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Brigham Young University Singers; Dr. Ronald Staheli, conductor Here is a fresh impression of a classic poem, bringing the message of peace in Christmas time. A gem for good high school choirs and beyond.
University Women's Choir from Millikin University; Michael Engelhardt, Conductor From Piae Cantiones (1582), this setting of "Gaudete!" is in a progressive style, yet well suited to the medieval melody. Its energy is derived from the accented rhythms and dance-like percussive elements, all adding to the joyous nature of this piece. With 3-player percussion accompaniment (available separately).
HL08501778 SSA divisi Chorus & Percussion
HL08501789 Full Score & Percussion Parts
The Belmont University Chorale; Jeffery L. Ames, conductor This setting of the majestic fanfare with keyboard and trumpets is accessible for choirs of various sizes. Sung in Latin or English. A striking choice!
Baylor Women's Choir; Lynne Gackle, conductor This lyrical setting is matched closely to the text. The easy divisi section adds harmonies to the setting. An excellent teaching piece and a fine choice for any Christmas program.
HL08501768 Two-Part Treble Chorus, with Soprano Solo & Piano
Chamber Choristers of the Birmingham Boys Choir; Ken Berg, Conductor With its nod to Big Band music, this piece jumps with joy! The use of call and response in this setting offers plenty of educational opportunities. The energy builds, leading up to a big finish!
USC Chamber Singers; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor The soaring soprano solo adds drama to this work based on Israeli poet Jacob Fishman's poem of the oil that once gave light and hope in times of battle, now celebrated in the eight nights of Chanukah.
HL08501786 SATB divisi Chorus with Soprano Solo & Piano
The Bach Children's Chorus; Linda Beaupré, Conductor
The familiar melody of Amazing Grace holds great meaning to the Cherokee people. In this enthusiastically received choral setting, it is sung with Cherokee words in combination with the Morning Song of the Teehahnahmah Indian Nation. This simple canon will be a very rewarding experience for treble choirs in middle school through high school, especially when performed with suggested instruments (parts included). The excellent performance notes and translation/pronunciation guide make it easy to achieve an authentic performance.
HL08501745 SAB 3 part voices, any comb., recorder, drum, percussion
Leesville Road High School, Capital Pride Women's Choir; Diane Covington, conductor
An African-American work song, perfectly crafted for mixed choirs that are short on boys, but also excellent for any mixed choir. The spoken 'huh!' and 'hah' notes for the laborers gives it a 'nitti-gritty' quality. A teaching piece with an ethnic touch and a great addition in any young choir program!
Harker Heights High School Cantabile Non-Varsity Woman's Chorus; Peter B. Emerson, conductor Accessible for young choirs, this piece makes fun of common tourist phrases-here in Swahili, so don't look for a deep meaning in the text! A rhythmic pulse provides lots of fun for the singers and creates an exciting performance!
Panther Creek High School Chamber Choir; Brad Bensen, Conductor The well-loved movement from F.J. Haydn's Creation, here in an excellent setting for choirs with developing voices. A fine classic for school and church, it will become a favorite with both choir and audience.
Puget Sound Youth Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor
For young choirs with many more girls than boys, as well as regular SATB choirs, here is the right piece! Modeled on the classics, with easy counterpoint teaching opportunities. Based on the keyboard accompaniment, optional string parts are available.
HL08501775 SSA(T)B Chorus, Piano & Optional String Quartet
HL08501514 TB Chorus & Piano
HL08501715 Opt. String Quartet
Pugent Sound Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor Let's dance! Youthful excitement colors this Latin-flavored piece commissioned by ACDA. With fingersnaps, handswiches and footstamps, it features fun musical interaction between girls and boys and offers many chances for interplay on stage. The accessible Spanish singing text comes with an English subtext.
SATB divisi Chorus, HL08501766 Piano 4-Hands & Percussion
HL08501777 Piano & Percussion
The Men of thePugent Sound Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor In true all-American style, fiddle and all, this lively hoedown takes you to a country barn where the musicians are squaring off to exhibit their musical prowess, making it appealing to all levels of men's choirs looking for a show stopper.
HL08501790 TTB Chorus, with Piano, Fiddle, and String Bass (optional Guitar, Banjo and Snare Drum included)
Belmont University Choir; Jeffery L. Ames, conductor Now available for mixed voices, this rousing arrangement of the popular African freedom song has become a standard in the choral repertoire. With call-and-response vocals, African text, and rhythmic percussion accompaniment, it transports the listener to South Africa, where the song is often referred to as the 'unofficial anthem' of the country. Essential multicultural programming.
From Age To Age; Andrew Miller, conductor The poem describing the moon as 'a silver lady in her tower' inspired this rich work for advanced high school choirs and beyond. With expressive harmonies and dramatic dynamics, it will add a beautiful aura to your concert program. Just introduced, it deserves to become a staple of the repertoire.
The Kevin A. Memley Studio Chorale; Kevin A. Memley, conductor This work bridges Italy and Broadway, with lovely melody and dramatic instrumental backing! Versatile soli sections make this an audience pleaser.
HL08501765 STB Soloists, SATB divisi Chorus, French Horn & Piano with Timpani, Cymbals & Bass Drum
This uplifting arrangement offers one of Dvorak's Biblical Songs in a choral setting that can be sung a cappella as well as with Dvorak's original piano accompaniment. The perfect masterwork to add to your programming!
HL08501785 SATB Chorus divisi, a cappella, or with original Piano Part
The Viking Chorus of St. Olaf College; Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Following the solid success of Dickau's SATB setting of the beautiful love poem by e.e. cummings, here is his musical arrangement for men's voices. It is an impressive, yet romantically intimate piece, suited for festival high school, college and beyond.
The Florida State University Singers; Dr. Kevin Fenton, conductor Written in remembrance of a loved one, this work has its given place as a concert "center piece." The composer's style touches on the French romantic masters, bringing a rich variation of colors to the performance.
University of Miami Frost Chorale, Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor Another masterful work from Z. Randall Stroope! A lush, deeply emotive setting of Sara Teasdale's achingly beautiful poem results in a true concert stunner whose musical power belies the accessibility of the vocal lines in all parts. Truly magnificent!
The University of Nebraska at Omaha Concert Choir This profound work sets a 16th century love poem by Garcilaso de la Vega. The rich harmonic language and lucid vocal lines are expressive and masterfully written without ex- cessive demands in range or vocal color. Can be performed with or without the piano accompa- niment. In Spanish.
HL08501427 SATB divisi with optional Piano
Duration: Approx. 5:10
Also available: HL08501615 TTBB with optional Piano
Oregon State University Chamber Choir; Steven Zielke, conductor This exciting work for more advanced choirs depicts how the earth welcomes the life-giving rain. The text alternates in Swahili and English. Building rhythms and percussion propels the choir to a jubilant ending.
HL08501787 SATB Chorus, a cappella, & Percussion (3 Players)
HL08501788 Percussion Parts HL08501788
Panther Creek High School Chamber Choir; Brad Bensen, Conductor This work is inspired by the emotions in the profound text about hope in times of unrest. In a straight four-part setting, the composer lets the drama unfold through the climax of the work. A fine centerpiece in a concert, it is appropriate for high school and beyond.
This work, with text by the composer's father, urges us to seek God within us. For college and advanced high school choirs, it is sung in Creole with a full English translation provided in the program notes.
HL08501782 SATB Chorus divisi, with baritone solo, a cappella
The Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir;
Sung in French, Gabriel Guillaume's text is a dialog between man and his God. This beautiful and rewarding work requires a mature choir-advanced high school or college. A full English translation is included in the program notes.
The epic music and medieval, mystical text blend in this 14-minute one-movement major work, shifting between shadows and light. With a prominent piano presence and a string quartet background, this is a stellar work for larger, accomplished choirs.
ASU Schola Cantorum; Kira Rugen, conductor Based on a chorale motif from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass, the composer has developed the beautiful melody into a free-standing anthem.
Orpheus Vokalensemble, Ochsenhausen; Gary Graden, conductor; from CD "Lighten Mine Eyes"
This movement is the beginning of a Sunrise Mass. It is to "be performed with the sense of floating in space." The setting uses the Latin Kyrie Eleison text.
HL08501725 SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 5:35
The original SUNRISE MASS has four movements. Duration: Approx. 30:00 This work (SSAATTBB Chorus, Full Score and String Orchestra) is currently only available through the Publisher—info@ waltonmusic.com.
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Philip Brunelle, conductor With a sound at once modern and medieval, this remarkable setting of the familiar Latin text starts in unison and evokes plain chant, and gradually unfolds into wider harmonies and more modern harmonic language. Not unduly challenging in terms of vocal range, it's readily accessible to good high school choirs for concerts or festivals at any time of year.
HL08501631 SATB Chorus, a cappella
HL08501677 SSAA Chorus, a cappella
HL08501701 TTBB Chorus, a cappella
Kantorei; Richard Larson, conductor Teachers, church choir directors and community choirs have all welcomed this beautiful, yet intimate, setting of the well known Latin text. This very popular work is easy to prepare and rewarding to sing!
The Real Group This up-tempo vocal jazz piece written for The Real Group features sections of scat singing. Left intentionally without dynamic markings, it is meant to get its "color" from the performers. El. Guitar may be substituted for the base voice.
HL08501784 SATBB Chorus, a cappella
HL08501792 Piano, Guitar, Electric Bass & Drum Parts
The Real Group Shape this song to your own needs! While written for mixed choir, this versatile gem of a piece is great with high school and vocal jazz ensembles, as well as with SSAA choirs, where the optional guitar and electric bass may play the T/B part. The flowing melody with text about nature's everyday wonders requires some extra attention to rhythms, phrasing and dynamics - but it is all worth it!
HL08501747 SSAATB or optional SSAA with guitar and electric bass
Vocal Line; Jens Johansen, conductor This edition of a vocal jazz original for the Real Group works just as well for choirs at the high school level and beyond as for vocal jazz ensembles. With friendship as a theme, the lyrics offer advice for those setting out on their lives' journey aboard the ship Destiny. A beautiful melody line and cool background rhythms makes this piece a standout program addition.
Illinois State University Belle Vois; Sarah J. Graham, conductor This tongue-in-cheek piece for women is a true audience pleaser. It offers an excellent chance to teach good diction, to ensure that audiences don't miss the punch line! .
The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay - Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor One of the composer's most important choral works, this elegant setting of Edward Esch's poem is a piece of elegant simplicity. The tight harmonies require a well-trained a cappella choir. Moderately difficult.
Brigham Young University Singers; Ronald Staheli, conductor Whitacre's music inspired poet Anthony Silvestri's text, drawing on the mystical moment between awareness and sleep. One of Whitacre's most performed works, it is most effective with a choir large enough to handle the divisi passages beautifully.
Midway HighSchool Choir; Jeff Rice, conductor A great choice for men's ensembles. The text is masterly set to describe music's wondrous powers, offering a chance for great expression in performances. With cello (part included).
The Viking Chorus of St. Olaf College; Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Following the solid success of Dickau's SATB setting of the beautiful love poem by e.e. cummings, here is his musical arrangement for men's voices. It is an impressive, yet romantically intimate piece, suited for festival high school, college and beyond.
Belmont University Choir; Jeffery L. Ames, conductor From last season's success, here is a new setting for men's chorus of this majestic fanfare with keyboard and trumpets. It is accessible for choirs of various sizes. An English text also makes it perfect for performances outside the holiday season!
HL08501767 TTBB Chorus, Keyboard & Two Trumpets
HL08501754 SATB divisi Chorus, Keyboard, Treble Descant, 2 Trumpets
HL08501776 Optional Brass & Percussion for (TTBB or SATB)
Ole Miss Women's Glee; Debra Spurgeon, conductor Scenes from Gjeilo's majestic native Norway inspired this contemporary poem. Words and music are fused in a poignant, yet lyrical work with a pulse of its own. An exellent festival choice for mature women's choirs.
HL08501772 Treble Chorus, SSAA, Soprano Solo & Piano
Cantabile Women's Chorus; Mark Sirett, conductor Following last season's well-received mixed choir setting, this treble version adds a new palette of colors to this masterful work.
Arioso Seattle Children's Choir; Kris Mason, conductor For the more advanced treble choirs, here is a welcome arrangement of a well-known spiritual. Originating in a funky bass line, the bluesy arrangement is developed, using the different placements of the voice for coloring. A great selection for festival programming!
Baylor Women's Choir; Lynne Gackle, conductor This lyrical setting is matched closely to the text. The easy divisi section adds harmonies to the setting. An excellent teaching piece and a fine choice for any Christmas program.
HL08501768 Two-Part Treble Chorus, with Soprano Solo & Piano
Women's Choir of Stetson University; Alan Raines, conductor
The words by French poet Paul Verlaine set the frivolous tone for the women's mature voices. The playful vocal setting is matched by an elaborate piano accompaniment. This brief vignette will add spice to your concert program.
