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Simple Gifts (SATB) |
A four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Also available in SSAA voicing
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Simple Gifts (SATB) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Simple Gifts is a four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Leek takes this very well known melody and weaves his own unique magic around it. Suitable for choirs of any age and level and is arranged for SATB and piano, SSAA and piano and SSATB a cappella.
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Simple Gifts (SSAA) |
A four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Also available for SATB
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Simple Gifts (SSAA) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Simple Gifts is a four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Leek takes this very well known melody and weaves his own unique magic around it. Suitable for choirs of any age and level and is arranged for SATB and piano, SSAA and piano and SSATB a cappella. |
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Simple Gifts (SSATB) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Simple Gifts is a four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Leek takes this very well known melody and weaves his own unique magic around it. Suitable for choirs of any age and level and is arranged for SATB and piano, SSAA and piano and SSATB a cappella. |
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Simple Gifts (TTBB) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Simple Gifts is a four-part arrangement for treble voices of the traditional American folk song that concludes with the most magical and ethereal sounds! Leek takes this very well known melody and weaves his own unique magic around it. Suitable for choirs of any age and level and is arranged for SATB and piano, TTBB and piano, SSAA and piano and SSATB a cappella. |
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Sing Out! |
Sing Out! was commissioned for Australian Society of Music Education Conference 2005 as the opening massed work. It is a short, fun, rhythmic piece to be sung ‘with joy’. |
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Sky Song |
The composer arranged the text using both his own verses in English and traditional Australian words. The latter have a sonorous quality and also match the theme of the song. The result is a work with a distinct Australian flavour which paints a visual image of the Australian outback. SSAA unaccompanied. Listen to Sky Song on Spotify or Apple Music. |
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Something Childish, but Very Natural |
NOW AVAILABLE Written after Perth’s first lockdown due to Covid-19, this simple yet lush setting of Coleridge’s poetry expresses a first glimpse of hope and return to normality. Both an expressive longing and a gentle dreaming to be with someone far away resonates through the harmony and melodic gestures. |
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South Australia |
A robust arrangement which includes two versions of an Australian sea shanty. The composer also sanctions a cappella performances.
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South Australia – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. A robust arrangement which includes two versions of an Australian sea shanty. The composer also sanctions a cappella performances.
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Split Point – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Split Point is a treble and piano 2-part piece and is a popular song for medium level primary-aged choir with words written by the students of the Eltham East Primary School Choir. It is fun to run around the lighthouse as its light rotates and protects the vessels out to sea. |
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St James’ Service |
COMING SOON to Morton Music – digital copies will be available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. St James’ Service – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Dedicated to Warren Trevelyan-Jones and the Choir of St James’, King Street, Sydney. This piece was commissioned by a Benefactor of St James’ Church, to celebrate the Bicentenary of St James’, the inauguration of the new Dobson pipe organ in St James’ Church and performed on the 24th July, 2024 to mark the Benefactor’s 75th birthday.
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Tabulam |
Another in the Songs of Passage set, “tabulam” means “my home”. This song captures the energy and life of music-making from the north of Australia where part-singing is joyous, spontaneous and often improvised. The writing is lush, rich and repetitive. Commissioned by Graeme Morton’s St Peters Chorale.
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Talking To My Shoe 2pt (Losing the Plot) |
Latest News – This composition will be exclusively represented by Wise Music International from 2026 and will be unavailable through Morton Music if not in stock. Talking to my Shoe is the first piece in a collection of four pieces for treble voices and piano. Composer Paul Stanhope writes: Losing the Plot is a collection of songs for children’s voices and piano with texts by Michael Leunig. They were written as a follow up to my earlier cycle of Leunig pieces called Songs of Innocence and Joy for treble voices and chamber orchestra. The first of these pieces, Talking to My Shoe was commissioned and premiered by the Sydney Children’s Choir as part of their 15th anniversary in 2004. The remaining three songs in the cycle were commissioned by the Network of Treble Ensembles (NoTE) which includes Brisbane Biralee Voices, Gondwana Voices,Young Adelaide Voices and Young Voices of Melbourne. All the songs in this set are tinged with an exuberant sense of the absurd, but as usual with Leunig’s texts, there are many layers of meaning and often twists in the tale. The songs are written for upper-primary to high-school aged treble voices mostly in unison and two parts. In two songs—Talking to My Shoe and La–La Land—the choir splits into three parts, but only in a couple of short passages. A more difficult version of this piece also exists with the voices divided into three parts. Permission should be sought from Penguin Books Australia before re-printing any of the texts. The recordings are by the Australian Boys Choir conducted by Noel Ancell.
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Talking to My Shoe SSA (Losing the Plot) |
Latest News – This composition will be exclusively represented by Wise Music International from 2026 and will be unavailable through Morton Music if not in stock. Talking to my Shoe is the first piece in a collection of four pieces by Paul Stanhope. This version is for SSA and piano. Composer Paul Stanhope writes: Losing the Plot is a collection of songs for children’s voices and piano with texts by Michael Leunig. They were written as a follow up to my earlier cycle of Leunig pieces called Songs of Innocence and Joy for treble voices and chamber orchestra. The first of these pieces, Talking to My Shoe was commissioned and premiered by the Sydney Children’s Choir as part of their 15th anniversary in 2004. The remaining three songs in the cycle were commissioned by the Network of Treble Ensembles (NoTE) which includes Brisbane Biralee Voices, Gondwana Voices,Young Adelaide Voices and Young Voices of Melbourne. All the songs in this set are tinged with an exuberant sense of the absurd, but as usual with Leunig’s texts, there are many layers of meaning and often twists in the tale. The songs are written for upper-primary to high-school aged treble voices mostly in unison and two parts. In two songs—Talking to My Shoe and La–La Land—the choir splits into three parts, but only in a couple of short passages. A more difficult version of this piece also exists with the voices divided into three parts. Permission should be sought from Penguin Books Australia before re-printing any of the texts. |
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Tamborine |
This piece is currently in preparation. For more information please contact admin@mortonmusic.com |
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Tamborine (SATB) |
This piece is currently in preparation. For more information please contact admin@mortonmusic.com |
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Tantum Ergo – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of John Rotar’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Tantum Ergo is a sacred piece, suitble for intermediate choirs and is voiced for SATB a cappella; duration is 3 mins. This piece was written for The Australian Voices (TAV) in 2023 and performed by TAV as part of Mass at All Saints Wickham Terrace in November 2024. |
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The Earth’s Prayer |
Despite beautiful, moving harmonies throughout, it is the text that shines through in this piece. Text by Sally Clarke: Our Mother, whose Paradise is our Haven, Hallowed be thy top soil. Thy splendour, thy splendour, thy splendour be replenished, thy nurture be reciprocated on Land as it is in Sea/Sky/Mountain Range. Give us this day our daily mindfulness, forgive us our fossil fuel obsession as we forgive those who manipulate against us. Lead us back into balance and deliver us from separation, for thine is the Wonder of Biodiversity, the renewable power and the shared, sustainable glory. Now and forever. Amen! This recording of The Earth’s Prayer is sung by Lumens and directed by Kathryn Morton.
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The King Shall Rejoice |
This new release is now available through Musical Resources in the USA and Encore Australia in print form or by contacting Morton Music for a digital pdf licence (email admin@mortonmusic.com for further details). While looking for a suitable ‘royal’ anthem for a service to be attended by members of the Australian Monarchist League, Nigel Poole felt that his small church choir did not have sufficient resources to do justice to any of the well-known, grand coronation anthems. So he took the text of the anthem by William Boyce, which was sung at the coronation of King Charles III, and wrote this new setting, suitable for a parish choir. It worked well, and will be useful to have in the repertoire for Easter Day (Christ as sovereign), the Easter Season (resurrection joy), Ascension Day (Christ as reigning Lord), the feast of Christ the King, and any future royal occasions. |
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The Parting Glass |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details. The Parting Glass is essentially an arrangement of a traditional Irish melody and has an alternative 2nd verse. The recording by the Adelaide Chamber Singers, was conducted by Carl Crossin in 2021.
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The Road Not Taken (SATB) |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details. This poignant piece, written for the Seymour College Chamber Singers, is based on the poem by the same name by Robert Frost. The text tells of a traveller who comes across a fork in the road and decides to take the road less travelled – a moving reflection on life’s decisions. Composer Carl Crossin’s decision to include violin adds a further element of emotion to an already very stirring piece. Highly recommended, particularly for youth choirs. |
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The Road Not Taken (SSAA) |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details. This poignant piece, written for the Seymour College Chamber Singers, is based on the poem by the same name by Robert Frost. The text tells of a traveller who comes across a fork in the road and decides to take the road less travelled – a moving reflection on life’s decisions. Composer Carl Crossin’s decision to include violin adds a further element of emotion to an already very stirring piece. Highly recommended. |
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The Springtime it Brings on the Shearing |
A lyrical and charming Australian folksong set for SATB choir and piano. This is a simple arrangement that brings out the grace and charm of the melody. The score gives and explanation of all the Australian slang in the song, arising as it does from the Australian colonial period and the vast sheep-raising properties that were characteristic of this history. This song makes a great contrast with Bullocky-O, also arranged by Graeme Morton.
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The Traveller |
A humorous song for young singers with references to unusually named and strange sounding Australian towns such as Burrumbeet, Beetaloo and Gundagai. The performance above is from the National Youth Choir of Australia directed by Noel Ancell.
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There is Music – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. There is Music – A Song Cycle of the Ages is for SATB Choir, solo alto and string quartet. It was commissioned by Graeme Morton and the Brisbane Chamber Choir in 2024. “The pathway of life takes many twists and turns, experiencing joys and tragedies. What is a life other than a collection of memories? As one enters the latter years, often memories are the only reminders of the long journey – memories that are triggered by beauty, images, sounds, colours, … and of course, music.” Listen to this recording of the piece’s final movement, recorded by the Brisbane Chamber Choir (dir. Graeme Morton) on 25th April 2025 in St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane. Want to learn more about this fascinating piece? Click this link – There is Music – Composer’s Notes – to read the composer’s full statement, prepared for a pre-concert talk on the night of the piece’s premiere. |
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This Joyful Eastertide |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. This is the ultimate in a flexible edition! Unison, SAA, TBB and SATB choirs can sing the music from this copy. Based on the old Dutch carol, McKinley’s accompaniment fairly bowls along in a quasi-Baroque style. An excellent addition to the sacred Easter repertoire for any choir. |
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Three Australian Bush Songs |
This wonderful piece portrays three phases of the day: Sunrise, emerging in the stillness of the dawn, Birds, reflecting the vitality of the noonday, and the vibrant bird calls in the “Australian) bush, and Sunset, where the conclusion to the set of songs is a slow chordal diminuendo as the sun sets. Each movement can be performed separately. Watch the full score preview video here.
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Three Carols |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. Three simple carols for women’s or children’s choir using the medieval texts Terly Terlow, When Christ Was Born of Mary Free and I Sing of a Maiden. The recordings below feature the Brisbane Chamber Choir. (i) Terly Terlow The old English text discusses the shepherds and the music suggests the sound of shepherds’ pipes. (ii) When Christ was Born of Mary Free The second song of the three also discusses the shepherds and the song of the angels. (iii) I Sing of a Maiden This one page piece is a hauntingly beautiful setting of the medieval text. For the most part in two parts, it divides into three at the end. Highly recommended! |
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Three Christmas Spirituals SA |
New to Morton Music – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. Three Christmas Spirituals includes the following pieces for treble voices; also available for mixed voices. Go Tell it on the Mountain; There’s a Star in the East; and The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy These three simple arrangements of some of the best-loved Spirituals are suitable for youthful voices of all ages. While specific to the Christmas Season, the narrative element in these texts make them appropriate for church or concert performance throughout the year.
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Three Christmas Spirituals SATB |
New to Morton Music – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. Three Christmas Spirituals includes the following pieces and is for an accompanied SATB choir; also available for treble voices. Go Tell it on the Mountain; There’s a Star in the East; and The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy These three simple arrangements of some of the best-loved Spirituals are suitable for youthful voices of all ages. While specific to the Christmas Season, the narrative element in these texts make them appropriate for church or concert performance throughout the year.
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Three Eucharistic Motets |
NOW AVAILABLE These three motets are settings of hymn texts by the influential theologian and writer, Thomas Aquinas. O Salutaris Hostia (O Saving Victim), Panis Angelicus (Bread Of Angels), and Tantum Ergo (Hence So Great A Sacrament) each pertain to the Eucharist – a central aspect of Christianity. The chant melodies of these texts are layered with other material (both derived from the tune, and freely written) in a similar fashion between each piece to create linked, but unique modern textures. Each uses predominately the same pitches, but with different use of modality originating from each chant theme producing different colours in the sound world. This set is a part of the Sacre Australis series. Listen below for recordings of Three Eucharistic Motets by Joshua Adams O Salutaris Hostia: Panis Angelicus: Tantum Ergo: |
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Three Motets After Victoria (Victoria Triptych) |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details or from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. This “Victoria Triptych” was written in 2011, the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Spanish polyphonist, Thomas Luis de Victoria. For unaccompanied SATB choir, and with divided parts, these wonderful Latin motets remind us that the great motet tradition is still vibrant and flourishing. The individual titles are: Click the links above for score previews and recordings of each movement. Recordings feature the choir of St James King Street, Sydney (one of three commissioning choirs).
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Tides Of Ocean |
New Digital Release – digital copies are now available from Morton Music, just email admin@mortonmusic.com for more details. A six-minute piece that uses the Victor Carrell poem which describes the poet’s return to Australia by sea. The musical setting of the poem falls broadly into four continuous sections. The opening section comprises a rhythmic and lively music as the choir sings of standing over “tides of ocean”. There follows a calmer music as the poem carries us into the night with images of moon-paths and flying fish which “flash sparks like jewels,” culminating in a “southward dip” which involves all the tenors and basses descending to their lowest registers. The slowly emerging Southern Cross and the excitement of its presence is reflected in the third section of the work by the gradual accretion of voices forming a natural crescendo. The zenith of this crescendo leads the piece to its joyful and spirited conclusion. The recording above features The Australian Voices (2010) directed by Stephen Leek. Or watch the Boston Choral Ensemble’s performance here!
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Tintinara – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details. Tintinara is for a medium choir of any age voiced fo SA and piano. This unusual piece employs some more unusual choral techniques to capture the calls of the bush reflected in the ringing of bells. |
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Tuggare (SSAA Bb) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details.
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Tunggare |
“Tunggare” means “voice” or “to sing” in an Indigenous Australian dialect. This is a wonderful opening or closing to a concert. There is much repetition and very easy tenor and bass parts, so it is perfect for a high school choir (and other choirs as well!). It may also be used as a choral piece for audience participation.
Listen to Tunggare here! |
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Tunggare (SATB) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details.
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Tunggare (SSAA) – Morton Music Exclusive |
New Release – One of Stephen Leek’s exclusive digital releases directly through Morton Music – email admin@mortonmusic.com for details.
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