Novello Choral Pops: Christmas Pops For Female Choirs features five superb arrangements of Christmas favourites for female voices, guaranteed to add sparkle and glitz to every choral concert.Wonderful Christmastime is a typically melodic Paul McCartney number composed for the holiday season. All I Want for Christmas Is You evokes Mariah Carey or, for devotees of the film 'Love Actually', the adolescent Olivia Olson. Santa Baby is Eartha Kitt's Christmas wish list from 1953 while Little Saint Nick is The Beach Boys' homage to Santa's sled. Finally and gloriously comes The Pogues' sublime piece of musical domestic rivalry, Fairytale Of New York.All are expertly arranged for SSA choir with Piano accompaniment and range from easy to intermediate level singing. This mix of fun and mischievous Christmas songs will put a smile on the faces of choir and audience alike. / Choeur SSA Et Piano

'On A Day When the Wind Is Perfect? is an uplifting affirmation of joy and beauty that the world affords every day to the eyes and heart that are opened to perceive and receive it. The poem and music describe the feeling of everything in life flowing with the ease of a boat propelled to glide effortlessly over the water by the wind that fills its sails. The work compares the human eyes and heart to the life giving sun, and the breeze that fills the sails of a boat to the inspiration that fills the soul, leading the body to ecstatic dancing and drumming. Finally, it compares the opening of the sails by the wind to the opening of the heart by love, which is always available at every moment. / Choeur SSA

Five great songs are given the gospel treatment, and the result is a guaranteed showstopper - fun, funky, slick and stylish.The arrangements are by vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser, and were performed by his choir, ACM Gospel Choir, on BBC's Last Choir Standing - they are all uplifting, modern and a joy to sing.Arranged for SAT choir with downloadable backing tracks using the accompanying card, they can also be performed with a Piano or band using the Piano accompaniments and chord symbols. This book has everything included to make it as easy and straightforward as possible to learn, with helpful hints for each song and downloads of full demonstrations, performance backing tracks and individual rehearsal tracks for each vocal part.'Mark has unique experience of bringing this uplifting genre of choral music to young singers who have never experienced it, so the arrangements are skillfully designed to enable, involve and captivate. There is a brilliance and energy in this collection that makes it a unique contribution to the repertoire. For directors of all choirs - start-up to veteran - this is a MUST.' - Suzi Digby, Voices Foundation. / Choeur SAT Et Piano

Edition no.: BA 8957ISMN: 9790006525515Editor: Münden, Gerd-PeterLanguage(s) of work: German, English, LatinLanguage(s) of text: German, EnglishProduct format: Score, AnthologyIncludes the following individual parts: Mixed choir: SSATBB, Children's choir: SSA oder Youth choir: SSA oder Chor (gleichstimmig) Organ ad lib.Binding: StapledPages / Format: IV, 52 S. - 29,0 x 21,0 cm Year after year, during Advent and the Christmas season, compositions are sought which present well-known carols in a new light, whether it be compositions set for small or larger groups, for children or adults, with or without accompanying keyboard instruments. This collection by Gerd-Peter Münden presents carols in new settings as a welcome addition to the Christmas literature and will enrich the repertoire of an adults' or children's choir.- Well-known Advent and Christmas carols in new settings- With texts in German and English- With short Latin introductions as a part of each motet- Ideal for a children's or adults' choir during the Christmas seasonContentsThere comes a galley, laden / Es kommt ein Schiff, geladenO saviour, open heaven's gate / O Heiland, reiß die Himmel aufO Lord, how shall I meet you / Wie soll ich dich empfangenAngels from the realms of Glory / Hört der Engel helle LiederAs I was watching o'er my sheep / Als ich bei meinen Schafen wachtGood Christian men rejoice / Nun singet und seid frohThe EditorGerd-Peter Münden is one of the most creative German church-musicians today. From 1992 to 1999 he worked as the cantor in Minden, where he also directed the music school for choristers. From 1999 he has been the Cathedral-Cantor at the Braunschweig Cathedral and the director of the cathedral school for choristers. He is the initiator and artistic director of a successful school project throughout Germany encouraging youngsters to sing.

Bring an international flair to your holiday program with this joyous medley of four French carols. An IPA pronunciation guide is included for the few foreign words, and a festive concert band accompaniment allows the whole music department to participate. / Choeur SAB

I Dreamed A Dream is one of the most successful musical numbers of all time, having transformed its popularity from the stage into a global chart topper for the numerous artists who have covered and performed it. Taken from 'Les Misérables', the song is a lament sung by the anguished Fantine, who thinks back to happier days and wonders at the path her life has taken. Arranged for SSA chorus with Piano accompaniment, this is an excellent piece for choirs looking for a well-known emotional highlight for their repertoire or climax to a choral pop concert programme. / Choeur De Femmes (SSA) Et Piano