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The Peter Aston Editorial Library includes detailed performance notes and recognizes English Renaissance works that have largely been missed in the U. S. This Farrant composition displays some of the...

A festive finish for 8 fantastic hymns: Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above * Holy, Holy, Holy * From All That Dwell Below the Skies * O Worship the King * O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing * Lead On,...

Philip Lawson is one of the King's Singers as well as an established composer with numerous firms. This popular John 14 text has the musical flow of a renaissance motet and the presence of a 21st cent...

The Peter Aston Editorial Library prides itself in introducing otherwise unknown English works. From Handel's Israel in Egypt comes this too often overlooked classic.

From the Dvorak Gypsy Songs comes this charming selection edited by Ron Kean for his multicultural series. The choral lines march in a steady 24 meter while the accompaniment rolls in 68. The text ext...

Based on Cor. 13, Allan Petker has developed a new text and tune that is simple and profound. The memorable melody delicately flows in support of the text and eventually concluding in a most satisfyin...

The traditional Latin Hodie text is set in a madrigalian fashion, but with a fresh contemporary flare. An excellent choice for church or concert performances. Includes optional English text.

The keyboard is bright and festive and choral lines joyful and invigorating. A simple canon for the voices make it a quick study while the keyboard part dances spritely below. An energetic anthem for...

Now available for SAB, this popular title is masterfully arranged, great fun to sing and a real crowd pleaser.

This folk song from Lesotho is a call and response piece for voices and percussion. McRae's clever implementation of ostinato introduces young singers to polyrhythms. Watsha, meaning to burn (as in cl...

Veteran writer Bob Clatterbuck has penned a fabulously energetic number in the white gosepl tradition. In a song about faith, he writes in a popular style that is captivating, fun and easy!

Commissioned by the Northern Light United Church in Alaska, this stirring piece lives up to its name. A brilliant fanfare sets the stage for this illuminating anthem. Brass and percussion parts availa...

Rarely has a new setting of such a time honored text been so refreshing. Including the Tallis Canon (with a new text), this anthem brings elegance and depth to profound poetry.

Peter Boyer may be a new name to the choral world, but his orchestral works are performed worldwide. Using a Longfellow text, Boyer displays his command for composition. The music is rich and descript...

Based on the story of Jesus calming the seas from Luke 8, this anthem musically paints the storms and struggles that can toss our lives about. With the message of faith being central, the music and te...

Based on the text from Zephaniah 3:17, this piece celebrates God's rejoicing over us. Movement one from Te Deum to Music for choir and orchestra, this piece opens in reverent awareness of God's presen...

Containing one of the most fabulous poems for young voices to ever sing, Dr. Eric Unruh from Casper College, Casper, Wyoming, has composed the perfect choral compliment. The melody lines are interesti...

His careful attention to detail is what places Dr. Unruh's music above the pack. Using the liturgical Latin text, he offers an enticing melody that is both simple and absorbing. Solid craftsmanship co...

This famous William Butler Yeats text has never been set with such originality. Describing the vulnerable qualities our hopes and dreams embody, Kean shimmers a chord with improvised overtones that de...

Commissioned by the Arkansas Choral Directors Association to celebrate its 40th anniversary, conductor and composer, Jonathan Adams, used a text from Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence (Lawrenc...

Colossians 3:16 is one of the great scripture passages that calls us to sing. Petker's melodic choice is a beguiling motif that moves from an accompanimental figure into a sung statement. Taken from t...

Director of Music at Hollywood Presbyterian, Ariel Quintana was recently named assistant conductor to the Los Angeles Master Chorale. His compositions have been performed by some of the world's most r...

This beautiful setting of Robert Louis Stevenson's text display's Judith Herrington's compositional creativity. Best known for her folk song arrangements, this selection was first released in an SSA v...

The Chandos Anthems were composed by Handel while serving as court musician for the English Duke of Chandos. Master editor, Walter Ehret, has taken the fairly extended eighth chorus and created a vers...