Transcontinental Music Choral

Robert Applebaum is one of our favorite new composers; this piece has gotten a lot of attention. The ethereal, almost precarious setting and lilting chord progressions amongst this Hebrew prayer for p...

Ukranian Yiddish poet and songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman penned this hummable tune in 1976 in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson. Transcontinental and a raucous setting by master arranger...

This quasi-gospel style setting by David Shukiar is an incredibly spirited work. You will be moved to stomp your feet and clap along as this work is sung and played. Since its premiere in San Francisc...

Anyone with an appreciation of Israeli folk songs, or a taste for something exotic, will enjoy this setting of a well-known Eastern tune. Elliot Levine's harmony captures the mysterious modal flavor o...

This contemporary setting of Psalms 113 through 118 by master composer and professor of music at the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati has been performed every year for the past 35 years by a choir con...

This gentle folklike setting, with opportunities for solo voices, combines the first verse of Psalm 133 in Hebrew with Englsih text by the composer, celebrating the universality which brings together...

Here is an edition of a three-movement work by iconic Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun. A singable English version is included. This is a challenging work worth the time spent in rehearsal.

This is a recently revised edition of this now-classic choral work by Benjie Ellen Schiller, a cantor who serves on the faculty of HUC-JIR. By popular request, this edition of one of our most popular...

Winner of the 2001 Guild of Temple Musicians' Young Composers Award. A beautiful setting of the Sabbath prayer which asks 'Who is like You?'.

Schul was a German-Jewish composer who came to Prague, seeking a haven from Nazi persecution. But in 1941 he was rounded up and sent to the Terezin concentration camp, where his touching setting of th...

Threefold Benediction. Text from Numbers 6:24-26. Available for SATB, Cantor and Organ.

As heard on TV's 'The West Wing'. For SATB and Organ.

GOP p. 43. For SATB, Soloist (High).

A beautiful Isaacson setting of the traditional Sabbath candle blessing, set to a Sarajevo melody collected by Flory Jagoda. For SSA and Keyboard.

Kosinski brings just the proper approach to the setting of this Hebrew text - May the words of my mouth... be acceptable to You, my Rock and my Redeemer. This piece employs savvy use of suspension to...

From '6 Madrigals'. For Solo (High) and SATB.

A delightful Yiddish Chanukah song by Abe Ellstein and Moyshe Oysher, legendary kings of the Yiddish theater. Jacobson's arrangement does not obscure the playful nature of the melody. Bring me bread a...

From Three Medieval Hebrew Songs by Judith Kaplan Eisenstein. This texts extols the beauty of nature - 'When night is nigh, the stars on high, gather in heaven above...'.

From The Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale Jewish Music Series. A playful variation on a wonderful children's Chanukah song. Dig into the children's game of dreydl (spinning a top marked with Heb...

From The Zamir Choral Series, edited by Joshua Jacobson. This is a choral adaptation of Weiner's legendary early art song. Jacobson retains the original piano accompaniment and solo, adding chorus for...

A 'wordless' song. Great for beginning or volunteer choirs looking for a fun Sabbath piece.

A hymn for Chanukah.

Ladino Song for Chanukah'. One of Transcontinental's bestsellers. Flory Jagoda revives the exciting memories of Chanukah from her childhood in Yugoslavia in this classic. Great for multicultural progr...

'A Judaeo-Spanish Romance'

A fun piece with delightful rollicking rhythm and wacky rhymes. Will appeal to mixed audiences.