Encore Publications

13/07/2025

Christ the apple tree by Joy Williams is one of the pieces included in the new collection, Carols As We Wait (Encore Publications), for Advent. All of the contents are by women composers. See preview copy: https://conta.cc/4eFHaJE

05/07/2025

We have news of new choral and organ publications. Find out about the Advent collection, Carols As We Wait, as well as items by Malcolm Archer, Bryan Kelly, Simon Lole, Sarah MacDonald, Philip Moore, June Nixon and others, published by Encore Publications. You can read our newsletter here: https://conta.cc/4eFHaJE

26/06/2025

Carols As We Wait will be published in July 2025 (Encore Publications). The collection of 18 choral works for Advent by women composers will feature a new carol, God who comes in wisdom by Sharon Grenham-Thompson (words) and Sasha Johnson Manning (music). Read preview pages: https://bit.ly/44ejSp5

25/06/2025

Carols As We Wait will be publishing soon (Encore Publications). It’s a new collection of 18 choral works for Advent by women composers including Esther Bersweden, Eleanor Daley, Sasha Johnson Manning, Sarah MacDonald, Jessica Macfarlane, June Nixon, Gail Randall, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Alice Rivers, Joy Williams and Alison Willis. The collection contains introits, hymn arrangements (with descants) and carols. Read preview pages: https://bit.ly/44ejSp5

24/06/2025

Publishing soon: Carols As We Wait, a new collection of 18 choral works for Advent by women composers, including introits, hymn arrangements with descant and carols. The book contains items by Eleanor Daley, Sasha Johnson Manning, Sarah MacDonald, June Nixon and others. Read preview pages and pre-order copies from the publisher (Encore Publications): https://bit.ly/44ejSp5

23/06/2025

Newly published in print: St Francis of Assisi by Bryan Kelly, a cantata for soloists, SATB chorus & orchestra, words by John Fuller (Encore Publications). This work has a colourful, exuberant style including some moments of humour. 2026 will mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.

23/04/2025

12/03/2025

Our newsletter offers suggestions for new choral music, so that you can make it a joyful Eastertide. Find out more: https://conta.cc/4hih6ni

11/03/2025

Our back catalogue includes three distinctive Requiems by Sir Philip Ledger, Philip Moore and John Sanders. Find out more in our newsletter: https://conta.cc/4hih6ni

08/03/2025

Jane Austen's beautiful prayers have been set to music by three women composers. Find out about the new anthems for SATB by Charlotte Baskerville, Katharine Parton and Joy Williams, published by Encore Publications. Read our newsletter: https://conta.cc/4hih6ni

07/03/2025

https://3choirs.org/news/entries-open-for-choral-composition-competition

Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir has launched a new choral composition in association with the Three Choirs Festival. Composers are invited to submit a s