Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.976710 Composed by Robert Myers. Christian,Concert,Contemporary,Easter,Sacred. Octavo. 10 pages. WheatMyer Music #4767525. Published by WheatMyer Music (A0.976710). It Is Not Death to Die is a new setting of French poet Henri Abraham César Malan's Non, ce n'est pas mourir as translated by George Washington Bethune and adapted for this work. Why this text? It first came to my notice shortly after the passing of Billy Graham, who was known to paraphrase D. L. Moody,   Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I   am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.Graham's bold proclamation and Malan's poetry motivated me to focus anew on the resurrection, re-remembering it as the pivotal element of the Christian faith. For if there is no resurrection, Paul says in 1 Cor 15, our faith is useless. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead! Unfortunately, singing about heaven has, perhaps, been neglected of recent decades. We seem to have focused more on the already to the detriment of the not yet. But it is important to remember that this life is not all there is! Quoting Paul again, the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us (Rom 8:18). Yet, if Christ delays, the grim inevitability of our transition into eternity is a certain experience we all face. Malan's poetry so poignantly and eloquently captures this tension that it compelled me to compose a fresh musical setting that attempts to captures the mixture of dread and hope borne out in the acclamation that death is swallowed up in victory! I pray that this setting aids the Church to remember the great hope and promise Christ has granted us:   O Death, where is your victory?    O Death, where is your sting?_______________________________________________________________________________________________The music opens with a C# diminished chord in a very still and somber texture reflective of grief. The text is introduced with the first of two main motives, a rising 4-note outline of B minor in a triple repetition of It Is Not Death. As each stanza proceeds the music concludes on the second motive, a 5-note descending span of a minor 7th in Bb Lydian. The energy and mood of the music gradually shift over the five stanzas, as the focus moves from this life to the next; the texture thickens, the harmony expands, and the dynamic grows into the music’s pinnacle on reign with You on high! The music closes on a reprise of the opening section, simultaneously mindful of our mortality and our eternity.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.954675 By Alex E. By Robert Lowry. Arranged by Alex E. Christmas,Classical,Sacred,Traditional. 4 pages. Müller Publishing company #6630429. Published by Müller Publishing company (A0.954675). **Arrangement of the Traditional Christmas Hymn Jesus Is Born by Robert Lowry - Accompaniment for Choirs and Congregation with Classic Harmony**Celebrate the most magical time of the year with the traditional Christmas hymn, Jesus Is Born, composed by the renowned Robert Lowry. This arrangement has been meticulously crafted to serve as an accompaniment for choirs and congregation, retaining the classic harmony that characterizes this beloved festive piece.The notes and harmonies have been thoughtfully adapted to ensure that choirs, regardless of their size or experience, can join the congregation and create a festive and worshipful atmosphere. This arrangement preserves the depth and sentiment of the original hymn while providing a solid foundation for a collective celebration.Perfect for Christmas services, spiritual gatherings, and seasonal celebrations, this rendition of Jesus Is Born will quickly become a valuable resource for any church or group wishing to invoke the spirit of Christmas through music.Don't miss the opportunity to enrich your Christmas celebrations with this specially adapted arrangement of the hymn Jesus Is Born by Robert Lowry. Acquire it now and inspire your congregation with the beauty, joy, and depth of this iconic melody.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1038419 By Joy Simons. By George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Joy Simons. Baroque,Christmas,Classical,Sacred. Octavo. 14 pages. Joy Simons #643373. Published by Joy Simons (A0.1038419). If you've always wanted to try this one, but the vocal runs scared you off, this is the arrangement you've waited for. The vocals and the piano have been simplified, but it is still challenging and doesn't lose any of the familiar sounds your audience wants. Perfect for church choirs, older voices, or less experienced singers. A classical standard every choir should experience.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.583550 By Lady Gaga. By Lukas Nelson and Stefani Germanotta. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Pop. Octavo. 14 pages. Jeff Tincher #4289065. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.583550). Here is another love ballad from the 2018 blockbuster movie A Star Is Born. The arrangement begins as the recording, with SA taking Lady Gaga's part and TB taking Bradley Cooper's part. It breaks into 4 part harmonu in the second verse, returning to the initial voicing at the end. In the original key from the movie soundtrack.Duration = 2:47. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing

Choral Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.801643 Composed by Connie Boss. Celtic,Christmas,Irish,Sacred. Score. 4 pages. Connie Boss #6359607. Published by Connie Boss (A0.801643). This is a Christmas original I was inspired to write. The shepherds couldn't quite figure out why there was such a bright star and why the baby was so special. Once they arrived in Bethlehem, they realized he was born to bring Peace on earth to all. Note: This shows going from verse 2 to bridge. You could repeat the refrain in between and/or add the refrain at the end of the piece. cdboss@cvalley.netLyrics:Peace on EarthChristmas SongComposed by Connie Boss Intro and Refrain:Peace   on EarthPeace   on EarthPeace   on EarthPeace   one Earth Verse 1:And into the still of the nightThere was one star shining brightShepherds in their fields all aroundSaw it shine down on a town Refrain: Verse 2:It’s light beckoning all to comeTo see the new chosen oneSo they followed the bright starThey came from near and from farRefrain:BridgeFor some the journey took them daysArriving there they were amazedAll of this for a baby boy:Why were they all filled with joy?Christ was born on Christmas morn, to bring Peace on EarthPeace for allPeace for you and me. Refrain to end.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1157142 Composed by Sally Whitwell. Classical,Contemporary. Octavo. 15 pages. Sally Whitwell #757469. Published by Sally Whitwell (A0.1157142). Written in the Stars -- text and music by Sally Whitwell Written in the Stars was originally conceived in the aftermath of the 2019-2020 bushfire season, the most destructive Australia has yet seen. At the time, we thought things couldn’t get worse, but then followed more extreme weather events, insect and rodent plagues, and a deadly pandemic that brought the world to its knees. All these things are connected, the result of humanity’s exploitative relationship with the planet and its other inhabitants. But we continue to deny the problems and to fail to act. As a species, in our more optimistic moments, we talk about having great opportunities to reinvent, that to live the status quo means that we will be faced with an untenable future. Talking about it is one thing but as far as I see it, we are not taking any opportunities to act. It is clear that we do not learn from our mistakes. As Spanish American writer George Santayana once said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.� It is from this notion that this song was born. Written in the Stars is about society’s propensity to go through cycles of behaviour, never learning from the mistakes of the past. Written in the Stars was originally commissioned by Adelaide Chamber Singers, directed by Carl Crossin. Sally Whitwell January 2023.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.978029 Composed by J.C. Baker, Fermata Nowhere. Instructional,Standards. Octavo. 1 pages. J. Gallagher #5034151. Published by J. Gallagher (A0.978029). For a whole week of Valentine's Day have your students use this fun and engaging sight reading practice with love songs THEY WILL KNOW! I use it as a warm up/ do now at the start of band and choral classes for the first 5-10 minutes or so.These are quick 2, 4, and 8 measure examples totaling 10 songs for the students to practice sight reading using solfege.There are some tricky syncopated rhythms involved as well as key changes (C, G, F, D, Bb).The songs included in the 10 examples are, in order:1. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis2. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran3. We Found Love - Rhianna4. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars5. She Loves You - The Beatles6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston7. Shallow - A Star Is Born8. All Of Me - John Legend9. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John/Lion King10. Love Is An Open Door - FrozenThis is a great warm up exercise at the start of class or rehearsal to get the students focused and their brains warmed up for singing, sight singing, reading, and learning new music.Typically students can take either the whole sheet down in one day and we spend a good majority of a day on it OR spread it out over the week and do 1 or 2 a day.Structure it as best you see fit.The students love competing with each other to see who can figure out the solfege and the song first!Bonus points if they can name the song, artist, and the correct lyrics!

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.576492 Composed by various traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas. Octavo. 8 pages. David Warin Solomons #27253. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.576492). It all began with the idea one morning that the other tune for Nahum Tate's carol While shepherds watched is, of course, the Yorkshire ditty On Ilkley moor bar t'hat. Well, as the afternoon progressed, other tunes got added, resulting in a curious potpourri for choir and piano. The choir gets to sing On Ilkla Moor, the Este psalter tune known to all, and also Auld Lang Syne. The second voice, in its madrigalian way, gets a sly English cadence!. Meanwhile, the piano gets some sly references to Sing a song of sixpence and Scotland the brave. I sang it in G on this mp3, to fit my multitrack range, but versions are available on sheetmusicplus in G (ATBB), C (SATB) (fairly high for the sopranos) and Bflat (SATB) (fairly low for the basses) It can also be seen as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXrzrSY-Vw === While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. Fear not! said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind. Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the sign: The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid. Thus spake the seraph and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God who thus addressed their joyful song All glory be to God on high, And to the Earth be peace; Good will henceforth from heaven to men, Begin and never cease!.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.576493 Composed by various traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas. Octavo. 8 pages. David Warin Solomons #27255. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.576493). It all began with the idea one morning that the other tune for Nahum Tate's carol While shepherds watched is, of course, the Yorkshire ditty On Ilkley moor bar t'hat. Well, as the afternoon progressed, other tunes got added, resulting in a curious potpourri for choir and piano. The choir gets to sing On Ilkla Moor, the Este psalter tune known to all, and also Auld Lang Syne. The second voice, in its madrigalian way, gets a sly English cadence!. Meanwhile, the piano gets some sly references to Sing a song of sixpence and Scotland the brave. I sang it in G on this mp3, to fit my multitrack range, but versions are available on sheetmusicplus in G (ATBB), C (SATB) (fairly high for the sopranos) and Bflat (SATB) (fairly low for the basses) It can also be seen as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXrzrSY-Vw === While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. Fear not! said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind. Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the sign: The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid. Thus spake the seraph and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God who thus addressed their joyful song All glory be to God on high, And to the Earth be peace; Good will henceforth from heaven to men, Begin and never cease!.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.576491 Composed by various traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas. Octavo. 8 pages. David Warin Solomons #27251. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.576491). It all began with the idea one morning that the other tune for Nahum Tate's carol While shepherds watched is, of course, the Yorkshire ditty On Ilkley moor bar t'hat. Well, as the afternoon progressed, other tunes got added, resulting in a curious potpourri for choir and piano. The choir gets to sing On Ilkla Moor, the Este psalter tune known to all, and also Auld Lang Syne. The second voice, in its madrigalian way, gets a sly English cadence!. Meanwhile, the piano gets some sly references to Sing a song of sixpence and Scotland the brave. I sang it in G on this mp3, to fit my multitrack range, but versions are available on sheetmusicplus in G (ATBB), C (SATB) (fairly high for the sopranos) and Bflat (SATB) (fairly low for the basses) It can also be seen as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXrzrSY-Vw === While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. Fear not! said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind. Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the sign: The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid. Thus spake the seraph and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God who thus addressed their joyful song All glory be to God on high, And to the Earth be peace; Good will henceforth from heaven to men, Begin and never cease!.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.915687 Composed by Richard Joseph Barber. A Cappella,Christmas,Contemporary. Octavo. 7 pages. Barber Music Company #3692331. Published by Barber Music Company (A0.915687). SATB, a cappella. A good high school choir should be able to perform this piece well. Although harmonies are traditional, good intonation may be difficult at first, but should come with familiarity. The sopranos will sing three high a's, but beyond that, range should not be a challenge.                                                                                                                                                                                   The song is fast paced and worshipful. It tells the story of the angels' visit to the shepherds, the shepherds' haste to the stable to worship the new born King, and their return to tell their friends and neighbors the good news. Let me know what you think of it, and don't be shy about contacting me with performance questions.  Dick Barber, aspiringtunerrjb@sbcglobal.net.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1030790 Composed by Jeremy T. Warner. Concert,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 9 pages. Warner Music Publishing #3074343. Published by Warner Music Publishing (A0.1030790). This moving work, born out of friendship between composer and poet, speaks of hope, loss, and renewal in the form of light, sunsets and sunrises. It is perfect for general concert use, living composer features, funerals, and any concerts/services dealing with the metaphors of darkness and light and/or sunsets and sunrises.The text comes from the personal experiences of the poet, Philip Tabler. He’d felt compelled to write this poem for a dear friend that had lost her father. As the story goes, it was her father’s last request that he see the sunset before his passing and though he was confined to his bed and bedroom, the family was able to adjust the room in such a way that he was able to see the sunset out of the bedroom window one final time in the moments just before he passed. The recording features the Memphis ChoralArts and University of Memphis Collegiate Choir ensembles performing in the beautiful and acoustic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis, TN under the director of the composer on April 23, 2017.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019372 Composed by Kevin Longley. Christian,Easter,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Kevin Longley #6550433. Published by Kevin Longley (A0.1019372). Where Is JesusInspiration January 1st, 2021 was the start of my official retirement from a wonderful company that I had been employed at for 40+ years, Cirtronics Corporation. Where Is Jesus was my first retirement music so to speak. A 2 measure musical idea came to me in early January. Several weeks later I had the overall structure completed and started inputting the score into my music program. At this point I had no lyrical ideas, however with Easter approaching it occurred to me that the musics dramatic content leaned heavily towards Good Friday, in spirit. As I pondered that, I couldn't help but wonder what the disciples thought when Jesus was taken. Certainly they would question where he was, question what had happened. Thus was born Where is Jesus with the lyrical content asking and then answering. The Music The music is comprised of an A section which begins with the Tenors and Altos singing Where Is Jesus. The choir then responds (in chronological order, as recorded in the Gospels ) with lyrics that describe the brutality that Jesus endured. Here the weight of what has occurred is felt with the lyrics and music evoking great emotion. The B section follows; a retrospective look back sung by the soloist, stating that all had transpired as foretold, or as stated, by Jesus and the prophets. A C section is then introduced which contains the hope then, and the crux now, of our faith deaths chain cannot have its reign, he will rise, he will rise. After a short piano interlude we are returned to the A section, now modulated to a higher key; here the most emotional section of the music is felt with the raw truth of what has happened. He is nailed to the cross, he has died, we are lost. The piece then ends as it started Where Is Jesus, to be answered three days later.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.955821 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,Religious,Romantic Period. 12 pages. Scott S. Stewart #6232387. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.955821). Il est né le divin enfant (He is born, The Divine Child), is based upon the hunting call La tête bizarde of the 1500’s. French lyrics were added sometime during the 1700’s. This arrangement uses the harmonies of Gabriel Fauré, (French composer, organist, pianist and teacher) that he penned for his arrangement for voice and organ dated 23 December 1888. This arrangement is for 4-part SATB ensemble and keyboard (piano or organ) accompaniment or could be performed a cappella. It uses both the original French text and the traditional English lyrics.  Performance time: 2:46

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1397404 Composed by Madeleine Ferrand. Arranged by Ed. David Burkhard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Latin,Religious,Sacred. 4 pages. David Burkhard #980728. Published by David Burkhard (A0.1397404). This is probably the 1st edition of Maria Mater Gratiae by french composer Madeleine Ferrand's Maria Mater Gratiae. It was composed in 1913, presumedly for the Concours Samuel-Rousseau de la Société des Compositeurs de Musique. Madeleine Ferrand was born in the 19th century and probably died in the early 20th century. Though almost nothing is known about her life, she published two melodies in 1909 (La Belle au Bois and Les Colombes). https://www.presencecompositrices.com/compositrice/ferrand-madeleine/