SKU: AP.48909
UPC: 038081562339. English.
Celebrate that essential rainy day accessory with this humorous ode to the umbrella! You might want to take cover from the steady downpour of clever rhymes designed to tickle the funny bone of performers and listeners alike. Working with younger singers? We've got you covered with plenty of unison, echo, contrary motion, and counterline phrases to ensure success. Plus, we've just got to mention the hummed umm's that increase in length as the song unfurls. Fun! Consider a gentle sway with colorful umbrellas in hand to add a visual element to the lilting waltz tempo. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The 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.35031851
UPC: 888680713157. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches. Isaiah 53:4, Leviticus 16:10, Matthew 8:17, Romans 4:25.
One of most poignant of all scriptures is interpreted for today, set to impressive music of scope and power. A tapestry of beautiful sounds accompanies this message of assurance, and the score reflects great musical contrast, providing color and expressive tenderness. The soaring strain builds, before winding down to a peaceful conclusion with the phrase, With His stripes we are healed. Stunning! Score and Parts (fl 1-2, ob/eng hn, cl 1-2, bn, hn 1-2, tpt 1-3. tbn 1-2, tba, perc 1-2, timp, pno, hp, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.
SKU: AP.49841
UPC: 038081571553. English.
Compelling Ukrainian Bell Carol with festive wintertime words. Textured choral parts bring a flurry of jing, jingle's, and fa la la's. Familiar and fun!The PerformancePlus series is an innovative addition to the ever-expanding MakeMusic Cloud interactive library. These engaging selections are presented with educational resources designed to enrich the rehearsal process and create outstanding performances. Including:
SKU: AP.49842
UPC: 038081571560. English.
SKU: AP.49709
UPC: 038081567969. English.
This jubilant song of exaltation is designed to make mixed and changing meters intuitive, familiar, easy. Organized in 3 + 2 + 2, the dance-like main theme is quickly mastered. A small number of familiar Latin words and some English text combine into an exuberant concert/contest selection. Listen for the glorious soprano descant, optional trumpet fanfare, and rhythmic timpani part that add majesty, while anchoring the meter.
SKU: AP.49708
UPC: 038081567952. English.
SKU: AP.48364
UPC: 038081551876. Hebrew. Traditional Hebrew Song.
Originally penned for the Young People's Chorus of New York City, this contemporary pop-influenced arrangement puts a new spin on the traditional Hanukkah song. A gentle piano groove provides a fresh framework for the treasured melody, which is elongated and echoed part to part the second time around. A Hebrew pronunciation guide and translation are included.
SKU: AP.48397
UPC: 038081552200. English.
Tambourine and hand drum enhance the dance-like character of this Spanish villancico that dates back to the Renaissance era. This arrangement makes brilliant use of varied a cappella textures, from soloists over solid block chords to vigorous rhythmic interplay between voice parts. A true standout Christmas selection for discerning choirs.
SKU: CL.011-3453-00
An entertaining rhapsody of familiar carols as Santa might hear them on his Christmas Eve journey around the world. Bright tempos and novel effects make this a terrific programming choice for any holiday performance! Easy enough for younger bands, but nice enough for more experienced bands who have limited rehearsal time! Lots of fun and totally audience friendly! Don't miss this great arrangement!
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
SKU: AP.35685
UPC: 038081398815. English.
Accented rhythms, spine-tingling sonorities, and a riveting add-on section create drama in this sophisticated choral, appropriate for concert, festival, and adjudication. Highlight the vocal skills of your best ensemble. A thrilling, edge-of-your-seat experience!
SKU: AP.35686
UPC: 038081398822. English.
Accented rhythms, spine-tingling sonorities, and a riveting add-on section create drama in this sophisticated choral, appropriate for concert, festival, and adjudication. Highlight the vocal skills of your best ensemble. A thrilling, edge-of-your-seat experience! Parts include score, Harp(or Synth.),Chimes, Crotales, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Tambourine, Mark Tree), Snare Drum.
SKU: AP.45670
UPC: 038081514093. English. Sal Sabella.
A heartfelt holiday love letter to the memories and special feelings that come only at Christmas. This contemporary ballad boasts a light groove and memorable hook that will bring warmth in winter. Invite your audience to sing along on the final full-voiced refrain. Recording provided by Western Michigan University's Gold Company, directed by Greg Jasperse.
SKU: AP.45671
UPC: 038081514109. English. Sal Sabella.
SKU: AP.45669
UPC: 038081514086. English. Sal Sabella.
SKU: AP.45699
UPC: 038081514383. English. Katherine Lee Bates.
A patriotic fantasy for choir and band, this soaring rendition of America, the Beautiful is a crowning jewel for choral or combined concerts. Sturdy and proud, it features many unison and two-part vocal passages with band-friendly keys to ensure good balance between the voices and instruments. Don't have a band? Perform with the stunning SoundTrax CD or the well-crafted piano reduction.
SKU: AP.45700
UPC: 038081514390. English. Katherine Lee Bates.
SKU: AP.45698
UPC: 038081514376. English. Katherine Lee Bates.
SKU: BR.OB-5267-30
ISBN 9790004332153. 9 x 12 inches.
Bars 282-285 or not? To this day, it has been impossible to ascertain exactly how Mozart wanted to end his Overture for a concert performance. Bastiaan Blomhert's source-critical new edition, which makes use for the first time of authentic performance material revised by Mozart himself, gives the conductor the freedom to choose between the two plausible alternatives. Johann André’ s concert close, the standard ending for nearly two centuries, went down in history as a historically legitimated version.
SKU: HL.49029850
ISBN 9790220109607. 9.0x12.0x0.235 inches. English.
SKU: FJ.B1413S
English.
This popular holiday tune can now function as the ultimate encore to your program. Extremely accessible, this arrangement is still able to utilize a wealth of jazz harmonies that will leave your audience breathless. Incredibly tasteful and certain to be the stunning end to a delightful evening!
About FJH Young Band
Appropriate for middle school and smaller high school groups. Second clarinets usually stay below the break. Parts are written with more independence, and instrumentation increases slightly. There is still adequate doubling in the lower voices. Grades 2 - 2.5
SKU: FJ.B1413
UPC: 674398225392. English.
SKU: AP.38067
UPC: 038081425399. English.
What a fresh, fun, and bluesy approach to the Christmas season! As the song says, Hallelujah! Great track, too--or add live horns and rhythm. Check this out! https://leapingbrain.com/modshop/product/?shop=9&product=5651.
SKU: BR.OB-5267-19
ISBN 9790004332139. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5267-16
ISBN 9790004332122. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5267-15
ISBN 9790004332115. 9 x 12 inches.