Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Multicultural; Sacred; Spiritual; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45386).

Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Multicultural; Sacred; Spiritual; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45385).

Composed by Babatunde Olatunji (featuring special performances with members of Drums of Passion). Artist/Personality; Method/Instruction; Percussion - Drum DVD. Essential DVD Collection. Multicultural. DVD. Alfred Music #00-908066. Published by Alfred Music

By Jay Althouse. For Choir. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Multicultural; Spiritual, Christmas. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
Level: Level 4 (grade L4).

By Jay Althouse. For Choir. (SAB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Multicultural; Spiritual, Christmas. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Jay Althouse. For Choir. (2-Part). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Multicultural; Spiritual, Christmas. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Traditional Spiritual. Arranged by Victor C Johnson. Sing! Octavo. Published by Chorister's Guild (LO.CGE216).

By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. For Choir. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Multicultural. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Instructional DVD for 6-String Bass. By Oteil Burbridge. DVD. DVD . Published by Hal Leonard.

Choral 3-part choir mixed Voices, Piano

SKU: CF.CM9642

Composed by Traditional Spiritual. Arranged by James DesJardins. Sws. Performance Score. 16 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 32 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9642. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9642).

ISBN 9781491157145. UPC: 680160915705. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: D minor. English, English. Traditional Spiritual.

I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing combines musical elements of traditional African music and Protestant church music. Inspirational and great fun to sing, with optional claps and hand moves, singers will ride on the energy of the driving bass line in the highly rhythmic piano accompaniment. Also available for SA Voices (CM9520).

Opera in 2 Acts

SKU: SU.91180501

Opera in 2 Acts. Composed by Giddens/Abels. Vocal/Choral, Opera. Piano Vocal Score. Subito Music Corporation #91180501. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.91180501).

Music by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels, Libretto by Rhiannon Giddens.The opera OMAR is derived from the autobiography of a West African Muslim scholar named Omar Ibn Said, who was abducted and sent to America, where he was enslaved in the Carolinas. His 1831 memoir, written in Arabic, leaves behind in veiled form the spiritual journey of a man who, brutalized by history, managed to hold on to the faith of his people. World Premiere: Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC, May 2022.All performances must be licensed. Contact licensing@subitomusic.com for information. Solosits, Chorus & Orchestra Duration: 125' Composed: 2021 Published by: Subito/Notevole Music Publishing.

Opera in 2 Acts

SKU: SU.91180500

Opera in 2 Acts. Composed by Giddens/Abels. Vocal/Choral, Opera. Study Score. Subito Music Corporation #91180500. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.91180500).

Study Score (8½x14) Music by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels, Libretto by Rhiannon Giddens.The opera OMAR is derived from the autobiography of a West African Muslim scholar named Omar Ibn Said, who was abducted and sent to America, where he was enslaved in the Carolinas. His 1831 memoir, written in Arabic, leaves behind in veiled form the spiritual journey of a man who, brutalized by history, managed to hold on to the faith of his people. World Premiere: Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston, SC, May 2022.All performances must be licensed. Contact licensing@subitomusic.com for information. Solosits, Chorus & Orchestra Duration: 125' Composed: 2021 Published by: Subito/Notevole Music Publishing.

By African America Spiritual. For SATB Voices with Keyboard. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Published by Carl Fischer

Choir Secular Percussion

SKU: AP.51097

Arranged by Andy Beck. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Classification: Lawson-Gould Sacred Extended Choral Works and Collections. Folk; Multicultural; Secular; World. CD. Composed 1963. Alfred Music #00-51097. Published by Alfred Music (AP.51097).

UPC: 038081581347. English. Traditional Welcome Song.

This lively welcome song traditionally accompanies the West African fanga dance. Built on the familiar tune (plus some new material and a few English words), this general music class favorite is fully developed as a choral arrangement. Scattered handclaps, syncopated rhythms, and bright harmonies make this well-crafted setting a joy to perform! A modulating breakdown section in the middle offers the opportunity to incorporate the dance. Downloadable percussion parts are available online.

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 Percussion (SAB choir/3-Part choir Mixed)

SKU: AP.51094

Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Secular; World. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-51094. Published by Alfred Music (AP.51094).

UPC: 038081581316. English. Traditional Welcome Song.

This lively welcome song traditionally accompanies the West African fanga dance. Built on the familiar tune (plus some new material and a few English words), this general music class favorite is fully developed as a choral arrangement. Scattered handclaps, syncopated rhythms, and bright harmonies make this well-crafted setting a joy to perform! A modulating breakdown section in the middle offers the opportunity to incorporate the dance. Downloadable percussion parts are available online.

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 Percussion (Men's Choir)

SKU: AP.51095

Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Classification: Lawson-Gould Secular Extended Choral Works and Collections. Folk; Secular; World. Choral Octavo. Composed 1992. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-51095. Published by Alfred Music (AP.51095).

UPC: 038081581323. English. Traditional Welcome Song.

This lively welcome song traditionally accompanies the West African fanga dance. Built on the familiar tune (plus some new material and a few English words), this general music class favorite is fully developed as a choral arrangement. Scattered handclaps, syncopated rhythms, and bright harmonies make this well-crafted setting a joy to perform! A modulating breakdown section in the middle offers the opportunity to incorporate the dance. Downloadable percussion parts are available online.

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 (Women's Choir)

SKU: AP.46554

(Hush, Hush Child). Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Multicultural; Secular; Traditional. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-46554. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46554).

UPC: 038081531298. Swahili. Traditional Lesotho Lullaby.

A combination of the traditional Lesotho lullaby with some original words and music, this arrangement pairs a simple African text with English lyrics on the same topic. All parts sing in unison first, laying the groundwork for both two and three part canons which soon develop. Legato verses and a hushed bridge provide nice contrast to the form. Choreography is on Alfred's Movin' DVD.

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.

Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon, Clarinet, Contrabass, Contrabassoon, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe, Percussion, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Tuba, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.44641192L

For 5 Percussionists and Orchestra. Composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2003. 72 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #446-41192L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.44641192L).

UPC: 680160610860. 11 x 14 inches.

One of my greatest pleasures in writing a concerto is exploring the new world that opens for me each time I enter the sometimes alien, but always fascinating, world of a solo instrument or instruments. For me, the challenge is to discover the deepest nature of the solo instrument (its karma, if you will) and to allow that essential character to guide the shape and form of the work and the nature of the interaction between soloists and orchestra. In recent years, many of us have become more aware of the musical world outside the Western tradition of musics that follow different procedures and spring from other aesthetics. And contemporary percussionists have opened many of these worlds to us, as they have ventured around the globe, participating in Brazilian Samba schools, studying Gamelan and African drumming with local experts, collecting instruments from Asia and Africa and South America and the South Pacific, widening our horizons in the process. I will never forget our first meeting in Toronto when Nexus invited me into their world of hundreds of exciting percussion instruments. The vast array of instruments in the collection of the Nexus ensemble is truly global in scope as well as offering a thrilling sound-universe. I was inspired by the incredible range of sound and moved by the fact that so many of these instruments were musical reflections of a spiritual dimension. After long consideration, I decided that it would not only be impossible, but even undesirable for this Western-tradition-steeped composer to attempt to use these instruments in a culturally authentic way. My goal was an existential kind of authenticity: searching instead for universal ideas that would be true to both myself and the performers while acknowledging the traditional uses of the instruments. Since many percussion instruments are associated with various kinds of ritual, I decided that I would allow that concept to shape my piece. Rituals is in four movements, each issuing from a ritual associated with percussion, but with the orchestral interaction providing an essential element in the musical form. I. Invocation alludes to the traditions of invoking the spirit of the instruments, or the gods, or the ancestors before performing. II. Ambulation moves from a processional, through march and dance to fantasy based on all three. III. Remembrances alludes to traditions of memorializing. IV. Contests progresses from friendly competition games, contests to a suggestion of a battle of big band drummers, to warlike exchanges. In the 2nd and 4th movements, another percussion tradition, improvisation, is employed. Written into these movements are a number of seeds for improvisation. Indications in the score call for the soloists to improvise in three different ways, marked A for percussion alone; marked B for percussion with and in response to the orchestra; and C where the percussionists are free to add and embellish the written parts. These improvisations should grow out of and embellish previous motives and gestures in the movement.

By Frances Irwin. For Accordion (Keyboard). Solos. World Music. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 8.5x11. 106 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Choir Secular

SKU: AP.46556

(Hush, Hush Child). Arranged by Andy Beck. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Multicultural; Secular; Traditional. CD. Alfred Music #00-46556. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46556).

UPC: 038081531311. Swahili. Traditional Lesotho Lullaby.

A combination of the traditional Lesotho lullaby with some original words and music, this arrangement pairs a simple African text with English lyrics on the same topic. All parts sing in unison first, laying the groundwork for both two and three part canons which soon develop. Legato verses and a hushed bridge provide nice contrast to the form. Choreography is on Alfred's Movin' DVD.

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.

Arranged by Rosephanye Powell. Gentry Publications. 10 pages. Gentry Publications #JG2475. Published by Gentry Publications (HL.145528).

Choir Secular Percussion (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.51096

Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Secular; World. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-51096. Published by Alfred Music (AP.51096).

UPC: 038081581330. English. Traditional Welcome Song.

This lively welcome song traditionally accompanies the West African fanga dance. Built on the familiar tune (plus some new material and a few English words), this general music class favorite is fully developed as a choral arrangement. Scattered handclaps, syncopated rhythms, and bright harmonies make this well-crafted setting a joy to perform! A modulating breakdown section in the middle offers the opportunity to incorporate the dance. Downloadable percussion parts are available online.

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: GI.G-5485

Composed by John L. Bell. Arranged by John L. Bell. Iona Community. Sacred. Collection. GIA Publications #5485. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-5485).

ISBN 9781579991555.

Thos e familiar with the music of John Bell know of his insightful and thought-provoking texts. Here, John provide us with a fresh look into the very familiar seasons of Advent and Christmas, and through song tells of the Savior's coming to the poor, to the downtrodden, and to the older folk. From lift Up Your Heads, a traditional Advent hymn, to Give Us, This Year, a prayer for Christmas to be a time of depth and spiritual significance, John Bell asks us to sing a different song during this holy season. Contains one each of the following octavos: He Will Come - Two African Christmas Carols: Good News for Everyone and Poor Folk Hear Him Gladly - Sing Gloria - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Folly and Love - Two Advent Hymns: Comfort, Comfort Now My People and O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - It Was to Older Folk - Lift Up Your Heads - Cloth for the Cradle - Voces angelorum - He Came Down - Fae Heichts o’ Heiven - A voice Proclaims - Why Don’t You Tear Apart the Heavens - Sing a Different Song - Give Us This Year - The Word - Advent Lullaby.