Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.48885

Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Multicultural; Sacred; World. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48885. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48885).

UPC: 038081562094. English. West Indies Folk Song.

A great fit for choirs of any age or ability! Harry Belafonte sang this joyful West Indies song on his 1956 album Calypso. Dr. Robinson's arrangement has just the right amount of repetition versus development, and will come together quickly with intuitive voice leading and some stylistic syncopation. One a cappella refrain just after the key change features the conga to keep the groove going, and a final descant adds a rhythmic counterline above. Build up the Jamaican vibe with our light SoundTrax accompaniment or the notated percussion part (available free online). The theme: build your house on solid ground.

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.

Choral Medley. Composed by E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen. Arranged by Mark A. Brymer. Choral. Concert, Festival, Medley, Movies, Light Concert, Show Choir. Octavo. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.138090).

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.50214

Recorded by Justin Bieber. Composed by Jonathan Bellion, Jordan Kendall Johnson, Justin Bieber, Michael Pollack, and Stefan Johnson. Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Halloween; Pop; Radio; Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-50214. Published by Alfred Music (AP.50214).

UPC: 038081573847. English.

Justin Bieber's tribute to a lost loved one topped Billboard charts around the world. Equally suitable for the concert hall or the pop choir stage, this acoustic-inspired setting features a variety of choral textures to showcase the meaningful text. Light strings and guitar add a contemporary touch on the SoundTrax CD, or perform with just piano for a more intimate presentation. If I can't be close to you, I'll settle for the ghost of you.

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.

(Choral Highlights). Composed by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice. Arranged by Audrey Snyder. Disney Choral. Concert, Pop, Movies, Light Concert, Show Choir, Medley, Disney. Octavo. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.244742).

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.48294

Composed by Greg Gilpin. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48294. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48294).

UPC: 038081551173. English. Words by Joseph Seamon Cotter.

The author of this sensitive, warmhearted text was one of the first African-American playwrights ever to be published. Greg Gilpin incorporates subtle shifts of tempo and dynamics to paint a sumptuous sound picture that satisfies the soul. But this I crave as you walk by, a smile on your lips, a light in your eye.

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.

Choir (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.48899

Arranged by Mark Burrows. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Peace/Brotherhood; Sacred; Traditional. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48899. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48899).

UPC: 038081562230. English. Traditional Shaker Song.

This creative arrangement of the well-known Shaker song passes the traditional tune to every voice part, using the others to support the buoyant melody. Scored for a mixed choir with congas, claves, and maracas, Mark's setting opens with a bit of suspense that soon breaks into a bright a cappella feature. Some rhythmic augmentation provides a warm center before returning to the vibrant feel. Fans will note a few additional lyrics that celebrate the gift to be loving, light, hopeful, and true. A final flourish fans out from the only unison measure into a resounding G major chord.

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.

By The Beatles. By George Harrison. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. SATB A Cappella. Pop Choral Series. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-5381-00

Composed by Howard Arman. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Song; Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Choral score. 80 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5381-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5381-00).

ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5635L

Composed by Ruth Elaine Schram. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5635L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5635L).

ISBN 9780787775339.

From her best-selling cantata, The Living Light, Ruth Elaine Schram's stunning Christmas ballad is now original in SATB and SAB editions. Led by an expressive soprano soloist, the lyrics are written through the perspective of Mary singing to the Christ child. Expressing the humanity of the small child and God made flesh, this beautiful work will touch your audiences and congregations in your Christmas concerts and worship services.

Arranged by David Giardiniere. For SATB choir unaccompanied. Choral. Octavo. Published by Shawnee Press.

SATB double choir, a cappella (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193511989

Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 5'. Oxford University Press #9780193511989. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193511989).

ISBN 9780193511989. 12 x 8 inches.

For SATB double choir unaccompanied Inspired by A. E. Borthwick's painting of the same title, The Presence sets lines from Psalms 18, 27, 36, 112, and 119 mainly concerned with light. While suitable for services and concerts throughout the year, The Presence is especially appropriate for performance during Advent.

By John Denver. By Bob Beers. Arranged by Joseph M. Martin. For Choral (SATB). Glory Sound. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by GlorySound