Discovery Level 1-Share the sights and sounds of December with this cheerful holiday original that will warm every heart! Easily learned for younger choirs in elementary and middle school. With flute. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed Unison/opt. 2-Part VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.

African Christmas Greeting-The Swahili text for ?Merry Christmas to you? is delightful in this African setting with creative harmonies rhythms and percussion. A strong pulse is established from the beginning with the bass and left hand of thepiano accompaniment moving the music and text to an energetic and full ending. A pronunciation guide and a suggested drum part are included within the choral. It is a wonderful choral to program for your multicultural selectionin December. Available separately: 3-part mixed with percussion 2-part with percussion StudioTrax CD.

Energize your December concerts with this joyful Hanukkah original. The 3-Part voicing is easily adaptable for choirs of all types.Available separately: 3-Part any combination and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 1:30

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

(with The First Noel) Together We Sing Series-The lyrics of the old English carol Past Three O'Clock are set to an original melody and then partnered with The First Nowell creating a sparkling new work for Christmas and holiday concerts. The optional bell part adds the perfect sound for December. Available: SAB: 2-Part: PianoTrax CD.

Britten's A Ceremony Of Carols Op.28 is written for Upper Voices (SSA) with Harp or Piano accompaniment and was first performed in the Library of Norwich Castle in December 1942 by the Fleet Street Choir conducted by T.B. Lawrence with Gwendolen Mason (Harp). Availble here is the score of the work for SSA Choir with Harp or Piano. German translation by Herberth E. Herlitschka. The Harp part is also available separately - Catalogue No.: M060014123

Alleluia! is a Christmas sequence for Speaker female or boy's Voices Harp Piano and Percussion. The first performances were given on 14 and 15 December 1976 at St Paul Girls' School. Vocal score with Piano part. Duration c. 17 mins. Parts available: NOV296593.

Familiar and original words combine with two well-known melodies creating a refreshing and lovely work for Christmas and winter. With ease and grace this choral is a musical setting worthy of any December performance for mixedvoices as well as men's and women's ensembles.

Based on the inspiring rags-to-riches story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons this show won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical. This 8-minute medley captures the essence of the Broadway version and includes: Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You December 1963 Let's Hang On Stay Who Loves You and Working My Way Back to You.

This lyrical and expressive original by Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz will be a welcome addition to December concerts. A beautiful accompaniment provides the perfect underlay for the message: we are glowing growingmiracles; we are lights. Performance Time: Approx. 3:10.Available separately: SATB SAB SSA and ShowTrax CD.

We Are Lights-Now available for men's voices this lyrical and expressive original by Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz will be a welcome addition to December concerts. A beautiful accompaniment provides the perfect underlay for themessage:“We are glowing growing miracles; we are lights.” Available separately: SATB SAB SSA TBB ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:10.

This little known English carol is appropriate for holiday concerts, Yuletide feasts, and madrigal performances. Evoke a Renaissance atmosphere this December, singing of wassail---both a cordial greeting and a spiced mulled cider. / Choeur SAB

Kodály's 'Ave Maria' was composed for a woman's a cappella choir in 1935. The Cecilia Choir of the Roman-Catholic Theological University performed the premiere of this piece on December 8th 1936 in Eger (Hungary). The conductor was Dezsö Bitter. This edition of the vocal score includes an additional piano voice put underneath the singing voices for the purpose of rehearsals.

This little known English carol is appropriate for holiday concerts, Yuletide feasts, and madrigal performances. Evoke a Renaissance atmosphere this December, singing of wassail---both a cordial greeting and a spiced mulled cider. / Choeur SSA

I Wonder As I Wander by John Jacob Niles arranged by Keith Christopher for SAB chorus with Piano accompaniment and optional Flute.This Christian folk hymn was inspired by a song heardby Niles at a fundraising meeting for evangelicals which he attended in Murphy North Carolina. Niles wrote of the moment he first heard the tune:'A girl had stepped out to the edge of the littleplatform attached to the automobile. She began to sing. Her clothes were unbelievable dirty and ragged and she too was unwashed. Her ash-blond hair hung down in long skeins.... But best of all she was beautiful and in heruntutored way she could sing. She smiled as she sang smiled rather sadly and sang only a single line of a song'.Niles requested that the girl repeat the fragment seven times paying her a quarter perperformance and left with 'three lines of verse a garbled fragment of melodic material—and a magnificent idea'. He completed his composition on October 4 1933 and I Wonder As I Wander was firstperformed on December 19 1933 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown North Carolina.