Traditional: May the Road Rise Up: SATB: Vocal Score

An Irish Blessing is a choral setting for upper voices and piano or organ of the traditional Gaelic prayer which begins 'May the road rise to meet you'. Its gentle melody unfolds slowly beginning in unison and building to a fuller choral texture with a descant in the third verse. The optional flute part adds a folk-like quality and in addition to the wide dynamic range indicated further textural variety can be achieved with opportunities for a soloist or small group of singers.Perfect for school choirs weddings church services any leaving celebration or a concert programme.The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently writtenchoral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

The most famous song about ‘The Big Apple’ this modern classic practically sings itself and is a guaranteed success with both audiences and performers. Originally from the 1977 Scorsese film New York New York where it was sung by Liza Minnelli the song was popularised by Frank Sinatra and has been mainly associated with him ever since.This edition of the Theme from New York New York as part of the Pop Choral Series is transcribed for SATB (Soprano Alt Tenor and Bass) Voices with Piano accompaniment and Guitar chords. As an added bonus arranger Philip Kern has included some staging suggestions to make thistraditional Broadway-style song stand out and truly shine to its full potential.

Compiled and edited by Lionel Dakers & John Scott SATB accompanied & unaccompanied-This wonderful collection aims to provide a comprehensive resource-book covering a highly significant part of the Church's year. Its contents span all periods of what is a marvellously rich and uniquely prolific area of church music and it contains much that is not widely available elsewhere under one cover.A major policy in compiling the contents has been to ensure that they are relevant to a broad range of musical traditions with pieces of varying degrees of difficulty to suit the needs and abilities of all choirs. The requirements of the increasing number of small choral groups as distinct from church and cathederal choirs have similarly been catered for inthe choice of material. Presents pieces in order according to the Church's calendar from Ash Wednesday and Lent to Easter with a generous number of pieces for each season or day Includes the best of the standard repertoire for example Byrd's Civitas Sancti Tui and Stainer's God So Loved The World Contains fine less familiar works and new or recent arrangements of well-known tunes such as This Joyful Eastertide Now The Green Blade Riseth and Were You There Contains a number of newly comissioned anthems from well-known church composers Includes important liturgical settings for example two versions of the Litany (BCP and ASB) Vidi Aquam and Easter Alleluias Ranges widely from the sixteenth century to the present day and across all the major traditions

This moving setting of the traditional May the road rise to meet you lyric is available separately: the first time in an accessible accompanied 3-Part Mixed arrangement. Available separately: SATB and 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 1:30.

Simple elegant and useful for all age levels this setting of the traditional Irish Blessing is a perfect closing selection for concert festival or graduation. A lovely work for sacred use as well.Available separately: SATB SSA 3-Part Mixed 2-Part PianoTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.