Choral

This new setting of Langston Hughes’ text celebrates the joy of new life and the beauty of this earth with flowing triplets, driving rhythms, and great joy! Part of the Beckenhorst Press Concert Series, providing high-quality repertoire suitable for...

Amazing Grace receives a soulful treatment in this bold new setting from Tim Osiek. Your choir will love the stylistic variety combined with carefully crafted lines, and your pianist will enjoy the idiomatic piano writing. A great way to get out of the...

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...

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...

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...

Premiere Performance video from Salzburg Cathedral, July 2018: May be performed a cappella, or with keyboard accompaniment, or with chamber ensemble and organ, small orchestra and organ, or full orchestra. Designed to be as flexible as possible for...

This soulful setting of original text by Tom Trenney invokes a gospel music tradition, "preaching" its text through declamation and bluesy harmonies: "God wouldn't bring you this far to leave you; no height nor depth nor anything else can separate us...

Now revoiced for TTBB Choirs! Piano and voices combine in floating melodic lines and resonant harmonies, lending an ethereal quality to this delightful piece in the Beckenhorst Press Concert Series for school, community, and college choirs, edited by Dan...

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...

PDF Download of SSAA choir with piano. Also available for SATB choir let me listen - SATB or TTBB choir let me listen (TTBB). COMPANION PRODUCTS let me listen - accompaniment track - digital download   let me listen - SSAA - guitar part...

Dan Forrest’s fourth major work continues in the vein of his previous major works, exploring profound themes of what it is to be human. the breath of life ponders the beauty - yet brevity - of human life as portrayed in a single...

Mary McDonald has taken the beloved words of Ruth 1:16-17 and given us a simple but beautiful setting. The addition of a cello obbligato (part included in choral score) enhances its beauty even more. Suitable as an expression of commitment in any church...

A traditional Irish Blessing set to a gentle, flowing melody, perfect for almost any occasion, but particularly comforting during a season of uncertainty or grief.  Also available in SATB and TTBB voicings. Companion products (digital...

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...

Dan Forrest’s classical choral remix of this 2016 Goo Goo Dolls song produces a surprisingly effective addition to crossover choral repertoire for concert choirs. Available in both SATB and SSAA voicings, with optional string...

New SAB voicing! (Available digital-only). (Video below is SSAA voicing; audio above is SATB voicing.) Winner of Honorable Mention in the 2020 King's Singers New Music Prize, Marianne Forman's sparkling music sets James Weldon Johnson's text about...

Amazing Grace receives a soulful treatment in this bold new setting from Tim Osiek. Your choir will love the stylistic variety combined with carefully crafted lines, and your pianist will enjoy the idiomatic piano writing. A great way to get out of the...

Winner of Honorable Mention in the 2020 King's Singers New Music Prize, Marianne Forman's sparkling music sets James Weldon Johnson's text about singing through adversity: "...and if the way grows darker still, shadowed by Sorrow's somber wingwith...

The lesser-heard original Scottish tune for this folksong is arranged by Dan Forrest in this gorgeous setting for choir, piano, optional soloist, and optional flute or orchestra. Burns' text speaks meaningfully not only during the holidays, but anytime...

Beckenhorst welcomes Brad Nix to our catalog with this stirring setting of Charles Dickens' aspirational text. Scored for SATB choir and piano, its comforting themes are suitable for school or church choirs:"The pure, the bright, the beautiful that...

  SEPT 1, 2025: THIS PRODUCT IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO LICENSING RENEGOTIATIONS. We apologize for the inconvenience while we continue our efforts to re-license this arrangement with the copyright holders. (The SSAA voicing is still in...

Now arranged for a cappella choir so that this parting blessing can be sung anywhere, anytime! Kyle Pederson's simple yet heartfelt new melody for this traditional Irish blessing will resonate with your choir as well as your audience. Additional text by...

SSAA a cappella arrangement (with optional cello) of movement III of LUX: The Dawn From On High, (originally scored for chorus with chamber ensemble, small orchestra, or full orchestra). This soaring setting of Hafiz-inspired poetry by Daniel...

Marianne Forman's melodic gifts are clear in this bright youthful setting of joyful and optimistic words, rejoicing at the beauty of the world around us. Clear melodic statements eventually give way to imitative and canonic treatment, easily learned by...

This exuberant piece is the inaugural work in the new Beckenhorst Press Concert Series for school, community, and college choirs, edited by Dan Forrest. Commissioned by the Eastern Division of ACDA for their 2020 Conference, Marques L. A. Garrett's...