SKU: AP.48828
UPC: 038081561523. English.
Have you ever heard of a bear with wings? Or a biffalo-buffalo-bison? How about a wallaboo? A. A. Milne, best-known as the author of Winnie the Pooh, penned this playful poem about amusing animals, both real and imagined, at a zany zoo. This clever children's choral offers plenty of musical moments (including independent counterlines and logical 2-part harmonies) in between giggles. Perform with a light, bright tone and crisp consonants on the patter-like words. Two likely results: hilarious rehearsals and a roaring crowd!
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: AP.48887
UPC: 038081562117. English. West Indies Folk Song.
A great fit for choirs of any age or ability! Harry Belafonte sang this joyful West Indies song on his 1956 album Calypso. Dr. Robinson's arrangement has just the right amount of repetition versus development, and will come together quickly with intuitive voice leading and some stylistic syncopation. One a cappella refrain just after the key change features the conga to keep the groove going, and a final descant adds a rhythmic counterline above. Build up the Jamaican vibe with our light SoundTrax accompaniment or the notated percussion part (available free online). The theme: build your house on solid ground.
SKU: LO.10-5636L
ISBN 9780787775346.
From her best-selling cantata, The Living Light, Ruth Elaine Schram's stunning Christmas ballad is now original in SATB and SAB editions. Led by an expressive soprano soloist, the lyrics are written through the perspective of Mary singing to the Christ child. Expressing the humanity of the small child and God made flesh, this beautiful work will touch your audiences and congregations in your Christmas concerts and worship services.
SKU: AP.48294
UPC: 038081551173. English. Words by Joseph Seamon Cotter.
The author of this sensitive, warmhearted text was one of the first African-American playwrights ever to be published. Greg Gilpin incorporates subtle shifts of tempo and dynamics to paint a sumptuous sound picture that satisfies the soul. But this I crave as you walk by, a smile on your lips, a light in your eye.
SKU: BR.CHB-5380-00
ISBN 9790004413814. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / Latin.
As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.
SKU: AP.46745
UPC: 038081532004. English. Words adapted from poems by Sir Richard Fanshawe; Francis Beaumont; music; new words; by Jay Althouse.
Practical, timeless advice abounds in this jaunty contemporary choral with texts lifted from Renaissance-era poetry and a translation of ancient verse. The opening melody winds around the tonic triad before the B section breaks into colorful contemporary harmony in a chorale setting. Light, yet legit.
SKU: AP.45669
UPC: 038081514086. English. Sal Sabella.
A heartfelt holiday love letter to the memories and special feelings that come only at Christmas. This contemporary ballad boasts a light groove and memorable hook that will bring warmth in winter. Invite your audience to sing along on the final full-voiced refrain. Recording provided by Western Michigan University's Gold Company, directed by Greg Jasperse.
SKU: ML.021979050-S
A straightforward trumpet solo.
SKU: ML.021552060
SKU: ML.021552060-S
SKU: AP.47578
UPC: 038081542713. English. Words from a Traditional Nursery Rhyme.
A simple yet elegant adaptation of Pachelbel's Canon in D, this arrangement introduces a new melody that beautifully complements the beloved original. Incorporates twinkling text from the nursery rhyme Star light, star bright as well as some new words about making wishes. A delicate balance of unison- and partner-singing makes this an ideal selection for younger groups.
SKU: AP.48899
UPC: 038081562230. English. Traditional Shaker Song.
This creative arrangement of the well-known Shaker song passes the traditional tune to every voice part, using the others to support the buoyant melody. Scored for a mixed choir with congas, claves, and maracas, Mark's setting opens with a bit of suspense that soon breaks into a bright a cappella feature. Some rhythmic augmentation provides a warm center before returning to the vibrant feel. Fans will note a few additional lyrics that celebrate the gift to be loving, light, hopeful, and true. A final flourish fans out from the only unison measure into a resounding G major chord.
SKU: ML.020799020
SKU: GI.G-003046
Perfect for worship or concerts, these three-movement suites are drawn from the C instrument descants written for the One in Faith hymnal, by a variety of fine composers. The suites feature traditional seasonal favorites, along with newer selections as well. Includes: “O Come, O Come Emmanuelâ€, “The King Shall Comeâ€, “O Lord of Lightâ€, “Hark! The Herald Angels Singâ€, “Christmas Hymnâ€, “O Come All Ye Faithfulâ€, “Silent Nightâ€, “Alleluia! Sing Noël:â€, and “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.â€.
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