Music for Vocal Ensemble

Come Dance and Sing Around the Ring.



Philip R. Dietterich (composer)

A 19th century Shaker song is set in a skipping 6/8 setting. The opening verse is sung in unison voices, after which the SATB chorus exhorts us to celebrate life, love, and communion. Come Dance and Sing may be performed with or without piano accompaniment.$2.25Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Duh Blin' Man.



Philip R. Dietterich (composer)

This spiritual, which begins over a repeated "have mercy, my Lord" in the low voices, features realized dialect and pronunciation. A two-minute expression of jubilation, Duh Blin' Man is suitable for concert choir or as a song of praise.$2.25Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Joyful Saints of God.



Philip R. Dietterich (composer)

Joyful Saints of God is an earnest song of praise taken from a Shaker Heavenly March, built around the verse “Around the throne of God we spy beams of endless glory. We'll bow our faces and we'll cry, holy, holy, holy.” Dietterich suggests that the chorus should march while singing, as the Shakers may have done.$2.25Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Winter Song.



Philip R. Dietterich (composer)

Using a Shaker text, Dietterich infuses the cold blast of winds throughout his choral setting for unaccompanied choir. The soprano lines (with frequent divisi) soar above the other supporting voices, adding an airy effect. Piano part is included for rehearsals$1.95Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Noe! Pastores, Cantate Domino.

SSTT; AABB; SATB; org.; hand bells



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

Three antiphonal choirs: SSTT; AABB; SATB; Organ, Hand Bells, Conductor Garyth Nair (1943-2013) sent me Noe! Pastores by Guillaume Bouzignac (c. 1587 – c. 1643) and asked me if I would compose a new setting of the text. As I composed the music during that summer, mostly sitting under our big beach umbrella on the 58th Street beach of Ocean City, NJ, I heard the piece emerging from the various locations within the church. I included hand bells for their mellow, yet percussive, effect. Orchestral chimes work, too.$8.00Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

And There Will Be Signs. S.A.(A.)T.B.(B.) Voices, Accompanied.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

Luke XXI: 25-26, 33. Dramatic anthem which can
easily be adapted for solo art-song use.
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God of Concrete, God of Steel. S. Bar. Voices with piano and found percussion.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

Setting of a poem by Richard G. Jones. God is present in all modern things. Uses four percussionists playing on found items such as pieces of machinery or car parts.$2.00Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Psalm One Hundred Twenty-One. S.A.T.B. Voices, Soprano or Tenor solo, with Piano
accompaniment.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

A setting of the well-known Psalm 121, which is over 7 minutes long and includes a solo part, first sung by a tenor. A worthwhile challenge for a choir!$2.00Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

So I Walk. S.A.T.B. Voices, Unaccompanied.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

A slow, a cappella meditation from text from the Dead Sea Scrolls.$1.50Click Here For More Details Or To Purchase.

Turn the Wheel. S. Bar. Voices, Accompanied.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

Text from the Dead Sea Scrolls: "So I walk on uplands unbounded, and know that
there is hope for that which Thou didst mold out of dust to have consort with things eternal."
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Veni, Creator Spiritus. S. A. B. Voices, Accompanied.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)


Attributed to Rhababus Maurus (776-856). Includes both Latin and
the English translation by Jack Diether (used with permission).
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Whatever Is True. S.A.T.B. Voices, Accompanied.



Paul Mack Somers (composer)

Philippians IV:8-9: "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is
just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence worthy of praise, what you have learned and received and heard
in me, do. And the God of peace will be with you."
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