Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie 
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter  Arranger: Robert Jones  Author/Lyricist: Huddie Ledbetter 
Voicing: SATB  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy
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   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 piece and concert opener.
 

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 Connected 
Composer: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: Brian Tate 
Voicing: TTBB  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy
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   Classic Brian Tate: an uplifting text, catchy and sing-able a cappella counterpoint, uniquely combining a folk and spiritual sound, this is a winner. Arranged for TB voices now, this piece joins several other voicings in our catalog.
 

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 Dawn And Dusk (Fajar Dan Senja) 
Composer: Ken Steven  Author/Lyricist: Ken Steven 
Voicing: SATB, divisi  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Med-Diff
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   Fajar dan Senja or in English ''Dawn and Dusk'' is an exploration of sounds with the human voice. The composer captures the magical moments of a day's beginning and its end through the variety of vocal colors and hand percussion. Based on Indonesian exotic Melayu scale, the music pictures the folk life atmosphere into a vibrant sound experience. Medium-difficult but worth every second!
 

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 Ding Dong Merrily On High 
Composer: George Ratcliffe Woodward  Arranger: Chris Jones  Author/Lyricist: Branle de l'Official 
Voicing: SAB 
Season: Christmas or Lent  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy-Med
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   Here is a Christmas carol set in a style reminiscent of the big band sound. This clever setting was released for SATB just last year and was a runaway hit. This revoicing for SAB will enable more choirs to enjoy singing it. Easy to medium in difficulty.
 

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 Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill 
Composer: American Folk Song, attr. to Charles Connolly  Arranger: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: American Folk Song, attr. to Thomas Casey 
Voicing: TTBB  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy-Med
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   This American folk song from the time of the building of the railroads is both familiar, brawny and humorous. The arrangement is enjoyable and the story comical, making it a great concert selection. Easy to medium in difficulty.
 

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 Hodie 
Composer: Pie cantiones (1582)  Arranger: J. Edmund Hughes, Brian Edward Galante  Author/Lyricist: Liber usualis, antiphon 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: Christmas  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy-Med
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   A familiar Christmas classic, this arrangement begins with a chant-like opening. The carol emerges in a strong statement from the treble voices. The TB voices soon add responsive punctuations, then the parts move into a canon. The writing is simple but solid, easily learned and sounds impressive. Great for high school. Easy to medium in difficulty.
 

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 I Am With You 
Composer: Kevin A. Memley 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: Communion/Lent  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy to Medium
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   Kevin Memley always writes beautiful piano accompaniments and he also smuggles in some sophisticated harmonies in the most clever and unassuming ways. The Isaiah text is one of assurance and the music provides that and much more. Beginning and ending calmly, the space in-between builds in intensity and then pulls back. Appropriate during Lent and communion, its general theme can be sung at almost any service of worship
 

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 I Sing Because 
Composer: Christopher Rust  Author/Lyricist: Christopher Rust 
Voicing: SATB  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: ME
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   Virtual choirs have sprung up all over the place as choirs find ways to stay connected during this pandemic. Hi School choral director, Chris Rust, was inspired to write about why we sing and the message has caught on. Choirs cannot wait to be singing next to each other again, and this will be a favorite then as it is for the virtual choir.
 

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 I Wonder As I Wander 
Composer: John Jacob Niles  Arranger: Jennaya Robison  Author/Lyricist: John Jacob Niles 
Voicing: SSAA 
Season: Christmas  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Medium
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   Already a haunting melody, this setting is even more captivating with the addition of the oboe obbligato. Although piano can always accompany adequately, the use of harp furthers the mystic sonorities. This is a stunning Christmas concert selection of medium difficulty.
 

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 Life Has Loveliness 
Composer: Judith Herrington  Author/Lyricist: Sara Teasdale 
Voicing: SATB  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy-Med
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   Commissioned by Manhattan Concert Productions and premiered at Carnegie Hall, this is a selection that celebrates the beauty of life. The writing is straight-forward, melodic and interesting. A strong high school concert selection that is easy to medium in difficulty.
 

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 Normandy 
Composer: Ron Kean  Author/Lyricist: Cyril Crain 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: Patriotic  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Medium
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   An incredibly well-crafted patriotic piece that honors those who have sacrificed for our freedoms. The text is a poem from a survivor that pays tribute while being uplifting. The choral writing is careful and gracious. The piccolo offers an appropriate sonority, as do the occasional handbells. Bringing in the military hymn “Eternal Father Strong to Save” is a crowning touch. High school, college and community choirs will find this piece most useful for many reasons. Medium in difficulty.
 

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 Peace To The World 
Composer: Hyun Kook  Arranger: Allan Robert Petker  Author/Lyricist: Traditional Latin 
Voicing: SATB, divisi  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy-Med
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   The text is the familiar “Dona Nobis Pacem” (grant us peace), and the melody is a gentle cascading tune that is developed with ease. In the middle of the song is the most spectacular thing: an aleatoric rendering of the text in numerous languages that make the message even more profound. The performance possibilities are endless with ideas for choreography and sign language to heighten it further. Simple and yet meaningful, great for high schools, churches, community choirs, and easy to medium in difficulty.
 

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 Quieta Nox: Mysterium (Silent Night: A Mystery) 
Composer: Franz Gruber  Arranger: Dan Jackson  Author/Lyricist: Franz Gruber 
Voicing: SATB 
Season: Christmas  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy
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   Referred to as the “Aleatoric Silent Night,” this is a breakthrough arrangement that is easily learned with dynamic effect. After singing the well-known carol as we all know it, it blossoms into individual statements that emerge freely in independent rhythms creating a cacophony of polyphony that embraces the listeners. Choirs are encouraged to include sign language to heighten the effect. Easy!
 

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 Sing as One 
Composer: Jude B. Roldan  Author/Lyricist: Ignatia Mariae Adeline, Charise Eryka Delson and Jude B. Roldan 
Voicing: 3-Part Treble 
Season: General  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: ME
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   This joyful piece was the theme song for a festival in Indonesia, then revised for an online video during the Covid-19 pandemic. Originating in the Philippines, it quickly became a popular song of hope to be sung throughout the world.
 

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 Thula Mama 
Composer: African Lullaby  Arranger: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: African Lullaby 
Voicing: SSAA  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy
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   This Zulu lullaby is tastefully arranged for a cappella treble voices, as it should be. One can almost smell the grasses on the plains and feel the earth with this song. Tender and gentle, its greatest feature is how well it brings in the flavors of Africa. Easy
 

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 Ubi Caritas 
Composer: Kevin A. Memley  Author/Lyricist: Traditional Latin 
Voicing: SSSAAA  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Difficult
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   Complementing his popular “O Magnum Mysterium” is this motet for advanced treble voices. The choral parts weave like a delicate fabric, where the harmonies bring ever-changing colors to the work. Difficult but worth it.
 

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 What Is Water? 
Composer: Judith Herrington  Author/Lyricist: Hilda Conkling 
Voicing: Unison/2-Part  Released: September 2020  Difficulty: Easy
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   The question in the title may seem abstract but learning that the poet was five and the profundity behind her thoughts is the first impressive moment. The first melody line holds the weight of the question. The second melody dances while your thoughts become dazzled. Returning to the first theme you enjoy the unanswered questions of the ages from the innocence of youth. Easy.
 

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 Cantabile Virtual Vocalise Collection  Author/Lyricist: Katharin Rundus 
Voicing: Book w/ MyLibrary  Released: September 2020 
   The Cantabile Series offers varying levels of voice training from primary vocal pedagogy to comprehensive course texts. This collection provides 59 vocal training exercises in written form, sound files, and online video scores, each with introductions explaining the purpose and goal. Vocal students and choral singers can sing along with established vocal techniques under the direction of acclaimed vocal pedagogue and Vocologist, Dr. Katharin Rundus, at home or in the classroom.
 

 Cantabile Voice Class - Online Plus  Author/Lyricist: Katharin Rundus 
Voicing: Book w/ MyLibrary  Released: September 2020 
   ''P5026 Cantabile Voice Class'' has become one of the most popular undergraduate course texts for 2-year colleges and high schools. ''Online Plus'' provides a supplement with much more content than an online version. Appropriate for asynchronous, synchronous, and face-to-face classroom learning, “Online Plus” complements the physical book (P5026) and enables the course text to work online, with a teacher, or for independent study. Sound files, web sites, videos, and art songs with recorded accompaniments (Folk, Italian Baroque, German Lied, and American Art song - Rosephanye Powell) are included.