MISSA BREVIS RITMICO 
Composer: Brian Tate 
Voicing: CHORAL SCORE 
Season: General  Released: March 2001 
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   This is not just a small mass, but a rhythmic one as well, as the title notes. The traditional Latin mass is redressed in a fusion of jazz, pop and classical colors. Excellent for high school and college, church or school.
 

 HOLD ME, ROCK ME 
Composer: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: Traditional Spirituals 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: March 2004 
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   Inspired by traditional spirituals Brian Tate cleverly created the text in this brand new choral selection. The yearning for belonging is quickly evident and rocks gently to a satisfying finish. Brian Tate has been composing a string of choral hits, and this one is destined to fall in line.
 

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 HOLD ME, ROCK ME 
Composer: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: Traditional Spirituals 
Voicing: SSAA 
Season: General  Released: January 2007 
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   Released in SATB in 2004, this piece has been popular enough to demand a setting for women's voices. Inspired by traditional spirituals Brian Tate cleverly created the text in this brand new choral selection. The yearning for belonging is quickly evident and rocks gently to a satisfying finish. Brian Tate has been composing and arranging a steady string of choral hits that deserves our attention.
 

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 HOME IN D' Rock 
Composer: Traditional Spiritual  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2007 
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   This great spiritual arrangement with optional djembe accompaniment could be the winner release for 2007. You can't sit still for this one. With optional solos and driving ostinato statements this piece does not let you down until the song is over. Another super arrangement from Canadian composer, Brian Tate.
 

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 I WANT TO DIE EASY WHEN I DIE 
Composer: Traditional Spiritual  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2007 
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   Brian Tate is a Canadian composer who also conducts a gospel and multicultural choir. His arrangements have become immensely popular, year after year. This one will not disappoint. A cappella voices and percussion are all that is needed to build this anthem from a soft, solo start, through a rousing lift to its satisfying end. Great for school or church use.
 

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 KAKI LAMBE 
Composer: Traditional Senegal  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2005 
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   This African multicultural song contains easy ostinato patterns that are simple to learn but sound wonderfully complex when all put together. A joyful song to the protector of the harvest for voices and percussion, the rhythms are interesting and inviting. An excellent selection for school choirs and concert.
 

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 KAKI LAMBE 
Composer: Traditional Senegal  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SSAA 
Season: General  Released: January 2008  Difficulty: Easy
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   Brian Tate's SATB setting of "Kaki Lambe" was released in 2005 and quickly became one of the best-selling chorals in the multi-cultural genre. The demand increased following its use by the honor choir at the ACDA National convention in Miami. This new setting for treble voices maintains the same energy and drive. The complex lines and rhythms are captivating but are also cleverly much easier to learn than they sound, making this piece a choir and audience favorite.
 

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 KWAHERI 
Composer: Traditional Kenya and Tanzania  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2007 
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   Brian Tate is a Canadian composer who also conducts a gospel and multicultural choir. His arrangements have become immensely popular, year after year, as proven by his best-selling "Khaki Lambe" in 2006. This "farewell" song from Kenya and Tanzania begins quietly but builds and builds to the end. Easy percussion instruments add a flavor of authenticity. A superb school program end or encore.
 

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 LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! 
Composer: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2008  Difficulty: Easy
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   Written in a lively and energetic gospel style, Brian Tate displays why he is the successful leader of the 200 voice Vancouver Island Gospel and World Music Choir. This is simply a great gospel piece that will catch on where ever it is performed. Churches and schools will enjoy this positive and upbeat selection.
 

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 NADA BRAHMA 
Composer: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: March 2001  (Please be patient - larger works take longer to load.)
   Music can be the great unifier, when our common song unites us and we set all of our differences aside. That is the message of this Eastern Indian text, which has been aptly set to music by Brian Tate. The song builds and pulls the themes together with a very singable melody. Great for high school.
 

 ROCK MY SOUL 
Composer: Traditional Spiritual  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: January 2009  Difficulty: Medium
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   Year after year Brian Tate delivers a great new piece, and this year is no exception. He has taken the traditional spiritual "Rock-a My Soul" and freshened and spiced it up. The choir adds its own percussion through a clapping section than further energizes the piece. The drive really lets down. For high school and college and some lively church choirs.
 

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 ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL 
Composer: Traditional spiritual  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: General  Released: March 2003  Difficulty: Medium
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   What a great, rocking spiritual - and Canadian Brian Tate makes it fun to sing! Maintaining a fast pace and lots of "blue" notes, he even includes a repeated ostinato section that adds parts and builds to the final ending. This will be a festival favorite for schools and a barn-burner for the church.
 

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 ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL 
Composer: Traditional  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SSAA 
Season: General  Released: January 2008  Difficulty: Medium (Please be patient - larger works take longer to load.)
   What a great, rocking spiritual - and Canadian Brian Tate makes it fun to sing! The SATB edition was released in 2003 and became an early favorite. Maintaining a fast pace and lots of "blue" notes, he even includes a repeated ostinato section that adds parts and builds to the final ending. This will be a festival favorite for schools and a barn-burner for the church.
 

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 THE WATER IS WIDE 
Composer: Traditional  Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: 2-PART 
Season: general  Released: March 2001  Difficulty: medium
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   Brian Tate is a newcomer as a published composer, but his years as a conductor and clinician are well-known, especially in Canada. There are already many arrangements of this beloved tune, but Brian's brings a fresh touch to it. Selected to be a part of the Judith Herrington Choral Series.
 

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 Yanaway Heyona 
Arranger: Brian Tate 
Voicing: SATB  Released: January 2010  Difficulty: Easy
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   A calling song from the Iroquois people of the six nations has been captured in a spell-binding arrangement by Brian Tate. Although the piece may sound dazzlingly difficult to the listner, the repeated phrases and simple aleatoric qualities of the piece are actually quite easily learned. This unique piece is a program stopper for high school, college and community choirs.
 

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