Festive fare for a Christmas of close harmony-The Boosey & Hawkes Concerts For Choirs series is an innovative approach to concert planning for choirs. Each volume contains a wealth of material to help the choral director assemble a concert programme - all from one volume. The anthology draws on the vast Boosey & Hawkes archive and also includes many specially-composed or newly-arranged pieces. The information included at the end of each book will give the choral director invaluable material for brief concert announcements or program notes. Christmas In Blue is a collection of familiar and not-so-familiar festive songs brought together by Nigel Short former member of the King's Singersand conductor of Tenebrae. His own new arrangements join those by Christopher Norton (Microjazz) Karl Jenkins Will Todd Geoff Richards Carol Canning (a former member of the Swingle Singers) and Ward Swingle himself.

A Holiday Musical for Young Singers-A Holiday Musical for Young Singers. It's holiday time and the clock is ticking! The elves are happily bustling around putting the final touches on the presents that Santa will soon be delivering to children all around the world. Everyone is excited - except for lead elf Carol. Holiday Time? Big deal! Carol is the definition of the word grump. In the dictionary under the word grump there are no words just Carol's picture! Join the fun as the ghosts of holiday past present and future each pay a visit to Carol and help her see why holiday time IS a big deal and that it's never too late to change! This delightful 30-minute holiday musical features 6 songs for unison voices withoptional harmony and a script with 20 speaking parts easily adapted to casts of varying sizes. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements choreography dialog and helpful production guide. Singer books provide vocal lines and dialog. Top off your performance with the professionally-produced orchestrations on the Performance/Accompaniment CD. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Perf/Accomp CD. Performance Time: Approx. 30 minutes. For Gr. 3-6.

Voiceworks at Christmas is a great collection of seasonal songs for all choirs. Building on the superb resources of Voiceworks 1 and 2 Peter Hunt here presents an inspired new collection of pieces for Christmas ranging from plainsong to jazz carols gospel songs and folk pieces to well-known carols in sparkling new arrangements and brand new carols by living composers. With excellent practical rehearsal notes and an accompanying CD Voiceworks At Christmas meets the needs of all choral groups and overflows with festive cheer.30 fabulous carols and songs from unison to four-part harmony and beyondpieces for all occasions sacred and secular: schoolconcerts Advent and Christmas services carol-singingideal for youth and community choirs school groups (key stage 3 upwards) choral societies church and choral groups of all ages and experiencesvast range of repertoire: plainsong and early music spirituals folk pieces carols in jazz styleintroduces carols from the West Gallery and Sacred Harp traditionswell-known carols in fresh arrangements and new songs by living composerstips and hints for warming up and preparing to rehearsea complete lesson or rehearsal plan for each songphotocopiable pagesCD with performances of all the songs