SKU: HL.284707

UPC: 888680857622. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Now in a brand-new Discovery arrangement for younger choirs! This showstopper from award-winning composer Alan Menken was featured in the Disney film and Broadway musical Newsies. Featuring a powerful “brotherhood” text, it begins with a compelling chorale-like opening and then explodes into a rhythmic section that encourages us all to “seize the day!”.

SKU: AP.48926

UPC: 038081562506. English.

Carefully placed staccatos and well-chosen chord inversions illuminate the gospel style of this original anthem of hope. It's a perfect pep talk or pick-me-up theme song for whenever your program needs a lift. A solo voice becomes a duet before all the singers join in and grow with intensity. Several ascending key changes raise spirits, ensuring that the uplifting message resonates. Everything will be alright, everything will be okay, 'cause I can see a new horizon on a brand new day. If you don't perform with the kickin' SoundTrax accompaniment, be sure to add a groovin' drummer and riffing organ of your own. We dare you (and your audience) not to clap along!

About Alfred Choral Designs

Th e 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: HL.8552509

ISBN 9781540014221. UPC: 888680793227. 5.0x5.0x0.169 inches.

Here is a medley from Rodgers and Hammerstein's first Broadway hit, Oklahoma! John Leavitt expertly arranged these classic American songs so that every vocal ensemble will sound their best. Outstanding programming! The 8-minute medley includes Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'; Oklahoma; The Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Kansas City; I Cain't Say No; Many a New Day; People Will Say We're in Love.

SKU: HL.293506

UPC: 888680936792. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Here is an arrangement of one of the most popular bossa nova songs of all time. Staying true to the bossa style, your students will enjoy learning this important groove with its close harmonies and easy feel. A jazz classic with new life.

SKU: WD.080689588365

UPC: 080689588365.

Intro ducing Southern Sundays, the new Southern Gospel Choir Series, from WORD Music! There's nothing better than the rhythms and sounds of a great southern gospel song. Add the power of an energetic and spirited gospel choir to the inspiring lyrics and infectious makes-you-want-to-sing-al ong music, and you've got a proven, winning combination guaranteed to make your Southern Sunday choir sound their very best!

Arranged and orchestrated by Cliff Duren, the songs and arrangements in this new choral collection are specially designed and selected to bring you an appealing combination of hit songs and soon-to-be classics, along with some fresh, new songs that your choir can be among the very first to sing! Featuring 10 new Cliff Duren arrangements, Southern Sundays is anchored by three benchmark songs - Jesus Can Change Your Life, Alpha and Omega, and the gospel-influenced, The Blood Hasn't Ever Changed. Whether your choir repertoire is all-southern-all-the-time , or simply southern for special time.

SKU: WD.080689892127

UPC: 080689892127.

Easte r's story is ultimately about changed lives - ordinary people transformed forever by the mercy of a Cross and the victory of an empty tomb. This is the powerful theme of Glorious Day, an impactful new musical from Simply Word that looks at Jesus' life through the eyes of those He touched. Featuring a dynamic mix of recent titles from Casting Crowns and Aaron Shust along with new poignant character-specific songs from Lee Black and Gina Boe, Glorious Day will speak directly to the heart of each individual in your congregation. Marty Hamby has expertly arranged this accessible work so that choirs of all sizes can perform the musical in its entirety or as individual numbers during the Lenten season. Deborah Craig-Claar has written a beautifully-crafted two-person narration as well as providing optional dramatic monologues for Peter, the adulterous woman, and the man born blind. A vibrant accompaniment DVD will offer all the help you need to make Glorious Day an unforgettable experience for your church and community.

SKU: HL.9971522

ISBN 9781617805899. UPC: 884088555214. 8.5x11.0x0.336 inches.

Did you know . . . Bach had twenty kids; Beethoven lost most of his hearing by the time he was an adult; Haydn's parents sent him off to study music at the age of six; Mozart was performing for kings and queens by age five? Learn a wealth of interesting and fun facts about 10 famous composers with this delightfully whacky collection of familiar melodies set to new lyrics. Perform songs live with piano accompaniments in the Teacher Edition or use the professionally-produced recordings available separately on the Performance/Accompaniment CD. Choreography is also included along with reproducible lyric sheets. Enhance learning further with reproducible composer bios and review questions, and a comprehensive word search and crossword puzzle for a final check of the facts! Available separately: Teacher Edition (with reproducible pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (Teacher & P/A CD). Suggested for grades 3-6.

SKU: JK.01605

Hebrews 4:14-16, Mormon 9:27.

Vocal solo collection for medium voice--a contemporary presentation of the original volume of Especially for Vocalists Vol. 2 by A. Laurence Lyon. Accompaniment CD is also available (#05027).
Titles included in this volume:
Three Songs for the Young Heart
I Need Thee Every Hour
In Heavenly Love Abiding
Behold, How Easy To Give Heed
Those Who Will Follow
The Touch of the Hand
Composer: Crawford Gates / A. Laurence Lyon / Darwin Wolford / Robert Manookin / K. Newell Dayley
Arranger: A. Laurence Lyon
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Hebrews 4:14-16, Mormon 9:27.

SKU: AP.42791

SKU: HL.8748346

UPC: 884088219710. 5x5 inches.

This product for the smaller-sized church choir consists of six accessible anthems with special attention to voice leading, the use of limited ranges, and carefully crafted piano accompaniments. New issues will be released three times per year. Enrollment option available. Titles included in this issue: God Bless the U.S.A. (with America, the Beautiful), Jesus Paid It All, Highway to Heaven, There Is None Like You (with I Love You Lord), In Remembrance of Me, Fairest Lord Jesus. Available separately: Choral Book, ChoirTrax CD, Kit (10 Choral Books, 1 ChoirTrax CD, 1 Preview CD), Choral Book 10-Pak, Preview CD, Preview CD 10-Pak, Preview Pak (1 Choral Book, 1 Preview CD).

SKU: WD.080689705120

UPC: 080689705120.

In the past twenty years, worship styles in many churches have transformed, emphasizing a personal worship that strives for intimacy with the Father. This renewal led some ministries, perhaps unintentionally, to abandon the great hymns of our faith in favor of newly composed worship songs. Other ministries, in an effort to create a balanced worship style, mixed the new with the old, sometimes with results that only amplified the differences between the two. Hymns for Praise & Worship bridges the stylistic gap between modern-day worship songs and the hymns of our Christian heritage. A select advisory board of active music ministers, Word Music staff and key choral arrangers were assembled to pinpoint fifty-six hymns from the vast array of hymnody, not only for their musical quality, but for the messages that they bring to worshippers today. Veteran choral arrangers John E. Coates and Travis Cottrell have been creating new settings of hymns for their own congregations for years. Their experience as worship leaders brought not only musicality, but also congregational and choral pragmatism to each new arrangement in Hymns for Praise & Worship. With all of the same editions and features as the Songs for Praise & Worship series, this collection is designed to work hand-in-hand with existing resources for worship. Various stylistic changes make these settings flow easily, appeal to the modern ear, and correlate with the styles of contemporary praise & worship songs. Throughout this book you will encounter variations from traditional time signatures, intuitive syncopated rhythms, and substituted chords and harmonies. Even the few hymns with more traditional settings are treated in a manner that takes the congregation on a journey through the verses, sometimes in a more through-composed manner, and usually culminating in a climactic conclusion. Each of the changes was not implemented arbitrarily, but with the goal of making the timeless messages of each hymn leap from the page in new and exciting ways. Two added features of Hymns for Praise & Worship are the demonstration and accompaniment recordings. While the songs in the collection are well known, the new arrangements are not. The staff of Word Music felt that it was vital to provide audible resources to teach and lead worship to best communicate the desires of the arrangers. All of the core editions (Choir/Worship Team, Worship Planner, Keyboard Edition, Guitar Edition) reflect the verses and voicings used on the recordings.

SKU: HL.269654

UPC: 888680738877. 5.0x5.0x0.147 inches.

This cheery new holiday song from pop singer Sia is upbeat and bright and perfect for the Christmas season. With a Calypso feel, the lyrics suggest a simpler time.

SKU: AP.43374

UPC: 038081489155. English. Traditional Spiritual.

An energetic and accessible arrangement of a great African-American spiritual! A swingin' tempo and gospel chords kick-start the joy, and handclaps in the final refrain take us over the top.

About Alfred Choral Designs

Th e 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.