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LEE NELSON choral series KYLE PEDERSON Reconcile SATB Chorus and Piano, with opt. Descant and Drum This original text on reconciliation provides an accessible jumping off point for your church or school choirs to explore what reconciliation might look, feel, and sound like in your particular circumstance. This melodic piece (with multiple voicings for various kinds of choirs) blends elements of pop and gospel, and provides an optional descant layer in Swahili to reinforce the universality of its themes. A flexible, timely, and entirely accessible piece with piano and optional drum accompaniment. Duration: 4:30 Moderately Easy
1.3632 $2.80
The focus of this series is to provide outstanding choral music appropriate for all state and festival choirs, high school ensembles as well as college/ university, and community choirs. The series seeks to promotes interesting and innovative works composed by both established and new composers.
We Stand on Their Shoulders SATB Chorus, Treble Trio, and Piano This powerful new Charles Anthony Silvestri text honors the work and sacrifice of those who have fought for social justice. This gospel/pop fusion piece is offered as an anthem of hope and empowerment, reminding both singers and audience that others do not have the right to define us, to take away our power, or to make us hide. Duration: 5:00 Medium
1.3624 $2.80
Bend
SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied This anthem of affirmation is perfect for school and community choirs and was premiered at the ACDA North/North Central conference in 2020. Addressed to those facing struggles, it presents the metaphor of a tree bending in the wind. As we bend together, our community is strengthened. Duration: 2:45 Moderately Easy
1.3613
Choral Score
$2.35
AARON HUMBLE We Gather Together SATB Chorus and opt. Keyboard This setting features original material that helps this standard hymn feel both traditional, yet fresh. Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series. Medium
1.3622 $2.35 We are pleased to welcome composer, conductor, and tenor Aaron Humble to our catalog. Aaron has enjoyed solo appearances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Columbus Philharmonic, the Mankato Symphony, and the Boston Pops and concert appearances at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Library of Congress, Wolf Trap, and The Chautauqua Institute. During his tenure with Cantus, Aaron sang nearly 1000 concerts and recorded 10 albums with one of the nation’s premier vocal ensembles. To learn more, visit AaronHumble.com
JAMES MCCULLOUGH
TOM TRENNEY
I stood here in my dark dreams
Our Love Can Mend a Broken World
(Ich stand in dunklen Träumen)
Medium
SATB and Piano With its recurring refrain “Let’s see what love can do to mend a broken world,” the message here is timely and timeless. The text contrasts what the world sees with how things could be, counseling unity over division. Duration: 4:00 Medium
1.3600 $2.05
1.3604 $2.35
SATB Chorus and Piano One of Clara Schumann’s inspired settings of a Heine text. In the original key of E-flat major, the score opens with four full measures of introductory music. Chromatic harmony is stated and is soon followed with traditional dominant/tonic cadences. The ending is the same as the beginning: Sad, but comfortingly satisfying. Duration: 2:30