by cypress1 | Sep 4, 2020
LOVE IN PUBLIC – The Choral Suite by David K. MacIntyre i work alone meaning Cypress Choral Music · LOVE IN PUBLIC – listen to the entire Choral Suite listen to the entire Choral Suite here – featuring the Vancouver...
by cypress1 | Oct 17, 2020
BELOVED, THOU HAST BROUGHT ME MANY FLOWERS from LOVE IN PUBLIC – The Choral Suite by David K. MacIntyre targ a lo Cypress Choral Music · 12 – Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers – from Love in Public; the...
by cypress1 | Oct 17, 2020
HOW DO I LOVE THEE? from LOVE IN PUBLIC – The Choral Suite by David K. MacIntyre WHERE HE SAT Cypress Choral Music · 11 – How Do I Love Thee? – from Love in Public; the Choral Suite featuring the Vancouver Chamber...
by cypress1 | Oct 17, 2020
BELOVED, SAY AGAIN from LOVE IN PUBLIC – The Choral Suite by David K. MacIntyre targ a lo Cypress Choral Music · 6 – Beloved, Say Again – from Love in Public; the Choral Suite featuring the Vancouver Chamber Choir:...
by cypress | Jun 7, 2024
NEW 2022-2024 A Acorn – (from “The Lost Words”) by Alex Eddington – SSAA with piano Adder – (from “The Lost Words”) by Rodney Sharma – SSAA with piano and perc. Ae Fond Kiss – CP 1749 – by Stephen Smith – SATB a cappella Aether – by...
by cypress1 | Feb 10, 2023
CYPRESS CATALOGUE COMPLETE click here for the Leslie Music Supply Catalogue A Abendlied – CP 1661 – J. Rheinberger; arr. Nadezhda Averina – SSAA a cappella A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CANTATA – CP 1455 L. Nickel SAATB a cappella A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CARDS – CP 1374 arr Miles...
by cypress1 | Jun 30, 2021
NEW RELEASES: 2020-2022 Colour coded: Mixed Choir, Treble Choir, Male Choir Jesus is the light of the world PURPLE = 2020 RED = hot off the press note: 2020 titles were not given a chance during covid – so they are NEW! A...
by cypress1 | May 30, 2020
THEMATIC INDEX THEMES AT A GLANCE: Angels and Heaven: Again; Animals and Insects: Around the World; Beauty; Birds; Blessings and Benedictions; Boats; Bullying and Discrimination: Canadiana; Celtic; Closers; Colours; Cowboys; Day and Night – Morning and Evening;...
by cypress1 | May 22, 2020
NEW RELEASES: 2019-2020 Colour coded: Mixed Choir, Treble Choir, Male Choir Jesus is the light of the world A – J red = 2019; purple = hot off the press (2020) Abendlied – CP 1661 arr. Nadezhda Averina – SSAA...
by cypress1 | Jun 30, 2019
SATB (mixed choir) Jesus is the light of the world A A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CANTATA – CP 1475 L. Nickel SAATB a cappella A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CARDS – CP 1372 arr Miles Ramsay SAATB a cappella A DYLAN THOMAS CHRISTMAS –...
by cypress1 | Feb 8, 2019
DAVID K. MACINTYRE targ a lo Born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1952, David K. MacIntyre is a widely-performed composer based in Vancouver, Canada. Recognized in Canadian Who’s Who since 1992, he’s a prolific composer of opera,...
by heyshauna | Dec 20, 2018
MIXED CHOIR sherryl A A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CANTATA – CP 1475 L. Nickel SAATB a cappella A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS CARDS – CP 1374 arr Miles Ramsay SAATB a cappella A DYLAN THOMAS CHRISTMAS – CP 1654 by Jon Washburn...
by cypress | Jul 4, 2026
Cypress LOVES it when Composers and Curators POST their Cypress Publications! random Facebook examples and Youtube videos below Click on an image to enlarge. Kathryn Chomik Parrotta Gerda Blok-Wilson Frances Farrell Linden Singers Katerina Gimon Marie-Claire Saindon...
by cypress | Aug 6, 2025
LESLIE MUSIC SUPPLY - COMPLETE a division of Cypress Choral Music 2025 Leslie Music Supply was established in 1970 in Oakville, Ontario by Joan Leslie, who had purchased the stock of the Western Music Company of Vancouver. Mrs. Leslie...
by cypress | May 28, 2025
I AM NOT YOURS by Gerda Blok-Wilson i be still Cypress Choral Music · I Am Not Yours – Gerda Blok-Wilson – edits featuring the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir LYRICS I am not yours, not lost in you,Not lost, although I long...
by cypress | May 16, 2025
ISABEL BELINA our father Isabel was born in England, daughter of Polish parents who immigrated to Canada in 1949, land of hope and opportunity for WW2 survivors. Isabel’s music life began when her mother sang and taught her songs...
by cypress | Aug 28, 2024
SAMAN SHAHI WHERE HE SAT Saman Shahi is JUNO-nominated composer, pianist, conductor and educator based in Toronto. His compositions have been performed, and broadcast around the world and include orchestral works, operas, ballets, and...
by cypress1 | Jun 7, 2023
NICK TURNBULL WHERE HE SAT Nick Turnbull (he/him) is a Yukon-based, Canadian composer, teacher, producer and conductor with a deep passion and love for the arts, with an extra soft spot for choral music. Having studied music...
by cypress1 | Mar 16, 2023
CYPRESS AND SOCAN When composers sign contracts with Cypress they read: “In respect to mechanical royalties and collected performance royalties (SOCAN), i.e. CDs, television program libraries, motions pictures and synchronization manufactured by anyone other...
by cypress1 | Apr 7, 2022
MARI ALICE CONRAD BOU GENRE Mari Alice Conrad is an award-winning Canadian composer currently living in Alberta. Her works have been commissioned and performed by various ensembles across Canada, United States, and Europe. Mari Alice...
by cypress1 | Jul 4, 2021
PROMOTION IDEAS – HOW CAN WE HELP? July 1, 2021Dear composer, I hope you are healthy, happy and optimistic about the future. Choirs will soon begin to meet again! Cypress is planning a big campaign in August – the month before the resurgence. Would you...
by cypress1 | Jun 21, 2021
REQUIEM FOR PEACE – REVIEWS “This opus, Requiem for Peace, poignantly expresses a universal hope for peace: a major work on a grand scale – an all encompassing, all inclusive work, which demonstrates craft, genius, moral and religious conviction, and a...
by cypress1 | Feb 28, 2021
WHAT IS CYPRESS LOOKING FOR? Dear composer, thank you for considering Cypress Choral Music! What an honour and privilege to be a choral composer! What a responsibility! See the pyramid below. You are one of the few – the true resource from which choral singing...
by cypress1 | Feb 16, 2021
GOOD FRIDAY by Gordon Adnams why Cypress Choral Music · Good Friday – by Gordon Adnams LYRICS The sun disappeared from the sky the darkness enshrouded a dying man; a degraded form a public fool a King – stripped of dignity...
by cypress1 | Jan 11, 2021
CLARY CROFT i be still Clary Croft. Folksinger, folklorist, b Sherbrooke, NS, 12 Nov 1950. Croft took folklore, heritage and costume studies at St Mary’s U, University of New Brunswick, and Dalhousie University. An experienced...
by cypress1 | Dec 30, 2020
RHONDA WOODWARD targ a lo Rhonda Steffey Woodward is an accomplished pianist, vocalist, composer/arranger/lyricist, graduating magna cum laude from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in...
by cypress1 | Dec 24, 2020
ELIZABETH HACKETT targ a lo Elizabeth Hackett taught French Immersion, French, music, and Junior grades at Palmerston Public School and Perth County. She plays organ and piano for Sunday morning services and directs/accompanies the...
by cypress1 | Dec 9, 2020
AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH by Juliet Hess targ a lo Cypress Choral Music · An Irish Airman Forsees His Death – by Juliet Hess University of Toronto Men’s Chorus – directed by David Holler LYRICSI know that I...
by cypress1 | Sep 19, 2020
PROFONDO - THE MARK SIRETT SERIES Quality music for low voices rot DR. MARK SIRETT is a prolific composer, choir director and choral music specialist. He is the co-editor and curator for this unique series. “Welcome to my collection...
by cypress1 | Mar 15, 2020
STEWART WILKINSON BOU GENRE Stewart Wilkinson received his BA and BEd (music majors) from the University of Saskatchewan, and his MMus (choral conducting) from the University of Regina. As chair of the Fine Arts Department at Campbell...
by cypress1 | Jan 17, 2020
PROCESS OF SELECTION Dr. Larry Nickel – executive editor of Cypress Choral Music – respectfully shares these personal opinions – realizing that music is an extremely subjective art form. Dear Composer,For starters – I’m on your side. I...
by cypress1 | Jun 23, 2019
CYPRESS STUDIO SINGERS Jesus is the light of the world While studying music at U.B.C. during the 1970’s, Larry Nickel worked at Timbre One Sound Studios, arranging vocals for radio and television jingles and back-ground vocals for LP...
by cypress1 | Apr 22, 2019
CHRISTMAS MUSIC – FROM A PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE Each year Cypress receives MANY submissions of Christmas Choral Music. This theme dominates all other categories of subject matter. We receive arrangements of the classics and a few originals. We need to be...
by cypress1 | Apr 12, 2019
LETTER TO CYPRESS COMPOSERSreflections from the editor How can i keep from singing pdf free This letter is composer to composer – peer to peer. I’ve been through the gauntlet with choral music publishing since the 80’s. (little did I...
by cypress1 | Mar 9, 2019
WHEN I THINK OF BRIDGES – the cantata by Larry Nickel WHERE HE SAT LYRICS Poetry in BridgesThere’s poetry in bridges,Over, crossing over.A bridge can do what a metaphor does,carrying people from one shore to another.Skyscrapers...
by cypress1 | Feb 11, 2019
HEALEY WILLAN WHERE HE SAT This is the first Cypress publication of a Healey Willan piece – and the only TTBB composition we have. (2001) However, since then Cypress has published over one hundred Healey Willan compositions for...
by cypress1 | Feb 10, 2019
STEPHEN SMITH WHERE HE SAT Stephen Smith (b. 1966) grew up in rural Nova Scotia, where he sang and played the piano from an early age. After initial studies in his home province in both piano and organ, he attended the Royal Northern...
by cypress1 | Feb 10, 2019
MARK SIRETT x Mark Sirett is a native of Kingston, Ontario, and holds both masters and doctoral degrees in choral conducting and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. He has taught at the University of Alberta, Western and Queen’s. He...
by cypress1 | Feb 9, 2019
MARIE-CLAIRE SAINDON i be still A classical violin student, Marie-Claire Saindon first showed an interest in composition while in high school, where she wrote and produced her first musical, “Jeanne”. She was then able to...
by cypress1 | Feb 9, 2019
STAN ROGERS our father Stan (Stanley Allison) Rogers. Folksinger, songwriter, guitarist, b Hamilton, Ont, 29 Nov 1949, d Cincinnati 2 Jun 1983. As a boy he spent his summers in Canso, NS, where at five he began playing a guitar made...
by cypress1 | Feb 9, 2019
SID ROBINOVITCH our father Sid Robinovitch: Encompassing a wide variety of musical styles and forms, Robinovitch’s works have been performed throughout North America and abroad, having been featured by groups such as the Elmer...
by cypress1 | Feb 9, 2019
BRAD RICHMOND targ a lo Brad Richmond (b. 1955) has been Director of Choral Activities at Hope College since 1998. He teaches conducting and voice, and directs the Chapel Choir and College Chorus. Prior to this he served as...
by cypress1 | Feb 8, 2019
IMANT RAMINSH body to body Born in 1943 in Ventspils, Latvia, Imant Raminsh came to Canada in 1948. After completing an ARCT diploma in violin at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music programme at the University of...
by cypress1 | Feb 8, 2019
KATHRYN PARROTTA targ a lo Kathryn Parrotta (b. 1981) has extensive experience in Calgary’s choral community. From the age of 8 her songs were being performed and recorded by choirs around the city. She has studied piano, flute,...
by cypress1 | Feb 8, 2019
RÉJEAN MAROIS WHERE HE SAT Born in Thetford-Mines, Québec, Réjean Marois moved to British Columbia in 1988. Earlier, he worked in Québec as a composer, arranger, trombonist, publisher and educator and performed all across North...
by cypress1 | Feb 7, 2019
DIANE LOOMER BOU GENRE Diane Loomer (b. 1940) C.M. recipient of the Order of Canada, director and founder of Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, co-founder and conductor emerita of Elektra Women’s Choir, and most recently founder and...
by cypress1 | Feb 7, 2019
PATTY GARTSHORE christmas lullaby Patty Gartshore (b. 1947) has spent her musical life as teacher and performer in her hometown of Sault Ste. Marie. She has been a church musician since the age of 13 and has recently retired as...
by cypress1 | Feb 5, 2019
DERRICK CHRISTIAN i be still Derrick Christian has a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia where he studied composition, voice, and conducting. He is a familiar face to Vancouver choral audiences, having sung in...
by cypress1 | Feb 5, 2019
ALLAN BEVAN our father Allan Bevan was born in Toronto and currently resides in the Edmonton, Alberta area, where he is Director of Music at Robertson-Wesley United Church. Dr. Bevan’s choral works have won many awards over the years...
by cypress1 | Jan 28, 2019
CHRISTMAS MUSIC – A PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE Each year Cypress receives MANY submissions of Christmas Choral Music. This seasonal theme seems to dominate all other categories of subject matter. We receive arrangements of the classics and a few originals. We...
by heyshauna | Dec 20, 2018
THE VANCOUVER YOUTH CHOIR SERIESNew Adventures for Youth Choirs i be still THE VANCOUVER YOUTH CHOIR SERIESNew Adventures for Youth Choirs Noted choral dynamo, Carrie Tennant, is the co-editor and curator for this special Canadian...
by heyshauna | Dec 20, 2018
LA SÉRIE ENCHANTÉEUne nouvelle vision du chant choral canadien-françaisNew Visions in French-Canadian Choral Music Orion Heart cg LA SÉRIE ENCHANTÉE – New visions in French-Canadian choral music Comme créateur de cette série,...
by heyshauna | Dec 20, 2018
NEW RELEASES: 2018 – 2019 Click on a title to study the score while listeningColour coded: Mixed Choir, Treble Choir, Male Choir i be still A – L la publications in RED *, PURPLE titles came out in 2018 Abendlied...
