Originally written for the Phoenix Chorale in 2010, this shortened version of Ola Gjeilo’s Agnus Dei embraces its peaceful and introspective spirit.
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What will I do with the portion given to me? I will sing. This fantastic work by Michael Engelhardt will be a great addition to honor choirs, festivals, and more. Gospel style, but with an ecumenical text that challenges each of us to make the most of the lives we’ve been given
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Cedric Dent: Examine Me (SATB) Featured on the 2020 album of The Aeolians of the Oakwood University. Composer Cedric Dent’s text and music asks for the mercy of God as our hearts are tried and proven. Can be performed with orchestra or piano only
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This work for developing voices features a text by acclaimed lyricist, Charles Anthony Silvestri. Exploring the beauties of each of the four seasons, the words have been wonderfully set for two-part choir by the composer, with a supportive piano part and optional flute part that soars above.
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A choral work by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass’s trademark minimal style. The work is based upon overlapping repeating rhythmic motives, with 5 Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Opera between acts. Written for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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Featuring There Are Some Men by Leonard Cohen, Quand Les Hommes Vivront D’Amour by Raymond Lévesque and Pierre De Soleil by Octavio Paz, these wonderful lyrics are matched by Glass’s brilliantly unmistakable music, ensuring that each of the Three Songs combine to form an unforgettable live performance
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Philip Glass’ There Are Some Men for unaccompanied SATB choir with words by Leonard Cohen. Duration: approx.
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Lift Every Voice and Sing, often referred to as the Black National Anthem in the U.S., is arranged here by Roland Carter. Accessible vocal writing with a celebratory accompaniment makes this a great selection for honor choirs and festivals.
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The Papoulis Foundation for Small Voices advocates for school music programs in many ways with proceeds from sheet music sales of this piece going directly to the Music Changes the World project. This selection is high energy with a positive message and full of world music rhythms allowing you and your choir to contribute their […]
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Mixed Choir and Piano
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Deel 2 bevat koorselecties uit drie van Adams’ meest gevierde opera’s: Nixon in China, een dramatische voorstelling van de historische reis van president Nixon in 1972 naar China, Doctor Atomic, die fysicus J. Robert Oppenheimer bezoekt in de dagen voor het testen van de atoombom, en A Flowering Tree, een bewerking van een Zuid-Indiaas volksverhaal […]
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John Adams: Opera Choruses Vol. 1 Boosey & Hawkes heeft in 2021 een driedelige serie koormuziek uitgegeven met werken van de componist John Adams. Muziek uit de inmiddels wereldberoemde opera’s. De uitgaves zijn gemaakt o.l.v. de dirigent Grant Gershon en de pianobewerkingen door Chitose Okashiro. Deel 1 omvat koorselecties uit Adams oratoria, gebaseerd op bijbelteksten […]
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Jim Papoulis: Now Is The Time (SATB) Written in a Foundation for Small Voices song-writing workshop hosted by the Cincinnati Children’s Choir, the student’s message is loud and clear – “Whatever your journey, whatever your beliefs, whatever your dreams or battle on triumph, the time is not tomorrow, or sometime in the future…now is the […]
Written with the Mississippi Boychoir, here is a song with energy and driving rhythms. The phrase living what I believe is repeated over and over, almost like a mantra and represents the struggle that young people have as they discover what is important in their lives. The syncopated verse feels like a spoken phrase with […]
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Jim Papoulis: Give us hope (SSA) Jim Papoulis is donating his composer royalties to the Foundation For Small Voices, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing awareness and funding to programs supporting the empowerment of children throughout the world by fostering their creativity through music and role models
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The inspiration of this song grew from the need to continually plant new trees for our future, and to appreciate the parallel between a healthy forest and a healthy society. The text reminds us that entire forests as well as communities are actually formed by individual components…all of which need to be nurtured. May be […]
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Jim Papoulis: Just One Heart (SA) Drawing from a simple idea, that reaching even just one heart can be a very powerful gesture, here is the positive message in music that we have come to expect in the music of Jim Papoulis. World rhythms, optional percussion and positive lyrics make this a great selection for […]
Jim Papoulis: Music Makes Me (SA) With a belief that music can give to us everything we need, this work celebrates the understanding that music has the power to enhance many aspects of a young life, creating a bridge of honest feeling and inspiration between singer and listener. With percussion