Discover the right music for your choir with help from the Choral Review Service. Highlighting songs of varying difficulty, instrumentation and style, the Choral Review Service will introduce you to inspiring, seasonal choral works from respected liturgical composers three times per year. Below are just a few examples of the music within the Fall 2025 packet with titles for Lent, Easter and Pentecost, plus a detailed description and insight on how to use each piece.
May the Lord Bless You/Que el Señor Te Bendiga
Iván Díaz and Tom Booth
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SAB
Instrumentation: Keyboard and Guitar
Inspired by Numbers 6:24–26, this title was written with the hope of reminding people of how much they matter. Primarily for use as a blessing song, this bilingual piece (English/Spanish) can be used in several different settings, including weddings, for which it has two dedicated verses. Scored for SAB choir, keyboard, and guitar, the flowing, catchy melody of this piece will have people singing it by memory in just a few passes.
Multilingual Hail Mary
Maria R. Nieva
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SATB
Instrumentation: Keyboard and Guitar
This lovely setting of the Hail Mary is presented in four languages—Filipino, Spanish, English, and Latin—which unites people with different backgrounds and cultures in worship and liturgy, especially during seasons that celebrate the Blessed Mother. There are three presentations available in the octavo that you may choose from for different events and musical groups.
Create in Me a Gentle Heart
Adrian Soltys and Janèt Sullivan Whitaker
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SATB
Instrumentation: Keyboard and Guitar
Soltys pairs Whitaker’s text with a refrain inspired by Psalm 51, creating a cohesive piece that unifies the assembly’s petitions and prayers. It focuses on themes of social concern and justice, and the melody is tender and expressive, with minimal syncopation supporting the text. The result is a piece that offers both musical depth and accessibility for choirs of all ages.
Trinity Song
Katie Wills
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SATB
Instrumentation: Keyboard and Guitar
Not only appropriate for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, this melodious, poetic title can be used more generally at liturgies that include themes of creation, praise, unity, saints, and angels. Its anthemic, joyous refrain will be quickly learned by the assembly. The four verses—which culminate in a compelling doxology—are scored for SAB choir in rhythmic unison; by contrast, the refrain breaks into full SATB treatment, with more independence of vocal writing, including echo effects in the inner voices.
Mater Dolorosa/At the Cross Her Station Keeping
Ricky Manalo, CSP
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SATB, Descant
Instrumentation: Keyboard, Guitar, Solo Instruments I & II in C, and Timpani
Fr. Manalo, CSP, has paired Caswall’s translation of the Stabat Mater Dolorosa for the verses text with an original refrain. Instead of dwelling on the mournful nature of the lyrics, this piece uses the major mode, a swaying 3/4 meter, and the final tag in the refrain “Lead us to Christ, our Light” to create a gentle, hopeful musical affect—illuminating not only Mary’s role as the first disciple but the redemptive possibility found even in suffering.
Behold, the Sacrifice of Love
Luke Mayernik
Difficulty level: Easy/Medium
Voicing: SATB, Descant
Instrumentation: Organ and Solo Instrument in C
Expansive and meditative, this gorgeous Eucharistic hymn reinforces the True Presence of Christ in both species: Body and Blood. A mantra-like repetition of the word “behold” introduces, then frames, the four verses, which themselves touch on topics of God’s love for us, sacrifice, and unity. The organ accompaniment neatly complements the longer note values of the SATB choir with cascading triplets and rich added-note harmonies.
Crucem Tuam/We Adore Your Cross
Douglas Kingsley
Difficulty level: Medium
Voicing: SATB
Instrumentation: Organ
This short portion of the Good Friday Liturgy focuses on our adoration of the Holy Cross and the promise of redemption that it heralds. Kingsley’s chant setting is elegant, compact, and effective: unison choir with organ accompaniment for the antiphon and an a cappella SATB choral presentation of the verse. It is presented first in Latin and then again in English. The rhythms of the chant and organ accompaniment have been adjusted to accommodate the differing word stresses.
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Choral Review Service
These songs can be found in Choral Packet 112 from the Choral Review Service. Offering music for traditional and contemporary choirs, children’s voices and intercultural ensembles, the Choral Review Service is the best way to find something new for your choir and community.