1/21/2021
Found! A lost recording of a live performance of The March of the Three Kings (mp3) by The Utah Premiere Brass, Timpanogos Chorale & M. Ryan Taylor, baritone. Sheet music at March of the Three Kings – Score & Parts for Solo, Choir & Brass Band. Also, the new Poems page currently features some of my college-days poetry. I plan to add more as time allows. Some misplaced bonus materials for Thirteen for Halloween have been added to the children’s song page.1/20/2021
Major facelift and redesign of the menu system. Finding things should be much easier now. This completes the merge I started between my two composition websites August of 2020. The Winds page has been updated to fix the broken link on the woodwind quintet piece Falling Rainbows.1/19/2021
The Solo Vocal & Opera page has been updated to fix many broken links and add new material. The page contains sacred and secular art songs, song cycles, full-length operas, and children’s music. The Miscellany page has also been updated to fix many broken links. This page contains a piece for Choir, Band & Orchestra, String Quartets, Keyboard & Electro-acoustic works from my college days.1/17/2021
Alternate Euphonium Part to replace the Cello in How Firm a Foundation for SATB Choir. There is also an alternate Horn in F part on the Sacred choir music page.1/16/2021
The Christmas Miscellany page has been updated to fix many broken links and add new content. This page contains Christmas solos, instrumental music, a caroling songbook and a number of Christmas plays and stories I’ve written or edited.12/15/2020 Rudolph for Brass Quartet Video
Rudolph for Brass Quartet Music
11/10/2020 New Arrangements of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Choirs and Quartets
CHORAL
SATB Mixed Choir Acapella | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/daXLgErITos
TTBB Men’s Choir Acapella | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/0M75wt3FxoQ
SSSA Women’s Choir Acapella | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/eNdyJaabGEc
BRASS
Brass Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/jIieZOp9WK0
Tuba Euphonium Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/FECvI46t-TU
Trombone Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/K6M8tTW947Q
Horn Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/DdHVXBWQX4M
WOODWIND
Woodwind Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/ce6NXEjhrt0
Saxophone Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/k0uBGsQJAuQ
Clarinet Quartet | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/CzH578Hx1s0
Flute Quartet or Choir | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/bn8vkGY6Vo0
STRING
String Quartet or Orchestra | Demo Video: https://youtu.be/n76XcwYw6_k
Voice & Ukulele Chords
Voice & Guitar Chords
9/10/2020 New Recording of Sing! Sing a Song!
- SING, Sing a Song for Brass Trio (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba)
8/16/2020 How Great Thou Art – Amazing Grace … Online Collaboration Video
See the Brass tab or scroll down to 7/26 for a free score of this arrangement.
8/8/2020 – Site Merge with MRyanTaylor.com
This is just a quick announcement to say that MRyanTaylor.com now points to Choirworks.com and that I’ve ported over many pages from that site to this one. Now the majority of my sheet music can be found in one place (minus some ukulele music at UkulelePlay.com). I’ll be going through links and updating things to make sure everything is working. Please let me know via ryan@choirworks.com if you find any links broken. I will try to get things all bright and shiny as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience during the merger of sites.New on 7/26/ 2020
How Great Thou Art – Amazing Grace – Score & Parts (Free for at Home and Church Use) : I arranged particularly to support Emily Spencer’s Worshipful Brass project, which I wholeheartedly support. The instrumentation is 2 Trumpets, Horn in F and Tuba.
New on 3/3/2020
- I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing for 2-part Choir, Brass & Handbells
- The Lord’s My Shepherd (Brother James Air) for 2-part Choir, Brass & Handbells
New on 3/1/2020
- Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee – Sweet Hour of Prayer (PDF) for SATB Choir & Piano. FREE.
New on 2/5/2020
- My Star-Spangled Country (National Anthem & My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) : for Trumpet, Trombone/Euphonium & Tuba
New on New on 2/1/2020
- Though Deepening Trials – Carry On (PDF) for SATB Choir, Piano & Violin Obbligato Violin Part (PDF). FREE.
New on New on 1/31/2020
- Crab Can/on +1 (Bach & Taylor) for Trumpet, Trombone/Euphonium & Tuba
New on 1/25/2020
- Can’t Help Falling in Love for Trumpet, Trombone/Euphonium & Tuba
New on 10/15/2019
A Baker’s Dozen of Christmas Brass Trios
Get A Baker’s Dozen of Christmas Trios for Trumpet, Trombone or Euphonium, and Tuba in one volume for $24.99 on Sheet Music Plus (less than $2 per arrangement). Video demos for each of the pieces are available in this Choirworks Brass Baker’s Dozen of Christmas Trios Playlist on YouTube. You may also purchase the arrangements separately for $5.99 each with the following links:- Angels we Have Heard on High for Brass Trio | Video
- Away in a Manger for Brass Trio | Video
- Carol of the Bells for Brass Trio | Video
- Deck the Halls 7/8 for Brass Trio | Video
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen for Brass Trio | Video
- Good King Wenceslaus for Brass Trio | Video
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing for Brass Trio | Video
- Jingle Bells for Brass Trio | Video
- Joy to the World for Brass Trio | Video
- Silent Night for Brass Trio | Video
- Veni, Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come) for Brass Trio | Video
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas for Brass Trio | Video
- What Child is This? for Brass Trio | Video
- Mary’s Boy Child for Brass Trio | Video
- You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch for Brass Choir (opt. Drums) | Video
- You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch for Brass Trio | Video
New on 9/28/2019
- Thanksgiving Alleluia for SATB Choir & Piano (opt. SAB)
Lyrics by M. Ryan Taylor
I will sing because my heart’s filled with thanksgiving, and I hear the earth reply with all that’s living with a song that is long, it’s both gentle and strong: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
All the birds look to the sky and soar with gladness, spreading song to bring us joy and banish sadness. What they say as they play on their pipes is they pray: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
I will join their song and sing of his salvation. Sing with me and take the song to ev’ry nation. All our praise we will raise for His wonders all our days: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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New on 9/21/2019
- Sleep, My Infant Jesus : a Christmas carol for mixed choir (SSATB) and piano. Mixed choirs that sing predominately accompanied will find this version a lot easier. The piano also adds some great emotion at the climactic measures of the piece. Unsolicited comments on facebook from total strangers: “What beautiful chords!” “I love it. Thank you for sharing!” and “Such beautiful harmonies!”
New on 9/13/2019
- Sleep, My Infant Jesus : a Christmas carol for acapella mixed choir (SSAATBB), available on Sheet Music Plus or get it free by making a pledge at patreon.com/choirworks.
I’m not one to talk about inspiration very much, but I started working on the piano one day, fiddling around with some chord progressions, and this just sort of poured out of me, lyrics and all. I don’t know that I can be objective about it, but it inspired me, especially the image of God smiling over us … He knows all the strife of life is just temporary, in the same way we may smile over a child struggling to learn how to walk … we know they’re going to be all right and that the struggle is just a necessary part of growth.
Sleep my infant Jesus, my Savior and my King, the shepherds bring their adoration, and angels softly sing of peace on earth, not for tomorrow or yet a thousand years, but evermore your sacrifice will swallow up man’s tears. The fears of all the nations, the hopes of the depressed, the pains of all the weary are in your birth addressed, and God is smiling over us, for little can we guess, the joy this babe will bring us when all is brought to rest. So sleep until the morning, the test is yet to come, for in your day of triumph you’ll lead us safely home.
New on 6/11/2019
- What a Wonderful World arr. by M. Ryan Taylor for SA Choir and Piano and optional chord indications. A free What a Wonderful World – Minus / Rehearsal Track is available. This What a Wonderful World sheet music single includes ‘up the neck’ chord diagrams for ukulele that fits with the above choral arrangement.
New on 5/24/2019
A new mini-musical for unison choir based on a story by M. Ryan Taylor and his son Taavi.- Pickles Finds a Home (Pickles, the Skateboarding Dog) for unison choir with optional soloists and minus track by M. Ryan Taylor | Pickles MINUS TRACK | LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO | STORYBOOK VIDEO (if you’re interested in using this storybook video illustrated with Lego bricks in a performance, please contact ryan@choirworks.com)
New on 5/23/2019
New music for unison and 2-part choirs.- UNSTOPPABLE! by M. Ryan Taylor for Unison Choir and Minus Track (optional ukulele chords) | UNSTOPPABLE! Minus Track | LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
- The Gingerbread Man (Fifties-style) by M. Ryan Taylor for Unison Choir and Ukuleles | LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
- The Owl and the Kitty-Kat by Edward Lear and M. Ryan Taylor for Unison Choir with Easy Ukulele Chords | LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
- The Sand and the Sea (UPDATED) by M. Ryan Taylor | LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
- Kindness is Key for 2-part Choir and Optional Solo by Jane Pollard and M. Ryan Taylor (FREE) | Kindness is Key Minus Track
New on 3/9/2019 & 3/13/2019
New arrangements of Mr. Blue Sky!- Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra / Jeff Lynne) for SATB Choir Acapella
- Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra / Jeff Lynne) for TTBB Choir Acapella
- Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra / Jeff Lynne) for SAB Choir and Rhythm/Bass Section
New on 2/22/2019
All Heaven and it Was One Hour Old for SATB Choir and Piano
This set of five songs based on the Christmas poetry of Katharine Tynan was originally a song cycle for soprano that was featured in a review in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Journal. This new version for SATB choir maintains the spirit of the original while adding the emotional depth 4-part harmonic writing allows for. More new releases . . .- What Shall We Give? : A Christmas Carol for TTBB Choir & 2 octave Handbells or Hand Chimes
- Ring! Bells Ring! (a song of Old Father Christmas) for SATB Choir (opt. Children’s voices) with 3-octave Handbells
- SING, Sing a Song (Carpenters / Sesame Street) for 2-part Choir with Chord/Strumming Indications and opt. Lead Ukulele Tablature
- Be Strong and of a Good Courage (Revised 2018) (Unison Children’s Voices and Piano). Demo: Be Strong and of a Good Courage (2018).mp3
- The Fruit is Sweet (2018) (Hymn). Demo: The Fruit is Sweet (2018).mp3
- Thanksgiving Alleluia (Unison Children’s Voices and Piano). Demo: Thanksgiving Alleluia.mp3
New on 2/21/2019
- SING, Sing a Song for SATB Choir
- SING, Sing a Song for SSAA Choir
- SING, Sing a Song for TTBB Choir
- Baryton Trio No. 7 (Haydn) for Brass Trio (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba)
- Hymn: Greater Faith with words by Michael Young
New on 2/11/2019
- SING, Sing a Song for Brass Trio (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba)
- SING, Sing a Song for Trumpet Trio
New on 9/3/2018
New on 8/24/2018
- Christmas Comes Tomorrow for SA Choir or Duet and 2-octave Handbells & Glockenspiel or Desk Bells
- Ring! Bells Ring! (a song of Old Father Christmas) for SATB Choir (opt. Children’s voices) with 3-octave Handbells
- Ring! Bells Ring! (a song of Old Father Christmas) for SA or 2-part Choir and 3-octave Handbells
New on 8/15/2018
- I Wonder As I Wander for 3-octave Handbells
- Little Saint Nick from The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album for SSA Choir and Strumming instrument (Guitar, Ukulele, etc.)
- The Man With All The Toys from the Beach Boys’ Christmas Album for SSA Acapella Choir (with chords for optional strumming on ukulele, guitar, etc.)
- Old Father Christmas for Unison Choir with Chords for Guitar/Ukulele/Etc. (opt. minus track available)
- Walking In The Air from The Snowman for 2-part Choir (opt. Unison or Divisi) and Handbells or Chimes (2-Octave)
- Walking In The Air from The Snowman for 2-part Choir (opt. Unison) and Handbells (3-octave) : CONDUCTOR’S SCORE, CHORAL PART (w/Chords), HANDBELL PART.