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A Tender Light is a collection of new choral music by the Welsh composer Paul Mealor including the Ubi caritas made famous by its inclusion in the Royal Wedding Ceremony of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton (now TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) at Westminster Abbey in April 2011. 2.5 billion people (the largest audience in broadcasting history) heard his Motet on that day and since then it has topped the Classical singles charts in the USA UK Australia France and New Zealand and has already entered the standard repertoire for many choirs. For singers wanting to explore further the music of Mealor this book also contains theluminous She Walks in Beauty the contemplative O vos omnes and the madrigal sequence Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Locus iste and Ave Maria are modern yet timeless settings of well-known texts. This is a must-have collection for any mixed voice choir wanting to explore the latest and best in choral repertoire. 'Serene and Beautful'Gramophone Magazine'Mealor is the most important composer to have emerged in Welsh choral music since William Mathias'The New York Times Paul Mealor - A Tender Light by DeccaRecords

The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 2. A collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type. These tenor selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. Also with piano accompaniment.

Inspire your students to make some noise with Teach and Play Balinese Gamelan!The six pieces in this book represent an exciting and varied selection of music from the island of Bali from a Balinese warrior dance and a traditional lullaby to rhythmic 'monkey' chanting and a shadow-puppet play. Each piece is broken down into clear and simple steps that show you how to build up the music gradually with your class. Combined with the accompanying DVD - which contains 60 short clips of the author and a group of KS3 students demonstrating all of the instruments and patterns to each piece - teaching and learning world music has neverbeen so easy or enjoyable.The six pieces are supplemented with valuable background information about the music and culture cross-curricular projects composing ideas advice on assessment and guidance on teaching whole-class world-music ensembles. The material in this book has been designed primarily for use with KS2 and KS3 classes but the addition of higher-ability parts for each piece means the book can be tailored easily to KS4 as well. It is not necessary to own authentic instruments to get the most out of this book as classroom alternatives are suggested and demonstrated. 'This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres and doing so in a format based around practical relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will have either read or heard about in years to come.'Matt Allen Head of Music Chessington Community College Kingston

Music for Royal Occasions is an exciting volume of pieces written for coronations and other royal celebrations over the past five centuries. It includes long-standing favourites such as Handel's Zadok the priest and Parry's I was glad; and works from earlier years such an Henry Purcell's I was glad and the delightful Rejoice in the Lord alway.Many well-loved composers were commissioned to write motets for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and several are published here including George Dyson's stirring Confortare William Harris's Let my prayer and Herbert Howells's Behold O God ourdefender. In addition two pieces performed at the wedding oF the present Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are included: Paul Mealor's beautiful Ubi caritas and Hubert Parry's epic anthem Bless pair of sirens.Music for Royal Occasions provides a well-rounded concert programme in itself for choral societies or community choirs. The collection offers many useful and accessible pieces for church choirs suitable for a wide variety of occasions.'an inventive selection of festive music' - Jeremy Summerly Choir & Organ