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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...

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...

Beckenhorst Press · Fly Away - Jonathan Reid Jonathan Reid offers a stunning new take on the southern gospel text, I'll Fly Away, opening layers of meaning and a depth of comfort and hope that you might not have realized were present all along...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Written for 3 to 5 octave handbell choir. Level 3-.This upbeat original tune from Karen Buckwalter is perfect for any celebratory moment in worship or concert, and would even make a nice alternative piece for Easter. Repeated rhythmic motives make this...

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...

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,...

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...

(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...

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...