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	Title	Voicing	Duration	Language	Composer
	Rounds for Squares 12 performance rounds for incurable fuddy-duddies BKR-006	Equal Voices ⋅ SSAA	1′30-2′ each	English ⋅ Latin	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
Are you a square? Can you easily retrieve a gas bill from 1979? Do you pine for the return of spats? Do you chew each mouthful forty times while letting the bottle “breathe”? And when you watch TV, do you recoil from all murders except those committed on the village green? If so, these rounds […] More info & view score »
	My Head Fell Off 13 Comic rounds for partnered voices BKR-002	Equal Voices ⋅ SSAA ⋅ SSAB	Each round 1′30″ to 2′ (in performance)	English ⋅ Latin	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
The round in Western culture has been associated as closely with wit as it has with praise. Here are thirteen risible rounds of varying difficulty intended for a cappella performance. Admirably suited to treble voices, they may be sung by mixed groups of all ages. The lyrics are light and teasing, the music jaunty and […] More info & view score »
	All The Whiskey In Heaven for TTBB choir a cappella RCL-010	TTBB	3'15"	English	Campbell, Rich	Info/Listen/Buy »
When I first discovered Charles Bernstein’s beautiful poem, I knew immediately that I wanted to set it for men’s chorus. The poem expresses so much within a brief, 4-verse form. I set out to use harmony to color the text’s rich imagery while honoring the poem’s lyrical and repetitive nature in the melody. The surprising […] More info & view score »
	Toodle-oo, Vindaloo! 13 performance rounds for hungry singers BKR-010	Equal Voices	1′30″ - 2′ each	English	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
If music be the food of love . . . then you’ll simply love this collection of rounds that has Food as its theme. Expect some heartburn as you sing of pumpkins, peas, eels, gammon steak and applesauce—all washed down with ale and black coffee. The twelve rounds encompass many moods and offer more than […] More info & view score »
	Voices Taking Flight for TTB choir a cappella RCL-013	TTB	2'40"	English	Campbell, Rich	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Voices Taking Flight” is an uptempo and energetic piece written for youthful male voices. It is rhythmic, dynamic, and contains accessible harmonies throughout. It’s a lively concert opener, appropriate for civic & community events and ideal for adding movement & choreography. The lyrics are empowering and inspiring. The ranges of each part are limited, making […] More info & view score »
	The Rain Song for Chorus and Body Percussion (SATB, SSAA and TTBB Versions) MGN-007	SATB ⋅ SSAA ⋅ TTBB	3'45"	English	Growden, Mark	Info/Listen/Buy »
This piece was written while walking through the Mission District of San Francisco on a rainy evening. California has been experiencing a serious drought these past few years. I was thrilled to feel the raindrops, hence the celebratory feeling of the piece. — Mark Growden More info & view score »
	Hallelujah, Fly Away 12 rounds in the Folk tradition for mixed voices BKR-009		Each round 1′30″ to 2′ (in performance)	English	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
The voice of the English-speaking working classes is preserved in the rich body of song that developed in the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution and in the years surrounding the Great Depression. The songs abound with hope, despair, delight, passion and humour. This original collection of 12 folk-inspired rounds borrows lyrics from English […] More info & view score »
	Jane, Do Be Careful 13 performance rounds for young partnered voices BKR-003	Equal Voices ⋅ SSAA	Each round 1′30″ to 2′ (in performance)	English	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
The round is the first tool of any music teacher wishing to develop in children an ability to listen to others while holding an independent line. Rounds also build cohesion among singers, providing opportunities to improve ensemble, sight-reading, articulation and breathing. Here are thirteen original rounds of varying difficulty for Youth Choir: while intended for […] 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 »
	Pat-a-pan for TTBB, a cappella ROM-9703		2'		Oswald, Rebecca	Info/Listen/Buy »
Hailing from Dijon, France, poet and composer Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728) wrote a set of Christmas carols in his local Burgundian dialect. Noei Borguignon de Gui Barôzai (Gui Barôzai being de La Monnoye’s pseudonym) includes the familiar Christmas carol now known as Pat-a-pan. Originally titled “Guillô, Pran Ton Tamborin”, today this carol is the […] More info & view score »
	Full Fathom Five 12 performance rounds from Shakespeare to Synge BKR-008	Equal Voices ⋅ SSAA	Each round 1′30″ to 2′ (in performance)	English	Kogler, Brian	Info/Listen/Buy »
The sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain form a golden age of round-singing; even the nineteenth provided some fine examples. These twelve rounds, set to texts by Shakespeare, Skelton, Swift, Dryden, Johnson, Carroll and Synge, are of varying difficulty and may require rehearsal. Keeping as they do to the style of the period, they […] More info & view score »
	Corde natus ex parentis for 2-part choir (with divisi) and piano POA-023	Equal Voices	2' 55"	Latin	O'Shea, Patrick	Info/Listen/Buy »
Corde natus ex parentis is a 4th century hymn by the Roman poet Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348 – c. 413). This piece sets the first, fourth, and fifth stanzas of the nine-stanza poem (the ninth of which is a paraphrase of the Lesser Doxology), paired with the traditional chant associated with the text, “Divinum mysterium,” […] More info & view score »
	Psalm of the Sky TBB for TBB chorus, piano, and violin SRD-004c	TB ⋅ TBB ⋅ TTB ⋅ TTBB	5'	English ⋅ Hebrew	Riskind, Sarah	Info/Listen/Buy »
In the poem “Psalm of the Sky,” Rabbi Rachel Barenblat reimagines “The Lord is My Shepherd” (Psalm 23) in a contemporary context. Performers may highlight the many instances of text painting and create contrast between moments of gentleness, boldness, and carefree movement. The last verse of Psalm 23 is included in Hebrew as a coda […] More info & view score »
	Gregorian Chant Communion Verses Vol. 2 Lent and Easter for unison choir or solo cantor ADY-054	Unison	0'30"-1'		Doherty, Anthony	Info/Listen/Buy »

	Gregorian Chant: Communion Verses Vol. 1 for chorus or solo cantor ADY-053		–		Doherty, Anthony	Info/Listen/Buy »
The communion verse is a good accessible entry into Gregorian chant. These pieces are relatively short, but still provide the essentials of the musical principles and styles of the eight chant modes. They can be learned quickly and have a variety of uses. The transcriptions are based in general on the accentualist principles of Dom […] More info & view score »
	They Shall Not Hurt, by Arthur Lazarus (arr. B. Lazarus) Tenor solo, men's chorus, and piano BLS-010	TB	approx. 2'	English ⋅ Hebrew	Lazarus, Bruce	Info/Listen/Buy »
They Shall Not Hurt, a short Jewish hymn with a flowing melody, expresses clear-eyed but heart-felt devotion. Sung in Hebrew and English and relatively easy to perform, it is an ideal work for Friday night Sabbath service or concert setting. Arthur Lazarus (1925-1993) was music director for Temple Beth Sholom in New City, New York, […] More info & view score »
	Northern Star for a cappella TTBB choir LJP-CM101	TTBB	3'	English	Pugh, Lydia Jane	Info/Listen/Buy »
A stunning piece for a cappella voices. ‘Norther Star’ was a finalist in the Australian Boys Choir Choral Composing Competition (2014), and subsequently recorded and released on their Album ‘Dreams and Desires’ (2015). It has since been performed across the world in the UK, USA and Australia. More info & view score »
	Wayfarin’ Stranger for lower voices a cappella JBN-004	TBB ⋅ TTBB	3'	English	Bernstein, Jeffrey	Info/Listen/Buy »
TTB American folksong arrangement More info & view score »
	Henry Martin for women's or men's chorus and piano ADY-031		3'45"		Doherty, Anthony	Info/Listen/Buy »
A vigorous traditional song of the sea, with a rhythmically intense piano accompaniment in versions for either women’s or men’s chorus. More info & view score »
	Mourning Dove for soprano solo and men's choir a cappella MDC-015	TTBB	–	English	Connor, Michal Dawson	Info/Listen/Buy »
An indomitable sense of hope, and unvarnished sorrow, permeate each line and melody of these unforgettable songs- forged in the anvil of abject misery and despair, aching for freedom’s light. Humiliated beyond all human reckoning, and given no respite from the daily drudgery of endless toil- these fiercely resilient souls somehow persevered, despite the harshest […] More info & view score »