SKU: AP.49709
UPC: 038081567969. English.
This jubilant song of exaltation is designed to make mixed and changing meters intuitive, familiar, easy. Organized in 3 + 2 + 2, the dance-like main theme is quickly mastered. A small number of familiar Latin words and some English text combine into an exuberant concert/contest selection. Listen for the glorious soprano descant, optional trumpet fanfare, and rhythmic timpani part that add majesty, while anchoring the meter.
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.46922
UPC: 038081535715. English. Alan Billingsley.
A Christmas classic updated with a fresh Latin groove! Syncopated rhythms energize the vocal lines, which remain true to the carol's original harmonization. A new Fa la la refrain and bridge build excitement leading to the third verse, and a key change near the end results in a big finish. Add the SoundTrax CD, SoundPax, and complete choreography from the Movin' DVD for even more pizzazz!
SKU: AP.45620
UPC: 038081513591. English.
This change-of-pace charmer recreates the conversation between a pair of birds as they observe children singing. The birds consider what the sounds are, why the sounds are made, and most importantly, Is it music? Kids will embrace telling the animated story with playful tempo shifts, dramatic fermatas, comic interjections, and a tender final realization that, Yes, it's music! Optional clarinet and string bass parts are available for free online.
SKU: AP.43227
UPC: 038081487694. English. Traditional French Carols; words adapted by Charlotte Lee.
Bring an international flair to your holiday program with this joyous medley of four French carols. An IPA pronunciation guide is included for the few foreign words, and a festive concert band accompaniment allows the whole music department to participate.
SKU: AP.49871
UPC: 038081572499. English. Mary Donnelly; George L. O. Strid.
Seasoned directors know they can count on this writing team for quality developmental literature, like this piece---a perfect pairing for holiday concerts: Il Est Né and Angels We Have Heard On High. Sing in English throughout, or include some French text using the included pronunciation guide. Optional lyrics allow you to sing some French or entirely in English.
SKU: AP.49772
UPC: 038081568591. English. Words by John Jacobson.
One part Jacobson creativity, and one part Kirby jazz. Kids will adore this chart that's not only a fresh holiday feature, but also a solid introduction to beginning scat singing. Designed with developing groups in mind, but enjoyable for any one. Perform with the swingin' SoundTrax or a live rhythm section (guitar, bass, and drumset SoundPax). As a special bonus, John's choreography is printed in the music.
SKU: AP.50201
UPC: 038081573717. English.
Find hope, shine hope, sing hope. This simple melody stacks beautifully into a 3-part canon by the end of the song, building the skills of developing part-singers. A quote from Emily Dickinson's treasured poem, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, provides contrast in the middle of this tender and tuneful song. An excellent choice for any time of year.
SKU: AP.48812
UPC: 038081561363. English.
A solo voice opens this moving anthem of individuality that doubles as a celebration of music. When all the voices join, singers echo warm phrases from part to part and build to an important realization at the bridge: If we all sing together, our songs will become like a symphony. You'll feel a firm tug of the heartstrings as the fully harmonized final verse builds to an impressive cadence and a momentous fermata. An awesome opener or closer in any voicing, and one you won't soon forget.
SKU: AP.48827
UPC: 038081561516. English.
Have you ever heard of a bear with wings? Or a biffalo-buffalo-bison? How about a wallaboo? A. A. Milne, best-known as the author of Winnie the Pooh, penned this playful poem about amusing animals, both real and imagined, at a zany zoo. This clever children's choral offers plenty of musical moments (including independent counterlines and logical 2-part harmonies) in between giggles. Perform with a light, bright tone and crisp consonants on the patter-like words. Two likely results: hilarious rehearsals and a roaring crowd!
SKU: AP.48410
UPC: 038081552330. 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.45608
UPC: 038081513478. English. Russell Robinson.
It's the delicate Lied sensitively set for developing voices. Dr. Robinson has skillfully adapted Mendelssohn's classic and arranged an appropriate Romantic-era piano accompaniment to support 2- and 3-part voices. Optional English lyrics are included as well as a complete IPA guide for the German text---a wonderful way to introduce art song.
SKU: AP.47653
UPC: 038081543468. English.
Black as the midnight, and white as the snow; gold as the sunshine, my cat of calico. A bouncy and buoyant melody is supported by a folk-song-style piano accompaniment and some easy-to-sing harmonic patterns in this truly charming 2-part original by Andy Beck. Singers won't be able to get enough of the tongue-twisting patter text as they tell the tale of the whimsically colorful cat. Directors can take special pride in teaching the optional cue notes and accented descant that adds a fluffy coat near the end. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.48850
UPC: 038081561745. 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.51087
UPC: 038081581248. English. Penny Rodriguez.
This playful piece is perfect for the beginning of the school year. Charming lyrics, penned by a 7-year-old student, capture the joy of autumn. A unison verse swirls into simple call-and-response punctuated by a bridge in beginning 2-part harmony. A cheerful key change tosses the leaves higher into the air before tapering to a quiet I love fall leaves ending.
SKU: AP.50139
UPC: 038081573090. English.
Take your 2-part choir to new heights with this light and lyrical tune, artfully constructed for treble voices. David Waggoner's dreamy melody and creative lyrics invite singers to imagine themselves soaring among the clouds. Let me touch the heavens . . . roam the mountain . . . roar like thunder.
SKU: AP.50120
UPC: 038081572901. English. Words by A. A. Milne.
Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne considers the wind through a child's eyes. We feel its presence and experience its effects, but cannot see it or change its direction. This curious sense of wonder is captured in a delightful musical interpretation for 2-part voices of any age. Elegant in its simplicity.
SKU: AP.51219
UPC: 038081582580. English.
This musical tribute to the aurora borealis flickers and flashes with colorful imagery. Carefully crafted for 2-part singers, it opens with independent parts that come together in a glowing chorus like lights swirling in the winter sky. An optional descant at the end adds even more sparkle. What a beautiful sight!
SKU: AP.51111
UPC: 038081581484. English.
This exhilarating chart-topper by BTS frontman Jung Kook was featured as the theme song to FIFA's World Cup. The driving rhythms of a strong hook deliver the message of teamwork and striving for a common goal. Sing the full 4-minute version (including an Arabic solo in the middle), or take the optional cut for a 2.5-minute powerhouse performance (without the solo). A pronunciation guide and translation are included in the publication.
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.41579
UPC: 038081466590. English.
The buoyant compound meter of this jovial Christmas charmer is suggestive of Irish folk music. Tuneful melodies are paired with merry ding dong counterlines as this refreshing choral (with processional potential) unfolds. Download the optional tambourine part at alfred.com/choralparts.
SKU: AP.49701
UPC: 038081567884. English.
Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accumulating snow. Each voice part sings in the sweet spot of their tessitura to garner rich choral tone. A harmonically vivid bridge creates contrast and offers a flurry of beauty in the piano, as singers realize the beautiful snowflakes are fleeting, all too soon they fade away. Delicate yet deep, simple yet stunning. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.45699
UPC: 038081514383. English. Katherine Lee Bates.
A patriotic fantasy for choir and band, this soaring rendition of America, the Beautiful is a crowning jewel for choral or combined concerts. Sturdy and proud, it features many unison and two-part vocal passages with band-friendly keys to ensure good balance between the voices and instruments. Don't have a band? Perform with the stunning SoundTrax CD or the well-crafted piano reduction.
SKU: AP.49698
UPC: 038081567853. English.
Here's a grand celebration of music from esteemed contemporary composer Mark Hayes. Effective as an opener, closer, concert theme, graduation, festival or combined choir feature, this powerhouse piece will be a high point no matter where it falls in the program! A virtuosic piano part supports full choral harmonies as the dramatic form unfolds.
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