This lovely folk melody is beautifully set by RenÚ Clausen. Utilizing the haunting quality of the clarinet to embellish the melancholy text, this simple folk song becomes the centerpiece of any choral...
Series editor Joni Jensen here becomes the composer as well. Written to be premiered at the 2019 National ACDA conference, this piece draws on a traditional Latin text but explores a contemporary harm...
This text is most famous for being set by Samuel Barber. This setting for piano, cello and women's choir is lush and distinct for its contemporary harmonies and constant motion in the accompaniment. U...
Leaping from leaf to leaf, shattering into gold, and scattering gems, light is at the center of our lives. It kisses our eyes, it sweetens our hearts, and it fills the world. This music explores the e...
In Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest' Caliban is a character who is half human and half monster. In spite of his wild personality he nonetheless delivers the beautiful lines found in this text as if to...
Swiss composer Ivo Antognini has created a beautiful and transparent setting of this standard text of mercy and peace. At times sounding like Gregorian chant and at other times completely contemporary...
Already available for SATB and SSA, now, at last, an arrangement for men. With a powerful piano accompaniment, your men will really be able to dig in and sing with the full power of their voices.
Drawing on the musical themes from the American Folk Song Boneparte's Retreat, this arrangement is up beat and rhythmic. A fiddle melody is incorporated into the one piano four hands accompaniment whi...
Written for the Utah Valley University Men's Choir with an original text by the composer, this sensitive text speaks of the life experiences that make up the tapestry of our lives. With the melody mov...
Written in a classical style, this new setting of the traditional text affords your students the opportunity to explore classical articulation, form and contrast. Very accessible for young singers.
Here is a century's old text describing a scene relevant to its period and just as relevant today. The percussion adds a sense of vigor to the piece, and can be executed with the choir stomping and cl...
One of Korea's most prominent composers, Hyo-Won Woo has crafted a theatrical masterpiece for advanced male choirs. With dramatic directions and an IPA pronunciation guide, many of the initial obstacl...
This arrangement of the famous song features a soaring vocal line, an active and rhythmic piano part and an optional French Horn counter melody. Perfect for opening or closing any concert.
Commissioned by Eugene Rogers and his University of Michigan Men's Glee for their performance at the 2018 ACDA Central/North Central Regional conference, this arrangement by one of America's leading a...
Originally scored for tenor solo and SATB chorus, this wonderful example of Baroque music is now available for male chorus. This is a wonderful example of Handel's mastery of text painting and his dra...
Commissioned by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club. This Megan Levad text centers on World War 1 and The United States joining the Allies fighting there. It remembers our young people who gave...
This traditional South African folk song is upbeat and playful. An audio pronunciation guide can be found on the Hal Leonard website and sample rhythmic patterns for optional percussion are included i...
This setting of the Israeli folk song offers developing TB choirs a different take on the classic round. It offers rhythmic challenges, along with some chromatic maneuverings, yet employs appropriate...
Like much of the First Nation music, it has never been written down, rather passed on aurally from one generation to the next. This arrangement of a Lakota Sioux spiritual is the beginning of an ethno...
Here is a three movement suite intended to elevate conversations regarding mental health. Commissioned by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, Mark Stover, conductor, Broadway composer Aron Acc...
Here is a traditional Xhosa folk song once again authentically arranged by the director of the Pretoria Youth Choir Lhente-Mari Pitout. Created to be sung in the original Xhosa language, an IPA pronun...
Featuring a tenor soloist throughout, this is a master-class in 'Call and Response', and traditional Gospel style.
Here is a spiritual that encourages one to be a good humanitarian, a soldier for peace, and an example of hope for others.
This is the 1st piece in the suite 'Three Spanish Songs for Men's Choir' As is always the case, IPA pronunciation guide is provided with the music and a fine recording is available to aid in style.
Here is the second song in the suite Three Spanish Songs for Men's Choir. This music is powerful and energetic with a stylistic piano part.
We shall sing! We shall jump! We shall shine! We shall fly!' These opening lyrics from the suite 'Three Spanish Songs for Men's Choir' is nothing but joy.
First conceived as a solo art song by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, here the arranger has left the soaring melody in tact as well as the piano accompaniment. Often called 'Black Mahler,' t...
This piece creates opportunities for success for young men at all stages of the changing voice. The poetry of Sara Teasdale provides a theme of beauty, longing, and the quest for love that is easily a...
This is a rhythmic, contemporary, gospel-style anthem with words that challenge all of us to take responsibility for making our communities safe, supportive, and just. Available for SATB and TTBB
As we read the Harper text, we hear excitement for the journey ahead, tempered by the knowledge of past and present injustices all leading to the hope of music that will inspire people to build a last...
One out of five U.S. adults experience mental illness, and we all have negative thoughts that creep into our consciousness from time to time. Sometimes those thoughts overwhelm us like a storm. We hop...
Uses: Benediction, Encore, Contest Richly expressive, an old poem is treated with deep, rich harmonies and becomes a moving closer for concerts or festivals. Written with an ear to the a cappella glee...
Capturing the importance of the Greenfield poem and the dramatic story of Harriet Tubman's life, Rollo Dilworth has crafted a powerful new spiritual. Tubman was often referred to as a conductor of the...
Considered by choral scholars to be the first notated vocal polyphony in the Americas, this hymn tune from Peru but written in a European classical style is a wonderful addition to the mens choir repe...
Jon Washburn is known for his creative and sensitive arrangements for the concert hall. This arrangement of the beautiful and famous Piazzolla chamber piece for solo oboe and strings is sure to become...
Combining two traditional spirituals, Come and go with me and Come and go with me to my Father's House, Brandon Waddles has created an arrangement that harkens the sounds of an African-American work s...
Number 2 from 'The Greatest of These' (No. 1, Unseen and No. 3, Flight) this movement is written on the virtue of hope. Using a rich yet simple harmonic palette that strives to create a sense of nosta...
Number 3 from The Greatest of These (No. 1, Unseen and No. 2, Echoes) this movement is written on the virtue of love. Set in a repetitive, trance-like exploration of personal experiences. The treatmen...
Number 1 from The Greatest of These (No. 2, Echoes and No. 3, Flight) this movement, is written on the virtue of faith. It is largely atmospheric as it depicts the endlessly shifting vaporous uncertai...
This beautiful folk song has been arranged many times. Rarely, if ever, have the words and music been so beautifully merged. Both love and despair are delicately depicted in this beautiful new setting...
Winner of a 2015 Oscar Award, this inspirational song speaks of hope and looks to the future for healing in the midst of great division. Eugene's gospel-like setting offers comfort to the community an...
This is a rousing anthem about the power of each person to make positive change with our actions: even the smallest but most committed of our convictions can lead to a better world, and it starts with...
A beautiful melody captures the essence of the poetry of John Thornburg. In a safe place, among their friends, the young men of the choir can explore feelings and emotions not always available to them...
Here is an arrangement of a classic Stephen Foster melody that takes full advantage of the drama and humor in the lyrics. Your men will love bringing these lyrics to life as Reed has inserted dramatic...
New compositions and arrangements in the Jonathan Palant series are designed to fit the young, changed male voice. This new arrangement of the classic spiritual fits this description perfectly with re...
From the composers of You Raise Me Up, here is a new song in a concert pop style that celebrates fight for the right to be me. The chorus proclaims I Will fly, I will soar, I'll be free. The harmonies...
This valuable resource is a must for every choral director that prepares a chorus to sing Handel's Messiah! In three sections, Part I - Introduction to Preparing Messiah highlights Baroque performance...
This music is suitable for an intermediate to advanced level youth or women's choir with a good accompanist. The poetry, in the form of a chant, traces the journey of a droplet of rain and supposes th...
