'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass SSA vocal score Kyrie eleison Forces or Category: SSA, piano, bass (optional), drums (optional) for SSA, piano, and optional bass and drumkit ad lib.

A highly original and effective concert setting of the Latin Missa brevis in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. The characterful piano accompaniment can be played as written or serve as a guide and bass and drums can join in ad lib.

Try A Little Tenderness is the perfect choice for amateur choirs seeking an elegant and sophisticated centrepiece to their choral pop repertoire. Based on Otis Redding’s smooth and soulful take on the song this choral version is bursting with rich harmonies and jazzy chord progressions. Arranged by Jeremy Birchall for SAB chorus with piano accompaniment this piece opens with a reasonably challenging intro setting the scene for a beautiful and tender song that will captivate and touch both audiences and performers alike.

Here's a jazz novelty song recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in the '50s that's filled to the brim with sass and style! Perfect for a winter concert dinner theater fundraiser or anytime you want to share a little sweetness with your community!

The well known song Send In The Clowns from the 1973 musical ?A Little Night Music? is now arranged for SSA Voices with Piano accompaniment.The musical composed by Stephen Sondheim is an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film ?Smiles of a Summer Night? and tells the romantic stories of many couples with a main focus on the actress Desirée and the lawyer Fredrik. In the ballad Send In The Clowns Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life after Fredrik?s initial rejection. The song is later reprised as a coda after Fredrik's young wife runs away and he is finally free to accept Desirée'soffer.Send In The Clowns became Sondheim's most popular song after Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1973 and Judy Collins' version charted in 1975 and 1977. It has since become a jazz standard with subsequent recordings by Grace Jones Barbra Streisand Cher Dame Judi Dench and many other artists and is a guaranteed audience-favourite!

Discovery Level 2-Developing choirs will love building choral skills as they rehearse and perform this holiday classic and you will enjoy introducing singers to this wonderful song with its warm sentiment and jazz-flavored harmonies.

Originally recorded by Annie Lennox your pop show or vocal jazz group will rock out in this fresh setting! Hot horns complete the picture! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1 tpt 2 tsx tbn gtr b dm).