This Fantasia is founded on the following traditional English carols: The Truth Sent From Above (Herefordshire) words and tune; Come All You Worthy Gentlemen (Somerset) words and tune; On Christmas Night (Sussex) words and tune; There Is A Fountain (Herefordshire) tune only; together with fragments of other well-known carol tunes. The work is scored for ordinary full Orchestra with Organ and set of bells (ad lib.) or String Orchestra with Organ or Piano. Alternatively it may be accompanied by Organ or Piano alone played from the Vocal score with an optional solo Cello part (H212). A chorus part for performance bysolo Baritone and TTBB is also available (W41). The chorus is required to sing in four different ways:1. Singing the words.2. Singing with closed lips.3. Singing \'Ah\'.4. Singing with half-closed lips i.e. with a short \'u\' sound as in the word \'but\'. Watch Pasadena Master Chorale performing Ralph Vaughan Williams\' Fantasia On Christmas Carols:

Put on your dancing shoes and cut footloose! with this high-energy medley from the Broadway musical. A fabulous show choir feature! Includes: Almost Paradise Footloose The Girl Gets Around Holding Out for a Hero I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) Let's Hear It for the Boy. Available: SATB SAB 2-Part Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 10:00.

Anthology of African-American Spirituals-The history of the African American people was one of physical hardship and emotional anguish yet the music arising from this struggle ? the spiritual ? was one of deeply-felt emotion. This collection of spirituals arranged by Rene Boyer-Alexander for voices and Orff instruments is much more than a mere song collection. It is a chronicle of expression that will enrich and uplift both children and adults in classrooms choirs communitygatherings and churches. In three volumes or one complete edition it includes arrangements of over 55 songs historical background suggested program uses and cultural connections.Available: Volume I Volume II VolumeIII Complete Edition. For all ages.

Part-song for chorus of men's voices using words from the Greek anthology Marcus Argentarius translated by Richard Garnett.