Here With Me. 2-Part Accompanied

A delightful Christmas cantata for children’s voices (and ensemble/electronic backing tracks) with or without narrator: reggae jazz rock ballad and pop numbers to witty text by Richard and Thomas Allain. Caesar has called a census in the Holy Land. So everyone is crowding back into Bethlehem a town where they read Shalom! Magazine where suddenly there are donkey traffic gridlocks and hotels where you can't get a room for love or shekels. Tom works doing odd jobs at the Fun Big Inn which isn't much fun at all. This busy night he decides to leave the landlord in the lurch and head for the bright lights of Jerusalem. But he doesn't get far running first into reggae singing shepherds and then three groovy wise dudes following a star. Tom can hardly ignore the remarkable things they have to tell him. So what does he do next? What would any of us do? Richard and Thomas Allain retell the story of the Nativity in a new and individual way with immediacy and wit in a string of unforgettable tuneful songs and sharply clever words in an idiom accessible to everyone. Manger Tom can be performed with unison voices someone to narrate highly effective with just Piano or Keyboard accompaniment. But there are parts available too for instruments you might want to add. Included with the score of Manger Tom is a CD which comprises of a full performance of the musical numbers by professional singers and players as well as just the accompaniments for everyone to sing along to if they prefer. Additionally lyric sheets and a script are available as free downloads - visit www.hybridpublications.com to access the bonus material. Lyric sheets enable easy rehearsals and the script allows Manger Tom to be performed as a full nativity play. Review from Andrew Stewart of Classroom Music says: 'Manger Tom manages to squeeze within the space of eight numbers everything from big-band and rock numbers to reggae and in ‘Star of the

The well-known English nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York is reinterpreted here by Alec Rowley for two treble Voices with Piano accompaniment. Like many popular nursery rhymes the origins of the song have been much debated and remain unclear. Often performed as an action song audiences can be asked to ‘act out’ the rhyme by standing up sitting down and standing halfway up at the appropriate points in the verse making it a fun experience for audiences and performers alike.Alec Rowley (13 March 1892 11 January 1958) was an English composer and writer on music. Apart from his frequent Piano recitals and broadcasts he was widelyknown for his compositions for amateur forces.

Mozart's Alleluja! has been beautifully arranged for Two-part Female Voices (SS) with Piano Accompaniment by Purcell J. Mansfield. This piece is suitable for either School or festive use and is most enjoyable to perform. Anoptional third part voice is also scored (A) thereby providing you with the opportunity to perform this piece with SSA voices.

The Novello Primary Chorals: Easy Christmas is the perfect book to introduce ensemble singing to class or choir featuring seven classic Christmas tunes for everyone to enjoy. These are some traditional festive tunes in simple vocal arrangements including both unison and part singing. The best of seasonal pop songs are represented here such as Jingle Bell Rock Merry Xmas Everybody and Wonderful Christmastime. Also included are very easy Piano accompaniments and Guitar chord symbols. What better way to herald in Christmas than hearing a class or a choir sing such popularsongs as an ensemble? All of these tracks are big favourites so are guaranteed to be crowd-pleasers. Rick Hein has expertly arranged the songs in a simple way but so that they remain really good fun to perform. Get your small choir singing these great versions of fun Christmas tunes with the Novello Primary Chorals: Easy Christmas sheet music. Performers will love these harmonies that are ideal for the holidays and audiences are certain to thoroughly enjoy all the familiarly festive songs.

Another fantastic collection of songs by Peter Warlock set for 2 and 3-part Upper Voices with Piano accompaniment. Warlock was a treasure of British song-writing he composed and arranged a good deal of Choral music during his lifetime though little was originally conceived for ladies’ choirs. These six songs were completed between 1918 and 1928 a period in which parlour piano was out of fashion due to the technologies that were being introduced yet there was demand for part-songs and this was an opening for Warlock who re-wrote earlier solos. Magical and poetic Warlock has a way with words phrasing and melody and these songs are sure to delightsingers players and audiences.

I Would That My Love (Op.63 No.1) is a popular song by Mendelssohn published in 1845 as the first in a collection of six duets for upper Voice with Piano accompaniment. It has been translated hereinto English.The Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) has been highly regarded in Britain from the time of his first visit in 1829. He was a favourite of Queen Victoria and also made severaltrips to Scotland inspiring some of his best-known and most evocative works. He is also remembered for his choral works such as the ever-popular Hear My Prayer.

Songs Without Words is a set of three short pieces each inspired by a classic twentieth century poem. There is an underlying theme of 'School'.1. School BellThe music urgently moves forward within an anxiously breathless waltz lest we be late for school. Originally inspired by Eleanor Farjeon's famous poem 'Nine O'clock Bell' where pupils hustle and bustle to school in the morning: Some of them scurrying others not worrying Carelessly trudging or anxiously hurrying.2. A Blitz of a BoyWith an affectionate nod to Charles Causley's sad tale about 'Timothy Winters' who 'hasn't heard of the welfare state'. He sleeps ona sack on the kitchen floor and they say there aren't boys like him anymore.Although the music is laden with pathos there is insuppressible energy too portraying that lovable 'Blitz of a Boy'! 3. A Lesson You'll Never Forget!Roger McGough's black poem 'The Lesson' was the catalyst for this piece. The teacher (and later even the headmaster) set upon a notoriously rowdy class with various lethal weapons systematically murdering all the pupils! He picked on a boy who was shouting and throttled him then and there then garrotted the girl behind him (the one with grotty hair). The baroque style recitative passages represent the school 'establishment' and are contrasted ludicrously with savage harmonic 'stabs' and terrifyingly anxious 'chase scenes' around the class room; this poem is not for the squeamish!

Ten 2-Part Reproducible Concert Chorals-The developing choir is a unique ensemble and ranges in size from many to just a few in age from younger to older and from the experienced to brand new singers. Both male and female are a part of these groups with ever-changing vocal challenges. Educators who teach this wide group of musicians know there is a need for many tools of repertoire that build bridges to the art of choral singing.Partner Songs for the Developing Choir is designed to help teach harmonic singing through sophisticated melodies and distinguished texts appealing to singers from upper elementary through middle school and early high school and can even continue for the less-experiencedor smaller adult choir. 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 expanding the harmonic learning.This reproducible collection with helpful rehearsal suggestions and online access to Full Performance and Accompaniment Only audio recordings and Singer PDF parts can be used all year long with spirituals Latin settings multicultural patriotic Christmas and holiday selections.Songs include: Akatonbo Bethlehem Lullaby Et in Terra Pax Jingle All the Way Joshua Fit the Battle Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Musica Dei Skatin' and Sleighin' Swing Low Sweet Chariot You're a Grand Old Flag. Suggested for Grades 3-9.