Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194181 By Dave Froman. By Dave Froman. Chamber,Contemporary. Octavo. 19 pages. Dave Froman #793601. Published by Dave Froman (A0.1194181). 2022. SSAA, piano, flute and bassoon / 6 minI was taken in by the story in the poem “Tree-Burial� by William Cullen Bryant, a 19th century American romantic poet - about a Native American ritual of burying a child high among the trees rather than in the ground. This ritual and the words spoken seem a powerful balm in the face of grief and sadness. The text reflects the mother’s tenderness to the child - sorrowful but loving and beautiful. I found the poem in a collection of “Poems About Trees,� celebrating sacred groves, wild woodlands, and bountiful orchards, paying lyrical tribute to these majestic beings with whom we share the earth.Composed for women’s voices, the flute and bassoon add a doleful fullness to this piece. My composition borrows from the longer poem.Also available in SSA & piano, flute, oboe/clarinet and bassoon.Performed here by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers.If you would like to premiere this piece, please reach out to davefroman@gmail.com.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194167 By Dave Froman. By Dave Froman. Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. Octavo. 12 pages. Dave Froman #793589. Published by Dave Froman (A0.1194167). 2021. SATB, piano, and violin / 4:30The beautiful and haunting poem Fire and Sleet and Candlelight laments a wasted life. This original piece is reminiscent of the choral standards “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child� and “Wayfaring Stranger,� evoking what I can hope are similar thrilling feelings of angst and terror for singer, conductor, and listener.  Text by poet Elinor Wylie (1885-1928), born in Somerville, New Jersey. Please reach out if you would like to premiere this piece.  davefroman@gmail.com.Text:For this you’ve striven    Daring, to fail:Your sky is riven    Like a tearing veil.For this, you’ve wasted    Wings of your youth;Divined, and tasted    Bitter springs of truth.From sand unslakèd    Twisted strong cords,And wandered naked    Among trysted swords.There’s a word unspoken,    A knot untied.Whatever is broken    The earth may hide.The road was jagged    Over sharp stones:Your body’s too ragged    To cover your bones.The wind scatters    Tears upon dust;Your soul’s in tatters    Where the spears thrust.Your race is ended—    See, it is run:Nothing is mended    Under the sun. Straight as an arrow    You fall to a sleepNot too narrow    And not too deep.

Choral Choir,Choral (SA) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319746 Composed by Dave Froman. 21st Century,Children. 5 pages. Dave Froman #908301. Published by Dave Froman (A0.1319746). 2023. Two-part treble chorus with piano and percussion. 2:45I found this infectious little item in a book of contemporary poems composed by children selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, creating a ditty of a piece that uses just one repeated rhythm and simple chord progression.  Accompaniment is piano, bongos or conga, and triangle.  There is about 1:20 of music, with a trick/false ending, before it repeats.A fun middle school piece.The text is from “It’s Inside of Me!� by Adam Delavan.  Salting the Ocean, 100 Poems by Young Poets. Sung here by Emily McNally via Fiverr.com.Seeking a premiere as of Nov 15, 2023.  Please get in touch through www.davefroman.com.

Choral Choir,Choral (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319750 Composed by Dave Froman. 19th Century,Historic,Multicultural,Spiritual,World. 19 pages. Dave Froman #908307. Published by Dave Froman (A0.1319750). 2022. SSAA, piano, flute and bassoon / 6 minI was taken in by the story in the poem “Tree-Burial� by William Cullen Bryant, a 19th century American romantic poet - about a Native American ritual of burying a child high among the trees rather than in the ground. This ritual and the words spoken seem a powerful balm in the face of grief and sadness. The text reflects the mother’s tenderness to the child - sorrowful but loving and beautiful. I found the poem in a collection of “Poems About Trees,� celebrating sacred groves, wild woodlands, and bountiful orchards, paying lyrical tribute to these majestic beings with whom we share the earth.Composed for women’s voices, the flute and bassoon add a doleful fullness to this piece. My composition borrows from the longer poem.Also available in SSA & piano, flute, oboe/clarinet and bassoon.As of Nov 15, 2023, I am seeking a premiere for this piece.  Please get in touch through www.davefroman.com.  Performed here by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319740 Composed by Dave Froman. 21st Century,Contemporary,Halloween,Latin,Multicultural,World. 30 pages. Dave Froman #908295. Published by Dave Froman (A0.1319740). 2023. SATB, piano, trumpet, trombone, bass and percussion. 4:15.  (show choir!)This poem by contemporary Washington, DC-area poet and musician Cliff Bernier comes from a series that he would read alongside a jazz ensemble in northern Virginia. My arrangement starts out with a jazz feel, starting and stopping before breaking into a bossa nova groove, yielding to a lively latin dance beat to the end.Performed here by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers - Virtual Choir.As of Nov 15, I'm seeking a premiere!  Please get in touch through www.davefroman.com.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.794075 Composed by Vincent Youmans. Arranged by Dave Gingras, John E. Dosher. Contemporary. Score. 2 pages. DAVID LEE GINGRAS #6053215. Published by DAVID LEE GINGRAS (A0.794075). More Than You Know is a popular song, composed by Vincent Youmans with lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu. The song was published in 1929. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Great Day where it was sung by Mayo Methot. It was also popularized on the stage and radio by Jane Froman.The song was subsequently featured in three musical films: Hit the Deck (1955), sung by Tony Martin; Funny Lady (1975), sung by Barbra Streisand (who first recorded it for her 1967 studio album, Simply Streisand); and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) sung by Michelle Pfeiffer. It has been recorded by many artists. This version features a root-based chord-blocking technique we have used in a number of our arrangements. It's not too hard and sounds great!