SECULAR CHORAL MUSIC
While most of my choral music is of the sacred variety, I hope to eventually start producing a body of secular choral music
as well. But so far the only works in that medium that I have available are the SATB version of my song cycle
In The Shadow of a Mountain, and a women's chorus from my 1985 musical The Treasure of Cathay.
The song cycle recordings are VST- generated. Virtual Studio Technology actually creates quite good substitutes for live recordings...except of course the VST choir can only sing "ooh" or "aah," not the actual words.
The J. W. Pepper link (ORDER MUSIC) for each publication includes a preview of the entire composition. When you open the preview, the recording will play automatically and you can follow the words while you listen to the recording. The recordings can also be heard at the Sheet Music Plus link (DOWNLOAD MUSIC) and directly from this page.
A full-length preview and recording can also be seen/heard at the Score Exchange link at the
bottom of each description.

SONG OF THE DESERT
Level: M
Duration: 3:55
Price: $2.75
Publisher: Dacker Music
Women's Voices (with optional hand percussion) and Piano | Words by Nancy Grobe PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
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My 1985 musical, The Treasure of Cathay, based on the 1921 novella Messer Marco Polo by Irish-American author Donn Byrne, is a fictional story about Marco Polo and his romance with the daughter of Kublai Khan. This song for women's voices (with optional hand percussion), is from a scene in the Central Asian desert, where the Polo caravan has encountered a group of bandits and their women, who perform this song/dance.
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IN THE SHADOW OF A MOUNTAIN
Level: M
Duration: 20:00
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Scenes from the Rockies | A Song Cycle for SATB and Piano | Words by Sue Personett
14 short songs set to poetry on Rocky Mountain themes. If buying the full cycle, it is most economical to order the download version, and then copy parts for the singers.
The individual songs are also available as separate octavos (see below).
This cycle is also available for solo voice and piano (see the first listing on the Vocal and Piano page).
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INDIVIDUAL SONGS:

The Shadow of a Mountain
Level: ME
Duration: 2:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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First Thaw
Level: ME
Duration: 1:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Spring on the Upper Rio Grande
Level: M
Duration: 2:30
Price: $2.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Snowy Spring
Level: ME
Duration: 1:15
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Wyoming Snow
Level: M
Duration: 1:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Shadows and Sunshine
Level: M
Duration: 0:50
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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In the Foothills
Grade: M
Duration: 1:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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The Summit
Level: ME
Duration: 1:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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She Will
Level: M
Duration: 1:00
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Autumn in the Air
Level: ME
Duration: 0:50
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Snow
Level: M
Duration: 2:00
Price: $2.25
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Wind River
Level: M
Duration: 0:50
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Celebrate
Level: ME
Duration: 1:20
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Chasing Mountains
Level: ME
Duration: 2:30
Price: $2.25
Publisher: Dacker Music
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