SKU: ST.Y287
ISBN 9790220223198.
Composed for the internationally regarded Choir of New College, Oxford, and its conductor Edward Higginbottom, Rhian Samuel's What Cheer? is a bright and uplifting new setting of words already familiar to singers from popular carols by William Walton and Peter Warlock. The scoring is for SATB choir and organ, with optional short solos for soprano, alto and bass. An eminent and established song composer, Samuel has brought to this text, originally from a 16th-century commonplace book compiled by Richard Hill, her own idiomatic response to the tradition of music for Christmas. Though written for one of the world's great vocal ensembles, What Cheer? is well within the range of accomplished amateur choirs, and the effective scoring for voices captures in ringing choral sounds the buoyant optimism of this poetic celebration of Christ's birth.
SKU: AP.45642
UPC: 038081513812. English.
Three traditional carols are tastefully arranged and tied together with Pachelbel's enduring canon. Optionally, choir members may play sleigh bells during the interludes between Jingle Bells, to Deck the Hall, and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. Elegant, simple, familiar, memorable!
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: WD.080689611179
UPC: 080689611179.
The Very SimplyWord Series from Word Music & Church Resources once again brings you a seasonal musical both festive and worshipful, designed especially for Unison/Optional 2-Part Choirs. HERE WE COME a’CAROLING is the newest offering in this best-selling series, designed to make your choir’s Christmas musical a rousing success with its combination of dynamic song selection, “sounds-bigger-than-life” accompaniment tracks, and hallmark Easy-Learn, Easy-Sing vocal format, for which the Very SimplyWord Series is so well known.
Each year as December rolls around, one of the first reminders that Christmastime is upon us is the music that fills the air! We can’t help but join in as we sing songs of the season – songs that inspire the joy and spirit of Christmas, songs that will lead your choir and congregation in worship of the King – giving voice to the wonder surrounding the story of the birth of Christ.
Some songs take us back to the simple joys of childhood, others share the timeless truths of that first Christmas night. HERE WE COME a’CAROLING introduces inspiring new songs, such as the title song and the Gospel-flavored “Joyful, Wonderful News!”, along with popular Christian radio songs of the season, like Chris Tomlin’s “It’s Christmas.” And of course, with a title like HERE WE COME a’CAROLING, you just know there’s going to be plenty of opportunity to sing along with some of your favorite carols!
SKU: WD.080689609176
UPC: 080689609176.
WATCH FOR A MESSAGE FROM ARRANGER MARTY PARKS
New from Marty Parks and Word Music & Church Resources comes a fresh, yet familiar musical for your Christmas choir (with a little bit of “everything old made new again!”), as Marty crafts a NEW work filled entirely with warm and nostalgic arrangements of everyone’s favorite carols of the season!
With songs girded in the time-honored traditions and remembrances of Christmases past that somehow continue to make our Christmases in the present so meaningful to our lives and our families, HOW GREAT OUR JOY! is highlighted by Marty Parks’ musical signature featuring Large Print, No Repeats, and Time-Saving Vocals, perfect for any choir!
What once might have been perceived as being the perfect fit for Senior Adult Choirs is now perfectly appealing and appropriate for every choir! With a set of songs complemented by inspiring scriptures and narration, HOW GREAT OUR JOY! will bring to mind a Christmas concert setting festive and familiar, heartwarmingly honest, sacred and intimate, joyful and worshipful.
SKU: LP.765762119222
UPC: 765762119222.
From Gospel Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Mosie Lister comes this Worship Celebration for Christmas in Easy 2 Excel Flexible format accessible to adult choirs of all sizes. Gospel favorites traditional carols and new gospel songs unite to create a highly meaningful and singable Christmas musical.
SKU: LP.OR-9253
UPC: 765762091702.
SKU: HL.392323
ISBN 9781705157121. UPC: 196288030195. 6.75x9.25x0.136 inches.
This first collection of five carols samples the vast spectrum of festive musical fare that still lies at the heart of the English Christmas tradition. The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements -- Soprano, Alto and Men -- and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for “sound†to create the portmanteau word “sound together†or “harmony.†The series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire. In addition to new repertoire and new arrangements, you will also find essential parts of the classical German, Scandinavian, French and English SATB repertoire, carefully and considerately reworked for SAM. The arrangements retain the characteristic features of the original movements and have almost the same richness of timbre, resulting in works which sound nearly unchanged to an audience. Piano reductions of all choral movements facilitate rehearsal preparation. The arrangements offer development opportunities for all voice sections, bringing new life and new quality to SAM choir work. SAM-Klang enables youth choirs to gain access to classical choral literature and ensures that mixed choirs who face challenges in finding singers for all male voice parts continue to have access to well-loved repertoire.
SKU: WD.080689528170
UPC: 080689528170.
Sing Christmas!, created by David Wise, with vocal arrangements adapted for Unison/2-Part choirs by David Wise and Sarah Huffman, is sure to bring a joy-filled Christmas celebration to your choir and congregation. Christmas is synonymous with music, and Christmas carols are a well-loved, common theme shared by believers everywhere. This new musical from The Very Simply Word Series is a Christmas carol-driven musical, featuring some of everyone's most beloved songs of the season, all highlighted by heartwarming narration designed to create a perfect setting for both enjoying and singing together your favorite carols, as you Sing Christmas!!
SKU: LO.45-1636H
ISBN 9780787766092.
This festive Christmas work for chorus, soprano soloist, and optional orchestra and handbells includes three familiar carols arranged in Mark Hayes's signature, colorful style. Over the course of twelve minutes, Angels We Have Heard on High, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing are joined together by sections of original music, making a memorable Christmas concert selection for community choirs, churches, and schools. Perform with Mark’s own vibrant orchestration to experience the full effect of this outstanding holiday composition. A track listing corresponding to the Performance/Accompaniment CD is available as a free download.
SKU: HL.49046398
ISBN 9781540086617. UPC: 840126910223.
German If choirs meet at Christmas concerts and want to sing together, they now have the right literature: The songs in choir together - singing Christmas carols were made for four different instrumentations (SATB, SAB, SSAA and TTBB) in coordinated arrangements, in any combination (e.g. SAB + SSAA) can be sung together. The sentences in this booklet not only sound when singing with other choirs,they are also, in their own right, an enrichment of the Christmas choir repertoire of each individual choir.
SKU: AP.47671
UPC: 038081543642. English. Traditional Carol.
It's a high-energy, gospel-infused take on one of the most treasured Christmas carols of all time. Riveting rhythmic syncopation, triadic choral harmonies that climb in inversion, and plenty of melodic blue notes all add up to . . . well, sheer joy! Your piano player really gets to show off on the fully notated riff-like accompaniment. Plus, you can download free bass and drumset parts for the full effect. Not to be missed!
SKU: AP.45389
UPC: 038081511290. English. Traditional Carols.
This majestic mash-up of Masters in This Hall and We Three Kings of Orient Are includes a joyful new text and optional parts for flute and hand drum. A lively 6/8 tempo and a buoyant minor tonality create a festive feel.
SKU: AP.48432
UPC: 038081552552. English. Traditional Carol.
SKU: AP.48873
UPC: 038081561974. English. Ben Cohn.
A Renaissance-era carol brought up to date in a fresh contemporary setting. Veteran Broadway music director and conductor Ben Cohn brings a modern musical theatre sound to this traditional English song. A serenely sparse piano part (during two opening alto solos) gradually grows to a full and glorious accompaniment as more voices join. Listen closely for the juxtaposed stillness/motion and minor/major that symbolize the cold of winter versus the warmth of the season. The entire piece garners edge-of-your-seat wonder, but the greatest chills will come when brief strains from four additional carols trickle in. Simply stunning.
SKU: AP.47670
UPC: 038081543635. English. Traditional Carol.
SKU: AP.45387
UPC: 038081511276. English. Traditional Carols.
SKU: AP.47669
UPC: 038081543628. English. Traditional Carol.
SKU: AP.46972
UPC: 038081536217. English. Traditional Carols.
Incorporating both the Catalonian carol Fum Fum Fum and Deck the Hall from Wales, you won't want to miss a moment of this adventurous arrangement. Varied choral textures, dynamics, and tempi will engage a cappella singers with an exciting challenge. An optional piano part is provided for flexibility.
SKU: AP.48874
UPC: 038081561981. English. Ben Cohn.
SKU: HP.9056
UPC: 763628190569.
A Christmas celebration for SATB choirs This gospel-flavored musical reflects on the promise of peace delivered by the angels on the night of Jesus' birth. The iconic ballad, Let There Be Peace on Earth is used as musical bookends: its theme is briefly stated in the second movement and then returns in full-blown gospel style at the end to provide an emotion-filled climax. In between, the Christmas story is told through scriptural narration and six beloved carols set in a variety of styles ranging from jazz, to gospel, to calypso. Accompaniment can be provided by piano, full orchestra, or a smaller set of rhythm parts, arranged by Ed Hogan. Performance time is 35 minutes.
SKU: HP.9054
UPC: 763628190545.
SKU: HP.9058
UPC: 763628190583.
SKU: HP.9052
UPC: 763628190529.
SKU: HP.9059
UPC: 763628190590.
SKU: LP.765762137424
UPC: 765762137424.
Come & Adore Him is a delightful mix of traditional Christmas favorites with new sounds that will enhance any holiday celebration. EEvery song in the collection is masterfully arranged for senior adults by Steve W. Mauldin in basic four-part harmony that works for any size choir, with extra cue notes provided for larger or more experienced choirs, and traditional sounds of classic carols are interspersed with foot-stompin' Southern gospel that will raise the rafters. EFrom the lovely strains of the traditional What Child Is This? to the Southern gospel treat Every Light That Shines at Christmas, these heart-warming songs with accessible choral voicings and lush orchestrations provide all the fixin's for a down-home Christmas musical feast!
SKU: LP.765762137523
UPC: 765762137523.
SKU: LP.765762137622
UPC: 765762137622.
SKU: HL.49046123
Twelve choir and piano movements for the Christmas season: classics such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night, as well as unknown international Christmas carols. The individual arrangements can be used flexibly; they work in three-part mixed, but also in one or two voices, with piano accompaniment or a cappella. At the same time, the individual pieces are designed so differently that they are suitable for joint use in concert. With modern and popular harmony and varied rhythm, this Christmas collection is ideal for young choirs.
