When I Bring to You Colour'd Toys is the first of three songs from the Gitanjali cycle. Based on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore these songs have long been one of John Carpenter's most popular works. This version is arranged for Medium Or High Voice and a Piano accompaniment.

The Carpenters monument de la culture pop américaine ont connu un succès planétaire dans les années 70. Ce duo né de la collaboration entre Richard Carpenter et sa sœur Karen a collectionné un nombre impressionnant de succès dont I Need to Be in Love. L?arrangement de Kazuhiro Morita dévoile les délicieuses harmonies vocales qui ont fait la notoriété des Carpenters.

Score-John Alden Carpenter was an American composer of the first half of the 20th century. 'Sea Drift' was an inspiration based on the composer's impression of Walt Whitman's poems of the same name. This is a full score with commentsfrom the composer. Parts are available on rental.

A Holiday Musical Infestation!-The bugz are back and ready for the annual Christmas program infestation! The carpenter bees have built the sets and the silk worms have made the costumes. OH NO! The termites just chewed up the Christmas tree decorations andate the lights! (gasp) What are the bugz to do? See how some special little guests light the way to a grand finale of “The Twelve Bugs of Christmas!” Designed for young performers in Grades K-3 this musicalshow features the clever writing of John Jacobson and John Higgins with 5 songs in a variety of musical styles easy rhyming dialog with 45 speaking parts and additional non-speaking parts all adaptable to casts of varying sizes and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Simple movement staging and costume tips are also provided to help stage a successful performance even when time is limited! Available: Teacher Reproducible Pak (vocals lyrics dialog) Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD Classroom Kit (Teacher Repro Pak P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested forgrades K-3.

A Holiday Musical Infestation!-The bugz are back and ready for the annual Christmas program infestation! The carpenter bees have built the sets and the silk worms have made the costumes. OH NO! The termites just chewed up the Christmas tree decorations andate the lights! (gasp) What are the bugz to do? See how some special little guests light the way to a grand finale of “The Twelve Bugs of Christmas!” Designed for young performers in Grades K-3 this musicalshow features the clever writing of John Jacobson and John Higgins with 5 songs in a variety of musical styles easy rhyming dialog with 45 speaking parts and additional non-speaking parts all adaptable to casts of varying sizes and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Simple movement staging and costume tips are also provided to help stage a successful performance even when time is limited! Available: Teacher Reproducible Pak (vocals lyrics dialog) Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD Classroom Kit (Teacher Repro Pak P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested forgrades K-3.

from Canticle of the Cross-Uses: Lent Holy Week Good FridayScripture: Genesis 1:31; Matthew 4:23 13:54-56; John 19:30A significant text and a compelling melody combine to create a moving testament of grace. Set in threetableaus from the life of Christ the text employs sacred metaphor connecting the listener to Jesus as Carpenter Healer and Redeemer. Based upon a folk song the music moves from gentle beauty to sections that are powerful anddramatic. The final lines of “it is finished it is good ” bring an emotive completion to the great story of grace. Available separately: SATB StudioTrax CD Orchestration (Score and parts for alto recorder oboe/english horn clarinet 1&2 bassoon horn 1&2 trumpets 1-3 trombone 1&2 tuba timpani percussion 1&2 harp piano violin 1&2 viola cello double bass). Duration: ca. 4:28.

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear.The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time, such as Thomas Arne's Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind and Henry Leslie's How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps. More recent settings from 20th century and contemporary composers include Ernest Moeran's Sigh No More, Ladies, Gary Carpenter's Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark and John Tavener's Fear No More and Look In Thy Glass.Not only this, the Shakespeare Choral Collection boasts several works that were specially commissioned, including John Joubert's Be Not Afeard, Richard Sisson's Light Thickens and Pawel Lukaszewki's Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed. Some pieces have never appeared before in print, such as those by Kevin Olsen, Bernard Hughes and John Gardner. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike.A total of 26 fantastic works comprise The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, which would work as a wonderful concert programme on its own, or could provide a wealth of options for choirs looking to expand their repertoire with a range of unique settings. Also included is a fascinating introduction by editor David Wordsworth, and notes describing each piece.Words written by indisputably the greatest writer in the English language can only be matched with music by composers of talent and renown such as these. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

The All-Jazz Real Book - the only fake book with a FREE CD! CD Included with the book contains 37 melodies played by the following artists: Bob Sheppard - saxes and flute, Steve Houghton - drums, Dave Carpenter - acoustic bass, Paul van Wageningen - drums, Marc van Wageningen - electric bass, Larry Dunlap - piano and synthesizer, Dave Mac Nab - guitar. An amazing assortment from Lester Young to Steely Dan, with plenty of Latin favorites. / Instruments En Bb

This collection features piano works by prominent G. Schirmer composers including: Adams Barber Cowell Dello Joio Harbison Kabalevsky Khachaturian Prokofiev Shostakovich Tan Dun and others. Includes previouslyunpublished first editions by John Corigliano and Gabriela Lena Frank. Suitable for advanced high school and college-level pianists.