive rhythmic play on the word alleluya. The short text is Kenyan; a pronunciation guide is included. Also available for SSATBB or SSA div.

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CoverWater is Wide, The [level: Medium]
Scottish/English folk song, arr. Jason Webb | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1111 | duration: 5:10 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: a cappella

This beloved Scottish folk song takes on new life in the hands of an expert Nashville arranger. A stylish piano introduction sets the mood, the melody, first stated in unison, is soon joined by counter-melodies. Three-part harmony moves the song to another level as the music builds to a dramatic climax, finally returning to the pensive sounds of the beginning. Artistic meets sensible, the result a delight to sing.

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CoverWe Are A Chorus [level: Medium]
Alice Parker
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1498 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

This is a fun, upbeat piece not to be missed. The legendary composer wrote both the text and the music. It will be a stunning opener for a concert or it could make a great encore.

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