Highly rhythmic in both accompaniment and voices with independent vocal lines, this work simply radiates energy with a message of hope and empowerment: "To the stars through difficulties, look upward, move

Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies,

This very cool original is a masterpiece of vocal layering, a "sound experience" for a cappella voices as bells. All voices sing together in the middle section before returning to vocalized bell effects.

Building on the heritage of the great arrangements of Jester Hairston and Moses Hogan, Rollo Dilworth has created his own unique approach to the traditional spiritual. Through layering of motivic material

This popular worship song from Kenya can be performed in a variety of ways: by adding movement while singing, incorporating percussion instruments into the performance, or as a processional. Opening with a

This is an old Quaker hymn dating back to the 1800s in the United States. References to the persecution of Friends may be heard in the lyrics, yet faith and courage prevail. This arrangement emphasizes the

Rhythmic, driving, and intense, this arrangement of the traditional spiritual with themes of home, journey, and trial is based on the 1950s Mahalia Jackson version with an Afro-Cuban beat. Add string bass

With touching lyrics by poets Rupert Brooke and Friedrich Ruckert, this lovely arrangement for treble voices will warm the hearts of all who hear it. The close harmonies and moving piano accompaniment make

Margaret Walker's text leaps off the musical page as words crying to be sung. "My grandmothers were strong. They followed plows and bent to toil." This was not frailty - this was determined womanhood

Russell Robinson has done a masterful job arranging this well-known motet for mixed or treble choirs, and it is equally effective a cappella or accompanied. Using only the original Latin text, this is

This magnificent arrangement sets a new standard for high school and community choirs wishing to perform the timeless ballad from "The Wizard of Oz." It includes the opening verse, "When all the world is a

"Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease! The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee, asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas..." This charming poem by Rudyard Kipling is the

Created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, this piece was performed by more than 17,000 singers from around the world in Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6. The soft... view details

The consummate concert closer! "A sound of hope, a sound of peace, a sound that celebrates and speaks what we believe. A sound of love, a sound so strong. It's amazing what is given when we share a song.