10 polyphonies a cappella pour voix mixtes (du 17e siècle à l'époque contemporaine), réunies et commentées par Nestor ZADOFF.40 pages. Format : 21 x 29,7 cm Ce premier volume contient des polyphonies de divers pays d'Amérique du Sud et de différents genres musicaux. Le sommaire propose des pièces faciles, d'autres de difficulté moyenne et quelques-unes plus difficiles mais qui, d'une manière générale, peuvent être abordées par tout type de chorales. / Choeur Mixte / 40 pages / Partition

Sleepsong is a rich Celtic-inspired song for choirs looking to test their abilities with a new and exciting challenge.Released by Secret Garden in 2005 the song was written by Brendan Graham and Rolf Løvland who also penned the Westlife hit You Raise Me Up. This beautiful and peaceful choral version has been arranged by Desmond Earley for six part chorus with Soprano solo. It was first performed by UCD Choral Scholars on April 19 2012.The piece is perfect for choruses looking to take their singing forward with specific directions for staggered breathing throughout offering an added challenge forensembles. Although designed to be sung A Cappella the arrangement includes a piano reduction for easy rehearsal.

A unique guide to teaching unaccompanied singing!Gitika Partington's a cappella arrangements are used by youth and community choirs around the world.Gitika believes in the sensational power of group singing bringing people together to express joy and celebration through song. Not being able to read music is no obstacle and Gitika's tips and the original arrangements included here demonstrate just how rewarding and inclusive teaching a cappella by ear and gesture can be!Gitika Partington is a singer/songwriter vocal arranger teacher and choral director. She has an MA in choral education and holds many other musical qualifications. Sheruns regular 'popular and world style' singing workshops as well as national training sessions for adults and children. In addition she runs three adult community choirs where all the music is learned by ear and is mostly self arranged.One of Gitika's major loves is a cappella vocal arranging which she does for her three choirs and her vocal workshops. Her arrangements are used by youth and community choirs across the UK and internationally. This book contains the first of many of her arrangements she would like to share even more widely.She is a member of the Natural Voice Practitioner Network an organisation that believes in singing as a spontaneous way of expressing joy celebration and grief and as a medium for binding communities together. Gitika shares the network's belief that singing together should be available to all and is not about having 'a good voice'. All of her groups are non-audition and open to anyone who wants to sing.

This a cappella collection of pieces for mixed choir by Eric Whitacre is the first available printed music compilation of its kind for the composer. The book includes pieces of varying difficulty wide-rangingin theme from the iconic Sleep and Water Night to the quietly angelic Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) and the recent Nox Aurumque (Night and Gold). A Boy and a Girl and ThisMarriage are both wonderfully tender pieces and the inclusion of the early Go Lovely Rose marks the beginning of a journey through Whitacre's choral output from this first success to the present day.Eric Whitacre is a Los Angeles-based composer and conductor who is held in the highest esteem everywhere inspiring and motivating a new generation of singers and musicians. His music creates a visceral impassioned response in audiences and performers. In 2008 the all-Whitacre choral CD 'Cloudburst' released by the British ensemble Polyphony on Hyperion Records became and unexpected international best-seller topping theclassical charts and earning a Grammy nomination. The BBC raves that 'what hits you straight between the eyes is the honesty optimism and sheer belief that passes any pretension. This is music that can actually make yousmile'.

The emotional longing text and notes of this Cornish folk song are arranged for mixed a cappella voices in a gentle and warm setting. The text expresses the anguish of seeing a love go away feeling ruined and alone but then having that very love return to you. I love my love because I know my love loves me. A haunting choral for exquisite programming. The emotional longing text and notes of this Cornish folk song are arranged for mixed a cappella voices in a gentle and warm setting. The text expresses the anguish of seeing a love go away feeling ruined and alone but then having that very love return to you. I love my love because I know my love loves me. A haunting choral for exquisite programming.

A Lyke-Wake Dirge - A Border Ballad Op. 110 a - a choral classic by Vagn Holmboe for SATB Choir A Cappella. 'The Lyke Wake Dirge is a moral ballad from the border telling the story of what will happen to the soul after death. If he has never given shoes and stockings to the poor then the 'whinnes' will torment him and pierce him to the bone. If he has never given food and drink to the poor then the fire of purgatory will burn him to the bare bone. However if he has done all these good works then Christ shall receive his soul.'

Vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser who has edited and arranged the highly acclaimed Sing Out! series here turns his attention to the a cappella repertoire with five uplifting songs for SATB choir in this sixth pop repertoire book in the series.As before these songs have each been selected for their positive lyrics and heart-warming feel making them ideal to teach to adults and children. With an enticing selection of pop songs including Sigma’s Higher Jess Glynne’s Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself Ronnie Laws’ AlwaysThere Coldplay’s Paradise and James Bay’s Hold Back the River this compilation has something for everyone.Arranged for the first time for SATB choir this book includes a download card with access to full demonstrations and individual rehearsal tracks of each vocal line recorded by members of ACM Gospel Choir. The scores feature keyboard reductions for ease of learning. Helpful hints for performing the pieces and an introduction to beat-boxing are also included in this book giving you everything you need to learn these well-loved songs.

Smooth chromatic jazz sonorities are the star of this delicious arrangement of the classic standard. A delicate opening 'oo' section gives way to a unison statement of the melody before melting into rich choral harmony. Striking! / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

Bring a piano masterwork to the choral classroom! Bach's brilliant 'Minuet in G Major' sings beautifully. Precise vocables embody the elegant dance, while the well-placed vocal ranges encourage healthy tone. Perform a cappella, or use the optional piano part for support. Familiar, yet fresh! / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

Solid choral writing and a moving text based on Psalm 66 provide the foundation for this piece, commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Breathtaking. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

A festive pop classic by Mariah Carey choruses can now put their own spin on All I Want For Christmas with this SATB A Cappella arrangement.This single sheet choral pop is perfect for choirs wanting to create their own Christmas programme piece by piece.

Kanta Jaunari Kantu Berria-A thrilling setting of English Basque and Latin texts that proclaim the joy of singing to God. Already much-loved around the world from various performances at the 2011 World Choral Symposium and the 2013 Tolosa International Choral Festival.

South Korea and the United States have a beautiful relationship and share many values one of which is undeniably our love of great choral music. The tenderness and passion emerge effortlessly through the symbolic statements in this touching composition. The TTBB voicing was selected for the Randy Stenson Male Chorus Series whereas the SATB voicing was simply too great to pass up. Excellent for College Choirs medium to difficult.