SKU: GI.G-8810

ISBN 9781622771103. English.

Create compelling and memorable choral concerts! Developed by a veteran teacher who is widely known for her theatrical choral programs, the 13 ready-made plans here are each unified by theme and dramatic narration. They provide an inspiring template for creating your own programs (with helpful guidelines) — or use them as they are. Each performance script offers new dimensions to presenting and understanding the music. Your singers will be excited, and audiences will be delighted. I had the distinct pleasure of participating in the creative production and execution of many of these wonderful programs. They were the complete arts package: full stage productions that felt like complete shows. The narration, choreography, lighting, props, and of course the music, all combined to create a cohesive choral program that was a delight for all in attendance. Compelling Choral Concerts will be a great resource for beginning choral educators, as well as veteran teachers looking for a well-crafted concert program. I highly recommend this resource. —William D. Lea, Director, Choral Activities Latin School of Chicago This book is a one-of-a-kind, invaluable resource that every arts educator—new or experienced—can benefit and learn from. Choral concerts are not typically theatrical events, but this team has combined music, drama, staging, and movement to create theatrical concert experiences unlike any other. And now, this valuable resource will give you everything you need to provide memorable, entertaining, and thought-provoking concert experiences in your own communities. In addition, this wonderful book also will provide historical and educational value for you to share with the audiences. —Tina Reynolds, BRAVO! Director Oak Park, Illinois Linda Crabtree Powell is an experienced and noted choral teacher who has taught choirs at all levels, and is active as a clinician, accompanist, and singer. Ms. Powell founded the BRAVO! program in Oak Park, Illinois, and now teaches at Trinity High School in River Forest, Illinois. Her script collaborator, the late Valerie Sokol, was active as an actor, director, playwright, and teacher of English. Additional scripts are by Julia Buckley, who teaches high school English and is a published author of mystery novels.

SKU: CF.BPS122

ISBN 9781491152089. UPC: 680160909582.

As the title implies, this piece is written in a contemplative manner for beginning students.  It is a good piece to demonstrate basic compositional techniques that the students will be able identify easily in the piece. It begins with a lush opening section with an elegant melody to work on musicianship. This is contrasted by the up tempo section of the piece based on the same basic musical material, but in a varied style and frolicking feel. A very satisfying piece for beginning wind players.
Contemplation: the action to look thoughtfully at something for a long time.When composing music that will be used with younger students, I want to stimulate thoughtfulness in them. In this particular piece I want the students to be able to stretch their musicianship beyond their experience on their instruments to play in a contemplative manner. To me, this is the essence of musical playing in an emotional and thoughtful way. It is something that cannot be stressed enough, even in students that have just begun to play. As soon as possible, they should be asked to put themselves into the music and make it more than the notes and rhythms on the page.This piece is my attempt to provide very young students, who are just beginning their musical journey, with something they can reach technically, but have to stretch for musically. The amount of notes and rhythms is limited, but students should strive for beauty of tone, good phrasing and emotional involvement.After a short introduction, the heartfelt main theme begins at a lyrical and slow tempo. This is developed with the addition of a secondary theme, featuring the lower voices, before the piece leads to an Allegro section that is based on the same musical material with a difference in tempo and a variation in rhythm patterns. The piece can serve to show students that the same basic music can have an entirely different emotional connection with differences in tempo, rhythm and style, with the first section of the piece being sentimental and the faster section being more joyous in nature.  As with all of my pieces for younger students, it is completely acceptable to me for you to adjust the tempo to fit the educational needs of your students.It has been my pleasure to have the opportunity to write this piece. I hope you and your students enjoy it and find it useful for your program.—Larry ClarkLakeland, FL 2018.

SKU: PE.EP68585

ISBN 9790300759852. 232 x 303mm inches.

Piano Music Arranged for Guitar features five early and mid-career compositions by John Cage, dating from 1933 through 1948, all arranged for solo guitar by Aaron Larget-Caplan. The compositions required little adjustment from the originals, mainly in the form of register modifications, and fit very well on the guitar. All phrase and dynamic markings follow the published originals. Very few left and right hand fingerings are included in the publication to allow the performers their own realizations. All of the works retain their original keys and are presented in chronological order:

Three Easy Pieces (Round, Duo, Infinite Cannon)

A Room

Chess Pieces

Dream

In A Landscape

Cage’s exploration of contrapuntal music and simple forms are found early on in works for two voices and the use of unusual phrases lengths. The later works explore modes, resonance, and begin to show influences of Far East aesthetics in their spaciousness and dealings with time.

The collection is only the second work in the Cage Oeuvre to be published featuring the guitar, the first being Larget-Caplan’s arrangement of ‘Six Melodies’ for violin & guitar issued in 2015.

A recording dedicated to John Cage on guitar will be released in 2018 on Stone Records Limited (UK).

SKU: AP.47725

UPC: 038081544182. English. Alan Jay Lerner.

Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, and Harry Connick Jr. are just a few of the artists who have recorded this showtune-turned-standard by American songwriting team Lerner and Loewe. Buoyant syncopations lightly swing through sweet jazz sonorities and arrive at a tender tempo-stretching final cadence. Mark Hayes' divisi a cappella arrangement is equally fitting for concert, show, and jazz choirs. A treasure from My Fair Lady.

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.

SKU: BT.1571-08-140-MS

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

The World Is Not Enough is een Bondfilm uit 1999, met Pierce Brosnan in de hoofdrol. De gelijknamige titelsong, geschreven door de Engelse filmcomponist David Arnold, werd uitgevoerd door de Schots-Amerikaanse rockgroep Garbage.Het nummer bevat alle traditionele Bond-ingrediënten - zo ook deze door Otto M. Schwarz op vakkundige wijze gearrangeerde versie voor harmonieorkest.

The World Is Not Enough ist das Titellied des gleichnamigen James-Bond-Films aus dem Jahr 1999, geschrieben vom englischen Filmmusikkomponisten David Arnold. Otto M. Schwarz war mit dieser Filmmusikbearbeitung ganz in seinem Element - das Ergebnis spricht für sich! Das Arrangement enthält ein Solo, das wahlweise gesungen oder von Alt- oder Tenorsaxophon gespieltwerden kann.

Scénario inventif, suspense diabolique, action explosive : James Bond est imbattable ! En 1999, Pierce Brosnan assurait pour la troisième fois le rôle du plus célèbre agent secret de l’histoire du 7ème art, dans le dix-neuvième volet de la série Bond : Le monde ne suffit pas. ses côtés, l’actrice française Sophie Marceau. Le compositeur britannique David Arnold succédait John Barry et composa une bande originale très « Bondienne ». (Partie solo adaptée pour voix ou saxophone alto/ténor).Enregistrements sur CD Band Power (version avec solo instrumental DHR 01-050-3) / CD Lord of the Sea ( version avec voix solo DHR 02-044-3).

SKU: AP.48814

UPC: 038081561387. English. Words by Robert Frost.

Robert Frost's famous poem describes the woods as lovely, dark, and deep, and the same can be said about this appealing setting for winter concerts. The minor key casts a pensive backdrop for the vivid imagery of the text. The composer shows her teaching prowess by sculpting a line that harmonizes easily when sung in thirds and fits together perfectly when echoed from part to part. Developing choirs will appreciate the balance of emotional depth in the words and approachable challenges in the vocal parts. Sing the cue notes to quickly convert the 2-part voicing to S.S.A.

SKU: HL.14028374

Young children would enjoy creating this pantomime version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Four Acts and a Tableau. The lyrics are straightforward, though the topical references to Frankie Laine and Eisenhower would benefit from updating.

SKU: HL.287843

UPC: 888680908508. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

This is the opening number from the Alan Menken/Glenn Slater musical A Bronx Tale. Taken from the '50s corner a cappella doo-wop groups and segueing into '50s rock/doo-wop style. This is a wonderful story song that fits a choir perfectly.