SATB chorus divisi a cappella - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-50-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-50-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-50-E). English.Samuel Longfellow's words from 1864 dramatically depict the bitterness of a Minnesota winter, “...all the earth lies dead and drear.� “And yet, God's love is not withdrawn� is Longfellow's faithful response to the winters in our lives. This a cappella setting for SATB choir uses changes of mode and dynamic to contrast the stark cold of the season with the warmth of “summer's joyous rays.� Composed in memory of Barbara Aspaas (1941-2014).

SATB chorus divisi a cappella - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-35-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-35-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-35-E). English.This setting, written for the St. Olaf Chapel Choir, was premiered at the 2012 Christmas Festival at St. Olaf. A beautiful weaving together of the traditional Spiritual and John Jacob Niles' memorable tune, I Wonder as I Wander, provide a powerful opportunity for discovering our place in this world. The shift of mode in the last section of the work brings a sense of arrival--of home.

SATB choir and handbells or tone chimes - Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-33-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 8 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-33-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-33-E). English.This introit sets the popular chant tune, Divinum Mysterium, to an equally beloved text whose words of pilgrimage and deliverance resound. Free-ringing bells or chimes support the vocal lines and can be transposed to fit any program. An alternate text, Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer is also included.

SATB chorus divisi and piano - Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-17-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 20 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-17-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-17-E). English.This setting attempts to capture the many moods of the text by Mechtild of Magdeburg (translated by Jane Hirschfield): frustration, wistfulness, urgency, and ecstasy. A disjunct opening fanfare intermingled with solos develops into a more lyric section with stumbling rhythms in the accompaniment. A restatement of the opening text, I cannot dance, O Lord, unless you lead me, is pressing and rhythmic followed by a flowing and melodic realization of whirling into love..

SATB choir a cappella and percussion - Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-32-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Advent, Christ the King. 8 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-32-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-32-E). English.An exciting piece with driving rhythms, a call-and-response inner section and exciting ending. This Nigerian folksong has proven to be a favorite for choirs of all ages. This arrangement for mixed choirs was created for the St. Olaf College Summer Music Camp Choir.

SATB chorus divisi and piano - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-47-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Evensong. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-47-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-47-E). English. Luke 2:29–32.Written for the 2012 Lutheran Summer Music Concert Choir, this work for choir and keyboard (either piano or organ) is the perfect end to any worship and music event. The story of Simeon's faith and celebration of the newborn Christ-child—“a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of the people Israel�—is one to inspire singers of all ages.

SATB choir, soloists, cello, and piano - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-27-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 20 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-27-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-27-E). English.Music Makers, Dreamers of Dreams was commissioned by One Voice Mixed Chorus, Minnesota's own and North America's largest LGBT and straight allies chorus under the direction of Jane Ramseyer Miller. The text is a combination of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's Ode, Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and an anonymous text spoken at a GALA national conference: We have started a song and it cannot stop. Set for baritone soloist, piano, cello and SATB choir, the work seeks to empower singers of all ages through this stirring text setting.

SATB choir and Piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-25-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-25-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-25-E). English.With an opening like the awakening light of dawn, this setting of text by Rabindrinath Tagore moves quickly into a rhythmic and dance-like feel. A joyful and fun work for high school, collegiate, and festival choirs.

SATB choir and Piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-15-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 16 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-15-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-15-E). English.

SATB choir, brass, organ and optional children/youth - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-39-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Christmas. 16 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-39-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-39-E). English. Psalm 98; Isaiah 9.This work was commissioned in honor of Cortlandt M. Koonts (Corky) longtime Erskine Music Professor and former Bonclarken Music Conference Director and Coordinator. Set for brass, organ, SATB, and children's choir, the work combines original music with the beloved and familiar melody, Joy to the World. A great selection for combined forces on a festival Sunday.

SATB choir and Piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-18-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-18-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-18-E). English.A gospel-style piano accompaniment supports this familiar and charming melody. Inner verse solos set to the tune, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and the text of Amazing Grace share ideas of hope and inner-strength in this powerful and fun SATB arrangement. The SAB adaptation maintains all the strength and energy found in the original arrangement, but simplifies the complex harmonies into more accessible lines. Modified for a Youth Choir festival in St. Paul, Minnesota, this version works for everyone!

SATB choir a cappella and soloists - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-55-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-55-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-55-E). English.This setting of the beloved Norwegian hymn, Her komer diner arme små, celebrates the birth of the Christ-child and expresses a deep and consuming faith. This anthem, with flowing vocal lines and charming harmonies, will be a year-round favorite. The opening verse has an optional Norwegian text with transliteration in IPA.

SATB choir and keyboard - Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-24-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Score. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-24-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-24-E). English.This arrangement of Bach's masterpiece was created for the 2012 Lutheran Summer Music Concert Choir and includes a simplified accompaniment for keyboard/piano. It now includes multiple texts for use throughout the year—three anthems in one score! Can be sung with other (more complex) versions of the accompaniment.

SATB choir, SSAA choir, and TTBB choirs a cappella - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-03-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Christmas. 20 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-03-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-03-E). English.Arranged for the 2017 Christmas Festival at St. Olaf, this collage draws from across the globe to intertwine carols from the West Indies, Puerto Rico, Canada, America, Germany, and Nigeria. Movements for SATB, treble, tenor-bass, and mass choir create a variety of colors for your program.