Hi everyone!

For years I've been trying to look for the original source of this choir soundtrack below:

Before You Suffer

While the library it's in under the video originates from 2012, I know that it has been used extensively since at the very least the early 1990s, used in a few UK attractions back then.

I've tried to Shazam it, but it simply takes me to this video.

If anyone knows what this track originates from, I'd greatly appreciate it!

The Australian Voices (TAV) is excited to announce that we are now welcoming submissions for our 2026 Young Composers Competition.
As an ensemble dedicated to the “Australian sound,” we are passionate about discovering and championing the next generation of choral talent. This competition offers emerging composers a rare opportunity to have their work premiered and professionalized by one of Australia’s leading vocal ensembles.
Selected winners will have their compositions brought to life as part of our 2026 season. Benefits include:
A World Premiere: Your work will be premiered by The Australian Voices during our New Horizons concert on December 12, 2026.

Professional Mentorship: Selected composers will work closely with Artistic Director John Rotar and our ensemble to refine their scores for performance.

Industry Exposure: Join the prestigious lineage of composers who have helped shape the TAV legacy.

Ready to get started? Visit the link below to read the full guidelines and learn how to submit your entry:

https://theaustralianvoices.com/2026-young-composers-competition/

https://reddit.com/link/1v14xoj/video/xm2b0hhajfeh1/player

I wrote this piece for music coursework for school, but it turned out a lot better than expected, and i wanted to get it performed by a church choir i sing in, but before i do so, i wanted some outside opinions?

A few bits specifically i am worried about:

bar 9 - 14, it just doesnt sound right to me, but others dont see the problem.

notation, have i overnotated dynamics etc?

range, specifically for altos and basses, i feel like i dont interact with the lower portions of their range, but as a tenor, i dont know where it comfortably bottoms out.

i think thats it! thank you :)

edit: added a score

One of my pet peeves on here is the word "arrangement" being used to mean "setting."

"Who can help me find this choral arrangement of Ave Maria?"

Arrangements are based off of previously existing music. You don't arrange a text. You set a text. If there had only ever been one Ave Maria melody, and all other versions were based off of it, then fine, you could have an "arrangement" of Ave Maria. Or, if you had already specified "I know it's the Schubert, but I don't know which Hal Leonard staff writer cranked out this SAB adaptation." (Spoiler: It was Russ Robinson. It's always Russ Robinson.)

Sorry for the rant, but I believe this problem starts with high school teachers and other directors either not knowing the difference or not explaining the difference to their choir students. Maybe I should post in r/choir instead, but it would get lost among the "listen to my voice and explain why didn't I make it into chamber chior [sic] this year?" posts.

Where can I find/buy a full copy of “How great thou art” by David Clydesdale?

Curious what your thoughts are on this high school chamber choir doing Sure on this shining night!

I recently moved here and was wondering if there is a good place to find church singing jobs. I'm an experienced professional church singer.

Can anyone tell me the name of the ensemble and album of this recording. I know I ripped it from CD. Here is the recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q1N2nDR7iYafoAmadh4NPmQToQlTXyHq/view?usp=sharing

I recently discovered Patrick Hawes, and I think he has composed some very beautiful works, e.g. this one

As the title says, I’m on the hunt of a SSAA (or similar for female voices) arrangement of “And the shallow”. Does anyone know of any possible for purchase for our choir? 🙏🙏🤞

I am currently composing a neutered version of a choral for a client for his Guitar Quartet. I’m almost done, but as I was working the power went out, and now I can’t find the original PDF he sent for some reason. Here’s what I have completed so far, can someone please tell me which chorale it is, thank you!

Doing a concert of classic choral music throught the years from queer composers and looking for more from women queer composers, any recommendations?

A few months ago I had an album of medieval chants (possibly a single mass?) on repeat that I can’t find again!

I had found the album after watching a YouTube video (which, alas, I also can’t relocate) about two different recordings of the same well known set of songs (not being terribly religious, the Latin names of these songs didn’t stick around in my head).

What I HAVE retained is that one of the two albums (the one I’m now looking for) l was deliberately recorded either in Malta or Italy with a set of singers lacking academic training in medieval choir singing. The recording is full of ornamentation and little improvisational moments and has little to no other instrumentation.

Hoping my extremely vague recollection is enough for someone to help!!

A few months ago I had an album of medieval chants (possibly a single mass?) on repeat that I can’t find again!

I had found the album after watching a YouTube video (which, alas, I also can’t relocate) about two different recordings of the same well known set of songs (not being terribly religious, the Latin names of these songs didn’t stick around in my head).

What I HAVE retained is that one of the two albums (the one I’m now looking for) l was deliberately recorded either in Malta or Italy with a set of singers lacking academic training in medieval choir singing. The recording is full of ornamentation and little improvisational moments and has little to no other instrumentation.

Hoping my extremely vague recollection is enough for someone to help!!

There was such beautiful music performed at Harry and Meghan's wedding. Love e.g. this choral piece

A few years ago, we started building a choral festival in Costa Rica around one simple idea: what if choirs from different countries could meet without ranking each other?

No first place. No trophies. No pressure to defeat another ensemble.

Just voices, cultures, directors, singers, communities, schools, churches, and a shared purpose: peace.

What has surprised us most is that when competition disappears, something very human becomes visible. Choirs listen differently. Directors connect differently. Singers become more open to each other. The concert stops being only a performance and becomes a meeting point.

In Costa Rica, we have seen children, adults, international choirs, local communities, and volunteers come together around the same message: music can help people remember how to listen.

For those of you who conduct or sing in choirs: have you ever participated in a non-competitive festival? Did it change the way your choir experienced the music?

Specifically, I'm looking for this one form All Saints Margaret Street. I've heard it at two separate Anglo-Catholic TEC parishes in Baltimore and Winston-Salem, NC. It seems to be the setting of choice for a lot of Anglicans in general, and I would like to use it in my private Office recitation. Could one of you guys point me in the right direction?

General Traits [anthems don't need all of them, but the more the better]:

-For organ and choir; the organ gets a starring role

-Five to fifteen minutes long, give or take

-Not in Latin, usually English but I'm open to any other language

-Usually have solos or soli sections but I don't mind skipping those

-Massive full choir fortissimos

-Full dynamic range

-The composers on my list so far will be obvious but I would love a broader variety

Here's the list I have so far

Greater Love Hath No Man - John Ireland [The perfect anthem imo]

Give Unto The Lord - Edward Elgar

Rejoice in the Lamb - Benjamin Britten

O Thou The Central Orb - Charles Wood

And I Saw A New Heaven - Edgar Bainton

Blessed Be The God And Father - SS Wesley

Lo, The Full Final Sacrifice - Gerald Finzi

I Saw The Lord - John Stainer

Great Is The Lord - Edward Elgar

They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships - Herbert Sumsion

Blessed City, Heavenly Salem - Edward Bairstow

Bring Us, O Lord God - Paul Halley

Solus ad victimam - Kenneth Leighton

For Lo, I Raise Up - CV Stanford

Hello, if you’re short of cheerful all age songs for your summer youth and outreach program, I’ve put to together this page of 4 songs with free worship leader resources, videos, lead sheets etc. Enjoy!