Tim's compositional style is wide ranging with shades of impressionism, serialism, pop, and jazz with strong rhythmic components and an ear for melody. Tim specializes in compositions for piano and voice, adapting everything from poetry to prose into song form. Below you'll find sheet music for sale, as well as the score to Tim's setting of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a full length play, commissioned by Saint Paul Academy and composed for voices, piano and violin.
Sheet music for Tim Kraack’s original piece “Unseamed” for solo piano.
Difficulty: Intermediate-Early Advanced
The music for Tim Kraack’s setting of Dave Eggers’ How the Water Feels to the Fishes for piano and narrator. Contains 17 short pieces with narration set above the music.
Difficulty ranges from early intermediate to advanced.
Please do not share copies, and if you wish to perform this work, please contact Tim.
This is the music book for Absolute Zero by Dead Kings of Norway. Includes piano arrangements of the music, chord symbols, vocal melody, and lyrics for the full album.
Upon purchase you will receive a link to a PDF download of this work.
Musical setting of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle scored for violin, piano, and voices.
Within 48 hours you’ll be contacted and sent a unique PDF of the score with your institution’s name marked on the bottom of each page. You’ll receive PDFs of the piano vocal score (101 pages) and the violin score (40 pages).
This is the first of the Studies for Remote Choir, pieces designed for live online choral performances which take the latency of video chat into account.
This song, “here at home”, was written using text submitted by the choirs of the Saint Paul Academy Middle School that described their feelings during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Difficulty: Early-intermediate
SSA, 1 page, 2.5-3 minutes
To purchase Performance Licenses for this work, click here.
Purchase one license of the song for every member of your choir. This entitles you to one performance (or multiple performances in a short period of time) for each member of the performing ensemble.
This item is a Performance License only. Please keep the receipt for your records. To purchase a PDF of the actual music, find it in the store.
This winter song with poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay invokes the sharpness of a cold night and the coziness of a warm fire. Arranged for two parts, this song features a tuneful chorus, colorful dissonances, and easy harmonies accessible for an early intermediate choir. It’s perfect for a secular addition to your winter concerts.
Purchase enough copies for every member of your ensemble. A PDF with you or your ensemble’s name will be sent to the email address provided within 2 business days. 12 copy minimum. Contact for a perusal score.
Text used with permission of author’s estate.
A high-energy rhythmic choral piece that uses pointillism, modal harmonies, and interlocking rhythms. Medium difficulty (Level 3) for high school and college choirs. Piano part is advanced.
Commissioned by Saint Paul Academy and Summit School in 2020.
Purchase enough copies for every member of your ensemble. A PDF with you or your ensemble’s name will be sent to the email address provided within 2 business days. Contact for a perusal score.