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Akekho Ofana No Jesu SATB choral sheet music cover Akekho Ofana No Jesu SATB choral sheet music cover
Akekho Ofana No Jesu Akekho Ofana No Jesu
arr. Daniel Jackson - Walton Music
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A dynamic a cappella world music selection featuring a call and response solo, optional improvised percussion and movement, and a divided choir option. The song is a traditional South African celebratory

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Akekho Ofana No Jesu Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SATB
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Ambe SATB choral sheet music cover Ambe SATB choral sheet music cover
Ambe Ambe
Cory Campbell & Andrew Balfour - Cypress Choral Music
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Choirs will love the rhythmic drive and energy of this meaningful composition. The Ojibway text means "Come in, two-legged beings. Come in all people. There is good life here." A wonderful opening

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Ambe Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SATB
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Bayasibiza SATB choral sheet music cover Bayasibiza SATB choral sheet music cover
Bayasibiza Bayasibiza
arr. Michael Barrett & Mbuso Ndlovu - Walton Music
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This tremendous work will make a fantastic concert opener! The dramatic solo opening is followed by an up-tempo traditional-style choral arrangement of this South African song with djembe and handclaps.

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SATB with Djembe and Handclaps



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SATB with Djembe and Handclaps
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TTBB with Djembe and Handclaps



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TTBB with Djembe and Handclaps
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Indodana SATB Choral Score divisi Indodana SATB Choral Score divisi
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Beati Quorum Via SSATBB choral sheet music cover Beati Quorum Via SSATBB choral sheet music cover
Beati Quorum Via Beati Quorum Via
Charles Villiers Stanford - Boosey & Hawkes, Inc

From Three Motets for Unaccompanied Choirs, this work for SSATBB voices is a strong contest/festival selection for mature choirs.

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Behold, How Good SATB choral sheet music cover Behold, How Good SATB choral sheet music cover
Behold, How Good Behold, How Good
Michael John Trotta - MorningStar Music Publishers

Inspired by Psalm 133, composer Michael John Trotta has written a lovely a cappella piece that celebrates the unity of brotherhood among all people. This calm, sonorous work is the perfect choice for a

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Behold, How Good Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SATB
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Benediction SATB choral sheet music cover Benediction SATB choral sheet music cover
Benediction Benediction
Rene Clausen - Mark Foster

Choral ensembles always find such joy in singing music by a composer who truly understands the voice and the choral art. With logical voice leadings in and out of thorny places, creative use of independent

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Blessing for the World SATB choral sheet music cover Blessing for the World SATB choral sheet music cover
Blessing for the World Blessing for the World
Allan Robert Petker - Pavane Publishing

It is the text that deserves your attention first. "The Benedictine Blessing" stands as a unique approach in its prayer requests. The musical setting was lauded by the lyricist, and brings a further

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The Blessing SSAA choral sheet music cover The Blessing SSAA choral sheet music cover
The Blessing The Blessing
Christopher Wong - Walton Music

This work uses the text of the traditional Irish blessing but employs modern compositional techniques, with independent vocal lines, mixed meters, a challenging accompaniment, and dissonances throughout to

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The Call of Music SATB choral sheet music cover The Call of Music SATB choral sheet music cover
The Call of Music The Call of Music
Joseph M. Martin - Hal Leonard Corporation

A confident invitation to song, this artful choral is a celebration of the power of music in our lives. The positive message will inspire and encourage your musicians to change the world with song.

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Cantate Domino SSA choral sheet music cover Cantate Domino SSA choral sheet music cover
Cantate Domino Cantate Domino
Ken Berg - Walton Music

It's easy and fun to get into the feel of 5/4 meter in this exciting work.  Especially effective as a concert opener, this will challenge your women's choir in a very positive way! ... view details
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Cantate Domino Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SA
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Caritas Abundat SSAA choral sheet music cover Caritas Abundat SSAA choral sheet music cover
Caritas Abundat Caritas Abundat (The Great and Fiery Force)
Michael John Trotta - Carl Fischer LLC
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This work is an energetic reimagining of timeless text and tune from the 12th-century poet, composer, and philosopher Hildegard of Bingen. The marriage of the Caritas Abunda chant with a text taken

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Caritas Abundat Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SSAA
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Celtic Blessing SATB choral sheet music cover Celtic Blessing SATB choral sheet music cover
Celtic Blessing Celtic Blessing (from Songs for the Journey)
Kevin Siegfried - E.C. Schirmer Music Co.

This final movement of Songs for the Journey is set to the traditional Irish blessing, "May the road rise up to meet you."

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Celtic Blessing Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle - SATB
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Celtic Invocation SATB choral sheet music cover Celtic Invocation SATB choral sheet music cover
Celtic Invocation Celtic Invocation
Timothy Stephens - Seolta Music Limited

Alexander Carmichael's "Carmina Gadelica" is a six-volume set of various prayers, songs, poems, invocations, and other lore he collected over a close to 50-year period (1860-1909) in the Gaelic speaking

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A Choral Amen SATB choral sheet music cover A Choral Amen SATB choral sheet music cover
A Choral Amen A Choral Amen
Marianne Forman - Beckenhorst Press

This short but soaring "Amen" can be sung a cappella or accompanied with the simple piano part included. Try it as a benediction, a choral reflection, or as a short farewell to close a service or

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SATB divisi, or SSATB



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Circle Dance SATB choral sheet music cover Circle Dance SATB choral sheet music cover
Circle Dance Circle Dance (Horovodnaya)
Georgy Sviridov - Musica Russica

A whirling circle dance, the exuberance of youth, kaleidoscopic images of rural life and love - all are captured in Alexander Blok's poem and artfully set to music. Filled with dramatic dynamic contrasts

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SATB divisi
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Circle of Seasons Two-Part choral sheet music cover Circle of Seasons Two-Part choral sheet music cover
Circle of Seasons Circle of Seasons
Gary E. Parks - BriLee Music Publishing

Students will reinforce their sense of rhythm and meter changes in this engaging, celebratory, highly enjoyable piece. With or without the optional percussion, this festive number is the perfect closer for

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Two-Part w/ opt. Percussion
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Come to the Music SATB choral sheet music cover Come to the Music SATB choral sheet music cover
Come to the Music Come to the Music
Joseph Martin - Shawnee Press
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Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies,

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Part-Dominant MP3 SATB Sop
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Part-Dominant MP3 SATB Alto
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Part-Dominant MP3 SATB Tenor
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Part-Dominant MP3 SATB Bass
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Performance MP3 SATB
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P/A CD 



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Accompaniment MP3 Full Orchestration
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Accompaniment MP3 Piano, Percussion, Flute
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Orchestration 



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Come to the Music Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SAB
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Deep Peace SATB choral sheet music cover Deep Peace SATB choral sheet music cover
Deep Peace Deep Peace
Elaine Hagenberg - Elaine Hagenberg Music
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Beautifully capturing the essence of a traditional Gaelic blessing, this original setting evokes the natural tranquility of a "gentle night" where the "moon and stars pour their healing light on you." The

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Instrumental Parts String Quartet
$35.00
Everyone Sang SATB choral sheet music cover Everyone Sang SATB choral sheet music cover
Everyone Sang Everyone Sang
Linda Kachelmeier - Music for Voices

Siegfried Sassoon's text depicts the unbridled joy at the end of the First World War mixed with bittersweet sorrow. The final phrase, "the singing will never be done" hints at the irony of this joy amid

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Exaudi Laudate SSA choral sheet music cover Exaudi Laudate SSA choral sheet music cover
Exaudi Laudate Exaudi Laudate
Beverly Patton - Heritage Music Press
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This high-energy piece in a contemporary style is perfect as an opener in a concert or festival setting. Featuring a Latin text, the opening fanfare-like section leads to a contrapuntal middle section

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Finale from Finale from
Finale from "The Gondoliers" Finale from "The Gondoliers" (Dance a Cachuca, Fandango, Bolero)
Gilbert & Sullivan/arr. Henry Clough-Leighter & G. Wallace Woodworth - E.C. Schirmer Music Co.

This Gilbert & Sullivan selection is great fun for singers and audiences alike, and has enjoyed an enormous popularity since the operetta premiered in December 1889. For the accomplished choir, this... view details
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Dance a cachuca - Finale Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SATB
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Gaudeamus Hodie SATB choral sheet music cover Gaudeamus Hodie SATB choral sheet music cover
Gaudeamus Hodie Gaudeamus Hodie
Victor C. Johnson - Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Translated as "Let's Rejoice Today," this celebratory original work combines a short Latin and English text with a simple mixed meter setting that is a wonderful way to open a concert or service at any time

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SSA 
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SSA 
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Gelobet sei Gott SSAA choral sheet music cover Gelobet sei Gott SSAA choral sheet music cover
Gelobet sei Gott Gelobet sei Gott
Tim Sarsany - Galaxy Music Corporation

This energetic and spirited piece alternates between call-and-response sections and homophonic ones, exhibiting an ABA form overall. It is a great opener to any concert. Composed for the Columbus

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Give Me Music SATB choral sheet music cover Give Me Music SATB choral sheet music cover
Give Me Music Give Me Music
Amy F. Bernon - Heritage Music Press

A festive celebration of the transcendent power of music to make life whole and meaningful, this unusual, lesser-known text is given a fresh treatment through Amy's unique compositional voice. Give Me... view details
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