Battle Hymn by Martin Shaw is scored for Unison Voice and Piano Accompaniment featuring words by Julia Ward Howe.

For Narrator Children's Choir And Instrumental Accompaniment (Piano Version)-Following on the success of her two operatic works for children and teens – Douce et Barbe Bleue Les Fables Enchantées Little Thummie and Cendrillon (based on Perrault) as well as the adaptation of Maupassant’s short story The Dumpling (2014) – Isabelle Aboulker once again hits the bull’s eye with Myla And The Boat-Tree a commission from the Villecroze Music Academy. In 2015 this musical tale for Narrator Children’s Choir and Instrumental Accompaniment was awarded the “Music for Young Performers Prize” by the French Music Publishers Association. Both in the French version and MarciMeth’s excellent English translation it provides the material for an enthralling educational adventure in which children between the ages of five and eight are invited into their first experience of opera and choir singing. With her trademark finesse and sensitivity the composer tells the story of a little girl dealing with the death of a person she’d cherished above all: her grandfather. Written for choir in unison this tale wafts shimmering melodies over an instrumental accompaniment suffused in turn with gentle melancholy and light humour. An art that speaks from an open heart. The work was written in three versions: for Narrator Children’s Choir and Piano (AL30732) for Narrator Children’s Choir and Trio (Clarinet in Bb Cello and Piano: AL30733) for Narrator Children’s Choir and Instrumental Ensemble (Flute Oboe Clarinet in Bb Bassoon Horn Trumpet in C Trombone Percussion 2 Violins Alto Cello Bass: AL30734) Choral score: AL30743 Listen to Isabelle Aboulker talking about “Myla and the Boat-Tree”:

The Wind Sings On The Mountain is a song for Unison Voices with Piano accompaniment. It features on the Syllabus for the ABRSM 'Initial' Choral Singing Award.F. Roy Bennett was a respected musiceducator and author of the 20th century who wrote many books of music theory and history that are highly prized by primary and secondary school music teachers. As a composer he was a gifted writer of words and music for schoolchoirs.

Gerald pulls it off again with this Continental treat. The French theme of Rene Delfau's original 'Rossignnolet du Bois' pumps through this frisky transcription. As the vocal parts imitate the pipes the piece thrusts forward and seems to almost burst out the bags in a crescendo of ecstasy.

The Blues Service-New settings of the two evening canticles which incorporate jazz elements including harmony in voice parts and organ and many â??blueâ?? notes. Despite these jazz elements the music is very approachable with natural syncopation and mostly homophonic writing. It is also available for mixed choir (ISMN 979-0-060-13011-3). Either version would be enjoyable and rewarding additions to a church choirâ??s modern liturgical repertoire or indeed concert repertoire of all choirs.

POD-O Salutaris Hostia is a work by Meirion Wynn Jones for Unison Voices and Organ Accompaniment. The work sets text by Thomas Aquinas translated by Edward Caswall.

Victor Hely-Hutchinson's setting of Edward Lear's famous verse. Arranged for unison voices and piano by J. Michael Diack.

A simple yet effective piece for Christmas-looking-forward-to-Easter (or possibly Easter-looking-back-at-Christmas) it is Mary ondering these things in her heart'.