Choral

For use during Advent, John Ness Beck's SATB chorus features the hymn tunes WATCHMAN, and MORNING SONG.

A strong, resolute setting of the familiar civil rights “marching song” vividly calls to mind the images which add depth of meaning and emotion to the notes sung. From the distant beginning to the powerful final statement, this arrangement...

This beautiful setting of Pslam 32 features a rippling piano accompaniment and beautiful, flowing part-writing. Appropriate for Lenten and general services. 

This unison (optional 2-part) anthem is perfect for the Lenten season as a way to include your children's choir or beginning adult ensemble. 

Rev. John Hunter's book "Devotional Services" serves as the structure and basis for this SATB anthem for the Thanksgiving season. Using the hymn-tune NUN DANKET, John Ness Beck creates a glorious harmonic experience by using organ and trumpets to echo...

 A delightful lullaby written for choir and piano with soprano solo, and colored with glimpses into the future life of Christ, sorrow and grief, death on the cross, the grave and the glory. The complete story of the salvation plan, delicately...

In the midst of our darkest hours, we call to the Lord for strength, wisdom and peace. John Ness Beck has captured this "call" through this uplifting anthem for SATB choir. 

How might someone from a Caribbean island sing about the wonder of the Savior's birth?  Russell Nagy answers that question with a melody, harmony, rhythm and instrumentation indigenous to the sunny islands.  Written in SAB voicing, it is a...

For SATB choir by Harry Causey featuring text from Psalm 69 with optional handbells.  Companion products (digital downloads): This Will Please the Lord - handbell part - digital download Companion products (printed copies): This Will Please the...

A lyrical SSAA setting with gentle piano accompaniment. Suitable for services of commitment or commissioning. Also available for SATB choir. Available in other voicings: To Live His Song - SATB

A refreshingly joyful and sprightly anthem.  Set in six-eight meter, this anthem explores the many Biblical names and prohetic roles of the Christ Child.  Most appealing is the halleluia refrain which contains parallel suspensions in the voices...

Lloyd Larson has used text from Psalm 66 to craft a very accessible piece for SATB choir. The canonic sections combined with simple part-writing make this an ideal piece for beginning adult choir and is suitable for multiple occassions. 

Based on a little-known American spiritual, this a cappella number has a joyfulness and exuberance that is literally infectious and choirs will find it's quickly-moving vocal lines pure fun to sing.  Perhaps most significantly, it provides a perfect...

SATB - 13 Choral etudes for Advent. 

A new adaptation of what is considered one of Schubert’s most well-known and beloved Lieder. Also available for SSAA and TTBB choir. Also available in other voicings: An Die Musik - SATB An Die Musik - TTBB

Now available for TTBB voices! This regal, stately second movement of Craig Courtney's trilogy, Divine Encounter, is based on Micah 6:6-8. As we partake of God's bounty, our gratitude urges us to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to serve God and...

An anthem in African style for general worship with an alternate text for Christmas.  Lyrics by John Parker.   Percussion (BP1761A) is the only accompaniment. Companion products (digital downloads): Glory Hallelu! - percussion parts -...

(Live video of Pater Noster begins at 40:00 in the second video above)Commissioned by the Cucinelli Foundation in Solomeo, Italy, this expansive 16-minute setting of The Lord's Prayer in Latin explores various textual aspects of "Our Father" as darker...

John Ness Beck's arrangement of the Christmas classic THE FIRST NOEL. The addition of the optional trumpet parts adds an extra layer of regal splendor to this beloved hymn.  Three part trumpet accompaniment: Print | Digital Download Included in:...

A beautiful, compelling piano accompaniment begins this tender setting of the Robert Browning text. Quiet, conditional statements become a profession of faith as they open into the power of the promise that “the everlasting arms my life surround...

A unison anthem for Christmas with optional 2-part splits. 

A lyric, SATB anthem based on Psalm 139 appropriate for general worship, the Lord’s Supper or as a prayer response.  Lyrics by Joy Sherman.

A gently rippling accompaniment brings to life Harry Causey's SAB setting featuring text from Luke 1:68-70 - "Blessed be the Lord!"

Written by John Ness Beck for SATB chorus featuring ST. ANNES with optional brass quintet, optional 3 (4) octave handbells, optional children's choir, and congregational participation. Companion products (digital downloads): Thou Art God! - brass...

This flowing, lyrical SATB setting of Psalm 147 is suitable for general worship.