A Gaelic Blessing is a simple and catchy piece by Craig McLeish. This piece will be particularly useful for school, junior and community choirs, and a tuneful introduction to singing simple contrapuntal lines. The second soprano part repeats the tune at bar 33 and should dominate here - the first sopranos and altos should support appropriately. Ease and beauty of tone should be of paramount importance throughout. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Craig McLeish began his musical life as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral under Barry Rose. He began composing at the age of ten and his preces and responses for four trebles are still in the repertoire. After a degree at York University he returned to London to study at the Guildhall and sang again at St Paul's as a tenor. At the time he also arranged and copied music for West End shows such as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, and played bass guitar for various groups. This led to a spell in the cult pop band 'Fat and Frantic', who shaved the top 100 twice with the whimsical anthem Last night my wife hoovered my head. He also worked as musical assistant for David Heneker (Half a Sixpence) and David Fanshawe (African Sanctus). In 1992 Craig became director of the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs Orchestra and Singers, performing concerts throughout the UK and becoming involved in a number of recordings and BBC broadcasts. During this time he arranged more than 250 orchestral scores ranging from Queen to Calamity Jane, Stravinsky and Stevie Wonder. Alongside this he began arranging and writing songs for children's collections (Big Blue Planet, Love Shone Down) and producing recordings and string arrangements for various artists (Sheila Walsh, Kim Hill, Matt Redman). He is also well known as a conductor and arranger for Songs of Praise. Recently Craig has collaborated with composer Tolga Kashif writing orchestrations for the RPO's Seo Taiji Symphony, the Classic FM chart-topping CD by saxophonist Tyler Rix, and the Genesis Suite which was premiered at the Barbican. He has been musical director of Young Voices UK for 13 years, bringing large school choirs together to play with a live band and solo artists, and currently conducts the Milton Keynes Community Choir, Hart and Soul Community Choir and the Milton Keynes Youth Choir. / Choeur SSA

Phillip Neil Martin's Human Drum for three voices (SSA). Duration: 3 minutes Composed: 2006 Also published as part of UYMP's Songspin Songbook ISMN M 57036 603 3. Human Drum was a collaboration with the Juice Vocal Ensemble. The piece began in the recording studio where I recorded Juice singing notated fragments I’d popped together and also their own improvisations. I then edited and cut up all the audio into very tiny fragments in a myriad of ways to make a short rhythm-based electronic 3 part vocal piece. This forms part of my larger work Voices of the Asylum for voices human beatbox electronics fashion andspace. The final track bares very little resemblance to the original recording studio session. Several weeks after I had finished Human Drum Juice asked me to transcribe the audio so they could sing the piece live (which wasn’t easy to do after all the cutting and processing!) therefore coming full circle! There are now two versions of Human Drum the studio electronic track and the ‘live’ notated version. Human Drum is dedicated to the Juice Vocal Ensemble with affection. First performed by Juice Vocal Ensemble on 3rd May 2007 at York Spring Festival Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall University of York.

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

Here is a cheerful song that celebrates life in metaphor with the seasons. The melodies are logical and cascade easily in canon. Decorated by an optional flute obbligato and simple parts for mallet instruments this is easily a learning song as well as a concert selection. Easy for middle school choirs.

Set as a fugue this humorous piece has the students singing about every type of fast food known to man! It's hilarious to learn perfor and hear and a joy to teach because of the vast musical learning that can be done withfugues. A new different and surprising novelty selection for your program from Ruthie Schram! Available separately: SAB 2-part PianoTrax CD.

(Is This The Way To) Amarillo? & Other Retro Classics brings together 3 uplifting songs all arranged for soprano alto and combined men's voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment. The additional songs are Dream A Little Dream of Me (Mamas and Papas) and Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Andy Williams). These attractive arrangements are ideal for beginner choirs or for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. An arrangement for upper voices only is also available. 

The highly anticipated treble arrangement! Astor Piazzolla is known around the world for his creative works incorporating the traditional sounds and rhythms of the Argentinian tango. Oscar Escalada masterfully uses nonsensesyllables to give singers the opportunity to lend their voices to this delightful work. A guaranteed audience pleaser!

This famous text is beautifully set to music by Texas music educator and composer Laura Farnell. The long lush phrases of “In the Bleak Midwinter” help teach breathing and dynamics while the tempo and legato styleallows time to focus on vowels and tone both within unison and multi-part setting. Repetition of parts make the dissonances easy to learn. The text has been adapted to keep religious aspects as general as possible for schoolperformances. Full piano accompaniment on Piano Trax 2004 (CD0218)

Fred Bock's setting of this famous Samuel Wesley tune was a classic from the start. It has been newly released as part of Fred's “Classics” series. A tasty keyboard accompaniment as only Fred could write supports awarm and rich choral part. Useful as an anthem offertory or service piece it is easy to medium in learning difficulty. Also available in SAB 2-Part and SSA.

Soprano Arias Duet WoO 93 Trio op. 116-The vocal works collected in this volume were composed for very different occasions. Several of them were tailor-made for female singers of Beethoven?s acquaintance; with others he was trying his hand at Italian opera (under theguidance of none other than Antonio Salieri). In addition to core repertoire pieces such as ?Ah! perfido? op. 65 the volume also contains unknown treasures such as ?No non turbarti? ?Ma tu tremi o mio tesoro?? ascene and aria which Beethoven revised several times. In our edition based on the Beethoven Complete Edition the last version of the aria is made available for musicians for the firsttime.Contents:'Erste Liebe Himmelslust' / 'Primo amore piacer del ciel' Aria for Soprano and Orchestra WoO92'Soll ein Schuh nicht dr?cken' Aria for Soprano and Orchestra WoO 91/2'Ah!perfido' - 'Per piet? non dirmi addio' Scena and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra op. 65'No non turbarti' - 'Ma tu tremi o mio tesoro?' Scena and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra WoO 92a'Ne' giorni tuoi felici' Duet forSopran Tenor and Orchestra WoO 93'Tremate empi tremate' Trio for Soprano Tenor Bass and Orchestra op. 116

A modern-day adaptation of the opera La Boheme Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent has played to critical acclaim to audiences from around the world. The musical’s storyline revolves around a group of impoverished young artists living in New York City's East Village under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.Seasons Of Love contains a powerful positive message that is just as relevant today as it was at the time of the show’s Broadway release in 1996. Excellent voice leading and memorable lyrics make this song a great choice for developing choirs. It is arranged here for SSA with Piano accompaniment.

Arrangeur: Robert Latham. Par LATHAM ROBERT. This collection of folksongs is perfect for any choir looking for fresh arrangements of old favourites. Six classics from the English folksong heritage have been expertly arranged by Robert Latham. The pieces can be used either as part of a programme or as a complete set and are sure to be a hit with choirs and audiences alike. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Date parution : 1996-03-11/ Recueil / SSA

from La La Land-Audition (The Fools Who Dream) is a song from the hugely popular musical film La La Land. In the film it is performed by Emma Stone.This artist-approved choral version has been arranged for soprano and alto and voices with a straight-forward piano accompaniment. It forms part of the Faber Choral Singles series and is ideal for choirs of any ability.

from La La Land-City of Stars is the Oscar-winning song from the hugely popular musical film La La Land.This artist-approved choral version has been arranged for soprano and alto voices with a straight-forward Piano accompaniment. It forms part of the Faber Choral Singles series and is ideal for choirs of any ability.