The music from the movie, Forrest Gump, is absolutely wonderful, and the Forrest Gump Suite does very well as a flute choir arrangement. This piece includes the Feather Theme, You Can't Sit Here, and You're No Different.

This arrangement is written for 2 altos, 2 basses, contra-alto in G, and contrabass flutes. The contra-alto is not as well-known an instrument, but it is used in larger choirs. This part is optional. Also, there is an optional cello part that doubles the contrabass part. This part can be substituted by any C instrument in a similar range, such as a bassoon.

This is a great piece for all occasions!

Duration: 5.5 minutes

Handel's Messiah is one of the most popular musical works of all time, and choirs around the world perform Part 1 of Messiah every Christmas season.

His Yoke is Easy would be a great closer for your Christmas concert. It is the last movement in the Christmas section of Messiah. The Hallelujah Chorus is usually what is sung after this.

This arrangement is for the more advanced choir, however, parts 5 & 6 could be used for those who aren't as advanced.

Scored for 6 C flutes, alto, bass, and optional contrabass. There is also a cello part, which can also be played by any C instrument in a similar range, such as a bassoon.

An expertly arranged of one of Mozart's most beautiful religious melody - Ave Verum Corpus for flute choir or solo voice and flute choir - Score, 5 C flutes, 2 Alto Flutes, Bass Flute and optional Cello part.

Flute choir meets heavy metal!

Avenged Sevenfold is one of my absolute favorite heavy metal bands. I don't usually hear a flute choir when I listen to their songs, or mostly any heavy metal songs for that matter, but A Little Piece of Heaven is so creative, so musical, and so funny, that I couldn't help it. Also, Oingo Boingo headed up the instrumental parts of the original song, which is evident.

If you are unfamiliar with heavy metal, you don't need to know anything about this song, other than it's incredibly unique and has to be played with an attitude. Accentuate the down beats, lay off the full vibratos, keep pushing the tempo - it never should slow down, and channel your inner rocker.

This song was the brainchild of the late James "The Rev" Sullivan. With the help of Oingo Boingo musicians, the song was scored to include an orchestra, full wind section, and choir. This arrangement is less than half the length of the original song, but it still clocks in at around 3 1/2 minutes.

This arrangement is scored for 4 flutes, alto, bass, contrabass, and upright string bass or keyboard. It is essential that there is a strong bass line. The upright bass part could also be played by any bass clef C instrument, like a euphonium, trombone, or tuba. If you are lucky enough to know a drummer, that would help a great deal too. I did not include a drum part, only because I am not knowledgeable enough at writing for drums and would rather leave it out than mess it up!

I hope you and your group will enjoy playing this song as much as I enjoyed arranging it. And I hope your audience will like it too!

Pentatonix is one of my favorite acapella groups, and I am thrilled to be able to write an arrangement of this piece for flute choir. This piece is sweet and relaxing, and is simple enough for a choir with intermediate skills. There is a lot of syncopation, so counting is key, but it is repetitive and intuitive. This is great newer Christmas tune that I hope you will love to play.

This arrangement is for Low Flute Choir - 3 altos, 2 basses and 1 contra bass.

The movie "Psycho" has one of the most well-known murder scenes in movie history, along with one of the creepiest music themes. So, why make a flute choir version of it? Why not?

This flute choir arrangement is written for Piccolo, 4 C flutes, alto, bass, and contrabass. If your flute choir doesn't have a contrabass flute, you can substitute it with another bass flute.

I hope you will enjoy playing this creepy music and that your audience will love listening to it!

This beautiful song comes from the musical Yentl, starring Barbra Streisand.

As an instrumental piece, dynamics, tempo changes - of which there are many - and the attention to the overall emotion of the song will make this piece soar as it should.

This arrangement is for flute choir: 4 C flutes, alto, bass, contrabass, and optional cello to help give the bass line a stronger presence.

I hope you and your audience will enjoy this piece.

Duration: 3.5 minutes

Alan Silvestri is one of my favorite movie composers. He composes mainly for the film industry, and wrote fantastic scores for movies like Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, and Night at the Museum, to name a few.

This piece comes from the movie, Cast Away. The movie didn't have much music in it, which was intended to create a feeling of isolation. Needless to say, when music was played during a scene, it made a big impact. Silvestri won a Grammy Award for his music score in this movie.

This arrangement of the theme song is written for 2 altos, 3 basses, contra-alto in G, and contrabass flutes. The Bass 3 part is optional if you have a contra-alto in G. The optional cello part is to provide extra support to the contrabass, if needed.

This piece is very soothing and meditative. I hope your choir and your audience will enjoy it.

"Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by British singer Adele for her secondstudio album, 21. It is the leadsingle and opening track on the album. The song was written by Adele and PaulEpworth. The singer herself describes it as a "dark blues-y gospeldisco tune". The largest crossoverhit in the United States from the past 25 years, "Rolling in theDeep" gained radio airplay from many different radio formats. Itwas first released on 29 November 2010 as the lead single from 21 indigital download format. The lyrics describe the emotions of a scorned lover.

This song is arranged forFlute Choir Quintet (2 Flutes, 2 Alto Flutes and Bass Flute & Optional Drumset and Tambourine). The level is Intermediate and the duration is 3.46minutes.

This arrangement of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" is based on the original recording with added harmonies and elements from the live orchestral version. Here it is arranged for flute choir consisting of 3 C flutes, 1 alto flute, and 1 bass flute. It has a full, rich sound and stays true to the original melody and background. Each player has an interesting and challenging part, so this is best suited for advanced musicians. Run time is approximately 4:25.

Sheet music includes conductor's score plus the five individual parts.

This spritely and delightful tune from Rodger's and Hammerstein's beloved THE SOUND OF MUSIC is masterfully and lovingly adapted for flute choir by an arranger who once portrayed Friedrich von Trapp in a theatrical production.

This Christmas song is one of the classics. Every time I hear it, I picture the characters from "Peanuts" skating on the ice. This piece has great jazz chords and it helps bring calm to a sometimes hectic time of year. It's a great piece to add to your Christmas program!

This arrangement is for low flute choir - Altos, Basses, and Contra bass.

This is a song that no one will expect a flute choir to play. That said, why not have a flute choir play it? This arrangement will require 1 or 2 people stamping their feet and clapping their hands throughout the whole piece. Or, you could have a drummer do his or her thing.

Play this in the right style - that is, leave your sweet vibrato behind and play this percussively and with an attitude that will make Freddie Mercury proud - and this will be a winner with your audience.

2018 Chamber Music Contest Entry
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
Program Notes

The Impossible Dream (The Quest) is the most popular song from the1965 Broadway musical Man of LaMancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name. The song was composed by Mitch Leigh,with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was awarded the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter?sHall of Fame.

I have always found the lyrics of TheImpossible Dream extremely moving:

Todream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong,
To love pure and chaste from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star.

This is my quest,
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.

To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To fight the unbeatable foe.
To reach the unreachable star.

This arrangement for flute choir can be performed with asfew as 5 players or a full flute choir with multiple players on a part. It is scored for 3 flutes, alto flute, bassflute, and optional contrabass flute.

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Phyllis Avidan Louke is a flutist and award-winning composerand arranger with more than 70 published pieces to her credit. www.phyllislouke.com

A list of Phyllis Louke?s SMP publications with full lengthrecordings can be found at http://www.phyllislouke.com/compositions/digital-downloads-smp-publications/

Beethoven Sonata Op. 49 No. 2 arranged for flute choir. Duration: ca: 10:15 Score: 60 pages, 242 measures. In two movements. A great recital piece to demonstrate nuances of the flute choir.

Let your flute choir take off to where they belong with this wonderful arrangement of "Up Where We Belong", the 1982 #1 Hit from the Paramount motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman. This wonderful work stays true to the feel of the work without pushing your flute choir too much. A wonderful song which emphasizes that true love can make any relationship stronger, this is a great addition to any concert.

This work's 4th Flute part is a concert transposition of the Alto Flute part.

Duration is around 4 minutes. 

Included Parts and Ranges:
- Piccolo (sounding F#5 to A6)
- Flute 1 (A4 to G6)
- Flute 2 (G4 to G6)
- Flute 3 (E4 to D6)
- Flute 4 (C Alto part, D4 to A5)
- Alto Flute (sounding D4 to A5)
- Bass Flute (sounding D3 to F4)

Eleanor Rigby ProgramNotes

This beautiful Lennon & McCartney song made famous byThe Beatles, translates wonderfully to the scoring for flute choir, and isfaithful to the original arrangement. This arrangement can be performed with as few as 5 players or a fullflute choir with multiple players on a part. It is scored for 3 flutes, alto flute (alternate c-flute part included),and bass flute. In a large group, apiccolo may be added to the Flute 1 part, where marked.

Pop, Rock, Beatles

Phyllis Avidan Louke is a flutist and award-winning composerand arranger with more than 70 published pieces to her credit. www.phyllislouke.com

For those Bridgerton fans out there, Lady Whistledown's Society Paper is how her dearest readers discovered the juiciest news about everyone who was someone in London. "If there's a scandal, she shall uncover it, and share every last detail." Even the queen read it!

The Netflix series burst onto the screen in December 2020, amid a pandemic, and became one of the most popular shows around the world.

Kris Bowers wrote the soundtrack for Bridgerton. The recording was done remotely by just 8 orchestra musicians. It proves, as many musicians have during the pandemic, that you don't have to be in the same room to make great music with others - the process is just a little weird.

The Latest Whistledown is a lively piece that is quite a delight. This arrangement is a bit beefier than the original recording, as it makes no sense to me to have members of the choir just sitting there with nothing to play while the others may think they have too many notes. This piece also includes a key change that the original does not have, because it helps lengthen the delight a little more.

Scored for piccolo, 3 C flutes, alto, bass, and contrabass flutes. There is an optional upright string bass part that doubles the contrabass part. It can be played by any bass clef C instrument in a similar range.

Duration: 2 minutes

Based on "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga, this arrangement reimagines the pop hit as a Bach fugue. Giovanni Dettori's version went viral in 2013 and is now available for flute choir. This is a great way to round-out your concert program by bringing in something from an older time period in an audience-friendly way. Includes sixteenth notes, accidentals, and requires good musicality. Alto and Flute 1 are the most difficult parts.

Length: 2:45

Gustav Holst - Folksongs of Hampshire England . In the early 1900's there was great interest in collecting and preserving the folk songs of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Equipped with their newly invented recording devices, people such as Cecil Sharp, Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst would travel into the country-side to record, or notate songs being sung. They would frequently use these songs in their own compositions. Holst's music in particular is filled with those songs and his two suites for band are especially valued by wind bands around the world. This group of four songs was arranged for voice and piano by Holst and set for flute choir by John Gibson. The songs are 1. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low 2. Bedlam City 3. The Irish Girl 4. Young Reilly. The instrumentation is: Piccolo, Flute 1-3, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, and Contra Bass Flute.

An exciting arrangement of the theme from popular television series 'Game of Thrones', arranged for Flute Choir by Kate Agioritis. Download includes score and a full set of parts. View the full catalogue of Musika works on our website: www.musikapublishing.com LIKE Musika Publishing on Facebook!

This is a bright, happy piece from Guaraldi's music for the movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The setting for flute choir is by John Gibson (flute 1 - 3, alto, and bass flutes). Your flute group should be able to play syncopated rhythms for the "bright bossa rock style."

Percy Faith was well known for his spicy orchestration and this Samba setting makes for a unique sleigh bell piece. There is an optional sleigh bell part, but that can be omitted if you want to play this lively piece any time of year.....not just Christmas! It is set by John Gibson for flute choir (Piccolo, Flute 1-2-3, Alto, Bass, an alternate 4th flute for alto, and an optional sleigh bell part).

An arrangement of two traditional Chanukah pieces for flute choir. Just in time for the upcoming holidays!

Pentatonix is well-known for creating wonderful arrangements and this is no exception.

This arrangement of Deck the Halls for flute choir - 4 C flutes, alto, and bass - is upbeat, fun, and it allows everyone a chance at playing the melody. It's a toe-tapping, happy piece that will definitely bring smiles to everyone's faces.

There are optional hand claps and foot stomps with very simple repetitive patterns. Substitutions for these parts could be a bucket or vocal percussion.

This piece is great fun!