# 1 Hits Made in the U.S.A.-Celebrate the vast and varied music of America with this 30-minute choral tribute. From the uplifting Only in America opening singers and audiences will enjoy over 25 #1 hits from the big band era through the present day. With choreography and performance suggestions by John Jacobson it's easy to involve the entire school to make your show a tribute to our America's musical heritage. With six flexible sections you can perform it as a whole or as individual medleys. Songs include: Only in America Solid Gold Sentimental Journey Tuxedo Junction Cheek to Cheek Pennies from Heaven Gettin' in the Mood Tennessee Waltz Always on My Mind I Hope You Dance The Music Goes'Round and Around Sixteen Tons Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polkadot Bikini Dominique Who Let the Dogs Out Purple People Eater We Will Rock You At the Hop Jail house Rock Good Vibrations I'm a Believer Respect Night Fever Smooth Ain't No Mountain High Enough I Will Remember You Let it Be Turn the Beat Around. Available SATB Director SATB Singer SAB Director SAB Singer 2-Part Director 2-Part Singer ShowTrax CD and Preview CD. Performance Time: approx. 30:00.

Recital Music has developed a large exciting and eclectic catalogue of Christmas music for choirs in recent years. Some works are published for the first time others are in new editions and we aim to provide accessible and enjoyable choral music for choirs of all ages and abilities. Enjoy!Shout for the King! is a joyous and vibrant carol for junior choir and piano. It's Latin-American influence has proved popular with choirs and audiences alike and a double bass and percussion can easily be added for extra energy and atmosphere.Chord symbols are included for optional double bass or guitar accompaniment.The composer writes: 'Shout forthe King! was composed one evening in December 2004. At the time I was training as a Primary School teaching assistant and involved in playing the piano for the school's various Christmas musical events and concerts. It was the first time I had written both lyrics and music which both came to me at the same time. I subsequently taught the song to the children in the days which followed which they loved and it was the first time a 'real' composer had written anything for them. A week later it was premiered at the school carol concert with me playing the piano.I have always wanted to write a new and catchy Christmas carol drawing influences from all the familiar ones we know and love every Christmas. I also wanted the melody of the verses and chorus to be catchy and repetitive and would be easy and enjoyable for junior choirs to learn. I have always had a fondness for Latin-American rhythms hence the happy groove which I think add to the appeal!'Born in Cardiff in 1975 and trained in piano and flute at school Jay Mackie studied composition as an undergraduate at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from 1997-2000 and completed an MMus gaining a distinction in Composition in 2004.At college Jayson received three scholarship prizes for composing where his Wind Quintet was a featured work at the ISCM's World Music Days

Five great songs are given the gospel treatment, and the result is a guaranteed showstopper - fun, funky, slick and stylish.The arrangements are by vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser, and were performed by his choir, ACM Gospel Choir, on BBC's Last Choir Standing - they are all uplifting, modern and a joy to sing.Arranged for SAT choir with downloadable backing tracks using the accompanying card, they can also be performed with a Piano or band using the Piano accompaniments and chord symbols. This book has everything included to make it as easy and straightforward as possible to learn, with helpful hints for each song and downloads of full demonstrations, performance backing tracks and individual rehearsal tracks for each vocal part.'Mark has unique experience of bringing this uplifting genre of choral music to young singers who have never experienced it, so the arrangements are skillfully designed to enable, involve and captivate. There is a brilliance and energy in this collection that makes it a unique contribution to the repertoire. For directors of all choirs - start-up to veteran - this is a MUST.' - Suzi Digby, Voices Foundation. / Choeur SAT Et Piano

Involve your whole school with this easy holiday medley for band and choir. An excellent concert finale! Includes: Deck the Hall Jingle Bells O Christmas Tree We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

A wonderful set of five folksongs with French lyrics your choir will find these easy to learn and your audience will find them a pleasure to listen to! SSA A Cappella.1. Pitit an moin (My Little Child): When my child asksme to give him milk I give him something good to eat. Sleep little one; your father is gond. Your lonely mother is in miseryâ?¦ Your lonely mother must hurry now.2. Dou manman (Dear Mother): Dear mother do you rememberwhen you hugged me? Every night the good Lord made me fall asleep. Father is leaving with his canoe to fish in the blue sea of Miquelan. The radio has announced a cyclone.3. Vakansâ?? rive (Vacation is Starting): This songtells of the children (Ro and Fanot) flying a kite hiding behind a tree betting marbles eating sugarcane juice looking for firewood walking on stilts and cooking mollusks.4. Papillon vole (Fly Butterfly): Thecarnival has come. Everyone hurries to see the masks. The dance will be starting soon with the first sound of music. We will fly like butterflies.5. Vaval (Carnival): Carnival do not leave us. Our life is hard. We havecome for singing and dancing.

Teacher's Edition-Teachers Edition. Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-partsongs in Vol. 1 and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

Teachers Edition. Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-partsongs in Vol. 1 and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

Here is an exciting easy-to-use sight-singing method for middle school/jr. high choirs that starts from square one assuming no previous training. It is presented in a logical sequenced order with harmonically combinable exercises to develop rhythmic and melodic independence. The collection offers a variety of a cappella and accompanied songs for 3-Part Mixed voices in two sequenced volumes. Volumes I and II are available in Teacher's Edition and Singer's Edition 5-Pak and contain complete vocal and piano parts. The Teacher's Edition additionally includes complete instruction for use of the method!

Here is an exciting easy-to-use sight-singing method for middle school/jr. high choirs that starts from square one assuming no previous training. It is presented in a logical sequenced order with harmonically combinable exercises to develop rhythmic and melodic independence. The collection offers a variety of a cappella and accompanied songs for 3-Part Mixed voices in two sequenced volumes. Volumes I and II are available in Teacher's Edition and Singer's Edition 5-Pak and contain complete vocal and piano parts. The Teacher's Edition additionally includes complete instruction for use of the method! Available: Teacher's Edition and Singer's Edition 5-Pak. For Gr. 6-9.

Language Through Music brings to life the process of developing and nurturing knowledge and understanding of the English language using interesting involving songs and actions. These songs will support pre-school curriculum and National Curriculum in school and make singing and language learning fun. Easy to use for both musicians and non-musicians Language Through Music is printed with simplified piano parts and guitar chord symbols and each song is demonstrated on the CD (which also includes an accompaniment for Children's Choir).

Holiday Musical-A family of bells is faced with the dilemma of an out-of-tune member! The Little Bell tries and tries but just can NOT find the right pitch! Now it is Christmas Eve and the Bell family is scheduled to appear in concert. Whatshould they do? Little Bell starts practicing and unknowingly guides Santa's sleigh with her ringing. The Little Bell saves the day after all!This delightful musical for Grades K-3 includes 5 unison songs and a cleverscript featuring easy rhyming lines. The Teacher's Manual has a complete production guide with suggestions for costumes set design and staging. Involve many classes or just one. Ideal for young “first-time” performersand is easily adapted to any school church or community situation. Send a message to your students and parents that “everyone is special in their own way.”Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Grades K-3.

“Greetings lords and ladies! I William Shakespeare will be your host this evening and I have a special treat for my thespian friends! You are about to be transported to a land of kings and queens fairies and nymphs music and madrigal and most of all trickery and love for love can happen in the strangest ways especially on a Midsummer Night! Intimidated by the idea of producing a Shakespeare musical play? Nonsense with this new version even I'm a piece of cake! You will create an educational and artistic experience your cast and audiences will never forget. I've made it very easy for you!” Experience Shakespeare like never before in this fresh newrendition of the old classic. Designed for grades 6-9 this full-length 60-minute production features five acts with eight original songs in a variety of musical styles from madrigal to rap arranged for 3-Part Mixed withsuggestions for 2-Part Treble voices. The expanded script involves ten major speaking roles several minor speaking parts and numerous opportunities for non-speaking group involvement. The Director's Guide includes excellentstaging and interpretation notes throughout the script piano/vocal song arrangements plus additional production set and costume hints for a successful experience from start to finish. The Libretto/Vocal book features script andvocal parts for your aspiring young actors. Available separately: Director Guide Libretto/Vocal 5-Pak Preview CD (dialog not recorded) Preview Pak (1 Libretto/Vocal 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD (dialog notrecorded) Performance Kit/CD (1 Director 20 Libretto/Vocal P/A CD). Duration: ca. 60 minutes. Suggested for grades 6-9.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn’t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie