2024 Hal Leonard Voices of Distinction
Choral Music for Collegiate, Community and Professional Ensembles
Product Categories:
- Voices Rising/Concert Pop
- General Concert for Mixed Voices
- Music for Treble Voices
- Music for Low Voices
- Christopher Tin
- Eric Whitacre
- Eugene Rogers Choral Series
- Exigence Choral Series
- The King's Singers
- Judith Clurman Choral Series
- Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit
- Richard Bjella Choral Series
- Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
- Jacob Narverud Signature Series
- Carrie Tennant Choral Series
- Jonathan Palant Choral Series
- The Music of Philip Lawson
- Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
- Voices in Harmony
- Podd Bros. Choral Series
- Major Works
- Election Year
- SAM-Klang Choral Series
- Fred Bock Publishing Group
- Pavane Publishing
- TocaMus Publications
- Small Voices Publishing
- Choral Resources
- Barbershop Quartet
- Joni Jensen Choral Series
- Henry Leck Creating Artistry
Welcome to the 2024 Hal Leonard Voices of Distinction!
We invite you to enjoy exploring a wide selection of new sacred and secular choral releases for college, community, and professional ensembles, including works for mixed, women's, and men's ensembles, plus a wealth of choral resources.
Featured publishers include:
- Hal Leonard
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Chester Music
- Fred Bock Music Company
- Gentry Publications
- Hinshaw Music
- Mark Foster Music
- Novello
- Pavane Publishing
- Small Voices Publishing
- Shadow Water Music
- TocaMus
View all the new releases from our Curated Choral Seires here.
You'll see the "Play" icon on the left for select titles when browsing through the sections. Click on the "Play" icon to preview the score and hear the recording of the title.
Product Categories:
- Voices Rising/Concert Pop
- General Concert for Mixed Voices
- Music for Treble Voices
- Music for Low Voices
- Christopher Tin
- Eric Whitacre
- Eugene Rogers Choral Series
- Exigence Choral Series
- The King's Singers
- Judith Clurman Choral Series
- Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit
- Richard Bjella Choral Series
- Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
- Jacob Narverud Signature Series
- Carrie Tennant Choral Series
- Jonathan Palant Choral Series
- The Music of Philip Lawson
- Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
- Voices in Harmony
- Podd Bros. Choral Series
- Major Works
- Election Year
- SAM-Klang Choral Series
- Fred Bock Publishing Group
- Pavane Publishing
- TocaMus Publications
- Small Voices Publishing
- Choral Resources
- Barbershop Quartet
- Joni Jensen Choral Series
- Henry Leck Creating Artistry
Choral Score Series: EMB Composer: Bela Bartok Editor: Miklós Szabó
Choral Score Series: EMB Composer: Bela Bartok Editor: Miklós Szabó
Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer of concert and music for visual media. His song “Baba Yetu”, originally written for the video game Civilization IV, is a modern choral standard and the first piece of music written for a video game ever to win a Grammy Award. Along with the elegy “The Lost Birds,” Tin most recently composed an ending to the unfinished Puccini opera “Turandot.”
Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre is known for his popular works and Virtual Choirs, which unite 100,000 singers globally. A Juilliard graduate, he is a Visiting Composer at Cambridge University and an Ambassador for the Royal College of Music. He has premiered works with top orchestras and collaborated with icons like Hans Zimmer. His debut album, “Light and Gold,” topped the charts, and his projects include "Deep Field" and "The Sacred Veil.”
Eugene Rogers is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and artistic director of the Washington Chorus and Orchestra in Washington, D.C. He serves as the National Chair of Diversity for ACDA and is the artistic director of the EXIGENCE choir. This series began as a series for upper-level low voices only. More recently, it has expanded into repertoire for all singers at an upper level.
Eugene Rogers Choral Series Series: Exigence Choral Series Arranger: Stacey V. Gibbs
Eugene Rogers Choral Series Series: Eugene Rogers Choral Series Composer: Aron Accurso Author: Rachel Griffin
A choral series based primarily upon the repertoire and diversity of the professional vocal ensemble EXIGENCE, the compositions in this series, curated by Eugene Rogers, are written by Black and Latinx composers and communities. They are primarily non-idiomatic and intended for the concert stage.
Eugene Rogers Choral Series Series: Exigence Choral Series Arranger: Stacey V. Gibbs
The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. The King’s Singers was formed in 1968, when six recent choral scholars from King’s College, Cambridge, gave a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By chance, the group was made up of two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones, and a bass, and the group has maintained this formation ever since that debut.
Judith Clurman is the musical director of Essential Voices USA and teaches at The Manhattan School of Music. She was the Director of Choral Activities at the Juilliard Conservatory and prepares the Singing Christmas Tree float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Her choral series is designed for advanced high school and developing collegiate and community choral programs.
This series, curated by Judith Clurman, is firmly rooted in her passion for bringing Jewish music to the concert stage. Through “Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit,” the choral selections have inspired countless choirs and directors looking to honor the Jewish tradition. The music in this series is selected for early college and good community choirs.
Richard Bjella has long been admired for his musical sensibilities and skill as a conductor. As a busy festival conductor, he felt a need for input into the repertoire available for singers aspiring to grow during these special, large-group experiences. His new series addresses this need and is especially suitable for colleges and advanced community choirs.
Andrea Ramsey is one of America’s leading composers and arrangers of music for singers of every level. With her understanding of the voice, Andrea strives to include texts that are socially relevant and speak to singers in meaningful ways. The music included in this series is for high school singers.
Narverud is the Founding Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble of musicians from across the Great Plains. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences and the Editor of Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. Narverud has been commissioned to write new works for a variety of choral ensembles and organizations. Many of his compositions are publisher best-sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels.
Carrie Tennant is the artistic director of the Vancouver Youth Choir. Carrie and her singers were a sensation at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul. Those in attendance, along with the hundreds of thousands who follow the choir on social media, have sought the “out of the box” repertoire that is regularly performed by this ensemble. The music selected is for community youth choirs from easy unison through high school.
Jonathan Palant is Associate Dean of the Arts and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also the founder and conductor of the Credo Community Choir and the Dallas Street Choir, a musical outlet for those affected by homelessness. Jonathan’s initial publication with Hal Leonard was his book “Brothers, Sing On! Conducting the Tenor Bass Choir.” Since then, as Jonathan’s profile has expanded nationally and internationally, his choral series now contains music for mixed and low voices.
For 18 years, Philip Lawson was a member of the world-famous King’s Singers and, for most of that time, their principal arranger. Philip has over 200 published arrangements and compositions and leads regular choral workshops in Europe and the USA. He is a vocal teacher on the staff of Wells Cathedral School, Salisbury Cathedral School, and the University of Bristol and is also the Musical Director of The Romsey Singers.
Craig Hella Johnson is often referred to as “America’s Renaissance Man.” As pianist, singer, composer, conductor of Conspirare, and TED talk presenter, Craig brings a broad set of skills to his important series designed for upper-level high school singers and above. A Minnesota native and a Juilliard alum, Johnson is beloved by audiences, revered by singers, and lauded by critics and composers worldwide.
For every music educator, from pre-school through post-graduate, we know the opportunity to develop the whole person is right in front of us each and every day. The Hal Leonard Voices In Harmony choral series is designed to offer resources to help you do just that. Detailed lesson plans that are appropriate for all levels. SEL competencies and their intersections with arts education standards are explained and outlined for easy access. Videos from the composers are included on the Hal Leonard website to give insight into both the music and the lyrics and how everything intersects with the students as they develop their whole person. A QR code taking teachers and students directly to the resources is included in every octavo.
Engaging in Social-Emotional teaching and learning will help develop the students musically, socially, and emotionally. Hal Leonard is here to assist you in reaching your goals. This series is focused on music for the classroom, from elementary through easy high school.
The Podd Brothers, Adam and Matt, are acclaimed music directors, performers, composers, and arrangers based in NYC. They have worked with top choirs, orchestras, and artists in major venues like Carnegie Hall. The subtitle of their Hal Leonard series is “Celebrated Songwriters Reimagined for Concert Choir”, and their subsequent entries in the series have since achieved massive worldwide appeal.
2024 is an election year in the United States, and with that comes a renewed focus on community engagement, civil responsibility, and understanding the legacy of our nation’s leaders. From both sides of the aisle (and beyond), we urge you to look for repertoire inspired and written by those who would seek to lead others in the pursuit of public service.
The acclaimed SAM-Klang series offers basic and advanced choral masterworks repertoire arranged for soprano, alto, and low voice parts (“men,” hence: SAM). In addition to new repertoire and new arrangements, you will also find essential parts of the classical German, Scandinavian, French, and English SATB repertoire, carefully and considerately reworked for Soprano, Alto, and Low Voice.
Our cherished publishing partner of both sacred and secular music for adult choirs, children’s choirs, organ, piano, various instruments, and more. Publishing imprints Include Hinshaw Music, Gentry Publications, H.T. FitzSimons Publishing, Epiphany House, PraiseGathering Publishing, Alliance Publications, National Publications, Jubal House Fred Bock Music Company, and more.
Pavane Publishing was founded in 1989 by Allan Robert Petker. The goal of the company is to advance the choral arts by providing practical resource materials and creative performance selections for both church and school choirs.
The music of Francisco Núñez seamlessly fuses a wide gamut of cultures and musical idioms. He often incorporates styles from his native Dominican Republic, but his many compositions and arrangements incorporate all musical formats and styles, from classical to pop. As founder and artistic director of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, many of his compositions and arrangements are written for this award-winning organization.
Papoulis has made significant contributions to choral music by revitalizing the choral repertoire with songs whose roots are classical and world, with voicing that incorporates lead vocalists with choirs, vocal percussion, and world rhythms. His choral work often is sung from the perspective of the singer, and is constantly inspired by the work he does through the foundation for small voices. He firmly believes that music can heal, educate, celebrate, and empower the lives of children. All ages are welcome!
Dr. Joni Jensen is the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Voice at Texas Woman’s University. She has conducted numerous honor and festival choirs and serves as a choral clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States. Dr. Jensen is the editor of this series at Hal Leonard for advanced women’s choral music and has many pieces published therein.
The Creating Artistry Choral Series is the brainchild of choral conductor and master teacher Henry Leck. As founder and artistic director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Henry identified musical needs for his young and developing singers and sought artistic and appropriate literature to address those needs.
