SKU: AP.45705
UPC: 038081514444. English.
This sparkling contemporary carol in 5/4 time is a fresh addition to any winter program! Features an evocative text that speaks to special sights, sounds, and feelings of the holidays. Choirs will find the harmonies both approachable and satisfying.
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.50209
UPC: 038081573793. English. Andy Beck.
It's your lucky day! Here's a perky partner song that pairs new words and music with the traditional I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover. Perfect for choirs just learning to sing in parts, both short songs are first heard on their own before everything fits together. Check out the free ChoreoTrax video for staging ideas.
SKU: AP.48851
UPC: 038081561752. English. Andy Beck.
The traditional Ubi Caritas text is uniquely set as an uptempo jazz waltz. Just one sentence in Latin plus a few English lyrics make it clear that this song is all about charity and love. As you've come to expect from this composer, the canon is a true skill-builder---with a modal melody that moves from unison to two and eventually three independent layers (using descant singers for 2-part choirs). Don't miss the jazzy flute obbligato available free online.
SKU: AP.50213
UPC: 038081573830. English.
This, the first of Handel's four Coronation Anthems, has been a cherished part of crowning British royalty from George II in 1727 to the current sovereign, Charles III. Commemorate the grand occasion with this condensed version of the majestic Baroque masterwork. Available in three fresh editions designed with student choirs in mind. Perform with the accessible piano reduction, or combine with your school orchestra (strings, brass, and timpani) for a regal fanfare.
SKU: AP.46436
UPC: 038081528151. English. Old English Melody; words from the Traditional English Carol.
Words from the English carol, Good King Wenceslas are set to the melody of Hey, Ho, Nobody Home. Canonic writing ensures success, and the stately walking tempo suggests a processional. A light percussion accompaniment (including handbells or Orff instruments) adds a Renaissance feel. Ideal for developing choirs!
SKU: AP.45697
UPC: 038081514369. English.
This tongue-in-cheek selection for developing choirs is guaranteed to turn some frowns upside down! Logical melodies, harmonies, and counterlines allow students to quickly get to the quirky, ironic point.
SKU: AP.48411
UPC: 038081552347. English. Traditional Spiritual.
A bluesy rhythmic motive stacks up across voices, creating a compelling introduction and scattered interludes for this hip interpretation of the African-American spiritual. Call-and-response verses give individual sections a chance to shine, and a brief descant plus some optional divisi add that final flourish. A great teaching piece for 2- and 3-part choirs.
SKU: AP.43530
UPC: 038081590700. English.
One of the most touching Gershwin love songs (written in 1930) continues to melt hearts today. Appropriate for concert choirs as well as show and jazz groups.
About Alfred Pop Choral Series
The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.
SKU: AP.43517
UPC: 038081490571. English.
Show and concert choirs will both sound great singing this upbeat production number from the musical Bye, Bye, Birdie. Exciting from start to finish!
SKU: AP.51170
UPC: 038081582078. English.
Here's a melancholy Billie Eilish ballad from the Barbie soundtrack. Introspective lyrics reflect on finding your place in the world. A poignant opening solo, expressive choral parts, and an ethereal piano accompaniment make this heartfelt arrangement equally appropriate for concert and show choirs. In the end, singers convey the assurance that happiness is something I'm made for.
SKU: HL.8750914
UPC: 884088469634. 5x5 inches.
The Sunday Singer is a choral publication for smaller-sized church choirs that consists of several accessible anthems representing original works and arrangements of hymns and contemporary favorites. For each title, special attention has been given to voice leading, limited vocal ranges and carefully crafted piano accompaniments. Published two times a year, The Sunday Singer will serve as a valuable resource for your choir throughout the church year.The Spring/Easter 2010 issue includes six titles: Thank You, Lord (arr. Marty Parks) • God of Grace and God of Glory (arr. Keith Christopher) • Easter Morning Medley (Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Christ Arose) (arr. Gary Lanier) • The Cross Says Come (arr. Camp Kirkland) • Out of Love, He Broke the Bread (John Parker/Benjamin Harlan) • House of the Lord (Keith Wilkerson). Available separately: Choral Book, Preview CD, ChoirTrax CD (Split-Trax, Instruments Only), Kit (10 Choral Books, 1 ChoirTrax CD, 1 Preview CD), Preview Pak (1 Choral Book, 1 Preview CD), Choral Book 10-Pak, Preview CD 10-Pak.
SKU: AP.50217
UPC: 038081573878. English.
Justin Bieber's tribute to a lost loved one topped Billboard charts around the world. Equally suitable for the concert hall or the pop choir stage, this acoustic-inspired setting features a variety of choral textures to showcase the meaningful text. Light strings and guitar add a contemporary touch on the SoundTrax CD, or perform with just piano for a more intimate presentation. If I can't be close to you, I'll settle for the ghost of you.
SKU: AP.47742
UPC: 038081544359. English.
Who can forget this #1 hit by the British duo Wham! Kirby's choral adaptation gets right in the groove of the finger-snapping piece of pop perfection. For even more fun, add the optional SoundPax or SoundTrax CD, 1980s costumes, and some show choir choreography. Jitterbug!
SKU: AP.49695
UPC: 038081567822. English.
Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A lux aeterna refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with touches of shimmering dissonance on cadences. One final tone cluster at the end ignites shivers. This inspiring text provides a personal credo to live with light. Download the optional violin obbligato for free.
SKU: AP.48489
UPC: 038081553122. English. Andy Beck; Brian Fisher.
Whether I have you, or you have me, we're gonna put a Christmas present underneath the Christmas tree. This fun and funky '60s-inspired crowd-pleaser is nothing if not groovy. Brief spoken solos explain the rules of a secret gift exchange, backed up by easy-to-learn interjections sung by the choir. The irresistible ChoreoTrax choreography ties a big shiny bow on this holiday gift!
SKU: AP.45642
UPC: 038081513812. English.
Three traditional carols are tastefully arranged and tied together with Pachelbel's enduring canon. Optionally, choir members may play sleigh bells during the interludes between Jingle Bells, to Deck the Hall, and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. Elegant, simple, familiar, memorable!
SKU: AP.48448
UPC: 038081552712. English.
An emblem that transcends cultures, religions, and time periods, the flickering candle offers a message of joy, hope, and peace that can reach every human heart. Start with the spark of a single voice on the opening solo, and then light your choir's inner flame when the entire group joins. Simple, with a folk-like quality; artful, as the composer explores dark versus light, major versus minor.
SKU: AP.48929
UPC: 038081562537. English. Words by Deborah Craig-Claar; music from March of the Toys by Victor Herbert.
Presenting Victor Herbert's instantly recognizable March of the Toys with all-new hilarious lyrics! This festive feature reads like a wacky to-do list of holiday preparations with non-stop punchlines from the choir and a couple cameo soloists. Your fullest sounds, brightest faces, and biggest personalities are on full display with this theatrical celebration of the season. Get ready to giggle when handheld percussion instruments and sound effects (played by choristers) introduce a parade of unwanted out-of-town guests. It's a crazy cast of characters and Christmas chaos straight out of a comedic holiday movie. Mark Hayes provides a showy piano reduction and a grand orchestration (on the SoundTrax or SoundPax) from fanfare to finish.
SKU: AP.47738
UPC: 038081544311. English.
Made popular by American Idol star David Archuleta and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their Glad Christmas Tidings album, this original carol tells the Christmas story from the perspective of two animals in the stable. And the night skies rang as the angels sang, when love came down to the earth. Appropriate for both school and church.
SKU: WD.080689874222
UPC: 080689874222.
Relevant songs, innovative sounds, and a signature style are just some of the reasons your Kidz Worship Choir will love this new project from WORDKIDZ and creator Brian Hitt. Singable, accessible, fun, and full of great ministry opportunities, Praize Jamz is a cutting-edge worship project for children's choir guaranteed to revolutionize and raise your expectations for your children's music ministry.
SKU: AP.50301
UPC: 038081574714. English. Mark Hayes.
Louis Prima's legendary big band-era showstopper is as exciting as ever in Mark Hayes' sizzling choral setting. Swinging rhythms, scintillating harmonies, independent vocal lines, and a sassy horns-and-rhythm instrumentation bring the heat. A few fresh lyrics add to the bright music theme, creating the ultimate opener or closer for school or community choirs. Now you're singin' with a swing!
SKU: AP.45368
UPC: 038081511085. English.
OMI's international chart-topping hit is now available for your men's choir! This effervescent pop number features a fun, infectious chorus. Add the optional trumpet and conga parts for a memorable men's feature for your next concert!
SKU: AP.48461
UPC: 038081552842. English.
I'm not givin' up . . . no, not yet. This lead single from Andy Grammer's album Naive is featured in the movie Five Feet Apart and gained YouTube fame among choir directors after Grammer's personal visit to PS22 in New York City. The lyrics speak of the power of friendship, the strength to fight, and the importance of support during difficult times. The catchy, syncopated chorus (with optional handclaps) makes great use of stacked harmony. Use the SoundTrax CD, or add guitar, bass, and drums to build your own band!
SKU: AP.50236
UPC: 038081574066. English.
David Bowie's chart-topping single features an unmistakable '80s dance beat, just right for show choirs and pop groups. Stacked vocal harmonies imitate a horn section throughout this funky rock anthem, driven by a thumping bassline and sparkling retro synthesizers. As the title suggests, be sure to add some choreo!
SKU: AP.46561
UPC: 038081531366. English.
There's nothing quite like the excitement of opening night, captured brilliantly here in the showstopper from Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate. Anticipation gradually builds as the bubbly tune passes from voice to voice in a crescendo, eventually erupting into the title line of the song. A terrific selection for staging or choreography, smartly arranged for developing choirs!
SKU: AP.48511
UPC: 038081553344. English.
This breathtaking arrangement brings the world-famous Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli duet to 2-part choirs with a well-crafted piano accompaniment and an optional violin obbligato. Elegant voice parts come naturally, allowing rehearsals to focus on deeper musicality. The arranger's thoughtful foreword invites conductors and singers to use the ebb and flow of tempo, creating shade and light reflective of the text. For ease of learning, there are fewer Italian words than in the original, and a pronunciation guide is included.
SKU: AP.50283
UPC: 038081574530. English.
The legendary Swedish pop group created one of the best-selling albums of all time with ABBA Gold. Featuring three of its most memorable songs, this fast-paced mini-medley is a blast from the first iconic Mamma Mia hook to the final Dancing Queen flourish. A variety of voicings bring this fabulous feature to choirs of any age.
SKU: AP.45363
UPC: 038081511030. English. English Carol.
A Christmas classic is given a cool treatment in this new arrangement by Andy Beck. Featuring a lilting jazz waltz accompaniment and sweet choral harmonies, this is a great way to perk up your holiday program! Optional parts for saxophone and vibes are available online.
SKU: AP.34765
UPC: 038081384917. English. Words by Tom Durley; Jay Althouse.
December nights bring great delights of friendship and good cheer. Celebrate the joys of the holiday season with this delightful contemporary madrigal-like choral. Perfect as a festive processional or during a madrigal feast.
SKU: AP.41608
UPC: 038081466880. English. Traditional Folk Song.
Simply stunning. A gently flowing accompaniment beautifully complements the transparent choral texture, and an extended coda provides the perfect close to this Appalachian-inspired arrangement. Unlike anything else you will program this year!
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