SATB div/piano Recording on YouTube and Spotify:  Z. Randall Stroope, conducting. Written for the Fairfax Choral Society, Doug Mears, Director; Garcilaso de la Vega, poet. Third work  in a set, titled Four Sonnets by Garcilaso de la Vega (“Amor de mi alma” is the fourth movement) Publisher: Walton Music #1513

1) SATB/piano  (Colla Voce 45-21104) 2) SSA/piano (Colla Voce 45-21106) 3) TBB/piano (Colla Voce 48-96810) 4) TTBB/piano (Colla Voce 48-96690) 5) Wind Ensemble (Colla Voce 45-21104 C) 6) SATB w full orchestra (45-21104 A) 7) All versions come with option for brass/timp/percussion Duration: 5:30 Publisher: (Piano/vocal) Colla Voce 45-21104 Publisher: (SATB/brass/perc/org (F.S./parts)) Colla Voce 45-21104A

SSATB/baritone solo/unacc.; Philadelphia poet/composer, Robert Lowry, wrote this beautiful tune.  Anna Bartlett Warner (Long Island) wrote the text;  arranged by Randall Stroope, this is a song of hope and faith. Publisher: Alliance 0300  

SSATBB Text – The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare); lush harmonies, unresolved suspensions, and expressive! Publisher: Alliance Music Publ.   AMP 1000

SATBB/unacc; Sara Teasdale, poetess;  this is one of Randall’s most performed works; performances by Corale Zumellese (Mel, Italy),  Vox Co. (Vancouver), Calgary (Canada) University, among many others. (Also in a Wind Ensemble transcription [no chorus]) Publisher: Walton Music WJMS1041

SATB/piano & solo violin; text by e.e. cummings Commissioned and premiered by Haltom High School (Texas) on the Texas Music Educators Convention, Amy Allison, conductor “i carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere I go, you go…)” Publisher: Alliance 0726  

I have loved hours at sea, gray cities, The fragile secret of a flower, Music, the making of a poem That gave me heaven for an hour; Sara Teasdale, poetess Commissioned by the Michigan Choral Commission Consortium Available E-MUSIC (pdf) only $65.00 (allows for purchaser to make as many copies as desired); contact grant.emusicmarketing@gmail.com for […]

SATB unaccompanied (also available in TTBB unaccompanied or SSAA/piano) During this covid-19 pandemic – like millions of others – I felt helpless, full of unanswered questions, and most of all – profoundly sad for the thousands of families who lost a loved one – a mother, a father, a child, a grandparent, a friend, or […]

1) SATB / piano (or flute, oboe and strings) 2) Three-part mixed / piano 3) SSA / piano 4) TBB / piano 5) SA / piano Holocaust 1943 text: “I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining, and I believe in love, even when there’s no one there. And I believe in […]

“JUDASKUSS” (The Kiss of Judas). Judas “explains” why he felt forced to betray Jesus –  “I was just fulfilling the scriptures. He [Jesus] urged me to do it, so I had to go. [When the soldiers came], I kissed him. They seized him and dragged Jesus off.  He died for you on the cross, and […]