First Snow

SKU: HL.155195

UPC: 888680104542. 6.75x10.5 inches.

This gentle original creates a beautiful feeling of the hushed wonder of a first snow in winter. Well-crafted for younger choirs, singers will develop important choral skills of phrasing, dynamic contrast and tone quality.

SKU: HL.4005021

UPC: 888680659523. 9.0x12.0x0.024 inches.

Snow is based on the charming Japanese children's song “Yuki.” Robert has combined this song with an original festive melody to create a joyful, winter holiday piece. Everyone gets a chance to shine in this beginning band piece - suitable for that first holiday concert! Dur: 2:15.

SKU: HL.319880

ISBN 9781540068767. UPC: 888680973353. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Based on a poem by Julia H. Scott (1809-1842), this original choral expresses the beauty of seeing the first snow of the winter season. Gorgeous piano writing supporting full harmonic loveliness truly depicts the sights and sounds of a winter scene.

SKU: KJ.WB539F

UPC: 084027053379.

Inspi red by the painting Skating in Central Park, this work evokes that magical feeling of holiday cheer that begins with the first glimpse of the white snow and icicles hanging from the window on a cold morning. Composer Anthony Oâ??Toole makes use of holiday music vernacular in his original tone poem thatâ??s sure to become a yearly staple in your winter concerts.

SKU: KJ.WB539

UPC: 084027053362.

Inspi red by the painting Skating in Central Park, this work evokes that magical feeling of holiday cheer that begins with the first glimpse of the white snow and icicles hanging from the window on a cold morning. Composer Anthony Oâ??Toole makes use of holiday music vernacular in his original tone poem thatâ??s sure to become a yearly staple in your winter concerts.

SKU: HL.118956

UPC: 884088903855. 6.75x10.5 inches.

The traditional Christmas text and new music combine to create an introspective work filled with reverent mystery and rich emotion. Set in a rocking 6/8 and minor mode, the first verse opens with back and forth phrases between the women and men, leading into a contrasting homophonic section in the 2nd verse. Following a modulation, the original melodic material then returns for the final verse. Excellent for school, church and community concerts!

SKU: HL.49002262

ISBN 9790220100819. UPC: 073999729467. 8.5x11.5x0.089 inches. English.

SKU: LO.99-2982H

UPC: 000308131697.

Makin g ample use of wordplay, contrasts between staccato and legato sounds, and engaging syncopation, Amy Bernon illustrates a child's sense of anticipation and wonder at the first snowfall of the year. With options for two-part singing, this selection offers an upbeat, twirling, swirling winter experience for your young singers.

SKU: AP.49701

UPC: 038081567884. English.

Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accumulating snow. Each voice part sings in the sweet spot of their tessitura to garner rich choral tone. A harmonically vivid bridge creates contrast and offers a flurry of beauty in the piano, as singers realize the beautiful snowflakes are fleeting, all too soon they fade away. Delicate yet deep, simple yet stunning. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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: AP.49700

UPC: 038081567877. English.

Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accumulating snow. Each voice part sings in the sweet spot of their tessitura to garner rich choral tone. A harmonically vivid bridge creates contrast and offers a flurry of beauty in the piano, as singers realize the beautiful snowflakes are fleeting, all too soon they fade away. Delicate yet deep, simple yet stunning. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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: AP.49699

UPC: 038081567860. English.

Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accumulating snow. Each voice part sings in the sweet spot of their tessitura to garner rich choral tone. A harmonically vivid bridge creates contrast and offers a flurry of beauty in the piano, as singers realize the beautiful snowflakes are fleeting, all too soon they fade away. Delicate yet deep, simple yet stunning. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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: HL.14032603

ISBN 9781847720061. 9.0x12.0x0.25 inches.

Joby Talbot's Trumpet Concerto, Desolation Wilderness was commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. First performed on 28th October 2006 by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool with Alison Balsom (to whom the work is dedicated) as soloist, and JoAnn Falletta, conductor. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra gave the Finnish premiere performances on 23rd and 24th November 2006. The Piano reduction of Desolation Wilderness includes Trumpet parts in B flat and C. (Suitable for advanced players). In Early November 2005 my family and some friends visited the high Sierra Nevada in Northern California. As on former trips to the area I was struck by the strange and disarming contrast between the bright sunshine, perfect blue sky, and warm mountain air of the Sierran autumn; and the occasional icy chill - sudden drops of temperature when the sun vanished behind the mountains, momentary glimpses through the trees of distant snow clouds over the highest peaks. Nowhere was this dichotomy more apparent than in the vast area of forests, lakes and mountains known as Desolation Wilderness. Here the twisted shapes of the aspens are testament to the destructive power of winter. Sure enough, that night the first snows fell, and the high mountain passes we'd just crossed were closed till spring.