Ave Maria is currently unavailable

About this arrangement

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.961614 Composed by Michael Hoppe. Arranged by John O. Sullivan. A Cappella,Holiday,Sacred. Octavo. 9 pages. John O. Sullivan #5823611. Published by John O. Sullivan (A0.961614). When Michael and I discussed my SATB arrangement of his beautiful setting of the "Ave Maria," he wanted to preserve a semblance of the original soprano solo. When I arranged the "Ave Maria" I had in mind this working for the average church choir. I had the choir I direct at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Everett, Washington try to visualize dancing as a little child with the Blessed Virgin Mary, which I demonstrated for them by dancing a slow hesitation waltz as a little child might dance with their mother, or in this case with Mary, our mother. We decided to combine his suggestion of having one soloist sing  the first verse a cappella and a second one of the opposite sex sing the second verse and the choir coming in at the "Sancta Maria" with the option of the choir singing this arrangement as it is written. To make this work for my choir, I set the meter at 3/4 time throughout and lowered the key signature from a-minor to g-minor. I have used this many times in the liturgy as a choir solo, especially during the month of May which is traditionally the month of Mary. It is also very suitable for choir and school concert venues.                                   . This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).