Chorpartituren

Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators' Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies, mixe...

Goin' home, goin' home. I'm a-goin' home. Quiet-like, some still day, I'm just goin' home are the poignant lyrics famously set in a song based on the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's famous Largo theme...

Bach's famous instrumental arioso is set here with a simple Latin text. The expressive piano accompaniment can be used alone or with the optional string parts, richly enhancing this choral work. A bea...

Uses: General, Music Appreciation, Youth Choir Scripture: Isaiah 62:5, Zephaniah 3:17 Vibrant and attractive, this easy-to-achieve contemporary song celebrates the watch care of our loving heavenly Fa...

This modern day jazz classic written by Barry Manilow using the lyrics of Johnny Mercer is paired with the timeless Autumn Leaves, also a Mercer lyric with music by Joseph Kosma. This arrangement is r...

Uses: Christ the Good Shepherd, Concert, General Scripture: Genesis 22:7, Exodus 12:5, John 1:36 A celebrated poem is given an exquisite treatment in this artful choral offering. The memorable melody...

Shakespeare's brilliance in crafting clever inventive poetry is demonstrated in his Sonnet 43. The beautiful love poem is a powerhouse of teaching and is set just as brilliantly for choral singing tha...

Autumn gives a final sigh, smoky clouds across the sky. Now the snow begins to fly on the breath of winter. Gorgeous imagery captured in a choral work that is elegant and mysterious accompanied by com...

From the opening notes, this sacred song presents a special gentleness that engages the mind and encourages the spirit. The substantial text amplifies the promises of God and reminds listeners that we...

This troubadour-styled poem tells the story of a little sparrow who builds its nest in the crook of the cross. The allegory is clear: the safety of Calvary is a tower of shelter for the sinner. A simp...

Calling the people to recollection, this anthem surrounds the listener with a positive message of God's mercy and love. An expressive tune announces this sermon of assurance with tenderness and restra...

A creative exploration of the word music with contemporary effects and an underlying message on the value of music in our lives. With handbells and percussion.

Raminsh sets this section of the Requiem text with richly interwoven voices, meditating on eternal light and eternal rest with quiet strength and exultation. With organ, brass quintet and optional tim...

Ein heiteres und erbauliches Werk mit keltischem Flair, der u. a. auch durch die Bodhran-Trommel (einer irischen Rahmentrommel) unterstützt wird.

With a flowing piano accompaniment, the vocal texture is mainly homophonic, interspersed with brief contrapuntal sections. This particular poem speaks of remembering a relationship, and the need for r...

Can You Imagine? wurde als Antwort auf den Krieg in Afghanistan geschrieben und insbesondere für die vielen Zivilisten, darunter vor allem Kinder, die durch diesen Krieg zu Flüchtlingen wurden. Der Ko...

The setting of this text speaks of comfort to those who have lost a loved one. It also observes that even though a loved one has departed, there is a certain sense of connectedness that we still feel,...

A Hatfield original, the text of this piece grew from email exchanges between the composer and the staff and students at the middle school who commissioned the work. The theme of the piece deals with...

This work for treble voices, cello and classical guitar begins with an ostinato repetition of the title, before the entrance of the melodic theme superimposed in counterpoint with the cello melody. Th...

Cary Ratcliff will uns mit diesem Stück zeigen, dass allein die Macht der Musik beeinflusst, wie wir Worte wahrnehmen. Dazu verwendet er einen unnachgiebigen Klavierpart und dunkle Harmonien, die ein...

I'll Find Freedom entstand bei einem Songschreibe-Workshop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Das Ergebnis war ein Song, der davon handelt, wie wichtig es ist auf das eigene Herz zu hören um wahre Freiheit zu erla...

Die Komponistin sagt über ihr Werk:'Das ist der letzte Teil meiner Trilogie mit Vertonungen von Texten aus einer Sammlung, die die Dichterin Sarah White ihre 'Window Poems' ('Fenster-Gedichte') nennt,...

Dies ist der zweite Teil einer Trilogie mit dem Titel ' Window Poems' ('Fenster-Gedichte'), die die Dichterin Sarah White nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Geliebten geschrieben hat. Jeder der drei Teile...

Ausgestattet mit dem Text eines lateinischen Hymnus aus dem 4. Jahrhundert, erkundet dieses feurige Stück den Kontrast zwischen Himmel und Hölle in einem neoklassizistischen Stil. Der Anlass für diese...

On A Day When the Wind Is Perfect' ist eine erbauliche Bekräftigung der Freude und der Schönheit, die die Welt jeden Tag demjenigen zu bieten hat, dessen Augen und Herz offen sind, diese wahrzunehmen...