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Composer Spotlight: Michael John Trotta
14th Jul 2026by Ellena Spirrett
Born in 1978 in New Jersey, Michael John Trotta is a renowned composer of choral works. Passionate about sharing new music and engaging musicians and audiences, his music features an engaging style which fuses modern sensibilities with tradition to create moments of beauty.
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Carl Fischer, Theodore Presser, & BriLee Music: Choral Favourites
6th Nov 2025by Ellena Spirrett
Browse our top forty Carl Fischer, BriLee Music, and Theodore Presser choral repertoire recommendations.
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Christmas Sheet Music: Vocal and Choral Music
5th Nov 2025by Ellena Spirrett
Celebrate the festive season with our selection of choral and vocal Christmas sheet music.
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Composer Spotlight: Marianna von Martínes
3rd Oct 2025by Ellena Spirrett
Born in Vienna in 1744, Marianna von Martínes was an important figure in aristocratic Vienna in the eighteenth century. Find out more.
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Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
28th Feb 2025by Ellena Spirrett
This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's birth. To celebrate, Carus Verlag have published a new edition of Palestrina's notable work, 'Missa Papae Marcelli'. Find out more.
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Accessible and Beautiful Choral Music
17th Feb 2025by Ellena Spirrett
'Accessible and Beautiful' is a must-have for choirs looking to energize their rehearsals and performances, making choral singing more inclusive in our communities.
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Bob Chilcott: 20 Years of A Little Jazz Mass
22nd Oct 2024by Ellena Spirrett
This year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bob Chilcott's iconic 'A Little Jazz Mass'. We speak to the composer about the work, its reception over the past twenty years, and his thoughts on combining jazz and sacred music.
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Choral Music Composed by Women
27th Sep 2024by Ellena Spirrett
With Carus's latest collection for mixed voice choir, discover forty-seven works by forty-five female composers, spanning five centuries of music composition. Find out more.
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Accessible Choral Library Series
19th Sep 2024by Ellena Spirrett
The Accessible Choral Library series is all about accessible, affordable and appealing repertoire, and now boasts over fifty titles covering sacred, folk and traditional and Christmas music. Find out more.
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Music for Choir and Cello
15th Feb 2024by Ellena Spirrett
From composer and cellist Becky McGlade comes a new collection of music for choir and cello. Find out more.
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Mozart's Requiem: Comparing the Completions
14th Feb 2024by Ellena Spirrett
Mozart's Requiem has seen many completions over the years. Find out about the different completions here.
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The Coronation of Their Majesties
18th Dec 2023by Ellena Spirrett
The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla was watched by millions around the world, and was not just a state event of immense historical significance, it was also a major musical landmark. This official publication includes the form and order of the service as well as vocal scores of all the works performed in the Coronation service.
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Mirabilis - The Music of Stephen Hough
18th Sep 2023by Ellena Spirrett
In conjunction with the release of Mirabilis - The Music of Stephen Hough we have we have gathered together Hough's sheet music which is featured on the album including original compositions and arrangements of popular tunes, such as Danny Boy and Ding, dong merrily on high. Find out more
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Bob Chilcott and David Hill on Carols for Choirs 6
21st Aug 2023by Ellena Spirrett
Featuring newly commissioned carols and arrangements of classic melodies, Carols for Choirs 6 showcases some of today's most exciting names in choral composition. Editors Bob Chilcott and David Hill kindly took some time away from their busy schedules to discuss Carols for Choirs. Read the interview here.
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The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers
6th Feb 2023by Ellena Spirrett
A landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented. This unique anthology seeks both to improve representation in the historical canon and to showcase the music of some of the best names in choral music today.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
19th Jan 2023by Ellena Spirrett
Stainer & Bell's newly engraved vocal score of Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony as part of a brand-new edition of the work is a major landmark celebrating the composer’s 150th anniversary year. Find out more.
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How to make your choir sound awesome - the ultimate warm-up book
25th Oct 2022by Ellena Spirrett
Lucy Hollins and Suzzie Vango are evangelical about the power of proper warm-ups and the magic they can work on the sound of any choir. Find out more.
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Hal Leonard Discovery Choral Series
12th Aug 2022by Ellena Spirrett
Hal Leonard's Discovery Series is perfectly adapted to the classroom with chart hits and rock & pop classics arranged into varying levels of difficulty. Browse some of our all-time favourites from the series here.
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Introducing SAM-Klang
2nd Aug 2022by Ellena Spirrett
Conceived by Danish arranger and conductor Morten Schuldt-Jensen, SAM-Klang is an exclusive collection providing accessible and quality choral repertoire arranged for Soprano, Alto, and Men. Find out more here.
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Mozart Requiem: New Completion
28th Jul 2022by Ellena Spirrett
Michael Ostryzyga has undertaken a completion of Mozart’s famous Requiem fragment in the style of Mozart, attempting to find solutions that the composer could have written in 1791. This new completion constitutes a valuable well-founded alternative to the traditional Süßmayr edition. Find out more.