Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1394423

Composed by Jay Dougherty. 21st Century,A Cappella,Chamber,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 4 pages. Jay Dougherty #977907. Published by Jay Dougherty (A0.1394423).

Despondency by Jay Dougherty explores the depths of human emotion, expressing profound feelings of pain, anguish, and desolation. Through the utilization of the overtone series, “Despondency� portrays a haunting soundscape that gradually builds into a solemn tone cluster, evoking a sense of emptiness and sadness. 

The overtone series serves as the foundation upon which the composition unfolds, weaving together a tapestry of natural harmonies that resonate with an ethereal quality. Despite the simplicity of its text, consisting of only four sung words – Nothing. Aching. Empty. Broken. – these words reflect the raw and unfiltered experience of despair and sorrow. 

“Despondency� is movement 3 of Jay Dougherty’s Phoenix Cantata, which is a six-movement vocal and piano work that explores the themes of resilience and the transformative power of change. The music and lyrics are the creative work of Dr. Jay Dougherty, with a piano accompaniment by Justin La. Drawing inspiration from the mythical symbolism of the phoenix, this cantata narrates the journey through life's challenges and tribulations and explores how we can learn to comprehend, embrace, and grow from them. Although the Phoenix is not explicitly mentioned, the underlying message resonates with the tale of the phoenix: after facing adversity or transformation, we emerge stronger and more beautiful. Each of the 6 movements centers on a flower garden, the gardener's affection for the garden, the looming storm that could devastate it, and the gardener's eventual realization that, even after the storm, the garden remains beautiful and precious. 

Movement 3, Despondency, is performed a cappella and makes use of the overtone series and chord clusters to convey the gardener's torment and heartbreak as the garden has lost its innocence after a torrential storm. It is a heartbreaking lament that portrays the gardener's profound sorrow.

About the Composer
Dr. Jay Dougherty is the Performing Arts Department Chair and Director of Choral Activities at Drury University in Springfield, MO.

For more information on compositions and arrangements by Jay Dougherty, visit: www.jmdougherty.com

Please purchase one copy for each performer.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.954425

Composed by Robert Ashford. Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 6 pages. Robert Ashford #3022577. Published by Robert Ashford (A0.954425).

Also available as part of Sacred Suite.

Robert Ashford's music is aired on radio stations throughout the USA. His compositions will please anyone who lovesbeautiful melody and harmony. His melodies are immediately appealing and grow on you the more you hear them. Ashford’s music has a calming and centering quality that promotes concentration and is good for children of all ages.

Noted musicologist Don Campbell, champion of the Mozart Effect, described Ashford's music as both awakening and calming at the same time, ...clean, beautifully structured and inspiring.

Ornette Coleman, said Robert Ashford’s music has a natural and spiritual beauty that everyone should hear.

Luminous beauty were words used by Australian Composer Simon Wade to describe Robert Ashford’s music, Robert Ashford’s music is a true delight. in the words of Rachael Kohn, Producer of the The Spirit of Things on ABC Radio National, Australia.

According to BMI's Concert Music Director, Ralph Jackson, Robert Ashford's music is receiving extraordinary radio air play. Ashford is truly one-of-a-kind.

With extraordinary originality, Robert Ashford builds on centuries of melodic development from early madrigals through Schubert and beyond, adding fresh contemporary expression, to compose truly exquisite new melodies that will be borrowed, arranged, and orchestrated by others well into the future.

Robert Ashford’s music is available on cdbaby.com

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.904849

Composed by Giorgia Todrani, Maurizio Fabrizio. Arranged by Marco Borsoi. Jazz,Pop,World. Octavo. 21 pages. Marco Borsoi #3512071. Published by Marco Borsoi (A0.904849).

Strano il mio destino è un brano musicale della cantautrice italiana Giorgia, 3º classificato al Festival di Sanremo 1996. Il pezzo è contenuto nell'album Strano il mio destino (Live & studio 95/96). Autori del brano sono Giorgia e Maurizio Fabrizio. Questa armonizzazione originale per coro misto SATB e pianoforte, esalta ancor più le caratteristiche melodiche e armoniche del brano, rendendolo ancora più unico e magico. Il brano parla di una donna che riflette su una storia passata. Una storia che lei stessa ha voluto o dovuto chiudere, ma non certo senza rimpianti; Che donna sarò, se non sei con me e se ti amerò ancora e di più …. E pensa: Strano il mio destino che mi porta qui … ; un destino che la costringe, per qualche motivo, a riflettere sul suo passato, riportandola al momento in cui ha deciso di andarsene via in silenzio. Un destino che, ancora oggi, la sorprende a ripensare a quell’amore ma senza indicarle una nuova strada dove poter andare, perché, anche se tutto quell’amore, io l’ho spazzato via…, fa male non pensare a te. Nel ritornello, emerge una speranza (sottolineata dall’apertura della melodia): Io non ti perderò, oltre il tempo e le distanze andrò…; speranza che viene confermata nell’ultima strofa: È chiaro il mio destino … io ti raggiungerò, quando la ragazza capisce anche che non tutto dipende da lei: proverò a gridare e forse sentirai, la mia voce che ti chiama, se vuoi.. E la speranza, divenuta certezza, ritorna con la ripetizione, enfatizzata dallo slancio melodico, della frase conclusiva … per non lasciati più.
 --------------- Strano il mio Destino is a piece of music by the Italian singer-songwriter Giorgia, 3rd at the Sanremo Festival 1996. The piece is on the album Strano il mio destino (Live & studio 95/96). Authors of the song are Giorgia and Maurizio Fabrizio.

This original harmonization for mixed SATB choir and piano, enhances even more the melodic and harmonic characteristics of the piece, making it even more unique and magical. The song is about a woman who reflects on a past story. A story that she herself wanted or had to close, but certainly not without regrets; What a woman I will be, if you are not with me and if I will love you more and more.... And she thinks: Strange is my fate, that brings me here…; a fate that compels her, for some reason, to reflect on her past, bringing her back to the moment in which she decided to leave away in silence. A destiny that, even today, surprises her to rethink about that love but without indicating a new way to go, because, even if all that love, I have swept it away ..., it hurts not to think about you. In the refrain, a hope emerges (underlined by the opening of the melody): I will not lose you, beyond time and distance I will go ...; hope that is confirmed in the last stanza: It is clear my destiny ... I will reach you, when the girl also understands that not everything depends on her: I will try to shout and maybe you will hear, my voice calling you, if you want . And hope, become certainty, returns with the repetition, emphasized by the melodic impetus, of the concluding sentence ... not to leave you, anymore.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1317664

By Randall Donald. By Randall Donald. Arranged by Randall Donald. Christmas,Sacred. 7 pages. Randall Donald #906339. Published by Randall Donald (A0.1317664).

This is a small colection of original descants with complete or partial hymns. The descants are for Come, Thou long expected Jesus; O Come All Ye Faithful (descant and verse 5); Joy to the World; and See amid the Winter's Snow (refrain with descant).
ISMN 979-0-9025253-2-9.

SATB chorus - Digital Download

SKU: C6.846061

Composed by Frederick C. Atkinson. Arranged by Mark Edwards. Christian, General, Pentecost. MP3. Celebrating Grace - Digital #846061. Published by Celebrating Grace - Digital (C6.846061).

Expertly arranged by Mark Edwards, this setting of the familiar hymn is filled with interest and beauty. While verse one is set for TB voices, SA voices shine in verse two. All voices join together in the third verse for a unique and rich choral experience. The ending fades quietly into the distance with a soft, choral Amen. This piece will become your go-to arrangement for the season of Pentecost or any time there is an emphasis on the Holy Spirit. Minimum purchase of 10 copies on digital download anthems.

SATB chorus - Digital Download

SKU: C6.836061

Composed by Frederick C. Atkinson. Arranged by Mark Edwards. Christian, General, Pentecost. MP3. Celebrating Grace - Digital #836061. Published by Celebrating Grace - Digital (C6.836061).

Expertly arranged by Mark Edwards, this setting of the familiar hymn is filled with interest and beauty. While verse one is set for TB voices, SA voices shine in verse two. All voices join together in the third verse for a unique and rich choral experience. The ending fades quietly into the distance with a soft, choral Amen. This piece will become your go-to arrangement for the season of Pentecost or any time there is an emphasis on the Holy Spirit. Minimum purchase of 10 copies on digital download anthems.

SATB chorus - Digital Download

SKU: C6.841061

Composed by Frederick C. Atkinson. Arranged by Mark Edwards. Christian, General, Pentecost. MP3. Celebrating Grace - Digital #841061. Published by Celebrating Grace - Digital (C6.841061).

Expertly arranged by Mark Edwards, this setting of the familiar hymn is filled with interest and beauty. While verse one is set for TB voices, SA voices shine in verse two. All voices join together in the third verse for a unique and rich choral experience. The ending fades quietly into the distance with a soft, choral Amen. This piece will become your go-to arrangement for the season of Pentecost or any time there is an emphasis on the Holy Spirit. Minimum purchase of 10 copies on digital download anthems.

Congregation, SATB choir, 2 trumpets, and organ, with optional timpani - Moderately Easy - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.60-9761-E

Composed by Jeremy J. Bankson. 21st Century, Creation/Nature, Music. Instrument parts. 15 pages. MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music #60-9761-E. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music (MQ.60-9761-E).

English.

This concertato was commissioned by ArtsPlymouth for the choir and congregation of Plymouth Church, UCC, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Both the standard text ( Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven ) and a 20th-century text by Jane Parker Huber ( God, Creation's Great Designer ) are provided. A brief introduction, two verses, an interlude, verse three is choir only, interlude/key change and a fourth verse with descanting sopranos. For SATB, two trumpets, and organ, with optional timpani. Two reproducible congregational parts are provided, one for each text.
Instrumental Parts include: 2 Trumpets in C and Bb, Timpani.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.991830

Composed by Mark Haas. A Cappella,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Mark Haas #3099757. Published by Mark Haas (A0.991830).

The Beatitudes is one of the most well-loved scriptural passages from the Gospel of Matthew. During his sermon on the mount, Jesus provides a detailed list of attributes that all Christians should strive to attain. Mark Haas has written this SATB a cappella piece that embodies a heavenly sound, full of rich harmonies and lyrical gestures.

2017 Choral Contest Entry

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1043969

Composed by Mark Rippe. Arranged by Mark Rippe. Sacred,Traditional. Octavo. 7 pages. Mark Rippe #648677. Published by Mark Rippe (A0.1043969).

StA C00129. An original composition SATB choral anthem based on Matthew 5:3-10. Approachable by even the most modest choir. Piano accompaniment. Part of the St. Andrew's Collection.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.701736

Composed by Kevin G. Pace (ASCAP), Mark R. Fotheringham. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 2 pages. Kevin G. Pace #3363271. Published by Kevin G. Pace (A0.701736).

An original hymn for SATB voices with text by Mark Fotheringham below. Dedicated to pioneers, the early Utah Mormon pioneers in particular.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/9JVJAuc7P_A

Bless this arm, keep it sound, as I turn this desert ground.

Water flows from mountain stream. By Thy Hand, this land redeem.

Sanctify all who toil, blessing all that grows.

Let the desert now rejoice, blossom as the rose.

 

Bless all seeds, as I sow. Let them here take root and grow.

Send Thy rains from up above, warming sunshine filled with love.

May the toil of these hands, bring Thy blessings close.

Let the desert now rejoice, blossom as the rose.

 

Fire or frost, wind or rain; may my work not be in vain.

Help me prosper ev'ry day. Keep the locust still at bay.

Through each trial, help me stand, in Thy strength repose.

Let the desert now rejoice, blossom as the rose.

 

In my soul, deserts be, waiting to be turned by Thee.

Let Thy blessing as the rain, open up my heart again.

May the Lord, bless my toil, ev'ry weed dispose.

Let the desert now rejoice, blossom as the rose.

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Digital Download

SKU: A0.983868

Composed by Anthony Merryweather. Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Octavo. 3 pages. Anthony Merryweather #3423137. Published by Anthony Merryweather (A0.983868).

Tired of the old last verse arrangements and descants? This new descant will have your choir and organist grinning with delight. Jazzy harmonies at your Carol service, why not?!

Choral SATB Chorus - Digital Download

SKU: H1.C6137DP

Composed by Allen Pote. Piano Accompaniment. Pentecost, General Worship, Commitment, Prayer. Octavo. 12 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #C6137DP. Published by Hope Publishing - Digital (H1.C6137DP).

Original anthem Ideal for Pentecost Sunday, here is a prayer for our eyes to be opened as the Holy Spirit descends, reflecting on the power of the Spirit to shape us and change us, to give us awareness of neighbors in need, and move us to action from thought into. . . Ideal for Pentecost Sunday, here is a prayer for our eyes to be opened as the Holy Spirit descends, reflecting on the power of the Spirit to shape us and change us, to give us awareness of neighbors in need, and move us to action from thought into deed.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.765685

Composed by Robert Jackson. Arranged by Michael Myrick. Christian,Gospel,Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. MICHAEL MYRICK #6076027. Published by MICHAEL MYRICK (A0.765685).

One of the most beloved hymns of the church, here is a fresh new treatment by Michael Myrick your choir and congregation will cherish for years to come. This piece is skillfully arranged with a supportive piano accompaniment, cleaver vocal writing and concludes with a beautiful soprano descant. A must have anthem for Pentecost or, can be used as a general anthem throughout the year.