Choral

This festival anthem explodes with exuberant calls to celebrate alternating with time for contemplation and praise. The celebration is enhanced with the use of 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones and timpani. Score and parts are available for purchase...

SATB, oboe and string quartet - A beautifully lyric Psalm setting suitable for themes of repentance and devotion. Companion products (digital downloads): Psalm 1 - score and parts - digital download Companion products (printed copies): Psalm 1 - score...

Craig Courtney's beautiful piano accompaniment begins this tender anthem that is almost lullaby like. The quiet and intimate vocal parts eventually open to a powerful climax that is sure to offer a moving musical experience for both your choir and...

Look at the Birds (Movement 2 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) is a vivid and soaring tone poem that paints the birds in flight while asking us to consider the Father’s care for all creation. Gentle syncopations and a picturesque piano part...

Beckenhorst welcomes Wesley Peters to our catalog with this wonderfully catchy sea-shanty-inspired setting of John Newton text: "Be gone, unbelief, my Savior is near....with Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm." Optional percussion parts (snare...

Dan Forrest's three settings of "Hallelujah Psalms" (for SATB choir and piano) range from invigorating to deeply touching to dancing for joy! Each movement begins and ends with the statement "Hallelu Yah", just as the three Psalms do. Optional...

Lyrics by Susan Bentall Boersma.  This tender prayer, suitable for a time of contemplation and petition in any worship service, is especially appropriate for Pentecost. Beautifully set for SATB Choir and piano, it is further enhanced by an optional...

A lovely new setting of the ancient text: "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and in our hearts take up Your rest....come, Spirit, come and make us whole." Suitable for Pentecost or general worship.

The ancient Ubi Caritas chant is transported into the 21st century in this masterful setting for SSAA choir, slowly unfolding layer after layer of beauty, and gradually adding vocal polyphony over an ethereal piano accompaniment. Optional chamber...

A mystical presentation based on Rev. 21:5, offering the listener the opportunity to "step by faith" into the company of those who, from the beginning of time, have heard and believed the promise that God is making all things new.  This truth is...

The traditional text and tune are elevated by the exquisite treatment for which Howard Helvey is known. Refined, elegant lines weave into a lovely prayer of aspiration for SATB choir and organ.   Composer Note "At Calvary Episcopal Church, my parish...

Syncopated rhythms combine with smooth melodic lines in Craig Courtney's energetic re-telling of the traditional American folk hymn for choir and piano. The final stanza's slow crescendo leads to a final statement of assurance and conviction.

This strong anthem of faith and hope with optional solo lines is now available scored for TTBB or SSAA. The text is based on selected verses of Psalm 56 and gives a powerful testimony to the assurance that all of life is in God’s mighty hand. ...

Dan Forrest's three settings of "Hallelujah Psalms" (for SATB choir and piano) range from invigorating to deeply touching to dancing for joy! Each movement begins and ends with the statement "Hallelu Yah", just as the three Psalms do. Optional...

There are many occasions when we wish to express gratitude for those people in our lives who have embodied the love of Christ.  You will find this simple, sincere octavo suitable for Mother's Day, Father's Day, ordination or retirement of a pastor,...

SATB with optional flute in the octavo.  Lyrics by Pamela Martin.  Appropriate for Communion and Thanksgiving.  Also available for SAB voicing in the collection Small But Mighty II. COMPANION PRODUCTS Sacred Solos of Craig Courtney Volume...

Harry Richardson’s The Star for SA choir and piano breathes new life into the traditional "Twinkle Twinkle" text with a soaring new melody and stunning piano accompaniment. This refreshing and beautiful setting brings a sense of wonder and...

"Sing to the Lord, with a song give Him glory, Heaven will hear and join in our praise; the Father Himself singing over His children, taking delight in the anthems we raise." There is a little bit of heaven on earth when you hear this ethereal yet joyful...

A gentle musical unfolding of the balance between anything we could possibly offer and Christ’s supreme sacrifice. Scored for SATB chorus with piano and optional chamber orchestra (BP1964A), this piece is suitable for any occasion of worship. ...

The cross of Christ is not only a fact of history, it is also a symbol of God's saving grace, our spiritual poverty, the fulfillment of Old Testament law and the "One acquainted with grief", among other things.  Pamela Martin's beautiful text and...

In this unique anthem, the “song” becomes a metaphor for the life we have in the Spirit.  As we learn its divine rhythm and melody, God creates that song within us.  Craig Courtney has chosen the samba to reflect the flavor of the...

A new setting of Isaac Watts' venerable text, "I Sing the Mighty Power of God", for SATB chorus with piano and optional brass quintet/percussion (BP2029A). Commissioned for the 2014 Texas Choral Director's Association convention.  Companion products...

The beloved Southern Folk Hymn finds new life in this rich devotional setting, arranged for SATB Choir and Piano with optional Violin or Flute. The timely text reminds us that God hears our lament and answers with his presence even in the dark of...

The first movement of Craig Courtney’s trilogy, Divine Encounter, is a song in which God invites us to receive His bounty. The first verse of Isiah 55 is expressed as a celebration rather than the meditative, lyric manner found in most settings. In...

A traditional African-American spiritual comes alive in an exciting setting for SATB and piano. Written for the Southern Chorale of the University of Southern Mississippi to be sung in a benefit concert in Carnegie Hall following the devastation of...