You Are There: Lower Voices a Cappella: Vocal Score

Good news for male choruses this setting by Stacey Gibbs never expands to divisi voices as he so often does. OK there are a few chords near the end but that's it. That means this joyful Spiritual can work with about any size choir in church or in concert. Great for high school college and community choirs. Easy.

Here is the Beatles classic song from 1966 in a well-crafted arrangement for men's voices full of wonderful textures solo lines and rich harmonic underlay. Available separately: TTB ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.

Now available for male choruses! “There is faint music in the night and pale wings fanned by silver flight a frosty hill with tender glow of countless stars that shine on snow” – this masterful poetic setting isfilled with wonderful imagery and opportunities for expressive singing. A lovely and lyrical choice for Christmas programming!

Here's a fabulously entertaining medley of tunes from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. The humor and fun was already there but Johnie Dean's arrangement kicks it up several notches. This will be a favorite for high school community and college men's choirs.

Eugene Rogers Choral Series-Commissioned by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club. This Megan Levad text centers on World War 1 and The United States joining the Allies fighting there. It remembers our young people who gave their lives in the meadows hills and towns of Europe. This is a war poem in the form of a larger sonnet but one that takes a larger historical perspective than simply focusing on The war to end all wars. The music ends with an expression of joy coming from the poet's metaphysical view that The Good is always possible.

Conducteur et parties Saxophone Quartet (SATB) The Three Songs (Trois Chansons) dating from 1914/15 were arranged for four a cappella voices by Ravel immediately after he had written the music of these pieces. The lyrics were penned by the composer himself. The songs represent Ravel’s sole contribution to choral literature. The first song consists of three sections and tells the story of Nicolette, who sets out to pick flowers in the fields. Just like Little Red Ridinghood, she meets a wolf who asks her if she is on her way to her grandmother’s house (M.1-13). Fleeing from him, she meets a page who wonderswhether she would like to have him as her “lover true”. She dismisses his proposition though she finds it hard to do so (M. 14-39). In the third section, she encounters a plump, unhandsome man (lento!). He speaks to her:”Stay, stay, my Nicolette, all this gold I give to thee”, and - “VIVO” - Nicolette takes refuge in his arms. (M.40 to end). The Three Lovely Birds from Paradise are sky-blue, white as fallen snow and bright red - just like the colors of the Tricolore, the national flag of France - which has been interpreted in many reviews as a sign of an increasingly nationalistic attitude becoming apparent in the war year of 1914. This song mourns the loss of the beloved one who went to war. The Ronde is also made up of three sections. The old women are the first to sing (M.1-28). They warn the young maidens against entering the forest since it is inhabited by all kinds of dangerous (male) beasts. Then (M. 29 – 56) the old men warn the young lads against going into the woods because of the numerous (female) demons living there. The irony of the story is to be found in the final answer of the young people (as of M. 57), who conclude: “We will not go into the woods since the old folks have frightened off all the beasts, anyway.”