Four gorgeous Negro Spirituals superbly arranged for SSA Choir and Piano by Gywn Arch.

The 1965 hit by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and featured in the Broadway Musical Jersey Boys makes an incredible showcase for men's choirs of all ages. Hot! Hot! Hot! Available separately: TBB ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:15.

Original pieces as well as new arrangements for upper voices of some of the most popular titles from John Tavener's outstandingly varied and extensive list of works for choir.Over the years we can trace a line from theexquisite simplicity of his setting of Blake's The Lamb to the monumental Veil Of The Temple.The arrangements are all for soprano and alto singers with a varying number of parts up to four sopranos and fouraltos (in Ikon Of Saint Hilda). An Organ or Piano accompaniment part is provided as applicable with an additional optional Cello solo in Song For Athene.

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

Little Tree consists of three short choral settings of poems by E.E.Cummings with a total duration of around 6 minutes. The first song Little tree is in three voices(SSA); the next movement I carry your heartwith me progresses into four voices; the final song now is a ship opens briefly with two solo voices but ends in 6 vocal parts. Accompanying all three pieces is a simple marimba part which acts as a continuoinstrument. In the opening movement it simply doubles the lowest vocal part; in the later pieces it provides a simple basis for the choral harmony. Judith Weir's wonderful vocal score for SSA and Marimba accompaniment. Idealfor children and female voiced choirs.

Chor zu dritt Band 5-Chor zu dritt with its three-part settings is aimed at the large number of choirs which cannot do full justice to the mainly four-part choral literature with divoded male voices. In Vol. 5 O little Town of Bethlehem the singers can look forward to many national and international Advent songs and Christmas carols ? and to successful concerts in the Christmas season even with only one male voice!

This holiday medley is a real treat! With four fun tunes and a great rock 'n' roll accompaniment your singers will beg to sing this all over town! Includes: We Love You Christmas Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Frosty the Snow Man Jingle Bells.Available separately: 3-Part Mixed and 2-Part. VoiceTrax CD also available. Performance time approx. 3:00.

Alfred Music proudly welcomes gifted composer Victor Johnson to our catalog with this warm choral setting. So beautifully melodic and expressive---this may be precisely the way Stevenson imagined his famous 'I will make you brooches' text. Cue-size notes in the SSA voicing offer optional opportunities for four-part divisi. / Choeur SAB

Four Songs for Treble Chorus-Here is a collection you will return to again and again! The four short songs for beginning and developing SSA choirs provide many options for developing tone quality and performance skills along with good part-writing andappealing subject matter. Songs may be sung a cappella or accompanied making this especially good for contest programming. Songs include: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin' The Secret I Know Where I'm Goin' French DancingSong (Sur le pont d'Avignon).

Set in a medium swing this jazz standard cooks from start to finish! Opening with unison vocals it moves to two-part then four-part jazz chords over a steady walking bass. The group scat chorus packs a punch and leads to a tasty modulation final chorus and easy out for a super vocal jazz showcase. Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section parts available as a digital download (gtr b dm). Duration: ca. 3:10.

The hit New Testament anthem for four-part mixed choirs is also available for three-part treble voices! “Talitha Kum!” is bright and rhythmic with wonderful piano and percussion accompaniment and parts available forelectric or string bass. Syncopation and mixed meter add to the excitement of this thrilling piece! Now all choirs can enjoy this dynamic song of adoration and praise. All the people sing! Jesus is the King!