MMM – Music resources – The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts

Sourcing and selecting appropriate music for small choirs can be difficult. Here you’ll find a number of pointers and even some free resources.

Sunday by Sunday – The RSCM publishes a resource entitled Sunday by Sunday. This is an excellent way of finding music appropriate to a particular season or Sunday in the the year. It’s a resource that is available to members but some material is available free of charge.

The ChoralWiki, Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a great resource of free material, but you need to know what you’re looking for first. If it’s commonly in use and out of copyright (the composer / arranger died more than 70 years ago) then you may very well find it here. There’s a list of suggested music by season here

Some resources recommended by Herefordshire Churches

Advent	When all is dark – Charlston Creator of the stars of night Advent Prose (plainsong) Many more suggestions here	Unaccompanied Plainchant
Christmas	The Rose by Ola Gjeilo	Also Advent
Epiphany	Eastern Monarchs, Sages Three by Laurence Caldecote
Lent / Passiontide	O saviour of the world – Goss	Simple 4-part with or without organ
Easter	Now the green blade riseth * O sons and daughters – Walford Davies The Gardener at the Tomb by Shayla Blake	In many hymn books – can be sung in harmony, unison unaccompanied, with a simple drone (tonic and fifth) Simple plainchant version in many hymnbooks, or choir version by Davies
Communion	Ave verum – Elgar Panis angelicus – Franck Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo	Simple anthem, can be simplified further if needs be For two voices
Thanksgiving	Locus iste – Bruckner Psalm 150 – Stanford	Unaccomp satb SATB + organ – easy, impressive
Harvest	Now the green blade * see above Thou visitest the earth – Greene Fairest Lord jesus – lovely 3 part easy arrangement by Martin How Or free 4 part hymn Harvest Hymn by Mary McDonald
Remembrance	Kontakion	Moving, 4-part harmony
Funeral	Psalm 121 – I will lift mine eyes- Walford Davies	Beautiful, simple setting, performance options flexible
Wedding	Jesu, Joy of man’s desiring – Bach
General	The Battle of Jericho arr. David Dickau Be Thou My Vision by Philip Stopford God be in my head by Robert Hobby I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say by Laurence Caldecote In the Beginning by Daniel Bondaczuk Non nobis Domine by Patrick Doyle

All the PDFs below are free from copyright restrictions. Either they are out of copyright or composers have given permission for them to be used freely.