Composed by African American Work Song. Arranged by Anthony Trecek-King. School, Concert. Cameron LaBarr. Octavo. Walton Music #WW1778. Published by Walton Music

By American Folk Song. Arranged by Randall Gill. For TTBB Choir, piano. Choral music. Level: Medium. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing. (SBMP 37)

TTBB choir, piano reduction - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1877

Edited by Alan Stevens. Arranged by John Wykoff. Amanda Quist Choral Series. Classical. Octavo. 8 pages. Walton Music #WW1877. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1877).

UPC: 785147030669. English. Text Source: American Folk Song.

A lively song that is quintessentially American. Excellent vocal writing makes the arrangement both rowdy and well-constructed. Accessible to many choirs and a blast to learn and sing! Available here for TTBB voices.

Composed by Early American Folk Hymn. Arranged by Dan Forrest. For TTBB choir, piano or orchestra. Sacred, concert. Difficulty: medium (adult). Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 12 seconds. Published by Hinshaw Music Inc.

Composed by Robert Wadsworth Lowry. Arranged by Stephen Caracciolo. For TTB/TBB/TTBB divisi. Secular, 21st Century. Medium. Octavo. Text Language: English. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Small Voices Publishing. Composed by Jim Papoulis. Small Voices. Festival, Concert. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Jack Curtis Dubowsky. Chorus. For TTBB choir and optional SA (TTBB choir and optional SA). Country Western; humor; cabaret; folk; Americana; Pythonesque. Sheet music. Composed 2006. Duration 3:10

Composed by George Mead. Arranged by George Mead. 20th Century, Americana. Octavo. Duration 4 minutes, 10 seconds. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.1716. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Choral TTBB choir

SKU: CF.CM9571

Eternal Life. Composed by Joseph P. Webster. Edited by John Ratledge. Arranged by Aaron Humble. Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898). Jbc. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 47 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9571. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9571).

ISBN 9781491153659. UPC: 680160911158. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. Key: Gb major. English. Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898).

Aaron Humble's arrangement of this beloved old favorite from American hymnody is appropriate for both school and church. With soaring obligato lines and shimmering harmony, when sung with a warm and gentle tone,?The Sweet By and By?is certain to paint a picture of a better time for us all to look forward. Also available for SATB Voices (CM9572).
I have great memories of my family gathering around the piano to sing hymns. As my sister and I learned more about music through lessons, band and choir, we started adding harmony and really making music. The old American hymnody really holds a special place in my heart. Webster set Bennett's text in a time when American theology had taken a turn away from earlier ideas where God was a god of vengeance and anger. With this in mind, this arrangement should be sung with a warm and gentle tone allowing the dissonances to shimmer, the sweetness of the harmonies to bloom, and the obbligato lines to soar.

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). TTBB. Peermusic Classical. 12 pages. Peermusic #62366-120. Published by Peermusic

TTBB choir, piano reduction - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1876

Edited by Alan Stevens. Arranged by John Wykoff. Amanda Quist Choral Series. Classical. Octavo. 8 pages. Walton Music #WW1876. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1876).

UPC: 785147030560. English. Text Source: American Folk Song.

A sorrowful American song that explores the themes of lonliness and loss. Simple and extremely effective composing that allows singers to express the text with tremendous drama. Available here for TTBB voices.

Choral TTBB choir, piano

SKU: CF.CM9635

Composed by Victor Johnson. Fold. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 19 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9635. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9635).

ISBN 9781491157077. UPC: 680160915637. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: E major. English, English. Abram Joseph Ryan (1838-1886).

Victor Johnson captures the mystery and nuance of the bittersweet poem, Wake Me a Song, by American poet, Abram Joseph Ryan. Nuance, text, and Johnson's rich harmonies paired with intertwining textures make this a noteworthy addition to any program. Also available for SATB Voices (CM9561).
About the Author Abram Joseph Ryan was born Matthew Abraham Ryan on February 5, 1838 in Hagerstown, Maryland. As a young man, Ryan and his family moved west St. Louis, Missouri, where he was educated at the Christian Brothers School. He studied for the priesthood at Niagra University in New York State and was ordained a priest in the Vincentian order on November 1, 1856. He taught theology, first at Niagra university and then at the diocesan seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until the beginning of the war between the states. Father Ryan enlisted in the army on September 1, 1862, and served as a chaplain throughout the conflict, carrying the wounded to safety and performing last rites on the battlefield. His first piece of poetry was inspired by the death of a younger brother while serving in the army. After the war, he established a weekly literary magazine in which most of his poetry was published. He also put out several volumes of poetry, including Father Ryan's Poems and A Crown for Our Queen. Father Ryan died on April 22, 1886 at a Franciscan monastery in Louisville, Kentucky. About the Song Wake Me A Song is an inspired and sensitive setting of the 19th-century poem by Abram Joseph Ryan. It features sweeping melodic lines, rich harmonies, and a flowingly beautiful accompaniment. To master a performance of this selection, singers must perform very expressively, paying close attention to such musical aspects as phrase shaping, the rise and fall of the melodic line, blending and proper intonation between sections. One strategy that could be used to ensure proper phrasing is the idea of Painting the Phrase. The singer should make a motion as if they have a paintbrush in their hand and paint the melodic line and phrase shape as if they are painting with a nice, flowing brush stroke. One could think about painting a rainbow or an arch to show the rise and fall of the line and/or phrase. The director can also show this gesture while conducting to reinforce this concept.
About the AuthorAbram Joseph Ryan was born Matthew Abraham Ryan on February 5, 1838 in Hagerstown, Maryland. As a young man, Ryan and his family moved west St. Louis, Missouri, where he was educated at the Christian Brothers School. He studied for the priesthood at Niagra University in New York State and was ordained a priest in the Vincentian order on November 1, 1856. He taught theology, first at Niagra university and then at the diocesan seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until the beginning of the war between the states.Father Ryan enlisted in the army on September 1, 1862, and served as a chaplain throughout the conflict, carrying the wounded to safety and performing last rites on the battlefield. His first piece of poetry was inspired by the death of a younger brother while serving in the army. After the war, he established a weekly literary magazine in which most of his poetry was published. He also put out several volumes of poetry, including Father Ryan's Poems and A Crown for Our Queen. Father Ryan died on April 22, 1886 at a Franciscan monastery in Louisville, Kentucky.About the SongWake Me A Song is an inspired and sensitive setting of the 19th-century poem by Abram Joseph Ryan. It features sweeping melodic lines, rich harmonies, and a flowingly beautiful accompaniment.To master a performance of this selection, singers must perform very expressively, paying close attention to such musical aspects as phrase shaping, the rise and fall of the melodic line, blending and proper intonation between sections.One strategy that could be used to ensure proper phrasing is the idea of “Painting the Phrase.” The singer should make a motion as if they have a paintbrush in their hand and “paint” the melodic line and phrase shape as if they are painting with a nice, flowing brush stroke. One could think about painting a rainbow or an arch to show the rise and fall of the line and/or phrase. The director can also show this gesture while conducting to reinforce this concept.

Choral TTBB choir

SKU: PR.312416820

Men's Chorus (10 Copies). Composed by Chen Yi. Choral part(s). With Standard notation. 480 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #312-41682. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312416820).

UPC: 680160050376. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Chen Yi’s most performed and most beloved choral music is a series of 10 Chinese folk songs adapted for S.A.T.B. Chorus (published in 3 volumes: 312-41731, 312-41732, 312-41733). This special version is a setting of the familiar collection, adapted for children’s chorus and strings.
Remembering when I studied composition in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, I learned to sing hundreds of Chinese folk songs collected from more than twenty provinces and fifty ethnic groups, and went to countryside to collect original folk music every year.  I got to know that the folk songs are a mirror of people’s daily lives, their thoughts and sentiments, local customs and manners.  They are sung in regional dialects and use the idioms of everyday speech with their particular intonations, accents and cadences.  This correlation between speech and music distinguishes folk songs of one region from another.  I learned all songs by heart and sang them back in the exams every week.  They melted in my blood and became my natural music language.  The more I walk into the music life,the more I treasure the rich culture I have learned from my homeland. When I became the Composer-in-Residence of Chanticleer and was invited to write the first work for its concert program, as well as another version for its Singing-In-The-Schools program, I decided to introduce A Set of Chinese Folk Songs to my American audiences, and add a new flavor to Chanticleer’srich repertoire.  The work includes ten folk songs, taken from eight provinces (Anhui, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shanxi, Taiwan, Sinkiang, Jiangsu and Guizhou) and five ethnic groups (Han, Hasake, Uighur, Miao and Yi).  I arranged them for choirs (men’s or children’s chorus) with various combinations in voices, to be sung mostly in Chinese, some in English.   From the mysterious mountain songs originally sung in the open air with high and long notes that can carry over great distances, the sweet and delicate melodies of young love compared with nature, the humorous antiphony by little children, and the lively dancing tune by villagers, you may get an idea of various music styles in Chinese folk songs according to geographic, ethnic and linguistic differences, and appreciate the beauty of the Chinese folk music.  The pure choir sound and the sophisticated singing by Chanticleer, in terms of pitches, language and musical expressions, really attract and inspire me to create some more new works in the years to come.  In thisedition of A Set of Chinese Folk Songs for standard SATB mixed choir (with piano rehearsal score), I divided these ten songs into three volumes.  They are Fengyang Song, The Flowing Stream, Guessing, Thinking of My Darling, Mayila, Jasmine Flower, Riding on a Mule, Awariguli, Diu Diu Deng, andMountain Song and Dancing Tune.—Chen Yi.

Choral (TTBB choir a cappella)

SKU: HL.125143

Composed by John Stafford Smith. Arranged by Tim Sharp. Gentry Publications. A Cappella, American, Concert, Festival, Male Voices, Patriotic, Sacred. Octavo. 4 pages. Gentry Publications #JG2453. Published by Gentry Publications (HL.125143).

UPC: 884088988432. 6.75x10.5 inches.

2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the writing of Francis Scott Key's piece that became our National Anthem. Tim Sharp, Executive Director of ACDA saw an opportunity for choirs all across America to stand together in harmony and celebration. His arrangement is based on the improvisation performed by Rachmaninoff, an American citizen, and can be sung a cappella or accompanied (see NMK1001/HL00125145) from National Music Publishers.

Choir Secular (Men's Choir)

SKU: AP.48848

Composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Great American Songbook; Jazz; Secular; Standard. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48848. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48848).

UPC: 038081561721. English.

Now available S.S.A.A. and T.T.B.B. One of the most charming songs from the great era of American popular song. The way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea . . . no, no, they can't take that away from me. The unhurried swing feel of this arrangement is right on target for the sophisticated Gershwin style. Strong voice writing and supportive piano accompaniment. A classic!

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.

By Howard Helvey. For TTBB choir. Sacred. Choral octavo. Published by Beckenhorst Press

TTBB choir, piano accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1695

Arranged by Ryan Murphy. Andrew Crane Choral Series. Classical. Octavo. 20 pages. Walton Music #WW1695. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1695).

UPC: 785147010869. English. Text Source: African American spiritual.

Arranged for the 2018 Georgia All-State Men's Chorus, Ryan Murphy's arrangement of Music in the Air brings the song to an exciting new life. This setting includes a driving piano accompaniment and singable vocal parts, making this an achievable work for your choir with great impact. Andrew Crane Choral Series.

Choral (TTBB a cappella)

SKU: HL.370176

Composed by Irving Berlin. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Shawnee Press. Concert, Festival, Patriotic. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 150 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.370176).

ISBN 9781705146453. UPC: 840126993493. 6.75x10.5x0.024 inches.

Mark Hayes is one of our finest arrangers and now he has used his expertise in vocal arranging on this Irving Berlin treasure from the American Song Book. A cappella voices richly present the well-known lyric, capturing its emotional patriotism. Beautiful and dynamic musical interpretation weaves throughout the piece, building to a glorious final home sweet home. For game day performances, the piece can be shortened by simply beginning at meas. 24. No matter the event or concert, this is a fantastic selection to be sung all year long!

Composed by Alice Parker. For TTBB choir (a cappella). Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series. Concert, General. Octavo. Santa Barbara Music Publishing #SBMP1215. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Barbershop Quartet Choral (Barbershop Quartet)

SKU: HL.126578

Composed by John Stafford Smith. Arranged by Tim Sharp. Gentry Publications. A Cappella, American, Concert, Festival, General Worship, Patriotic, Sacred. Octavo. Gentry Publications #JG2466. Published by Gentry Publications (HL.126578).

UPC: 884088988296. 6.75x10.5x0.011 inches.

2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the writing of Francis Scott Key's piece that became our National Anthem. Tim Sharp, Executive Director of ACDA saw an opportunity for choirs all across America to stand together in harmony and celebration. His arrangement is based on the improvisation performed by Rachmaninoff, an American citizen, and can be sung a cappella or accompanied (see NMK1001/HL00125145) from National Music Publishers.

Choir Secular (Men's Choir)

SKU: AP.48481

Composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Great American Songbook; Jazz; Secular; Standard. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-48481. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48481).

UPC: 038081553047. English.

No one but Mark Hayes could take this Gershwin masterpiece and make it into an absolutely rip-roaring, no-holds-barred choral work. You want rhythm? You'll get it, in more ways than you can count in this outstanding arrangement of one of America's great songs. A classic, by any standard.

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.

Choir Secular (Men's Choir)

SKU: AP.50300

Composed by Louis Prima. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Great American Songbook; Jazz; Secular; Standard. Choral Octavo. 24 pages. Alfred Music #00-50300. Published by Alfred Music (AP.50300).

UPC: 038081574707. English. Mark Hayes.

Louis Prima's legendary big band-era showstopper is as exciting as ever in Mark Hayes' sizzling choral setting. Swinging rhythms, scintillating harmonies, independent vocal lines, and a sassy horns-and-rhythm instrumentation bring the heat. A few fresh lyrics add to the bright music theme, creating the ultimate opener or closer for school or community choirs. Now you're singin' with a swing!

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.

Choir Secular (Men's Choir)

SKU: AP.48934

Composed by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Christmas; Jazz; Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48934. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48934).

UPC: 038081562582. English.

African-Am erican musicians Brook Benton and Clyde Otis collaborated on this bluesy ballad in 1959. Since then, the enduring piece has been recorded by iconic artists such as Etta James and Ray Charles. Verses present sentimental snapshots of Christmases past, and a crooner melody paints a warm holiday portrait. Santa Claus is on his way, loads of joy on his sleigh, this time of the year, when Christmas is near.