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Written for the inauguration of a new college president the opening fanfare immediately catches your attention. Vijay Singh is a well-deserving celebrated composer. His words and music convey vivid images that move singers and listeners alike. Following the fanfare is a softer section singing how a rose well-bred will bloom. The fanfare returns in an eruption of joy. This song of celebration is an excellent concert opener or festival tune for high school or college choirs. Easy to medium in difficulty.

Simplicity often gives way to purity and beauty and that is the case with James Gosslers setting of this Irish room blessing. Serving as a concert closer or benediction the words bring peace and comfort. The music is equally serene written in achorale style.

Daniel Hughes has arranged this delightful English folk song as a madrigal. A jovial piece that encourages partying with a most proper spirit the music serves well at any concert or madrigal dinner feast. College and community choirs will find this piece as a perfect fit for the Christmas season or anytime when partying flourishes. Medium difficulty.

Peter Assad composed both the text and music for this madrigal. The text can stand for the uniqueness of a snowflake as the title dictates or metaphorically for someone else as perhaps the dedication to his wife connotes. The gentle harmonies depicta style reminiscent of the early 20th century and the word painting is tender and clear. Advanced high school college and community choirs will enjoy this lovely piece in winter concerts or whenever snowflakes are near. Medium difficulty.

From the master hand of maestro William D. Hall comes a wonderful new setting of the German Christmas carol.

Justin Miller the amazing conductor of the Westminster Men's Chorus launches his choral series with this beautiful work by Richard Burchard. This is a complex piece with multiple divisi two solo parts and a text about visions and dreams based on Acts 2:17-18. Rather than English Burchard selected Latin which is more fitting for the concert hall. Your male choir's efforts will be well-rewarded with a significant artistic statement. Difficult but worth the effort.

This a cappella setting includes a soprano solo voice that begins the piece alone and ends it over the choir's soft voices. A very tonal setting that permits the dissonances to ocurr naturally as voices cross. The harmonic changes are delicate and sensible. The result is a transparent setting that works in both church and schools. Easy to medium in difficulty.

This SATB work is a fantastic musical setting of Walt Whitman's poem hat requires an advanced high school or collegiate choir. The pianist will enjoy the opportunity to make full use of the keyboard as they paint the picture of a vast prairie prior to the first bold entrance of the vocal ensemble. For high school community and college choirs. Medium difficulty.

Using a beautiful accompaniment by Robert Schumann as the foundation Tom Cuffari generates a setting of the Ave Maris Stella (Hail Star of the Sea) text in Latin for SSA voices. The match is so complementary you would think it was all Schumann. Ahandsome concert piece for high school college or community treble choirs. Medium difficulty.

Commissioned by Jefferson Johnson and now part of his male chorus series here is another excellent arrangement by Stacey V. Gibbs. An ideal choice for fine high school or college men's choirs.

From the Elena Sharkova series comes an excellent setting of the Poem by John Keats. Composer Karuna Sangam a former student of Elena's sets the text in 7/8 which gives the entire piece a lift. Keeping an English folk song flavor Sangam's tune carries the poet's message to fret not knowing that more good will come. For trebel choirs of all ages easy to medium in difficulty.

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.