The Novello Primary Chorals series presents Easy Soul, containing six of the greatest soul songs that children will love to sing. For 2-part Choir and Piano accompaniment, the simple and easy arrangements of these hit tunes will provide a fun and enjoyable introduction to ensemble singing.From US soul classics like Aretha Franklin's Respect and Ben E. King's Stand By Me to James Brown's driving funk tune I Got You (I Feel Good), every one of these songs is great fun for children to sing and listen to. The simple vocal arrangements of all seven songs include easy Piano accompaniments and Guitar chord symbols, so an adult or even one of the children can accompany on an instrument getting everyone involved. To make it even easier for young singers, the Novello Primary Chorals Easy Soul sheet music comes with a download card of sound-alike backing and vocal demonstration tracks. This means that the group can hear exactly how everything should sound, before trying it out themselves with a professionally-recorded track. This is sure to be an enriching and rewarding experience for them, getting their ears musically-trained while also making learning and creativity fun. The download card is very easy to use, simply put the code in and download the tracks straight to your computer.These fantastic hits are well-known to most, but if not all children know all the tunes, they are sure to enjoy hearing them for the first time and then singing all the songs themselves. With Feeling Good, Lean On Me and (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, the songs in this song book represent not just some of the best soul songs, but some of the best melodies of all time. From the pens of expert songwriters and our expert arrangers, the sound of a children's choir singing these jazz, funk and soul songs will be one that your audience will never forget.For easy vocal arrangements of some incredible and classic soul songs, check out the Novello Primary Chorals Easy Soul sheet music songbook, putting soul in the school and classy jazz in the classroom! / Choeur

?I asked my friend the poet Einar Askestad if he could write a poem for me about love between father and son brothers and God. I felt that these forms of love are seldom sung about. The poem moved me greatly and I have tried to put music to these words which is simple yet full of beauty. In the four movements of this suite-like piece various aspects of these relationships are conveyed?. - MÃ¥rten JanssonBiography:My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings life consists of. This has led people todescribe my music as both ?so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings? and ?the happiest classical music we ever heard?. I have also always preferred beautiful music to atonal music and that is surely the reason why the most part of my music is more on the sad side but what a dream it would be to be able to create beautiful music that?s bubbling over with joy! My compositions consist of almost only sacral music. This is to express my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries after centuries.In 1994 I was lucky enough to start conducting the female choir Carmen and I conducted them until we decided to disunite 2010. This is of course the biggest reason why most of my compositions are for female choirs the knowledge that what I write during the night will be tested the next evening is a driving force that not so many are lucky enough to have.I work as a voice music theory and conducting teacher and conductor in Uppsala were I was born -65 and still live. My education is in short: two years of musicology at Uppsala University and a MFA in Music Education and Dalcroize Rhythmics at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.- Choral works a cappella.- Sample pages for download: www.baerenreiter.com.

I Never Saw a Moor (after Emily Dickinson).This piece expresses a steadfast faith in God and thus the central message of Dickinson?s poem. The music describes feelings of trust and wonder joy and gratitude.The piece was commissioned for the German women?s choir Cant?Ella who premiered it in Mönchengladbach (Germany) on 25 October 2014 in a concert celebrating the choir?s 20th anniversary.