The Gift to Sing
Newest Release!
Available Now on the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series
PERFECT FOR ALL STATE AND CHORAL FESTIVALS
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THE GIFT TO SING uses poetry by James Weldon Johnson, an American writer, civil rights activist and leader of the NAACP in 1917. His poetry has been celebrated and set to music for decades. This new, expertly-textured arrangement is available as part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series from Hal Leonard.
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Angel Band
A Christmas Collection in Collaboration with Tim Sharp!
Available Now from Gentry Publications
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ANGEL BAND uses songs and carols from the Appalachian shape-note and European folk traditions to form a full Christmas cantata in a truly American style. The orchestration adds more beautiful colors including bluegrass instruments. The extensive program notes include programming options for various services of worship as well as concert performance. It uniquely offers a rewarding experience from high school through adult in both sacred and secular venues.
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Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem
A Major work for SATB choir, soprano solo, and orchestra
Published soon from MusicSpoke
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Album coming soon - Premier Records by Salt Lake Choral Artists
O Vos Omnes
MOVING AND MEANINGFUL LENTEN MOTET
Just released for SATB unaccompanied choir
O VOS OMNES, one of the great poetic masterpieces of the Hebrew Bible, was written at the beginning of the 6th century, B.C.E. as a lament for the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Christian church, it is sung or chanted during Holy Week services, including the Tenebrae and vigils. Timothy Michael Powell’s setting captures the ancient spirit of the Lament with echoing canonical chant entrances superimposed over choral drones – as if the listener hears the music from somewhere deep within a darkened cathedral, progressively coming closer.
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Billy Boy
EXCITING BLUEGRASS + CHOIR!
Released on Premier Records by Salt Lake Choral Artists
BILLY BOY tells the story of an early American archetypical immigrant – a veteran of King William’s wars, weary of the world and looking for a new home. Perhaps Billy plans to bring his wife over from Lough Neagh, a beautiful lake in Ulster, after he has settled? Equally possible is that Billy has fled his life in Ulster for good, including his wife, and his nostalgia is as much regret for his actions as sadness for what he has lost.
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Slumber My Darling
ANOTHER COLLABORATION WITH TIM SHARP
Just released for SATB and piano!
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SLUMBER MY DARLING is one of Stephen Foster's more mature compositions, displaying the melodic dignity associated with German Romanticism. Using a soft rolling accompaniment that alternates with a cappella sections, this arrangement for SATB choir has a wonderfully delicate and gentle spirit, evoking a lullaby.
Available from the publisher in hard copy & digital download. MP3s of the demo & piano accompaniment available as well. |
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With a Banjo On My Knee
A COLLABORATION WITH TIM SHARP
Just released for SSA and bluegrass band!
WITH A BANJO ON MY KNEE is an arrangement of "Oh! Susanna" by America's first renowned songwriter, Stephen Foster. Any combination of bluegrass instruments will make a welcome addition to this arrangement--banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, washboard, double bass--and a piano accompaniment is included when these instruments are not available.
Bluegrass parts are available separately as digital download. MP3s of the demo & piano accompaniment available as well. |
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A World Without Boundaries
Quoting Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Christa McCauliffe
A Celebration of American Space Exploration!
A WORLD WITHOUT BOUNDARIES dramatically advocates for robust space exploration and the interconnectivity of all mankind by celebrating scientists and astronauts as saint-like heroes using original poetry by composer Timothy Michael Powell with quotes by Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Christa McCauliffe and poet John Muir.
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God's Grandeur
POETRY BY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
Just Released!
GOD'S GRANDEUR is an advanced, unaccompanied SSAATTBB setting of Gerard Manely Hopkin's 1877 poem, brilliantly describing the greatness of God as an electrical force underlying all existence, obscured by industrial filth, but revealed in the freshness of morning on God's bright wings.
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I Want to Fly! from Saint George and the Dragon
A COLLABORATION WITH CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
Perfect for Honor Choruses and All State Choirs!
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I WANT TO FLY! is the central, celebratory chorus from Saint George and the Dragon, an oratorio for young voices with lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri. The work turns the traditional legend of St. George upside down by featuring a young, budding scientist, Princess Sabra, who encounters a friendly dragon, Ascalon. Together, they must convince the teen-aged knight, George, that the dragon means no harm. "Saint George and the Dragon" received an enthusiastic standing ovation at its 2013 world premiere at Lincoln Center. New York Concert Reviews called the premiere, a "stand-out performance."
Available in the original SAB and now in SATB! Violin part included with purchase! |
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The Lord is On My Head
NEW WORK FOR WOMEN'S CHOIR!
Ancient 1st century prayer for Baptism
THE LORD IS ON MY HEAD is the first song from a beautiful collection of ancient anonymous poetry known as the Odes of Solomon. Scholars believe the original poetry was written in either Syriac, Aramaic, or Greek, and may date as early as 100 C.E. If so, these texts may represent some of the earliest Christian worship texts! The texts resemble the Psalms, though they are distinctly Christian. They share an affinity with the Gospel of John, thought they do not reference or quote from the New Testament. Scholarly consensus is that these mysterious Odes may represent early Baptismal liturgy, because of the frequent imagery of renewal, rebirth, and water found throughout. I’ve attempted to capture the essence of this first Ode through a lilting, joyful piano accompaniment. The piano undergirds an almost chant-like song of praise that alternates with a wordless, ecstatic, and expressive melody representing thankfulness and worship.
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Be Thou My Vision
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
World Premiere at the 2017 ACDA National Convention
BE THOU MY VISION features a haunting, otherworldly choral atmosphere underpinning a solo Celtic flute. The nostalgia gives birth to a melancholy Irish keen sung by a soprano soloist, using the original 6th century Old Irish poetry, which transforms into a lush, soundtrack-like setting of the beloved hymn. Commissioned by ACDA for the 2017 National Convention "One in Song" Hymn Festival!
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Dear Appalachia: Songs For My Mountain Home
BRAND NEW!
Just released on Premier Records by Salt Lake Choral Artists
DEAR APPALACHIA: SONGS FOR MY MOUNTAIN HOME is a set of three songs inspired by my child-hood home in the mountains of North Georgia, and is an homage to the vistas and woodland trails which form many of the most treasured memories of my youth.
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Melodious Sonnet: A Colonial American Mass
JUST RELEASED!
Accessible to church, high school, and collegiate ensembles
MELODIOUS SONNET: A COLONIAL AMERICAN MASS captures the sound and spirit of early Shape-note singing joined to the timeless words of the Mass. As the title suggests, the work is inspired by love of William Billings, “fuging” tunes, and the deeply moving sounds of Appalachian folk songs.
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Blagoslovi, dushe moya (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)
GORGEOUS BULGARIAN ORTHODOX LITANY
Accessible to church, high school, and collegiate ensembles
BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL from Bulgarian composer Dobri Hristov’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, uses a simple, chordal texture to declaim this lofty text from Psalm 102 [103]. Hristov, considered to be one of Bulgaria’s pre-eminent composers of sacred music, follows in the best traditions of such Russian choral masters as Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Edited by Timothy Michael Powell.
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Incarnatio Mysteria
PREMIERED AT LINCOLN CENTER
Stunning symphonic major work for Advent and Christmas
INCARNATIO MYSTERIA is a profoundly inspiring major work, characterized by soaring themes, exciting climaxes, and deeply moving moments of prayer. It is set for SATB choir, 2-part Treble choir, soprano solo, and orchestra. It uses passages from the Latin Vulgate translation of the first chapter of the Gospel of John, as well as traditional motet texts. Additionally, "Incarnatio Mysteria" includes an important and beautiful passage from the apochryphal Gospel of Thomas. Appropriate as an Advent/Christmas work or as a concert piece throughout the year.
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Mirabile Mysterium
PRAYERFUL AND INTIMATE
Perfect for Christmas!
MIRABILE MYSTERIUM received its world premiere in Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center as part of INCARNATIO MYSTERIA. The work explores the mystery of the incarnation of Christ with an original chant, earthy close harmonies, and an echoing climax meant to represent the sound of voices reverberating around a candle-lit cathedral.
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O Magnum Mysterium
BEST SELLER!
Multiple voice settings for every choir!
O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM, which is the 3rd movement of my INCARNTIO MYSTERIA, is traditionally associated with the services for Christmas Day, though it is appropriate for the entire Advent and Christmas season, and throughout the year as a concert piece. The charming Latin text explores the wonder of seeing the Christ-child lying in a humble feed trough, and moves from awe and trembling to worship. I've attempted to capture these various moods and reactions through music that is at first introspective and reserved, but which changes to celebration on the word Alleluia before returning to an attitude of prayer at the end. There are numerous voice settings of the piece, and orchestrations available for each.
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SINGularity (in Bb)
OVERTONE SINGING AND JAZZ-INSPIRED VOCALS!
Perfect for space-themed concerts!
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SINGularity (in Bb) uses overtone singing over an opening B flat drone to symbolically represent the sound of the Perseus black hole, discovered to be "singing" a Bb by the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This “music of the spheres,” morphs quickly into a rhythmically-swaying, hypnotic setting of Walt Whitman’s lovely poem "Gliding O’er All," accompanied by a subtle use of the hymn tune TERRA BEATA (This Is My Father’s World).
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Take Me to the Mountain
BEST SELLER!
Premiered at Southern Division ACDA!
TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAIN is sung with joyous enthusiasm and with a rhythmic vitality which embodies the transformation, vision and resurrection celebrated in these biblical texts: 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Corinthians 12:2 and Acts 1:9–11. Though the soprano solo may be sung as written, soloists are also welcome to add something “personal” to the performance. It would be acceptable to have the soloist rejoin the choir ad lib on the final coda, perhaps singing the high note at the end. The coda should build in excitement with each repetition. If needed, the director may add a few more repeats once the entire choir has entered, and movement and clapping would not be out of place.
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Tebe Poem (We Hymn Thee)
Gorgeous Bulgarian Orthodox liturgy
Accessible to church, high school, and collegiate ensembles
WE HYMN THEE from Dobri Hristov’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, is based on an ancient Bulgarian chant melody—a sublime setting of a text from one of the most solemn moments in the Orthodox liturgy. This piece is highly accessible to choirs of all levels, because it has no great extremes of range, and because the text is short and straightforward. Edited by Timothy Michael Powell.
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Wedding Mass
PREMIERED AT CARNEGIE HALL
Major work with chamber ensemble!
WEDDING MASS IN C MAJOR (NO. 1) originated as a soaring, celebratory bridal processional which forms the basis for the Kyrie, providing a fitting contrast to the Agnus Dei theme, which represents my response to the events of September 11, 2001. The result is music that leaves the celebration of the early movements for a time in order to contemplate crisis, but which eventually returns with joy and gladness in a final catharsis. The thematic connections throughout are deliberate, particularly the parallels drawn between the Eucharist, the breaking of bread, the Lamb of God who is our bread, and the sacrificial love that is the goal of a life shared in Christ.
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When Love is Found
COMPANION PIECE TO WEDDING MASS
Features poetry by Brian Wren
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WHEN LOVE IS FOUND uses the beautiful nuptial text by Brian Wren, and is often performed as the offertory during the my Wedding Mass. It was written to be sung at my own wedding in 2005 to my beautiful wife Jen.
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Who Was and Is and Is to Come
BEST SELLER!
Optional and easy Handbell part included
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WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME is a cantabile SAB setting of the Revelation text,"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth." The optional handbells/handchimes can play from the score> They quote NICAEA ("Holy, Holy, Holy") as the choir sings. The accompaniment could be modified for organ, but sounds quite nice on piano as well.
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