SATB Music Selections

This beloved Puccini aria has been reimagined for a cappella choirs, and the effect is one of sheer beauty! With tender harmonies and legato lines, this is a great choice for teaching phrasing and vocal

Puccini's operas contain some of the most sweeping and passionate melodies in music history. Perhaps the most famous, this tenor aria from "Turandot" has been skillfully adapted for choirs with piano or

This stunning medley effectively joins three of the most loved and recognized classic opera excerpts, faithfully drawn from trusted sources, including La Donna e Mobile from "Rigoletto," O

"Milele" means "forever" in Swahili; the haunting melody and African rhythms make this original a truly stunning work. Optional choral parts (SATB), handchimes, djembe, and shekere add to the performance

From Handel's first English masterwork, "Acis and Galatea," this lively chorus offers singers valuable experience in working with and performing Baroque melismas. The music is cheerful and colorful,

This opening chorus from Smetana's most beloved folk opera is filled with the popular spirit, sounds and rhythms of Czech folk music. The effervescence of the music and the camaraderie of the villagers -

Beethoven’s sacred works include two settings of the Mass. The Mass in C Major, completed and premiered in 1807, has been unjustly described as a preliminary step towards the completion of his great

The Missa in D minor, published here, the third of Haydn's six late masses, was written during the summer of 1798 between the two late oratorios. According to the dates given on Haydn's autograph

George Gershwin's highly evocative writing mixes elements of jazz with art song to create a masterwork of the 20th century. This tasteful choral setting weaves the melody through different voices with

This chorale cantata was composed in Leipzig for Reformation Day and is based on Martin Luther's hymn Ein feste Burg

Between 1996 and 2000, Barenreiter published scholarly critical editions of Beethoven's nine symphonies edited by the first-class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking

A stirring chorale prelude in Smith's grandiose style that even offers optional audience participation. Great fanfares help to make this a real crowd pleaser!

Beethoven several times described his Missa solemnis as his greatest work, explaining that it came "from the heart." The surviving sources show us how intensively and how long he worked on the

With its tonal language, the first of Beethoven's two Masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressively modern and forward thinking. Not to be considered a