Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1309634 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Christmas,Religious. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #898802. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1309634). Based on Isaiah 11:1, this 15th century German carol poem was translated to English by Catherine Winkworth around the turn of the 20th century.  The illustration of the rosebud blossoming from the tender root is metaphoric to the birth of Jesus from the Virgin Mary.  This tranquil a cappella setting features an echo-like repetition of the first stanza, and divisi for all parts in the second.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1366501 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. 21st Century,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Traditional. 24 pages. Christopher Alexander #950836. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1366501). As part of the first volume of adapting Aesop’s morals and tales into concert works for your school choir, these fables are varied in their musical settings.  Illustrating each story is the colorful piano accompaniment that gives the player the opportunity to perform multiple eras of musical styles, and the voice leading facilitates the choir to become narrators of Aesop’s tales and bring the stories to life. Your audiences will enjoy hearing each movement as they unfold from the stage.Also available in: SAB, SSA, TTB, and Two-Part.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1315179 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Religious,Sacred. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #903925. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1315179). The definitive opening hits from the piano begin this triumphant work appropriate for the Christmas season.  The echoic texture of the voices illustrates the resounding nature of the text before the chorus expands to traditional harmonic chords.  A contrasting middle section gives more motion to the work before building to a recapitulation of the opening stanza.  This will be a great opener for your choirs at your holiday concert or worship service.Also available in SAB, SSA, and TTB.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317401 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Christian,Christmas,Religious,Sacred. 20 pages. Christopher Alexander #906063. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1317401). This poem by the young nineteenth-century poet Anne Bronte gives a vivid stance on the power of music, specifically during the Christmas season, that glorifies the light of the Holy Spirit and dashes away the darkness of evil.  An easy, jazzy approach is given to the musical setting of the text with variations in texture to feature each voice section.  Contrasting sections in the parallel keys as well as an unaccompanied verse complete this work.  Your church choir will enjoy performing this warm song for your audience during the yuletide celebrations and worship services.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1202301 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 16 pages. Christopher Alexander #800986. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1202301). Using the poem The Gift to Sing by James Weldon Johnson, this dramatic composition takes the singers and audience alike on an adventure discovering their own unique voice.  Beginning as a lyrical melody in minor, the piece builds to its parallel major with a declaration from the poem's text and evolves even further to an epic and dramatic statement universal to everybody.  This will be a great addition to your concert or festival repertoire celebrating the art of singing.

By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Re ligious,Sacred. 8 pages. Christopher Alexander #902539. Published by Christopher Alexander

By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. Contest,Festival. 28 pages. Christopher Alexander #889076. Published by Christopher Alexander

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1116827 By Christopher Alexander. By Scottish Folk Song. Arranged by Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Folk,Historic,Multicultural,Traditional,World. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #718481. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1116827). The familiar Scottish folk song receives a new and refreshing arrangement. Featuring a baritone solo mostly throughout the work, the chorus adds a whimsical setting with lyrical voice-leading and sustained dominant cadences. This work will take you to a fantastical image where true loves may meet again and will have your audiences entranced with your performance.

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus divisi - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1510478 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander and Vashti Daise. A Cappella,Contest,Festival,Multicultural,World. 20 pages. Christopher Alexander #1085676. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1510478). This is the fourth and final movement from the choral work Rising from the Ashes: Stories of Lahaina.Reminiscent of the traditional Hawaiian ballads and anthems, this inspirational song guides the singers and audiences to come together and rejoice in coming back from devastating times. A brief choral prelude leads to the solo introduction of the melody. The song continues to expand and grow in its texture, coming to the wider harmonic structures in the bridge and the final declarations of the residents of Lahaina. The choir has the option to move from its original stage formation to gather closer to the audience during the song. Let this song of victory be echoed in your life in your moments of triumph!Full score and other movements (On That Night, Forever Anew, Finding Strength in Shadows) also available for purchase.

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus divisi - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1498267 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Contest,Festival,Religious,Sacred. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #1074579. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1498267). A strong, organum-style setting of this psalm moves the melody between all voices as the supporting divisi chorus create echoes within the harmonic progressions. Homophony gets embellished into lyrical phrasings, building and expanding the voice leading toward contrary motion between the upper and lower voices. A final resolve brings the work to a triumphant conclusion. Ideal for worship services, but is also perfect for high school and collegiate concerts and festivals.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.839865 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. 21st Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Sacred. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #6057193. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.839865). This setting emulates the myriad of 24 angels singing together the Revelation scripture. Three separate choirs of SSAATTBB voicing unite on the beginning and ending sections. The middle section has the first chorus establish their respective voice melodies on an Alleluia, then continued on as the second chorus sings the same patterns but augmented, and the third chorus sings an augmentation of the second chorus’ patterns. A grandiose composition for advanced high school and collegiate choral ensembles.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312063 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Christmas,Holiday. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #900957. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1312063). An upbeat and inviting song for the Christmas season, your choir will have a fun time performing this work!  This playful illustration of Edwin Waugh’s text features a lilting beat and lyrical voice leading, along with a short quotation of Deck the Hall and a solo opportunity.

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1494512 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. Christian,Religious,Sacred. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #1071098. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1494512). This resonant text by William Cowper has become a great devotional poem for worship services. The musical setting is a direct reflection of these words, with a calm and easy-going organ accompaniment that bookends the song as well as a slight modulation and mood change during the second stanza. Not too overpowering, this work can be performed for church choirs of all sizes.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.839843 By Christopher Alexander. By Robert Lowry. Arranged by Christopher Alexander. Religious,Sacred. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #6057093. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.839843). A new arrangement for the familiar Robert Robinson text. The second verse features a solo accompanied by only the choir. This new setting will be a welcomed feature in your church service performance.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1261899 By Christopher Alexander. By Christopher Alexander. A Cappella,Contest,Festival,Sacred. 36 pages. Christopher Alexander #854983. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1261899). Laudate! is a celebratory work of excitement and praise. After its boisterous opening, the energy of the song takes off with differing motifs and rhythmic figures in each voice before the chorus unites in large, harmonic textures.  The anticipation builds again before returning to the polyphonic section from before. The work slightly slows down, while maintaining its energetic spirit, creating polychordal harmonies. The uptempo energy comes back once more and builds through the key change and rollicking finale (similar to the beginning).  Each voice section gets featured in this work, and would be a great opener at your next concert.  This work is suitable for advanced high school, collegiate, and community choruses.