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Our Summer 2025 Catalog is Now Available!

Welcome to our 54th catalog of Traditional Music for the Contemporary Church!

You may have noticed that we had no Spring catalog this year. For the convenience of our customers, we have decided to try producing only one catalog a year, while increasing the number of items in that catalog. It will be released in early August, with the hope that this will be more convenient for those who plan during the Summer for the upcoming choir year.

This year's Summer catalog has a very nice mix of Psalm settings, vocal anthems, Treasury Series motets, and organ/instrumental works. Most of our composers represented here have been with CNP for a while (make sure and check out their bios, as well as other pieces of theirs published previously). Our newest addition to the CNP family of composers is Ross Semler, the Director of Sacred Music and Liturgy at Saint John University Parish, which serves West Virginia University and downtown Morgantown. Make sure to check out his choral setting of Psalm 22, along with the other pieces we're so pleased to offer to you, your choir, and your parish! We hope you find in these new works an opportunity to bring additional beauty and variety to your liturgical celebrations!

Enjoy!!

The Staff of CNP

 

New Psalms

Psalm 22

- Ross Semler

A creative setting of the Responsorial Psalm for Palm Sunday, for SATB choir and congregation, fully a cappella. Bypass the organ for this Palm Sunday moment, and let the rich text of Psalm 22 speak to the congregation, sung creatively and expertly by the choir!

Psalm 46

- Christopher Bord

This is a simple, yet versatile setting of the Responsorial Psalm for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. In addition to its use on November 9, it can also work as an Entrance Chant or Communion Psalm on other days.

New Vocal Works

O magnum mysterium

- B. Andrew Mills

With text from the quite poetic fourth Responsory of Matins of Christmas and written in Renaissance style, this motet for countertenor, alto soloist or unison choir is a noble addition to the Christmas repertoire.

Blessed Are You, O Holy Virgin Mary

- Matthew Koraus

With good voice leading and solid part writing, this setting of the Offertory Antiphon for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is an outstanding example of the choral composer's craft.

They That Wait upon the Lord

- Robert Benson

A well-written organ accompaniment underscores this effective SATB motet with text from Isaiah, which is used at the end of the First Reading for Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent. Applicable to Advent, it can also be sung for All Saints Day, funerals, and at any Mass with a theme of perseverance or steadfast faith.

O sacrum convivium

- Pedro de Cristo / ed. Thomas R. Vozella

Dom Pedro de Cristo was an Augustinian monk of the 16th century as well as a noted composer, keyboardist, harpist and recorder player. The text from the Magnificat antiphon for the feast of Corpus Christi makes this SATB motet perfect for Corpus Christi or as a Communion motet on any Sunday outside Lent.

Adoramus te

- Ludovico da Viadana / Gary D. Penkala

This short (25 measures), concise, and very useful motet for Holy Week is perfect for those "filler" moments without organ when a little more music is needed. The composer Ludivico Grossi was a fine Renaissance composer whose later techniques, like basso continuo, led to one of the hallmarks of Baroque composition.

New Organ and Instrumental Works

Suite on 'Ave Maria'

- Gregory Hamilton

In this new suite for organ, the composer takes a metrical version of the Gregorian chant Ave Maria on a trek through six creative variations. An exciting extended prelude for any Marian feast, this is quality music from a very competent contemporary composer and deserves a place in every organist's repertoire!

Fantasy of the Spirit

- Gary D. Penkala

Written as a gift for a high school trumpeter on his Confirmation, this fantasy incoporates three melodies related to the Holy Spirit. Neither the trumpet parts nor the organ part are particularly difficult, making this a wonderful prelude to a Pentecost or Confirmation Mass.

Seminarian Discount!

Seminarians have it rough. On one hand, the number of new things they are required to purchase for their studies is extensive, and the cost of the education itself is not cheap. At the same time, they are full-time students, most with no steady income, and they're not looking at a financially lucrative salary post-graduation to help pay their school debts.

As a very small way to assist with this problem, CNP now offers a 25% discount on all orders made by U.S. Roman Catholic seminarians. To qualify for this discount:

1. On the order form or checkout page, check the box marked "Seminarian".
2. Have your order shipped to a U.S. Roman Catholic seminary (including PNAC).

That's it! Once we have verified the address, we will send you a bill (either by US mail or email via Paypal - you choose) with the discount applied.