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Alleluia
Listen to Male Ensemble Northwest
TTBB unaccompanied
An energetic, athletic setting that reflects my love of mountain and water sports, dancing with gravity at high speeds. Challenging, yet accessible.
Difficulty rating: Moderately difficult
Duration: 1:50
published by Walton Music
HL 08501723
WW1432
A New Year
Mixed Choir SATB, 4 Handbells, and Organ
Text by Sheila Dunlop
An easily prepared, festive piece to start the year with positive energy. Mostly unison chorus with some two-part sections and a few four-part chords. The handbells can be easily played by two choir members.
Difficulty rating: Easy
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published by Oxford University Press
0-19-385910-6Away 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
$1.75
Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Listen to the Consort Columbia Children's Chorus
SA (with descant) and piano
Traditional Spiritual
Equally successful with women or with children's chorus, full of rhythmic drive.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Difficult
Duration 1' 55"
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386746-XHeart-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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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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Patapan
Audio *coming soon*
SA/ recorder, hand drum, tambourine, and finger cymbals
Traditional Burgundian Carol
"Willie, take your little drum..." A simple, dance-like two part arrangement of the traditional carol with soprano recorder and percussion. The percussion parts can often be played by the singers.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
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published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386657-9
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*
SATB div.
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Audio demo (generated by Sibelius)
SSA / piano
Text by Reginald Unterseher
This piece comes from a dream image. We see a dancing woman, alone at first, spinning with her arms spread wide. Her children join in under the starry sky. She begins to rise, and our eyes are drawn up, following her. Her twirling hair becomes the spiral galaxies, and the dance becomes the movement of the stars, all woven together. The piece is about a woman, it is about women, it is about Woman, it is about joy.
Difficulty rating: Moderately difficult
Duration 3:25
Sicut cervus
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
Sweet Rivers
Listen to the men of the Atlanta Sacred Chorus
TBB / piano
This setting of the beloved old Southern Harmony hymn sings of the longing for a release from pain, of embracing a transition from life to the afterlife, like a bird who was earth bound finding it's wings. This arrangement equally features the chorus and a collaborative pianist.
Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy
Duration 3:10
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-386827-XWayfarin' Stranger
Listen to the Berkshire Maestros sing the SA/piano version
SA / piano
(can also be sung as is by TB choirs in their own octave)
Traditional American Folk Song
This is a very simple to sing but powerful setting with an engaging piano part that draws on jazz traditions for its harmony and rhythmic structure.
Difficulty rating: Moderately easy
Duration 2:40
published by Oxford University Press
0-19-387024-XWayfarin' Stranger
Listen to the SAB/piano version
SAB / piano
Traditional American Folk Song
The SAB version uses the same piano part as the SA version, but with a three-part voicing.
Difficulty rating: Moderately easy
Duration 2:40
published by Oxford University Press
in the collection Songstream 2: An American Journey, ed. Chilcott and Hunt
0-19-335572-8When I Hear The Trumpet Sound
Listen to Male Ensemble Northwest
TTBB / unaccompanied
Tune: B. F. White, 1844 Words: John Leland, 1793
A dark, intense setting of the Civil War era hymn from Southern Harmony. This setting explores the religious fervor of a soldier preparing to go into battle, steadying himself with visions of the endless pleasures of the afterlife.
Difficulty rating: Moderately difficult
Duration 3:00
$1.75
