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Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (O come, O come, Immanuel) is one of the most popular Advent pieces.  The composition was commissioned for Patrick Jaskolka, Deputy Choir Director and Child Choirmaster from Aalto Opera House in Essen, Germany.  
The piece starts off reflective with the long expectation of Christ coming into the world.  It quickly goes into a lively-celebratory manner filled with lush harmonies and beautiful sweeping lines throughout.
A wonderful concert opener!
Written for SSA and piano

Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

SSA Octavo

Aiken Drum is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, which  probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir  of 1715.a There is another story about  Aiken Drum being a legendary household spirit, known as a brownie (pronounced  broonie).a These hairy creatures come  out only at night performing various chores and farming tasks.         The human owners of the house must leave a bowl of milk or cream or some  other offering.a Failing to do so will  offend the browniea and will leave  their home forever.

Aiken Drum

SATB Octavo

Here's something outside the box when it comes to choral music! Having a
  choir sing along with a synth pad with electric bass and hand drums will
  stand out as a very unique experience for the performers and the
  audience.  I wrote out the different
  types of tracks rhythmically used with the synth pad, (snare, medium drum,
  low drum, lead, brass and strings).
    
    Perform it with the MP3 or live instrumentalists.  
    
    
    
    
    
    Text:
    
    
    
    Vincit omnia veritas (Truth conquers all things)
    
    Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all things)
    
    Semper fildelis (Always faithful)
    
    Dei amor numquam excidit (God's love never fails)
    
    Deus omnia vincit, Amen! (God conquers all, Amen!)

Steadfast Love

Benedictus is the 5th movement from the major choral work, Pura Lux Mass (Pure Light Mass).

Benedictus, Pura Lux Mass

"Carol of the Drum" by James Knox is an evocative piece perfect for  sacred concerts. This composition blends traditional rhythms with contemporary harmonies, creating a captivating performance piece that resonates with audiences. Ideal for developing musicians, it promises to be a highlight of any festive program. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Carol of the Drum

Carol of the Bells written for SATB, Strings (quartet), Brass Quintet, Piano and Percussion

One of the most cherished pieces has a fresh and epic approach by composer James W. Knox!

Carol of the Bells (Bountiful Evening)

The Coventry Carol is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th
  century. The carol was 
    
    traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play
  called The Pageant of the 
    
    Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two
  in the Gospel of Matthew: 
    
    the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod
  ordered all male infants under the 
    
    age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung
  by mothers of the doomed 
    
    children.
    
    The exact date of the text is unknown, though there are references to the
  Coventry guild pageants from 
    
    1392 onwards. The iteration of the song that we know today was likely
  composed in the 1530s and copied 
    
    down by Robert Croo, an organizer of that era's pageants. The play covered
  the events from the 
    
    prophecies of Jesus' birth, the Annunciation (the announcement from the
  Archangel Gabriel to the 
    
    Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the son of God), and finally the
  Massacre of the Innocents.
    
    Though it still certainly is not among the most well-known of Christmas
  songs, Coventry Carol, became 
    
    more widely known in 1940, after Coventry was bombed by the German Air
  Force during World War II. 
    
    On Christmas Day, the BBC broadcast the provost of the Coventry Cathedral
  giving a speech in which he 
    
    attempted to forgive those who had carried out the attack. Afterward, the
  choir sang ,Coventry Carol, in 
    
    the cathedral's ruins, with the song's melancholy subject matter taking on
  new meaning.
    
    
    
    Written for SATB divisi, piano, recorder and hand drum
    
    
    
    **hand drum is optional** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Thou Little Tiny Child

Silent Nightor Stille Nacht in the original Germanwas created because Josef Mohr (a foster child who grew up in a Catholic Church in Salzburg) needed a carol for worship. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr visited Gruber with a poem he had written a few years earlier.  Franz Gruber (a local school teacher and organist at Old Saint Nicholas Church) quickly arranged the song to be played on a guitar with a choir because the church organ was broken. That evening at Midnight Mass, Gruber strapped on his guitar and led the congregation at St. Nicholas in the first rendition of Silent Night.

The original arrangement was a bit faster than the slow, reflective version of the song we know today.  Today, Silent Night is perhaps the most famous Christmas carol in history. 

This arrangement by composer, James W. Knox is filled with lush harmonies, but with the intent of keeping it traditional and sweet to the ear.

All is Calm (Silent Night)
SATB, String Quartet, Piano and Percussion

All is Calm (Silent Night)

Pura Lux Mass (Pure Light Mass) is a 6 movement work, 30 minute duration written for SATB, piano and synthesizer (synthesizer embedded in the piano score with the use of an asterisk to help guide the player when to incorporate it through the work). Four of the six movements can be performed alone (exception of Sanctus and Benedictus) Look for individual movements.

Pura Lux Mass

SATB Vocal Score

Radicimus Missam (Radical Mass) is written for Choir - Strings - 2
  Synthesizers - Sound FX - Octobass
    
    The entire choral work will be available in the spring, 2021
    
    
    
    The piece can be performed in two ways: 
  additional musicians playing the actual electronic and string parts or
  you can download the MP3 without the choral parts and perform it as a track.

Radicimus Missam (Radical Mass)

The Bells' by Edgar Allan Poe is a musical poem. In it, the poet depicts the various sounds bells make and the events they symbolize. Composer, James W. Knox, breaks it down into four sections. The first movement, Sleigh Ride is light-hearted, youthful and filled with delight. Poe may have been inspired to write this piece by Marie Louise Shew, who helped care for Poe's wife while she was dying. She may have suggested to the poet to use ringing bells as the initial starting point from which to write. The poem has a distinct musical quality which was no doubt influenced by the sound and rhythm of the ringing bells. In the first part, Poe describes how the sky, the "heavens" seems to "Twinkle / With a crystalline delight". Generally, this image is related to one of youth and newness. Everything feels pure, joyful, and new. As the poem progresses, the poem changes drastically and the images get darker, alluding to age. Sleigh Ride (movement one) can be performed separately. The entire poem (other three movements) will be available in the new year, 2024. Written for TBB, Trombone, Piano and Percussion

The Bells (I. Sleigh Ride)

TBB Octavo

Experience the charm of Scottish tradition with "Mairi's Wedding," masterfully arranged by James W. Knox. This delightful  folksong arrangement captures the lively spirit and joy of a classic celebration. Ideal for educational settings, it offers a captivating musical journey through Scotland's rich cultural heritage. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Mairi's Wedding

This somber, yet sweet poem, is written by American poet, Mary Mapes Dodge.  Her most noted work is her children's novel, Hans Brinker.
Written for SSA with Celesta (piano or organ sub.)
Snowflakes by Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)
Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky
It turns and turns to say "good-bye;"
"Good-bye, dear cloud, so cool and gray!"
Then lightly travels on its way.
And when a snowflake finds a tree,
"Good-day," it says "Good-day to thee!
Thou art so bare and lonely, dear,
I'll rest and call my comrades here."
But when a snowflake brave and meek,
Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,
It starts "How warm and soft the day!
Tis Summer!" and it melts away.

Snowflake Lullaby

Thy Kingdom Come written for SSAA, Ney, Piano, Synthesizer, Hand Drums
Epic setting from Matthew 6:10 
"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven. Amen"

Thy Kingdom Come

SSAA Octavo

The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 years
  ago. Today, most major religions involve prayer in one way or another; some
  ritualize the act, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a
  restriction on who is permitted to pray, while others teach that prayer may
  be practised spontaneously by anyone at any time.
    
    
    
    Composer, James W. Knox takes an ancient Hebrew prayer for healing and
  gives it a rhythmic drive adding 2 Jew's Harp and percussion.
    
    
    
    Baruch atah Adonai, rofeh ha-cholim. Amen!
    
    We praise You, Eternal God, healer of the sick. Amen!
    
    
    
    This is a powerful and moving piece to your concert!

Healing Prayer

LAZY AFTERNOON (lyrics by John Latouche)
    
    Arranged by James W. Knox
    
    SATB divisi with Piano
    
    
    
    It's a lazy afternoon
    
    And the beetle bugs are zooming
    
    And the tulip trees are blooming
    
    And there's not another human in view
    
    But us two
    
    It's a lazy afternoon
    
    And the farmer leaves his reaping
    
    And the meadow cows are sleeping
    
    And the speckled trouts stop leaping up stream
    
    As we dream
    
    A far pink cloud hangs over the hill
    
    Unfolding like a rose
    
    If you hold my hand and sit real still
    
    You can hear the grass as it grows
    
    It's a lazy afternoon
    
    And I know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot
    
    And there's no one passing by it to see
    
    Come spend this lazy afternoon with me

Lazy Afternoon

Brigid of Kildare, known as Muire na nGael (Mary of the Irish) is the
  secondary patron national saint of Ireland. 
  She lived from approx 451 to 525 AD. Born of a court-official father
  and slave mother, she is credited as being Ireland's first nun, founding
  several monasteries, and with being generous and compassionate, and a
  peace-maker. There are many legends about her care for people and the earth,
  working with cows, milking, making butter, brewing, carrying a torch, weaving
  crosses from rushes and spreading a miraculous cloak.
    
    
    
    SSAA, Flute (optional) Harp or Piano with Percussion
    
    
    
    
    
    Traditional Hymn to St. Brigid
    
    Words by Mother Cecilia, Brigidine Convent, Goresbridge
    
    
    
    Hymn to St. Brigid
    
    Far above enthroned in glory
    
    Sweetest Saint of Erinis Isle
    
    See thy children kneel before thee
    
    Turn on us a Motheris smile.
    
    Sancta Mater, hear our pleading
    
    Faith and hope and holy love
    
    Sweet St. Brigid, Spouse of Jesus,
    
    Sent to us from Heaven above.
    
    Sweet St. Brigid, Erin's children,
    
    Far and near o'er land and sea
    
    In the world and in the cloister
    
    Fondly turn with love to thee.
    
    Sancta Mater, sooth the mourner
    
    Shield the weary tempted soul
    
    Sweet St. Brigid, guide thy children
    
    To thy bright and happy home.

Hymn to St. Brigid

Alleluia is an  expression of praise to God and often is associated with rejoicing. The work is comprised of three separate movements reflecting the human emotions. The first movement, "confiterentur" means to be thankful. The second movement, "delectabis" means to be joyful and the last movement, "ut triumphet" means to be triumphant.

Alleluias

Salam means Peace in Arabic or Aramaic language.  The biblical passage is from Matthew 11:28  "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you  rest."                The dramatic and very uplifting piece features a violin solo and can be  purchased separately.                  James Knox wrote the piece in honor of his father who recently passed away  in late summer 2020.                  SATB divisi, piano and violin

Salam (Peace) choral score

"Ring out, wild bells" is based on the major theme of rejuvenation.  The English poet, Alfred Tennyson does this by talking about bidding goodbye to the past year and letting go of past sorrows with it. This highly energized piece will surely bring a heightened focal point to your concert season. Duration 9:30 minutes. String and sleigh bell parts sold separately.

Ring Out, Wild Bells

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