This is Bennett's first collection of choral pieces written specifically for the Christmas season. These four carols to American texts recall traditional music of the New World the composer's home for many years and bring a welcome fresh approach to the festive idiom: along with the well-loved Away In A Manger and I Wonder As I Wander Bennett gives us his interpretation of two Spirituals - A Child of God and Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.For unison high voices with Piano accompaniment.Score and parts of an orchestral string accompaniment by the composer are available on hire from the publisher (Novello &Company).

For Unison upper voices (with optional parts) Brass Quintet and optional Percussion.A Sporting Chance is a fun and lively choral work on the theme of sport games and exercise. Each of the seven movements celebrates a different sport - you'll find running soccer weightlifting and more - and words by the composer provide an entertaining narrative of each event. Look out for exciting choral effects such as panting rapping and grunting as well as active audience participation and even a slow-motion race from the trumpet players. Scored for unison voices with optional extra parts this crowd-pleaser will have both choir and audience cheering for theirhome team and willing the athlete to 'run for gold'!Bob ChilcottBob Chilcott has been involved with choral music all his life first as a Chorister and then a Choral Scholar at King's College Cambridge. Later he sang and composed music for 12 years with the King's Singers. His experiences with that group his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs and his profound belief that music can unite people have inspired him both to compose full-time and through proactive workshopping to promote choral music worldwide.

When 18th century British composer Thomas Arne included his song Rule Britannia! in a masque based on the life of Alfred the Great that was presented at Cliveden the country home of Frederick Prince of Wales he could not have imagined that more than two hundred seventy years later his ditty would be known throughout the British Isles and beyond. Rule Britannia! is widely used in the Royal Navy and British Army and is featured each year at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall as a national sing-along.At the time of writing the Dutch actually ‘ruled the waves ’ so this song was more an exhortation than a status report. The lyrics were also a statement ofcivil liberty. Since Cromwell’s time Britain had had a standing army which could be turned against the native population. A standing navy however existed solely to protect the nation from invaders protecting a free populace.Rule Britannia! has been quoted extensively by other composers among them Beethoven Wagner Strauss and Arthur Sullivan. Thomas Arne also penned a version of God Save The King which came to be the British national anthem.

Stuart Chapman Hill has scored his own words for unison voices with piano or optional string quartet. Try it as a graduation anthem or anytime you wish to remind your audience of that special time and that special place.