Jesu am Kreuz-Franck's Die Sieben Worte for SATB.Unlike the well-known settings of the 'Seven Last Words' by Schütz or Haydn in his opulently scored composition Franck provides commentary to the words of Jesus with excerpts from the Old and New Testaments as well as from portions of the 'Stabat Mater'. In his transposition of the Latin text into music Franck reveals a rich palette of compositional parameters: ?different-sized ensembles exciting orchestration formal variety and sophisticated harmony. Laments simple passages for the choir in unison passages with great drama melodic shapes filled with sweetness convey to the listener a multi-layered impression of acomposition stamped by a strongly personal will to expression.? Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik 1/1991

Nicholas Maw's One Foot In Eden Still I Stand for mixed voices and a mixed voice solo choir or semichorus has an optional organ accompaniment. the piece was commissioned by King's College Cambridge to mark the 550th anniversary of the founding of the college. ' [...] a lyrical and artful structure full of contrasting texture and dynamic and typically rich harmony.'The Times (Stephen Pettitt) March 1993 This piece is from Faber's Choral Signature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. theseries draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

A Musical for Young Voices-Can't get enough of this ?way out? school where everybody sings and everything's cool! It's the first day of school and new students Michael Michele and Junior are about to discover what the singing is all about. Theprincipal is quite cheery and loves to vocalize!? Everyone's a winner in Jim the Gym teacher's gym and those classical cooks of the cafeteria are always ready to dine. Even the students in detention are singing . . . the blues and the whacky Science class is really rockin'! Upper elementary and middle school performers will rock to ?Harmony High.? Clever original songs zany antics and creative script writing combine for a truly spectacularmoment on stage that will have everyone singing including the audience! Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements script choreography and helpful production guide. The script with over 20 speaking parts is adaptable togroups of varying sizes and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards are provided for each song. Singer book offers vocal lines and script parts and the performance/accompaniment CD features the highest qualityrecordings. The expanded Performance Kit provides all you need in one convenient package for extra cost-saving value. Available separately: Teacher Edition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Singer book 1Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Duration: ca. 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Cantus Missae-According to Otto Ursprung Cantus missae is the ?most beautiful pure vocal music of the 19th century?. This is Rheinberger?s only Mass written for double choir. It obtains its special character through the use of compositional techniques of ancient classical vocal polyphony which are combined with functional harmony and expressive songlike voice-leading. Rheinberger was honored for this Mass with the Gregorius Medal in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII.

Express Musical for Young Voices-An Express Musical for Young Voices. ?Move that car! We're ready to begin. A garage is a place to make music in. With keyboard drums guitar and bass; add a singer and we're all in place!? Explore the instruments of arock band and start your own garage band. This unique musical revue features fresh new arrangements for unison voices with optional harmony that are accessible and appropriate for upper elementary and middle school singers. Usethe program dialog for performance options; connect to the standards with teaching objectives for each song; and extend learning with online video interviews featuring John Jacobson and the studio musicians who recorded the songsin musical revue. ?Here we go; the band is complete. We got the singer and we got the beat! Let's twist and shout and harmonize too. We're ready to play a tune for you.? Songs include: We Got the Beat Twist andShout Stand By Me Your Song Livin' on a Prayer Making the Band. 25 Minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

A Musical for Young Voices-When Santa's favorite Christmas album is ruined the North Pole gang decides to introduce Santa to their music with the help of iPods playlists headsets and docking stations! The elves are enjoying their Motown tunes while thereindeer kick up their country western heels. Crystal Snowflake is heading for Broadway and the toy soldiers are a-rockin' and a-rollin'. Join in the holiday hi-tech fun and discover what ends up on Santa's holidayplaylist! Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this clever 35-minute holiday musical features six original songs for unison voices with optional harmony choreography a helpful production guide anda script with speaking parts easily adapted to casts of varying sizes. For extra value the expanded Performance Kit/CD now provides 20 Singer books along with the Teacher Edition and a P/A CD. Available separately: TeacherEdition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Singer book 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Duration: ca. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Do You Hear The People Sing arranged By Tom Gentry for Men's Close Harmony Choir (TTBB). This rousing chorus from Les Misérables will be a powerful closer for any performance. Your men's chorus will bring down the house!

Saint Francis of Assisi is an opera in 3 acts by Olivier Messiaen. This first volume is focused on the Act 1 – 1. La croix 2. Les laudes 3. Le baiser au lépreux. It depicts the moments when Saint Francis explains what is the 'Perfect Joy' according to the love of the Christ his request to God to meet a leper and to be able to love him and finally his meeting with a leper assisted by an Angel. The leper is cured from this meeting. Based on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi this opera is set in Italy and is composed as per below: Act I: 1. La croix 2. Les laudes 3.Le baiser au lépreux Act II 4. L’ange voyageur 5. L’ange musicien 6. Le prêche aux oiseaux Act II 7. Les stigmates 8. La mort et la nouvelle vie This opera was played at the Paris Opera in 1983. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.

Instrumentation : SSAATTBB a cappella The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers - Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams - were long-standing members of the Swingle Singers. Content : Kikapust Choral Series - Levels of Difficulty: * Straightforward arrangements which will prove readily accessible to the average SATB choir; ** These arrangements will present one or two difficulties but are easily within the grasp of the average SATB cho ir; *** Indicates a slightly more complex level of arrangement, which will require an experienced SATB choir of fairly accomplished singers; **** This category of titles requires an experienced choir and will prove more demanding. Duration : 2 min

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.