Kirby Shaw's phenomenal arrangement of this Simon & Garfunkel hit ballad is contemporary choral writing at its finest! The light harmonic a cappella opening is contrasted with this soaring fresh gospel-style setting that holdsopportunities for improvisation from multiple soloists. This is an excellent choice for a pops concert or graduation. Available separately: SATB SAB TTBB SSA Show Band Orchestration StudioTrax A/P CD.

By Popular Request includes thirteen superb arrangements of classic popular songs for mixed voice choirs. The selection covers a wide range of styles and moods so choirs will be sure to find the right piece to provide a light selection in a concert programme or simply as an encore!Selected and edited by Ralph Allwood one of the UK's most distinguished choral directors.

Jay Rouse has created an original pop-style ballad for your Christmas concert that expresses the love hope peace and joy of the season. Warm harmonies simple rhythms and light syncopations effectively weave throughout thisbeautiful choral. Available separately: SATB StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 4:11.

Edmund Jolliffe's setting of the communion antiphon for the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass may be sung to equally powerful effect either liturgically or as the focus of a collective expression of remembrance or as a moving addition to any choral concert programme. From the opening revelation of eternal light the music moves steadily through hushed litanies and invocations to a resounding climax. A contemporary tonality of richly annotated chords illuminates these traditional words with a modern sound and sense. This is a piece that singers will enjoy for its discipline of sustained lines and beautifully balanced sonorities no less than for its eloquent statement of aneternal hope.

Uses: Concert General Scripture: Psalm 13:5-6 - Proverbs 3:5-6 Springing from scripture this joyful heart-song is immediately fulfilling. The theme is a singable good-natured creation peppered with light syncopations and accompanied by a vigorous yet supportive piano part. Pulling from a celebrated proverb Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding this sacred choral piece is a true sermon in song. Jubilant!

Uses: Epiphany Christmas concertScripture: Matthew 1:2-18Quintessential Epiphany hymn meets all-star arranger in this carol of seeking and finding. Guided by the star the Magi seek Christ and wisemen still seek him following the light of God's word to the truth and joy of Christmas. Cinematic in its scope Sterling's stylish keyboard writing creatively supports the vocal writing and energizes this standard with a newcontemporary vernacular. Special!

What a stunning arrangement for the holidays! Happy holiday bells! Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians first performed this showstopper. Now you can sing and enjoy hearing this new arrangement for SATB voices and four-hand piano accompaniment including optional handbells and orchestra performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir! It will light up your holiday concert and certainly bring the house to its feet!

With tongue firmly planted in cheek the composer has set this 17th century text describing how children should behave in church. The music is light and allows lots of space to color this very funny probably ineffective andcolorful text. This will lighten the mood of any concert.

This glorious processional will create an impressive opening at your holiday concert or worship service. Modal harmonies and open intervals are not difficult to sing, but capture the sound of the season. And a light SoundPax instrumentation adds to the stately effect. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

This madrigal-style piece is a wonderful teaching tool and a perfect selection for opening your holiday concert. Processing or standing a cappella or accompanied the sensible vocal ranges and repetitive lines are tempting andentertaining for mixed choirs in middle school and high school. David Giardiniere has combined the familiar 19th-century text with the light and compelling music of Gastoldi's Il Bel Humore making a fine performance piece.Available: SATB unaccompanied.

'From the Beginning of the World was commissioned by the Cardinall’s Musick and premiered at Cadogan Hall on the 20th July 2015 in the first of the 2015 BBC Proms Chamber Music Concerts. The concert launched The Tallis Edition a new project by the ensemble with an aim to throw new light on Tallis’s work and part of the commission brief was that my new piece should be a homage to this great English polyphonist. I spent several weeks in libraries attempting to find a suitable text eventually settling on excerpts from Tycho Brahe’s German Treatise on the Great Comet of 1577. Whether Tallis knew about the comet is unknown of course but this seismic event to me seemed emblematic of all the great changes that occurred during his lifetime in areas such as religion the calendar and time-keeping (finding out that Tallis lived out his last days in Greenwich was an extra bonus). The text also seems to speak to contemporary times: whilst Brahe may have thought the comet’s birth would cause the sun to ‘bring unnatural heat’ nowadays we know that its ‘venom [will be] spewed over the lands’ due to mankind’s continued pillaging of the earth’s natural resources. Yet our political ‘pseudo prophets’ prefer to distract us with an austerity delusion rather than confront a reality perpetuated by certain corporations for whom ‘seek[ing] their own honour’ is of primary value. The music itself is very influenced by Tallis and canons and imitation abound. During my time as a ‘cellist at the Yehudi Menuhin School I performed Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis many times and so From the Beginning of the World which also uses Tallis’s Third Mode Melody from the English Hymnal is really a homage to both composers.' - Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Inspired by Sarah Williams' poem The Old Astronomer this new concert work tells of the irony of life's moments of a life long lived through joy sadness longing endurance love and so many other lessons rolled into a vessel of musical inspiration. The shadows give perspective on things already known and the light although familiar was only mine on loan. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Optional cello included this work is outstanding in text and music.

The text for the piece is taken from Isaiah 60 portraying Christ as the light of the world. Scored for brass ensemble with organ or full orchestra the work requires a large chorus of skilled singers. Try it with a festival chorus in concert or worship settings or seasonally.

A lovely seasonal ballad with a secular 'peace' text making it ideal for any holiday concert (though it could be performed almost any time of year). The gentle melody is perfectly suited to the simple yet meaningful text which is in the tradition of popular 'light one candle' songs.

Global superstar Adele has broken all records with her new album 25 and this single exceeds all expectations with a light island feel over the inviting synth pop groove. Singers will love performing this mesmerizing hit in concert!