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...

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...

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 SSAA voicings. Companion products (digital downloads): ...

Video of SSAA 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 singing through adversity: "...and if the way grows darker still, shadowed by...

NEW: A Virtual Choir Kit is now available for this piece. SATB voices and piano combine in floating melodic lines and resonant harmonies, lending an ethereal quality to this delightful piece in the new Beckenhorst Press Concert Series...

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...

A major work for SSAA choirs! All five movements of LUX: The Dawn From On High are now available for treble choirs, and can be performed with piano (included in choral score). Optional organ, percussion, solo strings, chamber ensemble, small orchestra,...

A harmonically challenging a cappella setting of the traditional GREENSLEEVES tune. This beautiful arrangement offers two solo opportunities and is complete with the alternate text MY TRUE LUVE’S LIKE A RED, RED ROSE, making it suitable for...

Lift Every Voice and Sing is a powerful hymn, often referred to as “The Black National Anthem”.  It is available for either SA (ICC1001) or SSA (ICC1002) voices, making it accessible for most treble choirs.  With its gospel feel...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

Polish composer Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk joins the Beckenhorst catalog with this prize-winning choral artsong for treble choir. A full range of textures and colors from both choir and piano creates a mystical soundscape for this "O Antiphon." An...

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...

A major work for SSAA choirs! All five movements of LUX: The Dawn From On High (originally composed for SATB) are now available for treble choirs, and can be performed with piano (included in choral score). Optional organ, percussion, solo strings,...

A major work for SSAA choirs! All five movements of LUX: The Dawn From On High are now available for treble choirs, and can be performed with piano (included in choral score). Optional organ, percussion, solo strings, chamber ensemble, small orchestra,...

SATB - A thoughtful and dynamic musical interpretation of Tennyson’s poem in which he contemplates his own death and in so doing gives us a picture of the eternal soul. Challenge your choir with this powerful piece, particularly appropriate for...

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...

Lift Every Voice and Sing is a powerful hymn, often referred to as “The Black National Anthem”.  It is available for either SA (ICC1001) or SSA (ICC1002) voices, making it accessible for most treble choirs.  With its gospel feel...

Now available for SSAA choirs! Marques L. A. Garrett's 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,...

An SATB selection with a text suitable for commemoration or honoring a special group of people.

Beckenhorst welcomes South African composer Franco Prinsloo to its catalog with this ravishing setting of Afrikaans text for treble voices and piano: "...Alleluia, praise his name; for every bright new moon shines over the whole earth with endless...

SATB secular anthem with lyrics by Christina Rosetti

Another new title in the Beckenhorst Press Concert Series, this charming 2-part treble work by Laura Hawley treats the growth of a seed into a plant as a lovely metaphor for personal growth and flourishing. Children's and youth choirs will love the...