Carl Fischer Choral Music

12/23/2022

For the past 25 years, BriLee Music has been a leader in choral publishing. Conductor, educator, and clinician Brian Busch founded the company in August of 1996, with the first products launching in early 1997. Brian drew upon the combination of his name with that of his wife, Lee, for inspiration when naming the company.

In 2007, Brian passed away after a battle with cancer. We are forever grateful to him for his ingenuity and dedication to creating wonderful choral music, and are honored to uphold his mission in serving the choral community. Looking into the future, we are expanding our vision for what publishing can be, working to better suit the lifestyle of the modern musician while continuing to put forth repertoire of the highest quality.

As we wrap up 2022, we also want to thank educators for their dedication and support, without which we couldn’t be where we are today. To learn more about our story, visit https://www.brileemusic.com/about

✨Explore score videos for some of our favorite selections from the BriLee catalog at http://bit.ly/3FDZdOY ✨

Denise R. Eaton

12/20/2022

BREAK AWAY (for SATB Choir and Piano) by Dan Locklair

Enjoy this new score video of BREAK AWAY!, a Presser choral classic composed by Dan Locklair. This breakaway hit for SATB choir and piano was the result of a 1983 commission from Theodore Presser and Ithaca College for the college’s annual Choral Festival. This commission, Ithaca’s fifth, was notably different from previous commissions from Vincent Persichetti, Samuel Adler, Karel Husa and William Schuman in that it also involved commissioning a new text from American lyricist Alicia Carpenter. While following along, listen for Carpenter's crisp and vibrant words and Locklair's contrast of pentatonic and pandiatonic musical material over five sections.
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BREAK AWAY! for SATB choir and piano was the result of a 1983 commission from Ithaca College and the Theodore Presser Company for the college’s annual Chora...

12/08/2022

Best you hurry. Our Holiday Sale ends this weekend.
Get up to 50% off thousands of titles at www.CarlFischer.com

11/15/2022

150th Anniversary Music Educators Giveaway

150th Anniversary Music Educators Giveaway

11/10/2022

Carl Fischer Music Celebrates 150 Years

Carl Fischer Music Celebrates 150 Years

11/01/2022

"Who I Want To Be" by Coty Raven Morris

"Who I Want To Be" by Coty Raven Morris

10/20/2022

Featuring Michael John Trotta's "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel," Choral Editor's Choice honoree and year-round favorite

Featuring Michael John Trotta's "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel," Choral Editor's Choice honoree and year-round favorite

10/18/2022

Spelman College Glee Club - "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"

The African American Spiritual “Children, Go Where I Send Thee” was made popular by the Golden Gate Quartet in the 1930s. Willie T. Johnson, the lead singer of the group, is the father of Dr. Kevin Phillip Johnson, the arranger of this version and one of the newest composers to join the Carl Fischer family with his Soulful Singing Series. The composer, like his father, uses rhythm in exciting new ways to deliver spirituals to contemporary audiences, and this uptempo arrangement includes djembe, shaker, and bass guitar parts, in addition to piano accompaniment, as well as an optional rap section, making it guaranteed to invigorate any holiday concert!

Check out this video of the Spelman College Glee Club performing the piece at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sMT69Adeog featuring Dr. Johnson on the djembe.

Find the SSA arrangement now at www.carlfischer.com/cm9742 and see the SATB version at www.carlfischer.com/cm9743

Learn more about Dr. Johnson at https://www.carlfischer.com/kevin-phillip-johnson

Children, Go Where I Send Thee, arr. Kevin JohnsonPerformed by the Spelman College Glee Club during the 93rd Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert.

10/06/2022

Contemporary choral hit or healthy outlet to stomp out frustrations? SATB choirs stomp it out in "Tarantella," Z. Randall Stroope’s hot new work with string quartet or piano accompaniment. Stroope takes the traditional tarantella dance out of the Dark Ages, synthesizing the Medieval Italian traditional dance with the poetry of Christopher Smart to get a frenetic, rhythmic, and challenging piece that will thrill audiences at any concert/festival performance.

Learn more at www.carlfischer.com/cm9735 🎶✨
(Also available for TTBB @ www.carlfischer.com/cm9348)

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09/23/2022

Kyle Pederson's "Stars" was born out of a life-long fascination with the night sky, and the text is a meditation on the interconnectedness of creation. Since we are the “stuff of stars,” where will we cast our own light? Whose world will we impact? This piece seeks to evoke the vastness and mystery of space through dense harmonies, simultaneously capturing the intimacy of connection. Now available for advanced SSAA Choirs (CM9722) and SATB Voices (CM9609).

Learn more at www.carlfischer.com/cm9609 or www.carlfischer.com/cm9722

Recording by the Montgomery High School Women’s Chorale, directed by Heather Orr.

09/21/2022

With text from Icelandic poet Jónas Halgrímsson’s “The Vastness of the Universe,” “Spark of Light” by crackles with excitement. A pulsating piano accompaniment enhances the interesting and varied vocal lines set to this compelling text.

Learn more at https://www.carlfischer.com/cm9730

09/08/2022

The 2022 Choral Collection is here! As Carl Fischer Music celebrates our 150th anniversary this year, we honor our heritage by offering up a wide variety of repertoire created by voices both familiar and new to our musical family.

View the new collection, along with new publications by BriLee Music, at www.carlfischer.com/2022-choral-new-issue

08/11/2022

Seeking out repertoire for your 2022-23 choral concerts? Then check out our 2022 Choral Magazine, which lists our releases from both this year and last, organized by theme to perfectly suit your ensemble’s needs. With features on composers new to our catalogs and supplemental teaching materials written by our Choral Editor, Denise R. Eaton, this is an invaluable resource for choral musicians across the board!

Begin browsing now athttps://www.tpcfassets.com/CN_promo_docs/CN22017_2022_CF_BL_Choral_Magazine.pdf

04/06/2022

Choral Sightsinging with Denise Eaton | Notes from the Staff

Check out this recent “Notes From the Staff” podcast episode featuring Carl Fischer and BriLee Choral Music Editor Denise R. Eaton! Denise is an acclaimed clinician and educator whose services are in demand at conferences around the U.S. She taught at the high school and university levels for over 30 years and has also served as the Texas Music Educators Association President. In this interview, Denise discusses some of the tenants of her SMART, InSIGHT and STEPS series of sight singing books, including the use of sight singing exercises in various keys to build strong reading skills and musicianship while also facilitating preparation for performance of repertoire. Listen to this insightful interview at https://notesfromthestaff.podbean.com/e/choral-sightsinging-with-denise-eaton/

Veteran music educator Denise Eaton shares a plethora of tips on how to teach sight singing in choral rehearsals, gleaned from her nearly thirty years of leading high school choirs. She's written down this approach in her SMART, STEPS, and InSIGHT sight singing books, which she created to help high....

02/28/2022

A newcomer to the Carl Fischer family, Abeni Janae Music provides a fresh take on traditional repertoire in her arrangements. Her setting of the wonderfully rich African American spiritual “Hold On Just a Little While Longer” is accessible for mixed choirs of all sizes and abilities, with pathos and passion in every phrase.

The score can be found at https://www.carlfischer.com/cm9705-hold-on-just-a-little-while-longer.html

Check out a live performance of the work by the UTEP Concert Chorale, conducted here by Elisa Fraser Wilson, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWDfGPKB8no

12/09/2021

👇IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE UP TO 50% OFF at our ONLY sale of the year. Hundreds of chorals in all voicings. But hurry, our sale ends Sunday 12/12 at Midnight EST.

https://www.carlfischer.com/cf/large-ensemble-works/choir.html?on_sale=1

11/19/2021

Deals begin at $2! Save up to 50% off 1,000's of titles site wide.
https://www.carlfischer.com/holiday-sale-2021

11/11/2021

OUR BIG SALE STARTS NOW!
Now is your chance to score the music you've always wanted, at never seen before prices. For a short time only, we're discounting thousands of titles up to 50% off, across a plethora of instruments and categories. https://www.carlfischer.com/holiday-sale-2021

11/02/2021

Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (Virtual Choir) - Michael John Trotta

Bravo to the Arvada West High School Choir under the direction of Chris Maunu for their electric rendition of Veni, Veni Emmanuel! Their hard work and dedication to making this thrilling performance possible reminds us that no matter what, we are together through music this holiday season. ❤️🎵🕯️

Veni, Veni Emmanuel by Michael John Trotta is available in a variety of voicings. Find it at your favorite sheet music retailer or at www.CarlFischer.com

YouTube: https://youtu.be/-CtpiK9G5Mw

Veni, Veni, EmmanuelMichael John TrottaPerformed by Arvada West High School's Vocal ShowcaseChris Maunu, DirectorSavvy Welte and Elizabeth McMaster, Soprano ...

09/03/2021

🔊 👂 SOUND ON, we think you're going to enjoy this.

Choir directors, we have the skill-building repertoire your students will love!

Hot off the presses, we have NEW music to start your school year off right.

To see our best new music of 2020 and 2021, visit CarlFischer.com or BriLeeMusic.com

Score videos also available at YouTube.com/CarlFischerMusic

09/02/2021

📖👀🎶 Sight-reading on your mind? Try STEPS! This well-thought-out, systematic method gives students tools to improve their sight-reading skills through creative repetition. Students will learn how both visual and aural interval identification exercises can be used to train the eyes and ears to read, think, and hear ahead.

Find it at your favorite retailer or at:
carlfischer.com/CMF8 (STEPS)
carlfischer.com/CMF9 (STEPS Further Flashcards)
carlfischer.com/CMF13 (STEPS - Fixed DO)

03/18/2021

Tomorrow, join choral editor Denise Eaton and Dr. Carolyn Cruse for a session that will improve your effectiveness in the classroom. Experience the clinic that was STANDING ROOM ONLY at the 2020 TMEA convention!

Good news for those unable to attend the live virtual session — registered attendees of this year's conference will have access to recordings of all sessions through December 2021.

Click the link below for more information:
acda.org/conferences/

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)

02/04/2021

Ride the Sea Shanties Wave!

Sung by sailors, fishermen and whalers at sea, sea shanties are blowing up on TikTok and Instagram, with lots of people posting videos performing them. Google Trends even tweeted that "sea shanties" was being searched for more now, than at any other time in the search engine's history!

Get in on this movement and infuse your virtual or hybrid choir with a whole lot of fun. Thanks to Tik Tok's capacity for collaboration, your kids don't have to be on the same ship, so to speak, to sing together. In fact, they don't have to be on a ship at all!

For seafaring fun, visit: www.CarlFischer.com/promo/sea-shanties

11/28/2020

Carl Fischer Music, Piano

Pianists, Musicians, Vocalists everywhere, this is one sale you won't want to miss. Up to 50% off many of our titles, only while stocks last.
Visit https://www.carlfischer.com/promo/sale-piano.html?p=1
Thousands of deals on other instruments, vocal and choral music too.

11/26/2020

Now is your chance to score the choral music you've always wanted, at never seen before prices. For a short time only, we're discounting thousands of titles up to 50%, while stocks last.
Visit https://www.carlfischer.com/promo/sale-vocal-and-choral.html

11/18/2020

This Saturday, November 21st at 10am CST, join Carl Fischer and BriLee Choral Editor Denise Eaton for her virtual LMEA session, Establishing Your Process with Purpose.

In this interactive and highly informative session, veteran music educator Denise will share how purposeful score study, deliberate lesson planning, and teaching with enthusiastic, intentional rigor leads to rewarding rehearsals and a joyful musical experience.

For more information on the 2020 Virtual LMEA Conference, including how to register, please visit http://www.lmeamusic.org/2020-conference-general.../

11/15/2020

An Advent Favorite: Michael John Trotta's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Veni, Veni, Emmanuel by Michael John Trotta for concert choir, string orchestra, and arranged for concert band by James Meredith. A fresh, rhythmic take on the beloved Advent and Christmas classic. No matter where we may be this holiday season, let's share music, together.

Available at your favorite sheet music retailer or carlfischer.com

11/13/2020

Kokopelli Performs Michael John Trotta's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Composer Michael John Trotta said he was "absolutely enamored" by this wonderful performance of his work, "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel." 🔊SOUND ON to hear Kokopelli Choirs under the direction of Scott Leithead take it away!

With a rhythmic ostinato and optional percussion, Trotta's best-selling Advent favorite has infused the traditional carol with such unrelenting energy, the effect on the listener is mesmerizing! This is a unique take on the ancient carol that will be an exhilarating a ca****la highlight of your holiday concert!

Available for SATB (CM9418), Three-Part Mixed Opt. Baritone (CM9546), SSAA (CM9436), and TTBB a capella with Opt. Percussion (CM9564).

Find Veni, Veni, Emmanuel at your favorite sheet music retailer or at carlfischer.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxwA1Q-Yqo

11/10/2020

Armed Forces - The Pride of America! arr. Larry Clark & Greg Gilpin

🇺🇸 🦅 Veterans Day is this Wednesday, November 11. We'd like to thank the brave servicemen and women who have kept our proud nation safe and free. In honor, we are posting this wonderful rendition of "Armed Forces - The Pride of America!" performed by The Heart of Texas Concert Band and The Cedar Mountain Chorale.

Music educators, having your Veterans Day concert virtually 💻 this year? It's not too late to secure a license to livestream or upload a performance of our music to your website, Facebook or YouTube. All you need to do is fill out a simple request form. We typically apply one low flat fee for use across all platforms and approval time is usually pretty quick, but don't wait too long! Click the link below to get started:

https://www.carlfischer.com/licensing

11/06/2020

Christmas Carol Trilogy for SATB Voices and Concert Band

We may not be caroling this year, but that doesn't mean we can't still connect and spread joy through music this holiday season. "Christmas Carol Trilogy" combines nostalgic favorites "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Greensleeves," and "Joy to the World." Perfect for combined or standalone band and choir concerts, whether they be virtual or spatially distanced, these three classics wrapped into one brings people together in spirit and in song.

09/14/2020

Choral Error Detection - Word of God and Inward Light Exercise

Here's a quick ear training exercise to test your skills! How did you do?

Paul Hondorp's Choral Error Detection is excellent for choral pedagogy, ear training, integrated listening, and score study. New conducting students will love this easy-to-use textbook with intentionally imperfect performance tracks.

For more info, visit CarlFischer.com/CMF7

08/04/2020

You won't want to miss this free virtual reading session with composer Michael John Trotta.

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7315964896116/WN_5Q4TosNuQlK8oteK9DAfVw

07/08/2020

Virtual Sing-a-bration - July 9, 2020 - Pender's Staff Notes

Attention Elementary, Middle & High School Choral Directors,

This year, Sing-a-bration and Joy of Singing are coming to you online and it's FREE! You may choose from over 30 unique reading sessions, lasting up to 90 minutes each, exclusively through Pender’s during the month of July.

Join our Choral Editor Denise Eaton tomorrow for the latest music for elementary and developing choirs.

Complete your free registration here. After completing your free registration order, you will receive an email from Pender’s Music Co. with an access code, good for all sessions. Enjoy!

Sing-a-bration is going virtual! Join us for virtual webinars from Andy Beck and on-demand sessions from multiple clinicians. No fee!

06/20/2020

Yes, You Can! by Derrick Fox| J.W. Pepper Sheet Music

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Buy Yes, You Can! by Derrick Fox at jwpepper.com. This book bridges the path between abstract knowledge and practical application with relevant, practi

06/12/2020

Choral Educators Professional Development Workshop

I am proud to represent Carl Fischer in this workshop! There are some great offerings - hope you will give this consideration! 🎶🎶

Price: $150.00

06/02/2020

Black lives matter. Black voices matter.

05/10/2020

Mi Mamá Me Aconsejaba (CM9621) arr. Bruce Trinkley

🌷 Happy Mother's Day! 🌷

Mom: an adviser, teacher, role model, and friend all rolled into one!

"Mi Mamá Me Aconsejaba," or "My Mama Advised Me" is a well-known Mexican folk song about a mother cautioning her son about young love. This piece is included in in Two Latin American Folk Songs arranged by Bruce Trinkley, along with Brazilian folk song, "Nesta Rua."

Available for SA Voices and TB Voices with piano.

For more information, please visit www.carlfischer.com/cm9621