Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Pavane Publishing is proud to launch her new series with this classic tune attributed to Huddie...
Brian Tate has cleverly combined the texts from a variety of frequently used spirituals to create a brand new choral selection. The yearning for belonging is quickly evident and rocks gently to a sati...
The William Blake poems, The Lamb and The Tyger are often paired together, and Andrew Miller has composed them so they can be sung as a set or separately. The overlapping lines in The Lamb enter in st...
Richard Burchard's writing has captivated the interest of a cappella choirs the world over. Is it any wonder, with flowing contrapuntal lines reminiscent of Palestrina colored with luxurious harmonies...
Now available for SATB and with a full orchestra accompaniment, this energetic and descriptive work will create a vivid and celebratory atmosphere in performance.
This choral piece describes autumn in a wonderful way. The flowing music is captivating and lovely. This is an excellent piece for a fall program. The 2-Part edition has been a favorite for many years...
Brian Tate is a master at creating a new song that sounds seasoned in time. Equally amazing is how natural the vocal parts are - almost singing themselves. Gather at the River reminds us of a hymn but...
This is a modern day spiritual. The SATB voicing has been one of the best-selling pieces for many years. Now Brian Tate has given us an SAB edition, perfect for middle school choirs and small choirs....
First released in SSA, then SAB, the enthusiastic response demanded this SATB setting. Delightfully arranged and with excellent historical notes, it is both fun and educational. A wonderful festival p...
The SATB edition of this piece was one of the best-sellers of all time and continues to be so. Part of the Ron Kean Multicultural Series, this TTBB edition was commissioned by Charles Bruffy and the P...
Randall Johnson is a master at combining traditional and jazz styles. The Latin Benedictus text harkens to an ancient time, and after a solemn start, the music suddenly breaks into a fast and festive...
In May of 2013, NDSU and ACDA co-sponsored the Choral Symposium: Music of the Americas. It has produced friendships and great music from across the Americas. This piece was selected for publication in...
Selected for the new Music of the Americas Multicultural Series from North Dakota State University, this zesty piece hails from Mexico. The encouraging message is that chuchumbé will reach you whether...
Selected for the Jo-Michael Scheibe Male Chorus Series, could a lumberjack story be any more appropriate for the men's choir? Premiered at an ACDA conference to great applause, the writing of this Mic...
This work by George Jeffreys (d. 1685) and edited by Peter Aston is a setting of Jeremiah, Ch. 30, v. 17: Ah, Pity Me, Lord God, mercifully hear me... that is ideal for church or concert use. Latin an...
Noted scholar Peter Aston has edited this simple, yet profound work of George Jeffreys (d. 1685) - a setting of Song of Solomon, Ch. 2, v. 10: Truly my best beloved...rise up and come away. Ideal for...
Premiered at the 2005 ACDA convention, this setting of a poem by William Butler Yeats begs the listener to tread softly on our dreams. Available for SSAA and TTBB.
Performed at the 2005 ACDA National Convention, this original is filled with rhythmic and energetic verve.
From the Randy Stenson Male Chorus Series comes this moving Japanese story-song. The text is provided in both Japanese and English. Told primarily by a solo tenor voice, the male chorus sound provides...
First performed at the ACDA Central Division Convention in 2005, this energetic choral has quickly become a piece in demand. The Latin text is a popular one for choral groups and this setting is beaut...
Jacob Handl (1550-1591) was called the Bohemian Palestrina of his day. Allen Crowell has edited this stirring anthem for male voices. Randy Stenson selected it for his TTBB series. The text of humilit...
Selected for the Randy Stenson TTBB Choral Series, veteran arranger Doug Andrews uses an Irish melody to tell us a classic shipwreck tale. Piano and snare drum provide the musical backdrop that unders...
Performed at the ACDA National Convention in Oklahoma City, 2009, this folksong will take you to Ireland through music! The voice parts create a distinctive palette of true Celtic timbre!
Here's a tune that is energizing and exciting - concert appropriate - that teaches singers how to write the counts in music. Now in multiple voicings so every choir can have this piece to start their...
J. S. Bach penned SDG at the end of most of his compositions, which is Latin for to God be the glory. This energetic number can serve as a church anthem of praise or a concert number for high school,...
Based on Psalm 98:1-4, this ancient psalm of praise is redressed in modern classical sounds. Intertwined is the canonic melody from 19th century hymn-writer Lowell Mason, O Music. The combination hono...
Dr. David C. Dickau first arranged Handel's 'Joy to the World' for 2-part voices, and now comes the SATB setting. Delightful energy, interesting rhythm and percussion make this a very fun selection fo...
Sometimes all you need is a title to get your attention. This is one sweet tune, with a clever word game in every phrase. Originally from an entire 'sweet' of clever word songs for SATB, this voicing...
The Songs of the World Series has been perhaps the most popular series in the Pavane catalog. 'Angels We have Heard on High', a French carol, is part of the series' Collection #6, which also includes...
The Songs of the World Series has been perhaps the most popular series in the Pavane catalog. 'How Far Is It to Bethlehem?', a traditional English carol, is part of the series' Collection #6, which al...
The Songs of the World Series has been perhaps the most popular series in the Pavane catalog. 'Fum, Fum, Fum', a Spanish Dance carol, is part of the series' Collection #6, which also includes the Fren...
This Southern Folk Song has been selected for the Judy Herrington Choral Series. Collegiate music teacher Barbara Poulshock demonstrates her arranging skills with this wonderful setting. Available: 2-...
Respected writer Donna Gartman Schultz has written a delightful setting of this familiar Christmas carol. The brass quintet accompaniment is absolutely wonderful, and the piano version works as well....
In gentle flowing lines, this sensitive setting of the Emily Dickenson poem makes an excellent feature for treble choir, accompanied by piano and flute. In an easy ballad style with simple syncopation...
In this setting of the famous poem written for her choir's Japan tour, Judith Herrington has given this setting has a hint of an Asian flavor. An ideal musical greeting of good will, this work demonst...
The SAB edition became an immediate hit upon release. A period selection from the Renaissance, the English and Italian texts are both provided. The two part edition also contains an optional accompani...
This Russian folk song setting provides the metaphor of the mountain ash and oaktrees, separated by a river, poignantly portraying the sadness of ill-fated love. As always the craftsmanship is first r...
From the Songs of the World collection by the Judith Herrington and Sara Glick team, this selection describes the thrill of riding swiftly over the snow-covered countryside in a troika; a sleigh pulle...
Shirley McRae is well-known for her excellent arrangements of folk songs for young voices and this new setting continues her forward trend. With a bouncing piano part enhanced by a percussive triangle...
Commissioned by the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, popular composer Peter Boyer has written a beautiful setting of Langston Hughes' famous poem. This arrangement for treble voices and piano lifts th...
One of Shirley McRae's greatests gifts is capturing the essence of other cultures in song. This Inner Mongolian Folk Song is no exception. Incorporating a few handbells, a bell tree and an oboe bring...
This energetic processional for a cappella voices and percussion defies categorization. This fun original work includes some alternate text ideas that make it useful for almost any occasion. The rhyth...
Doraji is one of the most popular Korean folksongs. It is about a wild mountain flower with spiritual essence and this arrangement includes both the gentle beauty of the flower as well as the exciteme...
Selected for the 2015 Pacific International Children's Choir Festival, this gentle prayer is gracious and moving. Jude Roldan has been composing music for the world-famous children's choir his wife co...
This could be the most awesome piece of the 21st century. Why? Here's a tune that is energizing and exciting that teaches singers how to write counts in music and it's concert programmable. Every high...
For years Jude Roldan has been composing music for the world-famous children's choir that his wife conducts, Hail Mary the Queen Children's Choir. Although often based on sacred words as is common in...
The Field Butterfly is a humorous song about the alikeness of a field butterfly to a 1900 Filipino lady dressed in her glamorous formal dress with tall butterfly sleeves. She struts swaying her hips d...
Pin pin de sarapin is a fingerplay song and chant from Capiz. It is a counting-out game where a player touches one finger after another of the other players and bends the finger on which he lands at t...
This song sings its message loud and clear: singing in a choir teaches community. Children love the message and how the tunes work together, musically illustrating the point. Great for children's choi...
