A lilting Christmas benediction that will fill every heart with the joy of the season! Displaying the exquisite choral style of Philip Stopford, this work is ideal for both concert and worship. Available separately: SATB, SSA. Duration: ca. 2:30.

Composer: Philip Stopford

A lilting Christmas benediction that will fill every heart with the joy of the season! Displaying the exquisite choral style of Philip Stopford, this work is ideal for both concert and worship. Available separately: SATB, SSA. Duration: ca. 2:30.

Composer: Philip Stopford

The saplings grow through summer from spring. My love gave them roots and now gives them wings. The warm text enhances the beautiful music of this touching anthem that is a wonderful choice for Mothers Day and other special tributes. Available separately: SATB, SSA. Duration: ca. 1:25

Composer: Philip Stopford

The saplings grow through summer from spring. My love gave them roots and now gives them wings. The warm text enhances the beautiful music of this touching anthem that is a wonderful choice for Mothers Day and other special tributes. Available separately: SATB, SSA. Duration: ca. 1:25

Composer: Philip Stopford

The famous English hymn celebrates the wonders of nature and God's blessings, and this flowing setting by Philip Stopford perfectly portrays the gentle spirit of the text. Available separately: SATB, SA. Duration: ca. 2:35.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

The famous English hymn celebrates the wonders of nature and God's blessings, and this flowing setting by Philip Stopford perfectly portrays the gentle spirit of the text. Available separately: SATB, SA. Duration: ca. 2:35.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

A lyrical setting with superb, flowing melodic lines, this simple and classic work will enhance the sound and performance of any choir and uplift every listener!

Composer: Philip Stopford

Stopford's Ave Verum is scored for SATB divisi a cappella, but is simple and effective. With sustained and powerfully intense harmony, this motet is beautifully crafted and measured. Duration: ca. 3:30.

Composer: Philip Stopford

This timeless hymn is presented here in this masterfully crafted arrangement by Philip Stopford. Dynamic and color contrasts make it a pleasure to sing and hear. The flute obbligato adds a special color and flair to the performance. Duration: ca. 4:35.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

With a sweet melody, gentle rocking feel and luscious harmony, this simple carol is a pure delight for Christmas services and concerts. Wonderfully accessible for school, church, community and professional choirs!

Composer: Philip Stopford

Written for double chorus, this is nevertheless an accessible setting for mixed choirs of the popular carol with fresh and interesting choral textures. Infused with colorful and playful elements, it is ideal for high school, community choirs and churches. Your audience will be filled with seasonal spirit!

Arranger: Philip Stopford

Such beautiful words deserve to be set to equally beautiful music, and here the textures unfold and the piece blossoms from bar one to the end. Starting in two parts and organically growing to seven, the music is designed to lift the hearts of all that perform and hear it. A new work for a new day.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

Such beautiful words deserve to be set to equally beautiful music, and here the textures unfold and the piece blossoms from bar one to the end. The music is designed to lift the hearts of all who perform and hear it. A new work for a new day.Available separately: SAATTBB a cappella and SSA accompanied. Duration: ca. 3:50

Arranger: Philip Stopford

Featuring invigorating vocal lines and a brilliant keyboard accompaniment, this exuberant work will be a welcome addition to any festival program! Easily learned and dramatic in performance, it is ideal for both concert and worship. Available: SATB. Duration: ca: 3:00.

Composer: Philip Stopford

A brilliant and spirited a cappella setting of the traditional Celtic carol for mixed voices and flute that will be tremendously fun to sing and a joyful addition to Christmas programs of all types.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

This setting of the famous Psalm 121 text is gentle, thoughtful and tuneful, and is a beautiful anthem at a service, a concert, or for a special occasion. Rich sonorities and lovely arched phrases make it a joy to sing!

Composer: Philip Stopford

Famously set to music by Thomas Tallis, and taking words from the gospel of John, If Ye Love Me is a fresh attempt at this famous passage of scripture. Rich harmonies will resonate in your performance space, enveloping your listeners with a tapestry of sound.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

Composer: Philip Stopford

The treasured May the road rise to meet you text is warmly set for mixed voices and piano (or organ) by Belfast Cathedral composer Philip Stopford. A perfect concert or service benediction! Duration: ca. 2:15.

Composer: Philip Stopford

Soft, expressive and thought provoking phrasing shape this lovely setting for unaccompanied voices. With an interesting use of the 5/8 time signature, the melody flows endlessly and effortlessly.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

This setting of Psalm 100 absolutely sparkles with joy! With a buoyant feeling of one throughout, the English choral tradition is clearly evident as the music vividly portrays the text whether declamatory or lyrical. Written for organ, the colorful accompaniment is easily adaptable to piano.

Composer: Philip Stopford

With the voices singing love, love... the music descends on the listener as if from above, just as the Christ Child was born on earth as the ultimate gift of love. This gentle short work for unaccompanied voices uses the treasured Christina Rossetti text.

Arranger: Philip Stopford | Composer: Christina Rossetti

The words from the 15th century are newly composed into a lilting carol-anthem of great simplicity, and in just four parts. An optional fifth part enters towards the end with a glorious descant. This is a gem, and you will love it!

Composer: Philip Stopford

Written for the choir at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, this familiar Gaelic melody, sung by soprano voices, is accompanied by alto, tenor, and bass voices along with a flowing flute part. Overlapping vocal parts and flute interjections allow for a blossoming choral texture.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

The Psalm 100 text sparkles with radiance in this brilliant setting featuring buoyant vocals and soaring phrases over the lively organ accompaniment. Ideal for performances in churches or other resonant performance spaces, this is a marvelous and accessible opener!

Composer: Philip Stopford

The Psalm 100 text sparkles with radiance in this brilliant setting featuring buoyant vocals and soaring phrases over the lively organ accompaniment. Ideal for performances in churches or other resonant performance spaces, this is a marvelous and accessible opener!

Composer: Philip Stopford

Traditionally used as the opening hymn for the service of Nine Lessons and Carols, this a cappella setting opens with the traditional treble solo, followed by 4-part treble, then mixed and finally a fully voiced and glorious concluding verse with descant.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

A celebration of Christmas joy, this exciting work features bright rhythms, unexpected sequences and joyful tunes. For SATB and Organ. Duration: ca. 3:00.

Composer: Philip Stopford

This lovely and lyrical carol setting will create a peaceful and reflective moment in your concert. With flute (part included) and organ. Performance Time: Approx. 4:30

Arranger: Philip Stopford | Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

Composer: Philip Stopford

Originally written as a solo work, this unison setting for treble voices and organ depicts Mary standing at the foot of the cross. In the music, the falling phrases represent Mary's weeping - and the rising phrases, her grief and great sadness of heart.

Composer: Philip Stopford

This unaccompanied arrangement is ideal for caroling and other venues where no keyboard is available. It is in a part song style with varying choral textures during verses and linking passages between. The last verse culminates in a fabulous full choir section with an uplifting ending. Performance Time: Approx. 2:20Available separately: SATB a cappella.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

An absolutely stunning setting of the familiar blessing! The purity of the vocal lines transition seamlessly through several key centers, building to a soaring high point before gently receding to the quiet and peaceful amen.

Composer: Philip Stopford

Uses: Christmas, Concert Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 This West Indies Christmas carol is often arranged, but this new treatment is touched by the special artistry of Philip Stopford. Celebratory in spirit and enjoyable to sing, this adaptation is sure to be a favorite with choirs and audiences alike. Great for high school choirs, college, church, or even community choruses, this cheerful carol is easy to program and would make a great closer for your holiday program.

Arranger: Philip Stopford | Country: Caribbean

Uses: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Epiphany Scripture: I Kings 8:57; John 3:16; Luke 11:2 Reverberating with subtle nuance, this artful set of breathtaking sacred texts is essential repertoire for the a cappella choir. Like a delicate watercolor of sounds these pieces offer a study in tonal purity and harmonic clarity. The set includes: God Be in My Head, God So Loved the World, and The Lord's Prayer.

Composer: Philip Stopford

This famous text receives a madrigal-like setting with vibrant mixed meters and colorful vocal textures. Excellent for chamber groups and a cappella programs, this fascinating and rewarding work will surely delight!

Arranger: Philip Stopford

Scored for SATB and organ, this is a beautiful and intense musical description of the journey of the Magi to the stable in Bethlehem. The opening suggests a long, tedious camel ride following the star and builds through to a glorious finale.Available separately: SATB. Performance Time: Approx. 3:30.

Arranger: Philip Stopford | Composer: Jonathan Larson | Lyricist: Jonathan Larson | Musical: Rent

With music that flows steadily, the utterly beautiful Irish melody is adorned with simple and unobtrusive harmonies that enhance the true essence of the song as it unfolds through multiple verses in this setting for a cappella mixed voices.

Arranger: Philip Stopford

A lovely setting of the Robert Herrick poem will showcase the sound and expressiveness of your mixed chorus in Christmas concerts or any time of year. An excellent concert theme or opener.

Composer: Philip Stopford