Pavane Choral

Who doesn't remember musical moments in their past, when singing became transcendent and the moment became a memory never to be forgotten? Henry Van Dyke's poem recalls that time and Matthew Emery, th...

Selected for the Magen Solomon series, this dreamy setting is beautiful and distinctive. The magic of this arrangement is in the creativity of the harmonies. An excellent Christmas selection for high...

Guy Forbes gave us O Nata Lux many years ago and we have patiently waited for its sequel. Now we have it, a stunning setting of There Is No Rose that delivers exactly what we hoped for. It is a beauti...

Best known for his settings of Filipino folksongs, George Hernandez has this time selected a familiar French carol to display his superb craftsmanship. The bell sounds resonate beautifully and the ent...

Stacey Gibbs is perhaps the most popular arranger of traditional spirituals today. Creative ideas with harmony and rhythmic accompaniment make his treatments stand out. Choirs enjoy the familiar tunes...

High school choral director, Jonathan Adams, has composed a number of beautiful a cappella pieces. This setting of Ecclesiastes 3:11 contains those yummy suspensions and cadences that choirs yearn for...

Canadian composer Matthew Emery is a name to watch. This piece was chosen as the winner of the 2012 Nova Scotia Choral Federation Choral Competition. Last year Pavane published his When the Sun Comes...

Jesse Beulke is a young American composer in his first year of college, yet this, his first published piece, demonstrates a musical maturity well beyond his years. Selected for the David Dickau Signat...

In only a few short years Richard Burchard has become recognized as one of the new, great choral composers in America. His sonorities are often thick but always rich and satisfying. His melodies are m...

Kane Bradley is a Junior and Senior high choral director and a relatively new composer on the scene. His De Profundis employs minimalism and contemporary harmonies that are quite compelling. He builds...

George Hernandez has become the recognized expert in a cappella choral arrangements of Filipino folk music. This delightful Tagalog tune is a playful love song. The bouncy vocal accompaniment figures...

Christina Rossetti wrote a wonderful text that has inspired many great composers to set her text to music. David Dickau is one of today's most celebrated composers and he has brought new loveliness to...

Memley has set this thoughtful 19th century Barnes' poem in a contemporary madrigal style. Pensive moments cadence on stunning chords, gentle dissonances provoke the listener's ears, woven together in...

Eric Saari from North Dakota State University has captured Walt Whitman's text about sunset with vivid 21st century hues. Bursts of color unfold in words and sound creating pictures in your mind. High...

Matthew Emery is an emerging composer that writes with a maturity beyond his age. This imaginative setting of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem brings a freshness as real as the smells after a summer rain...

In the past few years Stacey Gibbs has become recognized as an excellent arranger of spirituals. His settings have been performed at numerous ACDA National and Regional conventions. Witness is one of...

This ancient prayer carries the depth of the ages clothed in sounds of our current times. Jesse Beulke is a relative newcomer whose maturity in composition is evident. The melodic content is engaging...

This traditional African-American slave song comes from the Georgia Sea Islands. The a cappella Spiritual style rocks this energetic and evangelizing song. Brian Tate brings a soulful passion to his a...

Pavane Publishing is proud to introduce Charlie Leftridge - an emerging composer and poet that deserves recognition. The poem artfully encourages us all to live every moment fully and the musical sett...

This piece is a polite adaptation by famed Scottish poet, Robert Burns, of a traditional bawdy song of the same name. This more charming version presents a poignant and emotive consideration of human...

Thula Baba is an African lullaby from the Zulu tribe that is a well-known melody through the continent. This a cappella arrangement maintains the gentle qualities of a mother's song to her child while...

Dieses auf Hebräisch gesungene und eindeutig jüdische Musikstück ist eindringlich und tiefgründig. Der Text ist ein Bekenntnis zu Glaube und Hoffnung und könnte als ergreifende Eröffnung eines Konzert...

Dieses auf Hebräisch gesungene und eindeutig jüdische Musikstück ist eindringlich und tiefgründig. Der Text ist ein Bekenntnis zu Glaube und Hoffnung und könnte als ergreifende Eröffnung eines Konzert...

Ganz im Geiste seiner Vertonung von O Nata Lux bringt uns Guy Forbes eine wunderschöne Vertonung dieses bekannten Textes von Robert Burns. Er hat die zärtlichen Dissonanzen für genau die richtigen Mom...

Ganz im Geiste seiner Vertonung von O Nata Lux bringt uns Guy Forbes eine wunderschöne Vertonung dieses bekannten Textes von Robert Burns. Er hat die zärtlichen Dissonanzen für genau die richtigen Mom...