Shawn Kirchner

This lively arrangement for SATB chorus and piano with solo violin and string bass included in the octavo and an optional string orchestra accompaniment is based on a sturdy American hymn tune 'Star i...

Dies ist eine Gospel-Vertonung des alten deutschen Weihnachtsliedes Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen. Der Takt wurde dabei in einen 3/4-Rhythmus verändert und die Melodie mit Durchgangstönen verziert, soda...

Dies ist eine aufregende Bearbeitung für zwei Chorstimmen a cappella eines traditionellen amerikanischen Volksliedes. Dabei kann der Gesang optional mit Handklatschen und Bodypercussion begleitet werd...

This folk song arrangement expresses the dispersed Jewish community's hope for reunion 'next year in Jerusalem.” It is comprised of two distinct sections: a newly-composed, sorrowful theme, express...

This amazing work, premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, director, is a contrast of homophonic refrains against polyphonic verses. Beginning with the austere Sacred Harp tune 'He...

This enduring gospel favorite is set with a straight-forward first verse and chorus. The next two verses combine traditional bluegrass vocal style with counterpoint and fugue, resulting in a crescendo...

Heavenly Home is a 13-minute cycle of a cappella settings of beloved 19th century religious songs, all of which share the text imagery of heaven as 'home'. Each movement features newly-composed materi...

The composition brings together the feelings of collective responsibility and a deep reverence for all of life on earth. Written in the style of a folk song, this arrangement should be performed with...

Now for treble choir! Inspired by the Joseph Jennings arrangement of this same tune for Chanticleer, Shawn combines the five syllable 'Halleluia' with the timeless melody of the old spiritual. A true...

Inspiriert von einem Arrangement des gleichen Stückes durch Joseph Jennings für Chanticleer, kombiniert Shawn Kirchner hier die fünf Silben des 'Halleluia' mit der zeitlosten Melodie des alten Spiritu...

Brightest and Best' is a lively arrangement for TTBB chorus and piano of the sturdy American Hymn tune 'Star in the East'. A banjo-inspired piano accompaniment provides sparks while the tune is presen...

Now available for TTBB choir, this enduring gospel favorite is set with a straight-forward first verse and chorus. The next two verses combine traditional bluegrass vocal style with counterpoint and f...

Diese Stück ist eine musikalische Deklaration persönlicher Integrität. Im Jahr 2018 für den California All-State High School Men's Honor Choir komponiert, gibt der vom Komponisten geschriebene Texte A...

Simple, soaring descants, countermelodies, and rich harmonic textures provide a symphonic breadth to this second movement of 'Heavenly Home: Three American Songs' that encompasses the full, four-octav...

This is an evocative, folk-like setting of Yeats' poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree.' The modal vocal writing is both simple and sophisticated and always expressive of the yearning in Yeats' words.

Eine Klavierbegleitung, die an ein Banjo erinnert, und expressive Fiddle-Stylings verleihen dieser traurig klagenden und bewegen Vertonung von Stephen Fosters klassischem Lied Hard Times Come Again No...

Here is a newly-created 'traditional song' that pairs an old hymn text with an original melody. The banjo like piano accompaniment gives the music motion and excitement and the result is a true concer...

This is an evocative, folk-like setting of Yeats' poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree.' The modal vocal writing is both simple and sophisticated and always expressive of the yearning in Yeats' words.

This lively French carol form the 17th century is skillfully set to be accompanied by flute, oboe, violin and piano. All the women sing verse one in unison with each verse expanding, dividing and intr...

Simple, repeated note patterns form the melodic and accompanimental textures of this piece, evoking a sense of humility. Each verse builds toward a cascade of running 8th notes that subsides in quietn...

Dies ist eine Gospel-Vertonung des alten deutschen Weihnachtsliedes Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen. Der Takt wurde dabei in einen 3/4-Rhythmus verändert und die Melodie mit Durchgangstönen verziert, soda...

This colourful Christmas work brings together several carols from the 1582 Piae Cantiones collection in a modern and refreshing through-composed medley. Using largely familiar tunes, this is a very si...

This colourful Christmas work brings together several carols from the 1582 Piae Cantiones collection in a modern and refreshing through-composed medley. Using largely familiar tunes, this is a very si...

Geschrieben für ein CBS Christmas Eve Special, spannt dieses Arrangement von Silent Night einen Bogen transzendenter Schönheit. Das Stück beginnt in einer zweistimmigen Harmonie als Reminiszenz an die...