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Messiah (Four Choruses for Christmas)—
G.F. Handel/arr. Michael Ryan. Four choruses
from one of the world's most often-performed
choral masterworks, Handel's "Messiah", have
been carefully scored for young voices (three-
part mixed) in reproducible format. The authentic
arrangements of Glory to God; And the Glory of the
Lord; O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
and Hallelujah! capture all of the excitement of
the composer's original, while at the same time
adding accessible editions of serious literature to
the repertoire at this level. All of the selections
are set in the same key, allowing for convenient
programming when two or more choruses are
performed in sequence. A part-dominant CD and
accompaniment CD are also available.
10737964 Three-Part Mixed
Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 99.95
10737965 Accompaniment CD . . . . . . 35.00
10797298 Rehearsal CD 4-Pack
Part-Dominant . . . . . . . . . . 59.95
l Mozart and Haydn for Young Voices—arr.
Geoffrey Edwards. The choral and vocal works of
these two masters represent the finest examples
of music from the Classical period - music that
embodies directness of speech, balance of form,
and clearly stated homophonic textures. These
arrangements have been carefully written with
the unique qualities of the young voice in mind.
Most of the works in this collection use original
texts, and a few have been rewritten with new,
school-friendly lyrics. Best of all, this collection
is offered in a fully reproducible format, so you
don't have to worry when your students forget
their music! Includes: Ave Verum Corpus; Alleluia;
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; The Heavens Are
Telling and more.
10843372 Two-Part Book
& Reproducibles . . . . . . . . . 49.95
Multiple Voicings for Middle School Voices—
ed. Mary Lynn Lightfoot. This reproducible book
is both a unique value and a great resource
for quality repertoire for developing voices.
Everything you need is included in this collection,
featuring multiple voicings for the ever-changing
needs of the middle school choir: SAB, Three-
Part Mixed, SSA, Two-Part and TB. Reproducible
PDFs are included on the supporting CD, along
with the accompaniment tracks for each of the
twelve titles. Contents: And This Shall Be for
Music (Lightfoot); Zum Gali Gali (Gilpin); Bring
Us Peace - Da Pacem Domine (Spevacek); Cindy
(Neil Johnson); Sing for Joy! (Spevacek); Come
In from the Firefly Darkness (Bernon); The Sky Is
Crying on the Sea (Schram); Keep Your Lamps!
(Victor Johnson); Wayfarin' Stranger (Spevacek);
Pie Jesu (Lightfoot); Alleluia, Alleluia! (Bernon);
Ahrirang (Printz).
10457256 Multiple Voicings
Book/CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.95
lt Music of Edward Elgar—arr. Philip Lawson.
Often considered the greatest English composer
after Purcell, Edward Elgar has contributed many
significant works. Here are five of his choral
works that are wonderful examples of his skill and
creativity: O Happy Eyes; Love; My Love Dwelt in a
Northern Land; Deep in My Soul and Go, Song of
Mine. This value-priced collection makes a smart
addition to your music library.
10880453 SATB Choral Score . . . . . . . . 4.95
t Natural Woman—arr. Deke Sharon & Anne
Raugh. From Contemporary A Cappella Publishing
comes this women's collection of a cappella hits.
Includes: The Boy From New York City; It's My Party;
Leader Of The Pack; Lollipop; Mister Sandman;
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman; One
Fine Day; Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This); The
Star-Spangled Banner and O Canada.
3288826 SSAA Choral Score . . . . . . . 12.00
A New Day—arr. Audrey Snyder. Perfect for
beginning and developing women's ensembles,
this time-honored collection of standard choral
repertoire for women will be used over and over
for festivals, concerts and for developing choral
performance skills. Includes: Welcome the New
Day; Dark Brown Is the River; Exsultate Deo; In
Time of Silver Rain; To Love Again.
10760359 SSA Choral Score . . . . . . . . . 3.95
10760360 Director's Kit
with Online Audio Access . . 69.99
H Old American Songs (Complete)—Aaron
Copland. Both sets of Copland's Old American
Songs, completed in 1950 and 1952,
respectively, are available in this complete
edition. First set: The Boatmen's Dance; The
Dodger; Long Time Ago; Simple Gifts and I
Bought Me a Cat. Second set: The Little Horses;
Zion's Walls; The Golden Willow Tree; At the
River and Ching-a-ring Chaw. Historical notes
are included for each of the ten songs.
10280182 SATB Choral Score . . . . . . . . 9.95
Ht Oxford Book of English Madrigals—edited by
Philip Ledger. The definitive modern anthology of
sixty English madrigals, representing the works
of major composers Byrd, Gibbons, Morley,
Tomkins, Weelkes and Wilbye, as well as those
of lesser-known composers such as Bennett,
East, Vautor, Ward and Ramsey. An exceptional
collection, compiled and edited with the highest
level of musicianship and historical authenticity.
1481571 SATB Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.95
l Partner Songs for the Developing Choir
(Singing in Harmony Throughout the Year)—
Greg Gilpin. Partner Songs for the Developing
Choir is designed to help teach harmonic singing
through sophisticated melodies and distinguished
texts that appeal to upper-elementary level
through adult singers. Some of the choral works
are very basic in form and melodic writing while
others might include a bridge or B section or
more intricate melodies. This reproducible
collection includes rehearsal suggestions for
each piece, online access to audio recordings,
and singer PDF parts. Songs include Joshua Fit
the Battle; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; You're a
Grand Old Flag and more.
10846140 Two-Part Book,
Online Audio & PDF . . . . . . 59.99
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Phyllis and Amaryllis—arr. Philip Lawson.
Just like many pop songs of today, English
Renaissance madrigals, the pop songs of their
time, mention loved ones by name. Two of
the most frequent to crop up are Phyllis and
Amaryllis, both names derived from Greek
mythology and obviously popular in the 16th
century. These five charming madrigals all refer
to ladies named Phyllis and Amaryllis, including
one which has both! The collection includes:
Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis (John Wilbye); Fair Phyllis
(John Farmer); I Love, Alas, I Love Thee (Thomas
Morley); See, See the Shepherds' Queen (Thomas
Tomkins); Though Amaryllis Dance in Green
(William Byrd).
10758788 SATB Choral Score . . . . . . . . 3.95
Pop Songs for Young Men's Chorus—arr.
Jerry Estes. Young men will develop confidence
and skill with this collection for men's chorus that
spans the decades and is designed to give you
lots of value with songs your choir will love to
perform! Includes: I Lived (OneRepublic); I'm a
Believer (The Monkees); My Cherie Amour (Stevie
Wonder); Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)and Viva la
Vida (Coldplay).
10606365 TB Choral Score . . . . . . . . . . 3.95
10606366 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.99
Pop Songs for Young Men's Chorus #2—Jerry
Estes. An accompanied pop collection for men's
chorus that spans the decades and is designed to
give you lots of value with accessible arrangements
your choir will love to perform! Perfect for
developing men's ensembles. Includes: Count on
Me (Bruno Mars); Happy Together (The Turtles);
Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon); The Way You
Do the Things You Do (The Temptations); What a
Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong).
10693140 TB Choral Score . . . . . . . . . . 3.95
10760387 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.99
10760388 Director's Kit Incl. 12 Books
with Online Audio Access . . 79.99
Rise Up Singing—Paul Jennings. The African
American culture has made many lasting
contributions to life in this country and all over the
world and this collection of eight arrangements will
give you strong programming across the genre of
African American music. From spirituals to anthems
to the roots of jazz, you will find songs that inspire
and uplift all year round. Most of these settings
are fairly straightforward and unison, and all are
orchestrated appropriate to the tune. There are also
a few outstanding 3-part mixed arrangements that
have already become concert favorites. Includes:
Down By The Riverside; Follow The Drinking Gourd;
Get On Board; Yonder Come Day; One More River;
Go Down Moses; Lift Every Voice And Sing; This
Little Light Of Mine.
10769135 Reproducible Kit with CD. . . 39.95
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The SAB Choir Goes Renaissance—Thomas
Weelkes/arr. John Leavitt. Here is a fantastic
resource for introducing madrigals of the
Renaissance to the developing ensembles or
groups with limited male singers. The five works
by Thomas Weelkes are: Come, Let's Begin; Four
Arms, Two Necks, One Wreathing; Late in My Rash
Accounting; The Nightingale, Since Robin Hood;
Strike It Up, Tabor.
10760445 SAB Choral Score . . . . . . . . . 3.95
10760446 Director's Kit
with Online Audio Access . . 49.99
Simply SSA (Four Songs for Treble Chorus)—
Laura Farnell. Here is a collection you will return to
again and again! The four short songs for beginning
and developing SSA choirs provide many options
for developing tone quality and performance skills
along with good part-writing and appealing subject
matter. The songs may be sung a cappella or
accompanied, making this especially good for
contest programming. Songs include: Keep Your
Lamps Trimmed and Burnin'; The Secret; I Know
Where I'm Goin' and French Dancing Song (Sur le
pont d'Avignon).
10364865 SSA Choral Score . . . . . . . . . 4.95
Singable Solutions for SAB Choirs (Nine
Creative Settings)—Compiled by Mary Lynn
Lightfoot. This collection of best-selling titles offers
a variety of musical styles ranging from traditional
to ethnic and madrigals to spirituals, by some of
today's top composers of educational choral music!
Now this quality educational repertoire is available
in a practical, accessible format at less than half the
cost of the individual octavos - a welcome budget-
stretcher for your program!
10366686 SAB Choral Score
or Three-Part Mixed . . . . . . . 8.95
10366687 Accompaniment CD . . . . . . 35.00
Songs of the Road and the Sea (A Collection
for Tenor-Bass Choir)—Laura Farnell. This
collection of five short songs for tenor-bass choir
is designed to provide traditional concert literature
for beginning male ensembles. Careful attention
is given to the needs of changing voices, along
with good part-writing and appealing subject
matter. The songs may be sung a cappella or
accompanied, making this especially good for
contest programming. Songs include: The Open
Road (words by Walt Whitman); Sea Remembrance
(words by W. S. Braithwaite); All the World Was
Made for Me (words by Allan Cunningham &
Adelaide Crapsey); The Vagabond (words by R. L.
Stevenson); None of us Cared for Kate (words by
William Shakespeare).
10088693 TB Choral Score . . . . . . . . . . 2.95
10092660 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.99
Spirituals for Two—arr. Roger Emerson. Now
five of Roger Emerson's contemporary spiritual
settings are available for two-part voices in
this value-packed collection for young choirs in
elementary through middle school! Titles include:
Sinner Man; All My Trials; Let Me Ride; Didn't My
Lord Deliver Daniel and Witness.
10092666 Two-Part Choral Score . . . . . 4.95
10092669 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
Two-gether We Sing: Christmas—Various
Composers. This addition to the Two-gether
We Sing series features ten festive chorals for
the holidays, written and arranged with tuneful
melodies and strong, independent counterlines.
Can be performed individually or put them together
to create a December performance.
10527336 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 29.99
10527337 P/A CD Enhanced. . . . . . . . 39.99
10527338 Book/Enhanced CD-ROM . . 59.99
Two-gether We Sing: Folk Songs—Various
Composers. This is a collection of 10 beginning
two-part folk songs for year-round use. These
winning arrangements feature timeless folk
melodies (from seven countries) with strong,
independent counterlines - great for young and
developing choirs. It's the perfect way to introduce
your groups to reading and performing two-part
choral music. Separate reproducible student pages
(without the piano parts) are included as PDF files
on the enhanced CD. You can even put together a
program by grouping several of these songs.
10307237 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 29.99
10307238 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10307239 Reproducible Book/CD . . . . 59.99
Vocal Ecstasy—Perpetuum Jazzile. From the
large Slovenian pop choir Perpetuum Jazzile, best
known for their cover of Toto's Africa, this collection
of top hits will allow pop, show and concert choirs
everywhere to re-create this amazing sound!
Includes: Africa; Earth, Wind and Fire Medley;
Joyful, Joyful; Just the Way You Are; Oh Happy
Day; Rosanna and True Colors.
10760552 SATB Choral Score . . . . . . . . 8.95
H Warming Up with Rounds (Teaching Music
Literacy Using Rounds in the Classroom)—
Catherine Delanoy. Choral rounds have been used
for recreational singing for hundreds of years and
are effective tools for your students to understand
harmony, expand their vocal ranges, and
experience a choral sound that is easily accessible
to them. By using rounds as warm-ups, you can
teach vocal technique, music theory, application,
appreciation, and history, as well as increase your
singers' understanding of scales, intervals, modes,
dynamics, and terminology. Each round in this
collection has instructions on the musical focus
and implementation of each song and several were
intentionally included for adolescent boys with a
limited range. Includes both familiar and rare, easy
and challenging, and serious and fun rounds that
teachers and students alike will enjoy using to
create beautiful and harmonious music together!
10309215 Unison Book. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.99
Wings to Fly (Distinctive Texts for 2-part
Voices)—Janet Gardner. This reproducible
collection of choral pieces are the creative works
of award-winning educator and composer Janet
Gardner. Set with exceptional texts from poetic
masters such as Rossetti, Longfellow, Dickinson
and Stevenson, these delightful settings are
creative and artistic while remaining accessible for
developing voices. Each choral piece is also distinct
in musical style and will fit programming needs
throughout the year. This collection features choral
arrangements with piano accompaniments, as well
as digital access to performance/accompaniment
audio recordings and singer PDFs for projection or
reproducible options. A wonderful budget-stretcher
for elementary and middle school choirs.
10766503 Unison/Two-Part
Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 59.99
Young Men Sing!—arr. Roger Emerson. Develop
enthusiasm and skill with this value-packed
collection for young men that will add to your
repertoire and be fun to rehearse! Includes these
classic arrangements: Rise Up Shepherd and
Follow; Shoshone Love Song; Sinner Man; This
Train and Worried Man Blues.
10760628 TTB Choral Score . . . . . . . . . 3.95
10760630 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10760631 Director's Kit
with Online Audio Access . . 69.99
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