Contents:ÊRoses Red Are Blooming ¥ Hey There, Gypsy ¥ Heaven's Light Streams Bright

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Composer: Josef Rheinberger

Arranger: Blake R. Henson | Composer: William H. Monk

Westminster Williamson Voices performs Thomas LaVoy's "Alleluia"

Composer: Thomas LaVoy

This new arrangement from Brandon Waddles has a rhythmic lilt, common to many traditional spirituals, combined with the "sound" that developed into the chord structure of gospel song during the 1960s. A piano reduction is provided for rehearsal.

Arranger: Brandon Waddles

The soprano solo is optional.

Composer: Thomas LaVoy

Composer: Blake R. Henson

Composer: Matthew Samson

Performance features the Walt Whitman Voices; Steven Altinel, conductor

Arranger: Roger Ames | Composer: William Douglas

Solo parts are optional

Composer: Blake R. Henson

Thomas Lavoy's "As I Walked the Silent Earth" was just published in The Evoking Sound Choral Series.Ê This work was the commencement Anthem at the 2013 Westminster graduation ceremony in The Princeton University Chapel.Ê Thomas Lavoy is a graduate of Westminster Choir College and is pursuing a Ph.D, in Composition at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) with acclaimed composer Paul Mealor.Ê Lavoy, recognized for his compositional craft and music of deep and compelling honesty, GIA is proud to be the publisher of not only this work, but a new setting of The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Yeats) (G-8472) for unaccompanied choir.

Composer: Thomas LaVoy

A setting of a Sara Teasdale poem that is an ode to beauty. A performance piece for SATB (with some divisi), piano, and cello; duration ca. 6:00. Though it requires substantial vocal forces, it is a "big" work that is not overly difficult, staying within the established tonality and remaining mostly homophonic.

Composer: Blake R. Henson

Composer: Blake R. Henson

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Composer: Franz Liszt

Composer: John Dunstable

This timeless Byrd motet removes the modern barlines that obscure the natural stress of the text. Extensive notes and a word-for-word translation are provided. A great tool for teaching Renaissance style, as well as simply being a piece every choir should know!Ê

Composer: William Byrd

Not only is the arranging of slane in itself of general value, this setting is particularly important because of its contribution to the relatively small body of sacred repertoire for male chorus.

Arranger: Brian A. Schmidt

Composer: Camille Saint-Saens

Arranger: Brandon Waddles

Arranger: Roger Ames

A serious choral work for women's chorus, dedicated to the children of the victims of 9/11. After the second stanza, a chorale-like Kyrie eleison section is introduced and is then juxtaposed with the tune on stanza 3, sung by the mezzo-soprano soloist. The work continues to develop in skillful ways that crescendo through ff alleluias, eventually diminishing to a pp "Was lost, but now I'm found." Serious concert material.

Arranger: Roger Ames

Arranger: Roger Ames

Arranger: Richard Kenneth Fitzgerald | Composer: T. Tertius Noble

This plea for Christ to come into our lives moves along with a fair amount of unison singing that nonetheless requires careful attention to phrasing and nuance. It expands into two parts in octaves (ST/AB), building into an SATB f then ff, finally tapering off into a four-part canon that fades into a ppp ending. A fairly easy piece that requires a disciplined choir.

Composer: Roger Ames

From the Evoking Sound Choral Series this solfege edition of "The Virgin's Cradle Hymn," a translation from the obscure Latin by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is among GIA catalog's most unique: "Sleep, sweet babe! My cares beguiling....Come, soft slumber, balmily!"The extensive notes are invaluable to performance practice and interpretation, and the treatise on the solfege analysis of the Phrygian and Lydian modes is a good education in itself!Effective preparation and teaching will make this piece both fascinating and fulfilling for singers.

Composer: Joel Phillips

Composer: Michael Waldenby

From Liebeslieder Walzer, Three Gypsy Love Songs. Performed at the Choral Arts Symposium, Vance George, conductor

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Gerald Custer has set the beloved "Deep River" for tenor soloist with SSAATBB choir. Tips for tuning from choral guru James Jordan are included in the octavo.

Arranger: Gerald Custer | Composer: Harry T. Burleigh

Listen to this piece performed by the BYU Singers in the video below:

Arranger: Brandon Waddles | Performed By: BYU Singers

Composer: Blake R. Henson

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Composer: Pero de Gamboa

"Elegy," by Gerald Custer, is a setting of three texts associated with Robert Kennedy during his lifetime. This glorious work for SATB divisi and piano captures Kennedy's idealism and his faith in the inherent good of all people. It is a fitting song of lament and tribute, filled with the hope of a man whose dreams continue to inspire.

Composer: Gerald Custer

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Composer: William Byrd

Composer: Cortlandt Matthews

Composer: Gerald Custer

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Listen"Brandon Waddles opens his moving arrangement of Fix Me Jesus with an extended, eight-part chromatic choral tapestry, weaving voices together into what he instructs should be a warm, seamless whole. The introduction gives way to the chorus of the piece, first introduced by a simple soprano solo that floats over the vocal 'oohs' like prayer.ÊÊ... The final return of the chorus is peaceful, cathartic, and profound."Choral Journal, May 2019, Volume 59, Number 10

Arranger: Brandon Waddles

On a text by Opus Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva, "Do everything for love," the composition is a musical homage to Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. For accompanied SATB voices, it demands that the choir be able to navigate the Stravinsky-esque harmonic vocabulary. Ê

Composer: Ronald A. Hemmel

A new edition of a famous Thomas Morley madrigal that attempts to be highly faithful to 16th- century performance practice. Serious repertoire in a serious edition for high school and college choirs.

Composer: Thomas Morley

The bass part is optional.

Arranger: Gerald Custer | Composer: Heinrich Schutz

A practical performing edition of this setting of Psalm 126:5-6, from Schutz's opus 11. German only, with program translation provided. As is typical for editions in this series, extensive performance notes are included.

Composer: Heinrich Schutz

Solfege edition: Major mode.

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Arranger: Roger Ames

This a cappella jazz arrangement of the English carol features tight harmonies and strong rhythmic drive. Although this piece may pose a challenge for less experienced choirs, the musical rewards will be well worth the effort. Great for a holiday concert or service of carols.

Arranger: Marilyn Shenenberger

Composer: George Frideric Handel

An art song on a poem by Emily Dickenson. The mind, eager to get past the sting of lost love, begs the heart to hurry along the grieving process. Both the vocal lines and accompaniment offer significant challenges for the skilled women's chorus.

Composer: Michael C. Kregler

Three Gypsy Love Songs. Performed at the Choral Arts Symposium,Vance George, conductor

Composer: Johannes Brahms

This edition of the Mendelssohn masterpiece Song of Simeon not only features careful editing, but it includes both German and English texts, with Harmonic Immersion Solfege, making it a fine performance edition as well as being important for choral pedagogy.Ê

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Three Gypsy Love Songs. Performed at the Choral Arts Symposium,Vance George, conductor

Composer: Johannes Brahms

This adaptation of Psalm 133, with Hebrew refrain (nine repeated words) and English verses, is an SAB arrangement of a Hebrew folksong. It has a strong 2/4 klezmer feel. A fine piece for interfaith worship!

Arranger: Gerald Custer