SKU: LO.15-4065H
ISBN 9780787779689.
This energetic and bright piece is an absolute joy! The playful elements of the text are vividly depicted with creative chromaticism and staccato passages that capture the essence of a day at play.
SKU: LO.15-3707H
ISBN 9780787768409.
This spectacular salute to America by Doug Wagner is a dynamic affirmation of patriotic fervor. A medley of ten patriotic tunes, it is a perfect closer for concerts during the year or for any patriotic occasion. Tunes include “America,†“Yankee Doodle,†“The Battle Cry of Freedom,†“When Johnny Comes Marching Home,†“Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,†“You’re a Grand Old Flag,†“Lift Every Voice and Sing,†“America, the Beautiful,†“The Stars and Stripes Forever,†and “The Star Spangled Banner.†Add even more excitement with the optional orchestrated track. Also available in SATB and three-part mixed.
SKU: LO.15-3987H
ISBN 9780787778477.
Amen, Alleluia! is an accessible Latin piece that includes minimal text, making this a wonderful option for young choirs being introduced to Latin texts. The bright, energetic melody is fun to sing with its melismatic characteristics and carefully placed syncopations. A key change lifts the piece into a compelling finish as it recaps the opening themes.
SKU: LO.15-3769H
ISBN 9780787770181.
We are one in community, we are one in humanity. Each of us living to spread love, we are one in humanity. Rhythmic and energetic music by Bryan Sharpe highlights this uplifting message about the bonds of love we share with everyone on this planet. A great choice for festivals, the idiomatically conceived parts for optional percussion provide effective support for voices and piano.
SKU: HL.8744448
UPC: 073999898088. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
Walt Disney Pictures' The Lizzie McGuire Movie follows Lizzie's transformation from an awkward teen to a beautiful pop star. This arrangement contains both the ballad and up-tempo versions of this uplifting song.
SKU: BP.1235
Handel's well-known vocal selection has been arranged by Harry Causey into a challenging 2-part anthem for your beginning adult choir. This piece presents opportunities to teach melismatic singing, contrapuntal techniques, and is also perfect for any general use for your church year.
SKU: AP.46942
UPC: 038081535913. English.
Introduce your men's ensemble to this powerful chorus from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus. Adapted for men in just two voice parts, this arrangement preserves much of the original counterpoint. A wonderful piece for exploring melismatic phrases, developing vocal agility, and encouraging breath control. Most importantly, it's an achievable masterwork for your guys!
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: OU.9780193555372
ISBN 9780193555372. 10 x 7 inches.
For SA and piano Setting a text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, this thoughtful and evocative piece compares a dying relationship with the changing of the seasons from summer to winter, which McGlade skilfully reflects in her use of minor tonality, falling melodic phrases, and shifting chromaticism.