Fred Bock Publications

Rhonda Woodward is not a new writer, but she will become even more noticed with this new setting. The words of Isaac Watts have been refreshed with a new a cappella tune that soars to brilliant height...

A bouncy work that can be used for any purpose effectively. In classic Fred Bock style, the accompaniment often drops out and allows the a cappella choral parts to glisten. The dramatic ending grows i...

Chuck Bridwell, a Baptist music director in Waco, Texas, has adapted this well-known Spanish carol for use in churches and schools everywhere. Maintaining a Renaissance flare with a cappella voices an...

Jack Halloran's arrangements are choral gems. Dick Bolks is a master at taking these challenging divisi a cappella choir settings and crafting them for a standard 4-part, SATB mixed choir, with piano...

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) remains one of the most notable Renaissance composers of English madrigals. The musical setting of this metaphorical poem has made it his most popular to this day.

Combining Psalm 130 and 139, along with a text by Isaac Watts, teacher and composer Robert H. Young gives us another of his a cappella treats. His contemporary madrigal style that incorporates a harmo...

Using the words of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), Robert H. Young provides a wonderful musical offering for consecrating a building. Typical of his unique writing style, Dr. Young leads us into gl...

Nell Walker has been singing with The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers for many years, and they have performed her arrangement many times. So it was time to make it available to all and we are proud to d...

For almost a hundred years Jester Hairston entertained and taught us with his classic spiritual editions. Now his niece, Jacqueline Hairston, is following suit with this fine arrangement of Fix Me, Je...

John Dowland (1562-1626) has been rediscovered, thanks mainly to a new album by the recording artist, Sting, which features the music of this great English Renaissance composer. Edited by scholar Dr....

This fantastic setting of the canticle by one of Poland's leading composers moves briskly with a large range of dynamics, an aleatoric middle section, and with a propulsion that is electrifying. Diffi...

The most famous American Christmas carol family is undisputably the Burt family. The carols of Bates and Alfred Burt and the Christmas carol cards they sent are now part of our hymnody and folklore. A...

What a delight to see the American Christmas carol traditional made famous by Alfred Burt find a new lineage through his great niece, Abbie Burt Betinis. She continues the intelligent and creative app...

Charming and sophisticated are rarely attributed to the same piece but this selection is an exception in many ways. Selected for the Bruce Rogers Choral Series, composer Leonard Enns calls this deligh...

Stacey Gibbs knows how to arrange a spiritual to yield the maximum audience response. Selected for the Paul Smith Series, the harmonies and rhythmic tosses in this setting are brilliant. The ending bu...

Using a lovely 13th century French melody, master musical craftsman Tom Fettke has created a beautiful chorale. Ken Bible's text takes us into the manger scene to celebrate Christ's birth. Frist it is...

David Das is now a major force in the television music world, and his setting of his friend Martin Bass' Shout for Joy clarifies why. A high energy piece containing elements of a good rock tune, a liv...

The spiritual settings by Stacey V. Gibbs are quickly becoming the most eagerly anticipated in the genre. Stacey's grasp of the spiritual runs in his blood, and knowing how to bring sophistication and...

The text may be from the 13th century, but David Dickau's setting would have us believe it is contemporary. Although sounding sacred, the text portrays God's love for us is as effortless as a bird who...

From the master hand of maestro William D. Hall comes a wonderful new setting of the German Christmas carol.

Commissioned by Jefferson Johnson and now part of his male chorus series, here is another excellent arrangement by Stacey V. Gibbs. An ideal choice for fine high school or college men's choirs.

This sacred text focuses on the crucifixion, but this is a concert work, displaying a treatment of ancient liturgy with beauty and emotion. Good high school and college male voice choirs.

Jeremy Nabors's new new arrangement of a Russian melody is sure to excite your TTBB singers. The low range of the bass and the rhythmic interplay of the other voices, coupled with an energetic acceler...

Jeremy Nabors's new new arrangement of a Russian melody is sure to excite your TTBB singers. The low range of the bass and the rhythmic interplay of the other voices, coupled with an energetic acceler...