By Andre J Thomas. For SSA choir, Piano. Educational Octavo. Concert, Spiritual. Published by Heritage Music Press

SSA chorus - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGE217 Composed by Traditional Spiritual. Arranged by arr. Victor C. Johnson Traditional Spiritual. General, Spiritual. Sing! With Optional solos. Octavo. 8 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGE217. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGE217). Schram's tender, captivating pairing of the traditional English carol, The Coventry Carol and the traditional Polish carol, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly presents a picturesque lullaby to the Child of Christmas. Whether performed in a school or church setting, this beautiful piece will provide a welcome moment of quiet reflection and introspection.

Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1003298 Composed by Dennis Tobenski. Contemporary,Folk. Octavo. 12 pages. Dennis Tobenski #539737. Published by Dennis Tobenski (A0.1003298). Sunset: St. Louis for SSA choir and piano was written at the suggestion of a conductor I met at the 2013 American Choral Directors’ Association national conference in Dallas, TX. He lamented the lack of new music for SSA choir that kept the voices within a restricted range yet wasn’t simplistic, and also didn’t use a restricitve number of accompanying instruments; throughout the week his sentiment was echoed by countless other conductors who I had the pleasure of spending time with. At that point, I also had no music for treble/women’s choir in my catalog, so this piece is not only an attempt to fill in this hole in the repertoire, but also an attempt to fill in the hole in my own choral output. The piece opens with a short passage for solo piano evocative of late afternoon light on water which leads into the voices’ hazy entrance of close diatonic harmonies and loose, liquid rhythms. After this soft opening, the piano begins a gently undulating, water-like accompaniment that – like the Mississippi – flows by, bringing harmonic shifts and swells. The words Dream by the river captured my imagination, conjuring images of the city drifting to sleep as the sun sets, so I couldn’t resist making the single word Dream into a refrain, weaving it into the larger structure of the poem, which makes the piece not only a love song to the city, but also a lullaby. The vocal parts have a compressed range: Soprano 1 has a few unsustained Gs, and the Alto line never drops below B-flat. There are some minor challenges with rhythm and pitch (hemiolas, tuplets, and some harmonic cross-relations with the piano), but all are navigable. The piece was written and prepared for publication in a compositional frenzy between 1pm on March 30, 2013 and 7pm on March 31, 2013 in Montauk, NY.Duration: ca. 4 min. Composed: 2013 Registered with ASCAP. Please email dennis@dennistobenski.com so that your performance of Sunset: St. Louis can be added to Dennis' website calendar. Email: dennis@dennistobenski.com Website: dennistobenski.com Facebook: facebook.com/dennistobenski Twitter: @dennistobenski Tumblr: A Commonplace Blog Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/dennistobenski

Choral Choir,Choral (SAB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1389486 By Leonard Cohen. By Leonard Cohen. Arranged by Justin Matthew Starr. Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Standards. 16 pages. J M Starr Music #973074. Published by J M Starr Music (A0.1389486). “Hallelujah� was originally released by Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen in 1984 on his album Various Positions. This composition, however, is one of the few in history that may be more well-known due to covers of the song than the original version. In 1991, John Cale did a cover of the song that removed the synthesizers, gospel choir, full band, and low, borderline-talking bass voice from Cohen’s original; and replaced it all with a bare-bones piano and tenor voice. It is not difficult to argue that this arrangement of the composition became the definitive version that all future covers would be based on: from Jeff Buckley’s stripped-down guitar and voice 1994 version, to Rufus Wainright’s piano and voice 2001 cover for the soundtrack to the motion picture Shrek, to k.d. lang, the a cappella group Pentatonix, and many, many more.When I first arranged this song in 2010 for my 8th grade SAB choir, I did not know the John Cale version existed; rather, I started by transcribing the Rufus Wainright recording and then made it my own from there. My arrangement is melodically akin to the Wainright, but I added harmonies in various places throughout. Lyric selection was also a choice I had to me, as each version of the song contains a different number of verses. Cohen’s 1984 original had four, and then in 1988 he sang a live version with seven (supposedly he drafted over 80 different verses!). I decided to go with five. This allowed me to structure the song in a way that got feature and give the melody to: a Soloist(s) (verse 1), the Baritones (verse 2), the Altos (verse 3), the Sopranos (verse 4) and then the entire choir (verse 5). Over the years that I have performed this with my students, I couldn’t help myself from rocking out with little bluesy fills and licks in the final choruses, so I decided to write it in. I hope you, your students, and accompanist have fun with that!

Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1273747 By Cilla Black. By Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. Arranged by Julie Settle. Pop,Standards,Wedding. Octavo. 5 pages. Julie Settle #865873. Published by Julie Settle (A0.1273747). SSA + piano accompaniment.  For ladies' groups who would like to sing some Cilla Black!Sing this light and breathy to give the feeling of anticipation.  In the middle section the Altos have the tune.After Cilla Black passed away, I couldn’t find any choral arrangements of her songs.  Wanting to have a Cilla Black number in our repertoire, I created this arrangement for the ladies I sing with.  Something Tells Me has become such a firm favourite that I have been encouraged to publish my first arrangement to share with other ladies’ groups who would like to sing a Cilla Black number.

Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.997177 Composed by Maggi Warren. Christian,Christmas,Pop. Octavo. 12 pages. Maggi's Music UK #5997945. Published by Maggi's Music UK (A0.997177). In 2019 I was asked if there were any upbeat songs about Peace.  I couldn't think of any and so this Carol came into being. At sunrise it asks God to bring Joy to the world; at noon it gives Thanks to the Lord and at sunset it asks Him to bring Peace to the world. In an exciting coda singers use stage-whispers to exhort the listeners to share Peace all around. It can be sung by ladies voices only or with an optional but very satisfying Bass part. There is also a simplified version suitable for schools or community/church groups. The attached audio clip is a live recording of an SSA choir. A synthesised recording of the SSA+B version can be heard at www.maggi-music.uk