SKU: AP.49700
UPC: 038081567877. 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.
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.51134
UPC: 038081581712. English. Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Familiar words, new melody. Ruth's cheerful a cappella setting of the yuletide text accentuates the peace on earth lyric, adding a harmonically rich bridge on just those words. Crisp choral ding dong entrances, a melodic twist in the middle, and a tuneful final descant decorate the otherwise strophic verses. Add to the festivity (and anchor the minor-key tonality) with optional tubular bells or chimes.
SKU: PE.EP68524A
ISBN 9790300759043. Lat.
My Exsultet uses the ancient chant to which the Easter Proclamation is declaimed, normally by a deacon at the start of the Great Vigil of Easter. The chant dates from somewhere between the fourth and seventh centuries and consists of formulaic repetitions of simple phrases. I have elaborated these phrases canonically, melodically, and harmonically into a three-part vocal fabric, accompanied by obbligato instruments. The full text of the original goes on for quite some time. My choral-instrumental version is much shorter.
Commissioned by the Young People's Chorus of New York City for Transient Glory and dedicated to Francisco J. Núñez.
SKU: LO.15-3779H
ISBN 9780787770280.
A harmonically rich setting of one of Robert Frost’s most well-known poems, this piece is perfect for middle school or smaller high school ensembles. It is strophic in form, beginning in unison, easing into clever canonic imitation, then alternating between highlighting women and men. An emotional half-step modulation sets the heightened mood for the final verse, which ends the work with voices echoing the iconic words: And miles to go before I sleep..
SKU: CF.CM9632
ISBN 9781491157046. UPC: 680160915606. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: A major. Latin, Latin. Traditional Latin.
Vibrant, bold, rhythmic and harmonically rich, Narverud's mixed meter accompanied Latin text setting for treble voices is powerful. For the burgeoning or advanced treble chorus, it is sure to make your choir gloriously shine .....O how glorious is the kingdom in which all of the saints rejoice!
SKU: GI.G-8839
UPC: 785147883906. English. Text by Marty Haugen.
With a text based on the writings of St. Francis de Sales, Marty Haugen’s piece inspires us to emulate Jesus Christ in our daily life. Steady pacing and balanced phrases give this memorable melody a hymn-like character. Verses are sung by a soloist supported harmonically by an SAB choir, while the assembly joins in with the easy, tuneful refrain. Envisioned for celebrations of commitment or dedication, blessings, or transitions (such as graduation).
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