Michael John Trotta

If your choir is ready to take the partner song to the next level, Agnus Dei from Missa Brevis provides a wonderful introduction to this time-honored Latin text in the minor mode. Like the popular Glo...

Love conquers all, therefore let us surrender to love This energetic, original work is an accessible piece for emerging male choirs. Whether accompanied or a cappella, there are many opportunities to...

For the emerging mixed choir, this energetic choral work offers an introduction of traditional text in compound meter and beginning part-singing. Whether chosen for its educational features, its lyric...

Conservative vocal lines combined with a spirited accompaniment capture the energetic spirit of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass making this work an attractive piece for a wide variety of mixed ensemble...

Michael Trotta's arrangement of the beloved American folk song is built on a rhythmic vocal ostinato which provides the backdrop for the soaring vocal line, setting this familiar tune in an exciting n...

The highly used Latin Kyrie text, from Missa Brevis, consists of a melody in the tripartite form typical of the Kyrie. Written as a work for beginning singers and featuring a limited range, this setti...

The final installment of the Missa Brevis for SA voices, the Sanctus features opportunities for unison singing and the development of independent part singing. With conservative ranges, Sanctus encour...

Love conquers all, therefore let us surrender to love…. This energetic original work is an accessible piece for emerging treble choirs. Whether performed a cappella or with the optional piano, there a...

Conceived as a dialogue between old and new, and associated with the Christmas season, this work is suitable for year-round performance. The light and buoyant treatment of the familiar melody grows an...

This seven-movement, 40-minute work for choir, soprano and bass soli, and orchestra delivers a tapestry of melodic richness to powerfully portray the anticipation of the wonder and mystery of the birt...

Explore the majesty, mystery, and wonder of the Nativity with this five-movement work for choir, soprano, bass, and orchestra which tells the story of the Nativity according to the Gospel of Luke. Wit...

Setting the holiday tune Deck The Halls in a 7/8 meter this is a wonderful teaching tool as well as a high energy and playful arrangement of this holiday standard. Excellent teaching ideas are include...

Trotta's fine vocal writing sets a text adapted from Stein's poem into a picture postcard of winter beauty. The piano is rhythmic with forward motion under interesting vocals lines that paint each phr...

Michael Trotta's arrangement of Carol of the Bells, now with original words, offers a fresh, fun approach to this ever-popular holiday favorite. A programming must for choirs of all sizes and abilitie...

Lush harmonies and vivid imagery create a absolutely gorgeous a cappella setting of Margaret Deland's text which depicts the Christmas story from the point of view of the shepherds calmly sleeping and...

This majestic and triumphant new work for Christmas heralds the coming of the King of Peace into a troubled world. Quoting "Nowell Sing We" from the Trinity Carol Roll, the piece is a wonderful concer...

A beautiful tapestry of sound awaits in this fresh new take of the well-known carol. With a returning motive based on by the medieval carol "There Is No Rose," old and new are combined in lush, sweepi...

A beautiful tapestry of sound awaits in this fresh new take of the well-known carol. With a returning motive based on by the medieval carol "There Is No Rose," old and new are combined in lush, sweepi...