Transcontinental Music Choral

A setting of the Hashkiveinu text, a bedtime prayer with broad implications: Spread over us the shelter of Your peace. A beautiful melody ably supported by simple four-part choir.

Texas composer Sargon has given us the gift of his singable melodies and beautiful choral harmonies for over 30 years. Once again, he strikes gold with this setting of the classic prayer for peace.

The delightful arrangement of an old Chassidic wordless-melody is great for youth and volunteer choirs. A great introduction to Jewish music as your choir will merely sing 'la' the entire piece!

If you are looking for a piece for your next ecumenical service, this is it! Sung in both Hebrew and English, Cantor Contzius has written a lovely melody for this ubiquitous yet timely text, and the a...

This classic liturgical text means purify our hearts, and is appropriate in a wide variety of settings, Jewish and non-Jewish. Here, a strong and dignified sacred text asks God for forgiveness and pur...

Jane Roman Pitt has crafted a powerful and convincing statement about the central role of women in Jewish-and world-history. A stirring piece for women's voices, this piece speaks timelessly and clear...

A gentle melody, the text is a traditional Sephardic table grace. In Ladino (similar to Spanish in pronunciation), it may be accompanied by guitar, harp or piano.

The title says it all - this is a triumphant piece that heralds the arrival of the day the Lord hath made. Great for the High Holiday Days or Shabbat - as well as celebrations, introductions and comme...

Choral directors nationwide have been clamoring for quite some time for this moving epic, poignantly co-penned by the legendary Bonia Shur and his wife Fanchon, with additional text by Reb Nachman. Th...

Transcontinental celebrates perhaps the biggest and most influential figure in Jewish music since 1971 with this choral adaptation of one of her most famous pieces. Comisar's setting is extremely movi...

The phrase instant classic is not something to be tossed around lightly - but it's the perfect one to use here. From the Peak of Mount Scopus, Applebaum's setting of Avigdor Hameiri's ode to Jerusalem...

This song finds a special place in the Jewish heart for anyone who hears it. Such a beautiful, moving classic on the subject of family, tradition and Chanukah won't do without an equally tender settin...

In taking a scholarly approach to the question that still can't seem to be answered with confidence after thousands of years, the venerable Dr. Isaacson shows his playful side with a setting of a lyri...

Leave it to Joshua Jacobson to fuse the unique ambience of the music of the great Shlomo Carlebach into a beautiful choral setting. Gorgeous, held chords make way later for an interesting davening sec...

There is no shortage of arrangers creating settings of the music of honored Jewish music heroine Debbie Friedman - this is one of the best. This piece will bring listeners to tears at a healing servic...

Amongst her dozens of famous Jewish-themed hits, Debbie Friedman seems to have a penchant for penning the anthemic. Friedman's English interpretation of the Traveler's Prayer has become a classic, and...

Debbie Friedman's message of unity and peace resonates with any choir, any skill level, any age, any performance, any occasion. Easily accessible, it should be in every choir's repertoire.

The latest original in Transcontinental's Western Wind Series, Elliot Levine's setting of this text, used most famously to celebrate Chanukah but also perfect for Purim, is a rousing one. Clever use o...

Any choir, particularly one of a Jewish nature, needs a great setting of the oft-performed Israeli national anthem. What sets this one apart, aside from Dr. Isaacson's usual prowess, is a unique new E...

Many can arrange a medley, many can repackage the overdone - but it takes talent to breathe new life into something the way this setting does to well-known melodies of Lo Yisa Goi. The text (Nation sh...