Music Publishing

The Lorenz Corporation has four active music-publishing imprints—Heritage Music Press, Lorenz, Roger Dean Publishing Company, and Latham Music—and is the exclusive distributor for The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Choristers Guild, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing. We are the world's largest source of music for handbells and are one of the leading publishers of choral music.

Heritage Music Press is among the industry-leading publishers of choral music and resources for the general music classroom. Publications under this imprint include octavos for all voicings and in styles ranging from novelty to the finest repertoire for contests and festivals, musicals and collections, game books, manipulatives, and Orff and text resources. They continue to resonate with music educators because of our commitment to bringing music into the lives of young people in a meaningful way and to helping students learn the fundamentals of music while engendering a lifelong love of the art.

An extensive catalog with numerous contributors, Heritage Music Press is proud to publish works by today's best school writers and composers including Artie Almeida, Amy F. Bernon, Patricia Bourne, Mark Burrows, Greg Gilpin, Victor C. Johnson, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Linda Spevacek, and André J. Thomas.

Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Choral Editor

Jeanette Morgan
Classroom Resources Editor

Dedicated to serving today's church musicians, Lorenz publishes worship music for all singers and instrumentalists. With offerings ranging from our flagship magazine subscriptions to stirring arrangements for the contemporary church genre, our choral, vocal, keyboard, handbell, brass, woodwind, and string publications are diverse in style and level of difficulty.

Among the more than 200 titles published each year by Lorenz, you'll find music from the best of today's church composers including Pepper Choplin, Mark Hayes, Victor C. Johnson, Lloyd Larson, Gilbert M. Martin, Mary McDonald, Ruth Elaine Schram, Larry Shackley, Jean Anne Shafferman, and Douglas E. Wagner.

Jean Anne Shafferman
Managing Editor

Lloyd Larson
Choral/Instrumental Editor

Gilbert M. Martin
Organ Editor

Mary McDonald
Choral Editor

Larry Shackley
Choral/Keyboard Editor

Douglas E. Wagner
Handbell Editor

Roger Dean Publishing Company is a vital resource for college, church, professional, community, and high school choral directors who value music of the highest quality. Its Prima Cantate Series provides the more traditional repertoire while the Electa Series features works with more complex harmonies and rhythms that typify the contemporary choral genre. Janet Galván serves as contributing editor for two series: one for advanced women's choirs and one for the developing treble choir. Finally, the Te Deum Series provides sophisticated sacred repertoire.

Among the impressive array of composers writing for Roger Dean are Chester Alwes, Carol Barnett, Paul Carey, René Clausen, Mark Hayes, Ruth Watson Henderson, George Mabry, and J.A.C. Redford.

Scott Foss
Editor

Latham Music began in 1992 as a publisher of cello ensembles and now maintains one of the largest collections of cello music in the world, including many compositions written in jazz, rock, blues, and Latin styles. In addition, the catalog is filled with solos and ensembles for violin, viola, and string bass along with string quartets, string orchestra arrangements, and "gig" music for professionals.

Contributors to the catalog include founder and editor Lynne Latham along with Shirl Jae Atwell, Lee Burswold, Edward M. Caner, Philip Clarke, Catherine McMichael, Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz, Thom Sharp, Anne Svendsen, and Ed Zunic.

Lynne Latham
Editor

For a complete list of the imprints and copyrights held by The Lorenz Corporation, please visit our Imprints and Copyrights List.