By Traditional Iraqi Song. Arranged by Lori Tennenhouse. For SSA Choir, piano, cello. Based on the solo arrangement by Knut Reiersrud. Choral. Choral octavo. Duration 5:30. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing. (SBMP 794)

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.50155

Composed by Mark Burrows. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-50155. Published by Alfred Music (AP.50155).

UPC: 038081573250. English.

This Celtic-inspired original is an exceptional testament to music, a powerful tool for human expression. Compelling lyrics come from the unique perspective of song itself, 'I am the spark that glows in you . . . the voice that grows in you . . . the hope that springs in you . . . the truth that rings in you. A lilting 6/8 meter and sweeping choral lines garner an epic effect and create an impressive opener, closer, or concert theme.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.48925

Composed by Greg Gilpin. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Graduation; Secular. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-48925. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48925).

UPC: 038081562490. 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.

Choral (2-Part)

SKU: HL.1335001

Composed by Reg Presley. Arranged by Roger Emerson. Secular Christmas Choral. Christmas. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 150 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1335001).

UPC: 196288187288. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Featured in the beloved holiday-themed romantic comedy Love Actually, the intentionally sappy rock n' roll ballad “Christmas Is All Around” (a re-vamp of the Troggs' 1967 hit “Love Is All Around”) will offer a generous helping of fun to both singers and audiences. Roger Emerson's arrangement features seamless and approachable choral writing that flawlessly captures the spirit of the original.

2-Part Choral (2-Part)

SKU: HL.1135760

Composed by Cristi Cary Miller. Henry Leck Creating Artistry. Concert, Festival. Octavo. Duration 150 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1135760).

UPC: 196288113225. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

This original work highlights the mysterious and haunting text from one of England's best known poets, Sir Walter de la Mare. The minor key, along with the music's short, staccato themes, add to the sense of thrill and question found in the song's unique text.

Choir (2-Part choir; Women's Choir)

SKU: AP.47601

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Sacred. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-47601. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47601).

UPC: 038081542942. English.

This simple yet elegant setting is sung on just two short Latin phrases. A partner song approach gives each voice part independence, while a brief B section includes some homophonic choral harmonies. Halfway through the piece, a delicate descant-like third part is introduced and floats gently above when the lyrical theme and counter theme return. Excellent concert or contest repertoire for developing groups.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.47724

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-47724. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47724).

UPC: 038081544175. English.

Designed for impact in performance without stress in rehearsal, this strong concert/contest opener (or closer) features an accessible Latin text that alternates with English lyrics. A bold unison, sung in sweet-spot vocal ranges, leads to an antiphonal treatment of the marcato theme. A softer section, in three-part counterpoint, provides contrast before returning to the original melody. This celebratory piece works on any program, at any time of year, and provides wonderful lessons for developing choral singers.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.48887

Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Multicultural; Sacred; World. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48887. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48887).

UPC: 038081562117. 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

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.

Choir (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.49709

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Sacred; Secular. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-49709. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49709).

UPC: 038081567969. English.

This jubilant song of exaltation is designed to make mixed and changing meters intuitive, familiar, easy. Organized in 3 + 2 + 2, the dance-like main theme is quickly mastered. A small number of familiar Latin words and some English text combine into an exuberant concert/contest selection. Listen for the glorious soprano descant, optional trumpet fanfare, and rhythmic timpani part that add majesty, while anchoring the meter.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.47678

(A Song of Winter). Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-47678. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47678).

UPC: 038081543710. English. Adam Podd; Matt Podd.

The shimmering winter-themed text and lilting 6/8 rhythms dance right off the page in this contemporary choral like none other. Accessible yet unexpected harmonies provide warmth, and a full dynamic range takes us on a journey from a single voice to full ensemble singing. The breathtaking add-on section weaves three independent lines into one radiant tapestry of sound and suggests that the light we search for may be found within.

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.

Composed by Andy Beck. Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46388).

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.49698

Composed by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-49698. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49698).

UPC: 038081567853. English.

Here's a grand celebration of music from esteemed contemporary composer Mark Hayes. Effective as an opener, closer, concert theme, graduation, festival or combined choir feature, this powerhouse piece will be a high point no matter where it falls in the program! A virtuosic piano part supports full choral harmonies as the dramatic form unfolds.

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.

Choir (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.48907

Composed by Victor C Johnson. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Sacred. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48907. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48907).

UPC: 038081562315. English.

Let's gather together, let's celebrate, let's sing! The action-packed main theme of this glorious original work organizes rhythmic accents into 332 subdivisions and seamlessly pivots from key to key, before opening up to full choral harmony. A reverent Gaudeamus Hodie passage assembles lyrical lines section by section in smooth choral counterpoint, leading to a triumphant fanfare that bookends this jubilant song of exaltation. Ideal for school and/or church. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.48415

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-48415. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48415).

UPC: 038081552385. English.

Celebratin g the many ways that music touches our lives, the lyrics of this piece were inspired by words from young singers. A spoken section in the middle offers an opportunity for your students to add their own thoughts, or use the provided script. The memorable piano accompaniment provides its own voice while supporting the tuneful lines, and an optional descant brings the final chorus to new heights. Program for Music in Our Schools month, for combined pyramid performances, as an advocacy anthem, or as a concert theme.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.51162

Composed by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular. Choral Octavo. Alfred Music #00-51162. Published by Alfred Music (AP.51162).

UPC: 038081581996. English.

At the end of every day, there will be stars. Stars are the inspiration for this stunning concert work that offers the reassurance only nature can bring. A lilting piano theme weaves its way through cascading vocal lines that seamlessly expand from pristine unisons into sumptuous sonorities. Your altos will especially love their glimmering, glistening interjections. Be sure to observe notated dynamics, which lean into several well-approached suspensions and taper to twinkling resolutions.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir; Women's Choir)

SKU: AP.48854

Composed by Text adapted from the poem by Elinor Wylie. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48854. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48854).

UPC: 038081561783. English. Andy Beck.

Andy Beck brings his gift for vivid text painting, evocative piano motives, and tuneful melodies to a favorite wintertime poem. Though not a word-for-word setting, the themes of the Elinor Wylie's words are evident from the snow-covered introduction, winding melody, and expressive andante, to the silken harmonic palette and lacy choral layers. Choose this piece with the confidence that it has been carefully constructed to encourage musicality and artistry from any ensemble. Program the eloquent concert and contest work from fall to spring, anytime there might be snow on the ground. We shall walk in velvet shoes . . . under a veil of lace. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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.

Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.49769

Composed by Bill Backer, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, and Roquel Davis. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Classic Pop; Pop; Secular. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-49769. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49769).

UPC: 038081568560. English.

A blast from the past with a message built to last! This song of hope and love originated as the 1970s Coca-Cola jingle, considered one of the best-loved and most influential ads in TV history. It's a catchy anthem with a rock-side-to-side hook, a bubbly tune, and a few delightful counterlines. Universal themes of music and world harmony fit well on many programs---school, community, winter, spring, pop, pyramid, and more. SoundTrax and SoundPax accompaniment options are available.

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.