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depict the bitterness of a Minnesota winter, “...all the earth lies dead and drear.� “And yet, God's love is not withdrawn� is Longfellow's faithful response to the winters in our lives.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 choir a cappella - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-54-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 8 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-54-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-54-E). English. Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 28:20.This benediction begins with Isaiah 41, “Do not be afraid, for I am with with you...� and continues with words of tremendous love and promise. With the entrance of the Matthew text, “Behold, I am with you always...� the mood shifts from uplifting to mysterious as it is sometimes difficult to sense God’s presence in our everyday lives. The basses here represent the everlasting love of God.  .

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 a cappella - Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-12-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-12-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-12-E). English. Psalm 39.With an opening melody that hearkens to Henry Purcell's touchstone setting, dissonant harmonies and metrical shifts take us in a very different direction. The discord of the piece seeks to emphasize the longing and need of one who feels unimportant, small, and like a stranger to God. The piece slowly builds several times, eventually reaching out with a tremendous crescendo followed by an unresolved plea, hear my cry..

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 chorus divisi, a cappella - Digital Download SKU: XA.9781506465371 Composed by Christopher Aspaas. Octavo. 8 pages. Augsburg Fortress - Digital #9781506465371. Published by Augsburg Fortress - Digital (XA.9781506465371). Rich, soulful, and legato, this spiritual arrangement includes a stanza with optional assembly. Altos get to demonstrate the idea of journeying with an aleatoric passage sung freely by each singer.

SATB chorus divisi a cappella - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-40-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 16 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-40-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-40-E). English.Sing On! Dance On! was premiered by the TCU Chorale in March of 2016 at Ft. Worth United Methodist Church on a program called, Dance On, Sing Praises! Another arrangement of this tune by Fellowes was a favorite of my predecessor at TCU, Ron Shirey, and this work was created to honor his legacy. The piece opens with a simple solo and builds with intensity to end with stomping, clapping and a vocal fanfare.

SATB choir and Piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-48-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 16 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-48-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-48-E). English.Thomas Hood's poem, The Stars are with the Voyager, has inspired many lyric and lush choral settings of this text. As I read Hood's story of constant love, I feel the inevitable promise found there, but also a sense of timeless adventure. At the beginning of this setting, the piano represents the rolling waves of the sea—relentless and full of energy—and the unyielding march of time. The fourth verse becomes contemplative following the setting of the sun and grows into the brighter day before a layering of the opening melody that moves into the distance.

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 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, 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 chorus divisi and piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.AHM-56-E Composed by Christopher Aspaas. 12 pages. Aspen Hill Music - Digital #AHM-56-E. Published by Aspen Hill Music - Digital (MQ.AHM-56-E). English.This setting of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem of the same name was commissioned by the Fond du Lac High School Concert Choir and their director Cory Schneider. Melodic exchanges between trebles and tenors/basses create a musical dialogue between the musicians--capturing the essence of this expressive and meaningful text: you are welcome..

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 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.