Answer Me: Mixed Choir a Cappella: Vocal Score

Songs Of A Rainbow Nation comprises four great songs from South Africa arranged for soprano alto and combined men's voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment - ideal for beginner choirs and for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. Included are: Hamba Lulu - a wedding song with a gentle comforting rhythm; Jesu Ukukhanya - featuring a call-and-response structure where a simple solo line is followed by a choral answer; Si Njay Njay Njay - a joyfully exuberant song with an infectious rhythm which can also beperformed a cappella with some optional percussion for greater effect; and Weeping - a South African pop song from the band Bright Blue which uses as its chorus the refrain from the Zulu anthem N’kosi Sikeleli Africa (God Bless Africa).  If you enjoy these songs try L’Estrange’s hit cantata Zimbe! Come sing the songs of Africa!  The arrangements form part of the Choral Basics series which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding varied repertoire for beginner choirs. Perfect for singers of all ages the series offers attractive idiomatic arrangements for SA and SA/Men choirs with carefully considered vocal ranges and straightforward piano accompaniments that support the singers. Embracing world music spirituals folk song pop classics hit shows and original pieces this series offers everything a budding choir could wish for.

Hope and determination are keys to a successful future. Finding hope is the theme of this 2005 Elton John hit. All life is precious and every day's a prize and sometimes you'll find an answer in the sky. Available for SATB SAB and 2-Part. ShowTrax CD also available. Performance time approx. 3:50.

Traditional American Song-A game in song. The arranger has captured the back and forth bounce of the song-game as the question “What will you wear Jenny Jenkins?” flits from part to part. Jenny's ultimate answer will likely solicit a few chuckles. From the Amanda Quist Choral Series.

This prayer for God to hear our cries for mercy is based on Psalm 98. Its many expressive moments alluring suspensions and assuring cadences lift the text magnificently forward. Turning from minor to major as God answers thecall the climactic ending declares give thanks in song.

No. 2 - How the Soul Speaks to God-For double mixed chorus a cappella. This is the second movement of Kernis' Ecstatic Meditations which includes Effortlessly Love Flows How the Soul Speaks to God I Cannot Dance O Lord and How God Answers theSoul. Ecstatic Meditations was composed in 1999 for Philip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers and Choir. Like all of Kernis' music it ‘bears the unmistakable stamp of a wildly fertile musicalimagination…with rich poetic imagery.’ The text is by Mechthild of Magdeburg translated by Jane Hirshfield.Named one of 75 ‘American Masterpieces of Choral Music’ by the National Endowment for the Arts.