Choral

“Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found.” This English translation of Ubi Caritas is tenderly set to the RESIGNATION hymn tune, resulting in a simple but deeply moving prayer for peace and unity: “let strife among us be unknown, let all...

NEW: A Virtual Choir Kit is now available for this piece. This tender and comforting work is a “passing of peace” as its simple yet elegant melody washes over the listener, gently unfolding its text with increasing texture:...

"You make a shelter of Yourself, my dwelling place, my home; a refuge in the wilderness, a shelter of shalom. Lead me home, lead me home, lead me home at last to you.” Craig Courtney’s setting poignantly communicates Pamela Stewart’s...

A Virtual Choir Kit is available for this piece. We welcome Elaine Hagenberg to the Beckenhorst catalog with this beautiful arrangement of a traditional Shaker hymn for SATB choir with piano accompaniment. Perfect as a warm, affirmative...

A beautiful new arrangement of an old favorite with opportunities for creative performance using solo voice, small choir and combined choirs.  Scored for SATB with piano and optional string quartet.  There is also an orchestral accompaniment...

A simple new tune for the familiar hymn text grows in its layers and impact as the piece unfolds to a soaring high point, providing an inspiring view of God’s creation and His sovereignty over the world.COMPANION PRODUCTSThis Is My Father's World -...

Kyle Pederson's gift for songwriting is on full display in this heartfelt prayer for peace. Folk and classical styles blend seamlessly as the choir both asks for shalom, then offers shalom to the listener, to friends and family, to those we don't know,...

Dan Forrest's "Shalom", originally written for SATB choir as a way to share peace to one another during the pandemic and racial injustices of 2020, is here arranged for 2-part mixed chorus, with piano and optional violin.  

Now available for Treble choirs, this soaring original setting of Frances Havergal’s text combined with Scripture provides a much-needed message of hope. A shimmering accompaniment and easily learned vocal lines open this work to choirs of all sizes for...

Built on selected text from the well-known hymn, “Be Still My Soul”, this anthem, scored for SATB choir, is suitable for any occasion. The gentle, flowing keyboard accompaniment beautifully complements the comfort and reassurance of the text.

Wendell Berry's much-loved text receives a haunting new treatment in this tone poem from Dan Forrest for SATB chorus, piano, and optional percussion and bowed vibraphone. Ethereal soprano solo lines evoking bird calls float over a serene vision of...

This timely arrangement of the classic C. H. H. Parry hymn tune brings a new perspective to the poignant prayer for peace written by Carl P. Daw, Jr. The Isaiah prophecy echoes through the text with a longing for Christ’s promised reign of peace...

A tender prayer-song suitable for any time of confession and supplication, but especially appropriate for the Lenten season. A quiet intensity invites us to share the intimacy of the moment. Scored for SATB choir and piano. Well within the grasp of the...

Pamela Martin has done an exquisite job of crafting a text that speaks to the inclusive and generous love of Christ. Paired with music by Craig Courtney, this SATB anthem is appropriate for general worship or to promote unity, peace, and healing...

Howard Helvey has taken the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi and transformed it into an exquisite anthem for SATB choir. The various key areas and growing melodic phrases are sure to leave this text in the heart and minds of your congregation and choir.

NEW: A Virtual Choir Kit is now available for this piece, with Dr. Andre Thomas conducting. A strong, resolute setting of the familiar civil rights “marching song” vividly calls to mind the images which add depth of meaning...

Lyrics by Herb Frombach.  The urgency of Advent is felt from the very opening notes of this fervent prayer set for SATB a cappella choir. This anthem is suitable for any service of worship during Advent and beyond.

Slow, layered vocal phrasing and quiet dynamics are incorporated in this serene setting of Christ’s eternal words of comfort.  The music gathers forces in the middle of the anthem when our Lord acknowledges the reality of tribulation and His...

A prayer text from The Book of Common Prayer, as timely today as when it was originally penned in 1662, is particularly engaging in this relaxed and soulful gospel setting. The composer offers contemporary alternatives to the ancient text without...

Virtual Choir Kit available for the SATB version.  Companion products (digital downloads): Shalom - accompaniment track Also available for: SATB choir (seen in video above) TBB choir 2-part mixed chorus Vocal Duet

A Yuletide anthem that combines SATB choir with solo voice or treble choir.  Lyrics by Pamela Martin.  Also available for 2-Part choir (BP1803) Companion products: Bring Us Peace 2-Part

Kenyan composer Daniel Muroki uses creative harmonies, rich piano textures, lovely countermelody and dramatic modulations to offer an effective new setting to this hymn for SATB voices and piano.

The third movement of Craig Courtney’s trilogy, Divine Encounter, The Blessing is a newly-composed benediction based on Numbers 6:24-26. As Jesus blessed and multiplied the fish and bread, so God blesses the offering we bring to Him. The melody,...

Now available for Treble choirs, Kyle Pederson's striking adaptation of Scripture passages foretells a future free from tears, hatred, and injustice, and provides a vision of a renewed and redeemed earth: "A New Jerusalem arise, a new creation come...

A global expression of exultation using English, Swahili, Spanish and the universal word, hosanna. This interesting piece is written so that any part can be sung by any section of the choir and the parts may be sung together in any combination. It is...