Boosey & Hawkes Sheet Music

The main idea behind this unique work is that music is the ultimate gift and that all things must pass. Opening with a Latin phrase and theme by di Lassus, it moves into a jaunty, Celtic-flavored tune...

Based on the poem The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg, this work expresses the great love of a caring mother for her child. She sings of her understanding and acceptance of the child, the potential that...

Based on a Carl Sandburg text, this piece is a paean to love as the ultimate response to the relentless passage of time and the impermanence of human life. Its ABABAA' form alternates between love's t...

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this work tells the story of the mutual longing of mother and grown child for the time and place of childhood.

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this piece is a meditation on solitude and how silence and music are interrelated. It evokes a state of stillness, bringing attention to the rise and fall of the breath...

Canadian composer Mark Sirett has set the inspirational Charles Dickens text in a simple and sturdy form. With a flowing and independent piano accompaniment, the singers paint the text with descriptiv...

Jim has taken this classic message--a song of confidence and hope--originally scored for 2 part choir, and re-imagined it for mixed choir. This message is as strong as ever and the choral writing lift...

Composer Jim Papoulis raises the profile of Boomwhackers out of the elementary classroom and on to the concert stage. With an original, inspirational text that urges young people to 'know thyself', 's...

Die kantige Natur des asymmetrischen Rhythmus und ein konstant sich änderndes Metrum sorgen hier für Lebendigkeit und Schwung. Sich bewegende harmonische Zentren sind verantwortlich für Unvorhersehbar...

Here is a work about light. Light which brings peace, hope, awareness, wholeness. The a cappella writing is descriptive and transparent and a wonderful vehicle for exploring choral colors.

Examining a real event of 1851, Page asks us to look to the future where the past is always present. Do we learn from our past or do we make the same mistakes over and over. 'Amazing Grace' sung over...

A combination of bluegrass and shapenote hymns create this energetic and fun anthem. The piano, arranged for 1 piano/4 hands, fills in all of the instruments in the bluegrass band while the choir leav...

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...

I ask for one day where I don't have to hear about pain, or life that's lost, I ask for one day where whispers of hope are alive inside my heart. These words, written by 5th graders in a writing works...

An energetic show-piece for youth choirs, with the composer's trademark phonetic text to be sung in a 'tribal' manner, and some foot-stamping adding to the effect. This harsh fashion contrasts with th...

Written as a commission for the Los Angeles Colburn School, this piece is full of joy, celebrating all of our differences as people, and the importance of being accepting, kind souls. The lyrics are i...

The movements in this nine-minute choral suite speak of the wonders of nature and of the importance of protecting our home and environment. The World is Full of Poetry is a text by the 19th century ge...

To Hold Beauty expresses an understanding that all desires of the heart are reflections of the soul's one essential desire: to embrace beauty. With piano and optional timpani.

Now available for mixed voices, originally written for treble choir, this work inspires everyone with its rhythmic and energetic style. Using a Swahili text, it is a wonderful example of Papoulis' wor...

The Te Deum is a Latin prayer that has been set to music countless times. But never before has there been a Te Deum for multiple choirs and Bluegrass band. Building on the immense success of The World...