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Away In A Manger
SATB unaccompanied
A quiet, rich setting that expresses both the serenity, peace, and underlying lonliness of having a baby away from home.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
Duration 2:35
$1.75Christmas Eve
SATB plus trebles
Text by Sheila Dunlop
A joyful celebration of the events of Christmas Eve, the perfect piece to join your adult and children's choruses for a special Chrismas concert or service.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
Duration 2:20
$1.75Christmas Joy!
SATB chorus (optional audience sing-along) and piano
Piano 4 hands and Orchestra versions available.
1. Deck the Hall
2. Jingle Bells
3. O Christmas Tree
4. Here We Come A-Wassailing/We Wish You A Merry Christmas
These pieces make a terrific closer for your holiday concert. Familiar secular Christmas songs, complete with opportunities for the audience to join in, sure to send them singing on their way. It has been successfully presented by community orchestras and choruses, college and university orchestras and choruses, and high school orchestras and choruses. The orchestral versions add color, and use easily available instruments. If orchestra is not available to you, try the piano 4 hands version!
The orchestral instrumentation matches the small orchestra version of the Rutter Magnificat, and was originally written to close a concert that started with that work.
Accompaniment for small orchestra (1.1.1.1.-1.0.0.0-timp.perc-hp-str) is available on rental from OUP
A piano 4 hands version is also available by calling 1-800-292-0639
Difficulty rating: Easy
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published by Oxford University Press
978-0-19-387042-0
Full Fathom Five
Listen to Seattle Pro Musica
SATB divisi unaccompanied
Text by William Shakespeare
A rich, dense setting of Arial's song from Shakespeare's play THE TEMPEST, a reflection on loss and the nature of memory..
Difficulty rating: Difficult
Duration 3' 30"
price $1.75Heart-Child of the Spirit
SATB / organ, 4 handbells, windchimes or Zimbelstern
Text by Nancy Welliver, based on "Corde natus ex Parentis"
by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 4th century CE
With the familiar tune we associate with "Of The Father's Love Begotten," DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, these words more accurately reflect the old Latin chant "Corde natus ex Parentis." "You, the well-spring of all music, You, the silence at its end, were and are and ever shall be." The setting is easily learned and performed. The tenors sing with the basses almost all the time, and most of the part-singing is simply the melody sung canonically. The bell parts are very simple, and are intended to be played by 2 players.
Difficulty rating: Easy
Duration 3:00
$1.75
Hymn To The Mother of Light
Audio (instrumental demo)
SATB unaccompanied (optional organ)
Text by Sheila Dunlop
While originally concieved for a Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols service, this is appropriate for more general use. it is a mystical meditation on the nature of light and existence.
Difficulty rating: moderately difficult
Duration 3:15
In Solitude
Audio
SATB (male and female solos)/ two handbells (one player), optional organ
Text by Ruth Duck, Tune LAND OF REST
Serene, meditative setting of a beautiful text by Ruth Duck using a favorite tune from the Sacred Harp. Two soloists sing all the words, so it can be sung without the chorus with a sustaining keyboard (organ or synthesizer). The handbell parts are extremely simple, a repeating ring with only two bells.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
Duration 3:25
$1.75Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me *coming soon*
SATB / piano
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Jingle Bells
Two-part or Mixed Chorus/ piano
Text and tune by James Lord Pierpont
Difficulty rating: Easy
Duration 1:45
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386768-0
Jingle Bells (SATB unaccompanied version)
Watch Molly Holleran, Abigail Wright, Justin Raffa, and Reginald Unterseher on YouTube
SATB unaccompanied
Text and tune by James Lord Pierpont
Perfect for those holiday parties or promotional appearances as well as concert use, this a mostly straightforward arrangement with just a bit of a twist and a big finish. You can sing it with just a quartet or a larger ensemble. There are some voicing options at the end to take advantage of different sized ensembles.
Difficulty rating: Moderately difficult
Duration 1:30
$1.75
Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me
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SATB unaccompanied
Text from Psalm139:1-12, from The Psalter Hymnal, 1927
An evocative setting of the hymn from Southern Harmony, with the tune TENDER THOUGHT.
Difficulty rating: Moderate
Duration 2:25
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386944-6
A Mighty Fortress *coming soon*
SATB/ organ, trumpet
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The Peace Prayer of St. Francis
Audio recording by Opus 7, Seattle, WA
SATB div
anonymous text, 1915
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace" is the first line in this text, which dates from World War 1. Though we don't know who wrote it, it has become a favorite prayer for the strength to create peace, not just find it.
Difficulty rating: difficult
Duration 4:30
price $1.75
Pilgrim Spring
SATB / piano and oboe
(score includes alternate parts for B flat Clarinet, Horn in F, and Cello that can be substituted fo rthe oboe)
Text by Reginald Unterseher and Sheila Dunlop
With words by Sheila Dunlop and the composer and the tune BEACH SPRING, this piece uses metaphors of the change of winter to spring. “…and the ones who live in darkness shall be children of the light.” It is appropriate for both sacred and secular performance.
Difficulty rating: Moderate
Duration: 3:50
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386659-5
Precious Memories *coming soon*
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SATB / organ
Text: Psalm 42, in Latin
The desire for connection to whatever we perceive as Divine connects every human culture. This ancient text, from Psalm 42, expresses that idea simply and powerfully by comparing that desire to the thirst of a beautiful creature pursued by a predator. In this setting, listen for the flowing water figures in the organ. Each line of text is repeated three times, first in its most simple form, then as a duet, then with all parts. The final chant, "desiderat ad te, Deus" repeats as a mantra.
Difficulty rating:Moderate
Duration 4:45
published by Oxford University Press
This piece is now available ONLY as "Print-On-Demand" from Banks Music Publications
The Steady LIght
This short piece is the perfect closer for your concert or worship service. The words are not specifically religious, but speak to themes of spirituality and legacy, honoring our place in the world and those who have gone before us.
Unaccompanied Versions:
Versions available for Mixed chorus divisi, SSAA, and TTBBDifficulty rating: Moderate
Duration 1:40
Male Ensemble Northwest singing the TTBB unacc. version
Accompanied Versions
Voice options: Two part, SATB, solo or unison
Accompaniment options: Piano or Organ or String Quartet or String Orchestra
Difficulty rating: Easy
Duration 1:40
Walla Walla University "I Cantori" singing the SATB/piano version
$1.75 for vocal/accompaniment score
$15.00 for set of quartet parts
$20.00 for set of string orchestra parts
The True Lover's Farewell
Listen to the 26th Avenue Singers
SA(T)B / piano
Traditional English Folk Song
This heart-felt song is the perfect way to introduce your developing choruses to reading from an SATB score, an alternative for choirs that thouight they could only sing SAB music. The Tenor line is intended for the changing male voice, and the Bass line for the recently changed voice. Those parts are always supported in the other voices. Challenging enough for your young women, easy enough for your young men.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
Duration 3:20
published by Walton Music
HL08501707
WW1422The Tyger
SATB unaccompanied
Text by William Blake
An evocative setting of the famous William Blake poem, full of wonder and terror in the face of the natural world as embodied by the power and beauty of a top-level predator.
Difficulty rating:Moderately Difficult
Duration: 3:00
$1.75
The Wild Mountain Thyme
YouTube by Louisiana State University A Capella Choir
Listen to the Eastern Washington University Concert Choir
SATB divisi unaccompanied
The traditional Irish folk song, with a twist. This setting treats each verse as a different phase of a life-long true love relationship. We hear the joy of first love, building a life together, then the inevitablilty of loss. Best performed with a larger choir, it is a gem for the advanced high school and beyond, with ample chance for the singers to express the poem.
Difficulty rating: Moderately difficult
Duration: 4'
published by Walton Music
HL08501707
WW1422
