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	Title	Voicing	Duration	Language	Composer
	Ave Maria for SATB chorus a cappella SDE-001	SATB	1'40"	Latin	Dole, Sanford	Info/Listen/Buy »
Sanford Dole’s Ave Maria is a harmonized setting of the Gregorian chant antiphon. The soprano part is a metrical version of the Gregorian chant melody. The other parts create a harmonic world that is uniquely Dole’s; what his choirs refer to as the “Dolian mode.” More info & view score »
	The King of Blis 10 Nativity Rounds for partnered voices BKR-001	Equal Voices ⋅ SSAA	Each round 1′30″ to 2′ (in performance)	English ⋅ Latin	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
All vocal groups need short, portable items in their repertoire. A round is a melody which can unfold into harmony, the prime tool of choral directors who wish to develop in singers an ability to listen to others while holding an independent line. Rounds build cohesion among singers and provide opportunities for improving ensemble, sight-reading, […] More info & view score »
	Cantemus in omni die for SATB choir and optional Soprano solo POA-002	SATB ⋅ SSAATTBB	7'20"	Latin	O'Shea, Patrick	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Cantemus in omni die” is a setting of a hymn to the Virgin Mary written by Cú Chuimne Sapiens, an Irish monk active at Iona by the early 8th century (died 747). It is the earliest known Latin hymn to Mary originally composed in the Western Christian Church rather than translated into Latin from earlier […] More info & view score »
	The Red Wheelbarrow for SATB choir and piano RCL-028	SATB	3'	English	Campbell, Rich	Info/Listen/Buy »
Composer’s Note: “The Red Wheelbarrow,” an innovative environmental/imagist poem I first read as a teenager, struck me as an alluring and joyful means to immerse in a commission by Austin’s Inversion Ensemble for their Planet Home project. The score blossomed during a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a pastoral setting that […] More info & view score »
	Wexford Carol for SATB chorus and organ ROC-009	SA ⋅ SATB	4'40"	English	Oganovic, Robert	Info/Listen/Buy »
This carol originated in the city of Wexford in the southeastern Republic of Ireland. It was transcribed from a local singer by the noted Irish author, composer, musicologist, and historian W. H. Grattan Flood (1859–1928). It eventually made its way into the Oxford Book of Carols. It has a modal (Mixolydian) feel, constantly shifting between […] More info & view score »
	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for 2-part choir & organ ROC-006	SA ⋅ SS	5'	English	Oganovic, Robert	Info/Listen/Buy »
The Magnificat (Song of Mary) and Nunc dimittis (Song of Simeon) are biblical canticles. Mary sings the Magnificat (“My soul doth magnify the Lord”) on the occasion of her visit to Elizabeth, as narrated in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:39–56). Simeon sings the Nunc dimittis (“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace”) […] More info & view score »
	The Angel Gabriel for SSATBB choir & organ/piano ROC-004	SSATBB	6'	English	Oganovic, Robert	Info/Listen/Buy »
This carol was first published in 1833 in a collection entitled “Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern”. William Sandys, a solicitor by day and music & manuscript collector by night, purportedly came across the tune in Devonshire, England. In this gentle setting from 1991 many colors of choral writing appear with sections for SATB, 3-part men, […] More info & view score »
	Sing We the Virgin Mary for SATB chorus & organ/piano ROC-002	SATB	3'30"	English	Oganovic, Robert	Info/Listen/Buy »
This is a straightforward setting for choir and organ/keyboard of an Appalachian carol found by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980). Niles was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. He discovered this carol in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1933. Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, […] More info & view score »
	Ave Maria for SSA voices and piano JDM-006	SSA	5'30"	Latin	Durham, Jennifer	Info/Listen/Buy »
This setting of the traditional “Hail Mary” prayer takes a new approach, employing a lullaby rhythm in F minor. The voices become a haunting plea for forgiveness and intercession. The piano accompaniment provides support for the singers while still maintaining its own voice. More info & view score »
	Lo, a Rose for SATB choir with piano RMS-002		4'40"		Myers, Robert	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Lo, a Rose,” arranged for SATB choir and piano, is a somber, contemplative setting of the incarnation of Christ described in the traditional German carol, “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”. This arrangement is moderately easy but allows good musicianship to shine. The light and delicate accompaniment, with hauntingly beautiful harmonies, directs the focus onto the […] More info & view score »
	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F (The Ripon Service) for SATB or unison voices and keyboard	SATB ⋅ Unison	5' 13"	English	Fawcett, David	Info/Listen/Buy »
This setting of Evensong Canticles (BCP 1662) is intended for use in those churches which are looking for a relatively simple choral setting, or that don’t always have a mixed choir and need the flexibility of being able to sing the canticles in unison where necessary, or where a choir of children’s/women’s voices or men’s […] More info & view score »
	We Three Kings for a cappella treble chorus (SSAA) KEM-1044		3'30"		Erickson, Kurt	Info/Listen/Buy »
Nearly every December, Christmas sneaks up on me far too quickly, busy as I am with end-of-semester grading and final exams. I’m an admittedly nostalgic guy who unabashedly loves Christmas music, and every year I think to myself ‘I really should have written a Christmas piece this year’. Christmas 2015 followed a similar pattern, except […] More info & view score »
	O Holy Night for mixed choir and piano JBN-018	SATB	4'50"	English	Bernstein, Jeffrey	Info/Listen/Buy »

	O Virgin Pure (Agni Parthene) for mixed chorus (SSAB) ADY-044		2'45"		Doherty, Anthony	Info/Listen/Buy »
This very popular and well-loved hymn to the Theotokos (Mother of God; the Virgin Mary) was written and composed by St, Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920). This arrangement was made for the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus and, under the direction of Iris Lamanna, performed by them in the original Greek at the 2011 Festival of the […] More info & view score »
	Wexford Carol for Mixed choir, flute, tambourine RBT-009	SATB	3'	English	Bernhardt, Ross C.	Info/Listen/Buy »

	O Gift of Glorious Sunrise for SATB choir CME-008	SATB	3'30"	English	Mallonee, Caroline	Info/Listen/Buy »
A lyrical carol for SATB choir, this Christmas piece imagines sunrise on the first Christmas morning. “O Gift of Glorious Sunrise” was premiered in Buffalo, NY in December 2015 by the Vocalis Chamber Choir (James Burritt conducting). More info & view score »
	Rosa mystica (Vocal Score) for Soprano solo, children’s voices (or women’s semichorus), mixed chorus, chamber orchestra and piano. CHR-1504VS	SATB	11' 00"	English	Fawcett, David	Info/Listen/Buy »
Rosa mystica is a sacred devotional cantata combining various texts in which a rose or flower is used as an analogy for the Blessed Virgin Mary, including the Rosa Mystica tradition, and Mary as the stem of the rose from which, arising out of the root of Jesse, grew Jesus, the Spotless Rose. In three […] More info & view score »
	Ave Maria for chorus a cappella AJS-001		2' 37"		Jones, Alan Riley	Info/Listen/Buy »
This new setting of the traditional Latin prayer features traditional harmonies and a simple unhurried rhythm, providing ample space for prayer and contemplation of the one blessed among women. More info & view score »
	My beloved spake for SATB divisi & organ CHR-1305	SATB	2' 12"	English	Fawcett, David	Info/Listen/Buy »
Originally written as an anthem to mark a Silver Wedding anniversary, this piece was rescored and incorporated as the opening piece in the contrasting set of “Three Anthems“, commissioned by the Purbeck Arts Choir in the UK. It is scored for SATB choir with divisi and organ. Although a dramatic and impactful work, it is […] More info & view score »
	Hymn to the Virgin (SATB) for SATB choir a cappella CHR-1101a	SATB	3' 12"	English ⋅ Latin	Fawcett, David	Info/Listen/Buy »
The words of this carol/motet are well-known from Britten’s teenage tour-de-force, but that double-chorus setting is out of the reach of most church choirs. The powerful text, alternating English and Latin in the style of medieval carols, warrants an additional, simpler setting. The work is suitable for concert performance, as well as for liturgical use […] More info & view score »
	Veni, Redemptor (Come, Redeemer) for SATB chorus WCL-007	SATB	5'40"	Latin	Campbell, William	Info/Listen/Buy »
Commissioned by Richard Geiger for the Academy for the Study of St. Ambrose of Milan “Veni, Redemptor (Come, Redeemer)” is a new composition based on a hymn written in the 4th Century by St. Ambrose of Milan. The hymn was originally titled, “Intende qui regis Israel,” and the words invite Christ’s presence into this world […] More info & view score »
	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Mixed Chorus and Woodwind Quintet DRY-021	SATB	12'30"	Latin	Ramsey, Dale	Info/Listen/Buy »
These Biblical texts are often associated with the Advent season of the Christian calendar. It is also sung anytime of the year at “Evensong” in Episcopal and Anglican traditions. The accompaniment is a traditional Woodwind Quintet. The composer knows of no other choral piece that uses this instrumental combination to accompany a choral work. If there are none, then, […] More info & view score »
	O Magnum Mysterium for treble choir a cappella KEM-1013	SSAA	4'30"	Latin	Erickson, Kurt	Info/Listen/Buy »
Commissioned premiere performance at Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco) by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. The explosive Lang work was appropriately contrasted by the excellent, gentle and more subtle O Magnum Mysterium by Kurt Erickson. This world premiere was commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Here the “mystery” part of the thematic trinity […] More info & view score »