Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Pavane Publishing is proud to launch her new series with this classic tune attributed to Huddie Ledbetter. A simple three-part treble choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American home-spun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing this arrangement sounds just the way the song should always be sung.

Traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hagan. Moses Hagan born in New Orleans in 1957 has earned an international reputation as one of America's most gifted pianists conductors and arrangers. His contemporary choralsettings of spirituals and other works have been praised by the American Choral Directors Association and Gramophone magazine. Audiences have responded with standing ovations upon hearing these unique and sensitivearrangements. The world renowned Philip Brunelle Chorale of Minnesota and the Boy's Choir of Harlem have both performed Hogan's arrangements for national audiences on television and radio.

I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves My Heart is a traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan for SATB (Divisi) a cappella. Moses Hogan born in New Orleans in 1957 has earned an international reputation as one of America's most gifted Pianists conductors and arrangers. His contemporary choral settings of spirituals and other works have been praised by the American Choral Directors Association and Gramophone magazine. Audiences have responded with standing ovations upon hearing these unique and sensitive arrangements. The world renowned Philip Brunelle Chorale of Minnesota and the Boy's Choir of Harlem have both performed Hogan'sarrangements for national audiences on television and radio.

Six outstanding collections of favourite songs (Songs of England, Songs of Ireland, Songs of Scotland, Songs of Wales, Songs of Christmas, Songs of the Americans). All arrangements include the melody line in the accompaniment so that the songs work equally well as piano solos. Ideal for playing at home, in the classroom, or even as concert item!An international collection, including Stille Nacht, Fum! Fum! Fum!, Mary Had a Baby and O TannenbaumThe edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grades 1, 2 and 3). / Voix Et Piano

Let the light shine through and you'll see what's important in life with this #1 Country hit from American Idol winner Carrie Underwood. An outstanding selection for pop groups! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:35.

Three-Part Treble with Optional Hand Percussion-When I Sing is a new ChroalQuest work by Rosephanye Powell that expresses the joys of choral singing! The text written in collaboration with the girls chorus of Auburn Junior High School in Alabama moves from I to We in this rhythmic soulful piece and gives young singers the opportunity to experiment with circle song structure. ChoralQuest« an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for middle-level choir is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series is designed to breathe new life into the available repertoire for choral students in middle school and junior high. At the heart of this program are new works written by a diverse group ofleading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire. Based on the success of ACF's decade-long BandQuest« program ChoralQuest has a residency component in which the composer works collaboratively with a middle school as they create their new piece. Visit www.choralquest.org to learn more about this innovative series and emailchoralquest@composersforum.org to request a free downloadable audio catalog.

Written for an obscure short-lived musical that never made it to Broadway this song caught the ear of Nat King Cole who promptly recorded it in 1956 and it became a lesser-known standard in the great American songbook. It has since been recorded by artists such as Johnny Mathis Dinah Washington Diane Schuur and Diana Krall. Accessible and hard-swinging this is a perfect addition to any male or female quartet or chorus repertoire!

Par TRAINT LORENZ. 'Ma nation privée ' est suivi du Train de ' DAvailables de Jupiter ' et offre plus de ces grands pianos et les valeurs de production vierges.Il s'agit de la transcription authentique de l'album. Cet arrangement pour piano, chant et guitare en notation standard et les accords : le livre comporte également des paroles complètes et une mélodie vocale transcrite./ Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

The American Experience Series brings the folklore stories and events of American history into song. J. Paul Williams long famous for his story texts in the sacred market has teamed up with established writers to launch thisoutstanding series. Here is a great way to learn about the presidents who have helped make America the great country it is today. Perfect for middle school voices.

The world loves to sing. From barbershop groups to madrigal choirs to vocal rock bands there are tens of thousands of vocal groups in America. The success of mainstream television programs such as Glee and The Sing-Off not only demonstrates the rising popularity of vocal music; it reflects how current trends inspire others to join in. In addition through various online and on-the-ground vocal music societies the ???a cappella market??? is well defined and well connected. Like singing itself a cappella is a global phenomenon.At the heart of every vocal group is the music it performs. This often means writing its own arrangements of popular or traditional songs. This book is thelong-awaited definitive work on the subject wide ranging both in its scope and in its target audience - which spans beginners music students and community groups to professional and semi-professional performers vocal/instrumental songwriters composers and producers - providing genre-specific insight on a cappella writing.The tone of the book is instructive and informative yet conversational: it is intended to stand alongside any academic publication while remaining interesting and fun. A Cappella Arranging is a good textbook - and a ???good read??? - for every vocal arranger whether amateur or professional; every vocal music classroom and any professional recording studio.

score for voice and/or instruments-Composer Jim Papoulis has created an energetic and uplifting work that fuses the rhythms from African American and Latin cultures and uses a text primarily in Swahili interspersed with phrases in Spanish. Supported by shaker Djembe and agogo bell the middle section has the feel of a real celebration with layers of spoken word that lead us to the understanding: ?listen hear stand strong.?

The Novello Barbershop series offers unaccompanied arrangements of a variety of well-loved songs from the 1940s to the 1970s.Arranger Nicholas Hare has endeavoured to share the interest among all the voice parts but each singer should be aware at all times of who has the melody so that it is allowed to stand out. A discreet use of soloists is often appropriate.Blend and balance of the harmony is another vital element in successful performance of this music and vibrato should be kept in check so that the chords are clean and perfectly in tune. The various vocalisations (ah ooh mm etc.) may be considered as suggestions only and variedaccording to the performance conditions.Arranged specifically for male-voice groups (from as few as four voices in some numbers to a full choir) the songs are notated on two staves for easy Piano rehearsal.Sing this Latin-American number with a strong sense of rhythm even in the smoother sections.

This in an outstanding collection of twelve African-American spirituals arranged for upper voices. Rosephanye and William C. Powell have collaborated with some of the most talented and respected spiritual arrangers in the United States to deliver specially commissioned authentic settings. You'll find familiar melodies such as 'Deep River' and 'Somebody's knockin' at yo' do'' alongside lesser-known spirituals and a range of styles and moods extending from the aspirational to the celebratory. Many of the arrangements include a 'lead voice' part allowing the opportunity for solo singing and idiomatic piano parts support the voices for the accompanied spirituals; pianoreductions are included for the unaccompanied arrangements. This inspirational journey through the African-American spiritual tradition is sure to captivate and delight all upper-voice choirs.Arrangements in tow three or four parts'Lead Voice' parts for three arrangementsAccompanied and unaccompaniedPiano reductions for a capella arrangementsAuthentic arrangements by specialistsRange of styles and moods Edited by Rosephanye Powell and William C. PowellRosephanye Powell is a singer arranger and widely published composer. A graduate of the Florida State University Westminster Choir College and Alabama State University she has distinguished herself as a researcher and interpreter of the African-American spiritual. She has served as a consultant for nationally syndicated radio published articles on the subject and presented lectures and performances at high schools colleges universities music organizations and churches around the United States. Her spiritual arrangements have been commissioned by nationally and internationally recognized professional choral groups and conductors. She was appointed Professor of Voice at Auburn University in 2001.William C. Powell holds degrees from Alabama State University

Phil Kern has used his superb arranging skills in this popular and moving African-American spiritual. The Percussion a vital part of the accompaniment joins an energetic Piano to create and support a wide range of vocal dynamics. The ending a cappella chord is stunning as it caps off this outstanding Choral work. This piece is for SATB Choir and Percussion (a Shaker and three Hand Drums) with Piano accompaniment.