New Choral Music and Choir Rehearsal Prep Sheets for 2009!

My new music publications for 2009 are now available from your favorite publishers! Read about each new piece, listen to excerpts, and evaluate the first two pages to help you decide which pieces you will want to purchase for your choir.

Free Choir Rehearsal Preparation Sheets for many of my new choral publications for 2009 are also available for your use! You may download the PDF files of the RPS materials, and make as many copies as you choose for your classes. Just click on the individual link and print!

New Book!

I want to tell you about my NEW BOOK that is available now! From Concepts to Concerts: Building Competence in the Choral Classroom by Earlene Rentz with foreword by André J. Thomas is available for you to purchase from Carl Fischer Music or from your favorite music distributor. This book is designed to be used as a supplementary text for the choral rehearsal, providing exercises that teach concepts to choral singers. The exercises are arranged from simple to complex, guiding and challenging singers at all grade levels to achieve success.

Click on the link in the previous paragraph or on the image at right to read more about From Concepts to Concerts and view sample pages. I think you'll find this is just what you need in your classroom! And best of all, class reproduction permission is included in the purchase price! So make all the copies you need for your classes. How to order

 

Choral Publications

Be sure to explore my recent choral publications for all ages and ability levels. You will find my new pieces identified, and some "best-sellers" will be listed as well. I have tried to give enough information so that when you get in touch with your favorite music dealer for ordering purposes, you are acquainted with the music as it appears on the page, and in many cases, you have listened to it as well. You can view two pages of all of the publications so that you can get a general idea of the style and difficulty level for each piece. Recordings of many of the pieces have been provided, compliments of my wonderful publishers. The pieces are categorized as School, Sacred, and Holiday chorals according to publisher. For your convenience, there is also a list of the best selling pieces.

Information given for each piece is generally the same information that appears in the publisher’s catalog, such as title, voicing, publisher’s reference number, accompaniment track reference number, performance time, general use, and a brief description of the piece. I have added a "personal touch" to a few special pieces that were particularly interesting to me.

choir rehearsal prep sheets

I have a feature for choral directors on this site! Supplementary teaching materials have been provided in the form of REHEARSAL PREPARATION SHEETS (RPS), and will assist your students in learning the music FASTER in rehearsals.  When students sing through the RPS sheets BEFORE they begin rehearsal on a piece, they seem to learn the piece more accurately in regard to difficult pitches, intervals, rhythms, and harmonies.

Because of the generosity of my publishers, you may download the PDF files of the RPS materials, and make as many copies as you choose for your classes. Just click on the RPS link and print. 

where to order music

For your convenience, I have provided some music dealer links where you can order my pieces for your choral groups. I have visited all of these web sites, and know that these links are very user-friendly. Please order my music from your favorite music dealer, or in case of difficulty, from the publishers listed. This seems to be the preferred publisher ordering process. Thanks so much!

commissions

You will also find information regarding commissioned choral pieces. If you would like to commission me to write a piece, there is information given to start the process.

Thanks so much for visiting my web site! I hope you enjoy the time you spend with my music.