Welcome

Welcome to CantareWorks!

[cantare (kanˈtaːre) (Lt. verb) to sing]

This website is dedicated to the music of composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor Christopher Alexander.

This site offers direct links to all sheet music purchasing websites available. Feel free to preview sheet music selections and send a message through my Contact page.

Thank you so much!

NEW RELEASES/PUBLICATIONS

NEW REPERTOIRE for CONTEST/FESTIVAL SEASON!
Check out these new songs for your festival choirs!
To see more details for a specific song, click their cover below.

NEW CHORAL SONGS for CHRISTMAS!
These new Christmas works are ready for your choirs!
To see more details for a specific song, click their cover below.

Ten Christmas Piano Solos, Volume 2

This collection features ten arrangements of well-known Christmas carols and tunes for solo piano, including: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (with Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331); Deck the Halls; Go, Tell It On the Mountain; Good King Wenceslas; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; O Christmas Tree; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Of the Father’s Love Begotten; Silent Night; and We Three Kings.

All individual titles also available for sale. Available in print and digital versions.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Two new arrangements for the
2023 New Generation Singers Christmas concerts!
Born is the King (It’s Christmas) by Hillsong Worship
Hope Was Born This Night by Sidewalk Prophets

Also, my arrangement of
I Don’t Want Christmas to End by Zach Williams
will be performed!

Hear the New Generation Singers perform LIVE!
Friday, December 15
Wyatt Park Christian Church
2623 Mitchell Avenue St. Joseph, Missouri 64507
Saturday, December 16
Ashland United Methodist Church
2711 Ashland Avenue St. Joseph, Missouri 64506

Free Admission at both locations (Donations accepted.)

80 CHORAL WORKS for SIGHT-SINGING

They will be written in SATB, SAB, SSA, and TBB voicings with variations in difficulty for choirs to enhance their sight-singing experience. Also included in the collection will be helpful tricks and tips for the director and students to improve their skills for correctly reading music the first time with more accuracy and (hopefully) less anxiety.

This collection will be available January 2024.

Volume 1 of Aesop’s Fables coming January 2024!
For SATB Chorus and Piano.

This songbook of hymns for Easter arranged for solo piano will be an excellent addition to your piano repertoire. Be a part of the majesty and glory of the Easter season with this collection!

Coming February 2024!

New upcoming arrangements for your Pops Concert:
As Days Go By (Theme from Family Matters)
Boho Days, from Tick, Tick…Boom!
Grateful For
Help Me Make It Through the Night
A Million Dreams, from The Greatest Showman
Snow in California
Coming March 2024!

New voicings for some of my current choral repertoire will be available soon.
If you have any requests, send a message through my Contact page and I can work on those requests first.

Two cantatas about the Christmas and Easter seasons, coming Summer 2024.
For SATB Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra.
More information will be available soon.

New Choral works for Christmas coming October 2024.