Cantata Series: Imagine That

For many of us who grew up in the late 50’s and early 60’s, one fixture of the Christmas season was the choir’s presentation of the latest John W. Peterson cantata from Singspiration.   Purists criticized them for their “secular” styles while many musicians compared them unfavorably to the great Christmas masterworks, but choirs and congregations–at…

Cantata Series: Cantata VS. Pageant

Welcome to “Cantata Week” at ChurchMusicToday!  This week the trio of authors will be focusing on some ideas surrounding choir performances at Easter and Christmas like: Cantata VS Pageant The BEST cantata/collection we’ve ever done with a choir The future of the choir cantata Trends of publishers So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride…

2011 New Sacred Christmas Choir Music / Cantatas

It may be too early to bring this up…BUT…there are some new cantatas/collections out on publishers websites with 2011 Christmas Choral Music.  Check out the list and get a glance of what’s new this season.  More will be added here when it is published on the music sites (nothing new was listed on Shawnee Press,…

A Cantata Review : “Come Walk with Me” by Pepper Choplin

New to Lorenz, comes Pepper Choplin‘s latest choir musical/cantata called, “Come Walk with Me” (© 2011).  This is Choplin’s fourth Easter collection.  The first came with “Once Upon a Tree” and then “Were You There” followed by “Come, Touch the Robe” and now “Come Walk with Me”. From his website, “Pepper Choplin earned his Bachelor of…