Arrangeur: Alexander L\'Estrange. These three Christmas songs are arranged for soprano, alto, and combined men\'s voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment - ideal for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. Featured are: Rockin? Around The Christmas Tree, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! and All I Want For Christmas Is You. The arrangements are part of the Choral Basics Series, which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding, varied repertoire for beginner choirs. Perfect for singers of all ages, the series offers attractive, idiomatic arrangements for SA and SAMen choirs, with carefully considered vocal ranges and straightforward piano accompaniments that support the singers. Embracing world music, spirituals, folk song, pop classics, hit shows and original pieces, this series offers everything a budding choir could wish for. Get into the festive spirit with this trio of wonderful new arrangements for choir, featuring all-time favorites Rockin\' Around the Christmas Tree, Let It Snow and All I Want for Christmas, Is You. Guaranteed to have your audiences reaching for the mistletoe in no time! Choral Basics is a recently created series that offers straightforward and rewarding repertoire for the beginner choir. Perfect for singers of all ages, the series offers simple 3-part choral arrangements for soprano, alto and a combined male voice part. Consultant editor Alex L\'Estrange has brought together an array of repertoire including world music, spirituals, pop classics, show hits andoriginal pieces. Carefully considered for the level, the arrangements pay particular attention to breathing, vocal ranges and technique whilst straightforward piano accompaniments support the vocal lines. The series offers great value for money, as each volume comprises a set of contrasting songs for easy programming./ Méthode / Piano

Lily is given a piano from her grandmother for her birthday. Lily continues to slam her hands against the keys with anger when she makes mistakes. One night she is visited by her grandmother in a dream who warns Lily not to hit her piano anymore or it will shrink. Lily discovers the secret of how to keep her piano from shrinking. This heartwarming story teaches the respect of the piano. Lily learns how to play beautiful music on her piano without banging her piano keys. The whimsical illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Susan Oliver add to the charm and merriment of the story. The book includes a CD of 10 easy original songs for piano or voice (with lyrics sung by a children'schoir) and narrations of the story. (Recommended for ages 4-8)

Gabriel Fauré's Nocturnes nos. 1-8. Gabriel Fauré was born in Pamiers (Ariège) on 12 May 1845. Owing to his precocious musical gifts he was able at the age of nine to enter the celebrated Niedermeyer School founded in Paris to train organists and choirmasters. For about ten years he received instruction of great quality centred mainly on the study of sacred music and the great classic masterpieces into which he was initiated notably by Camille Saint-Saëns his Piano teacher. As soon as he left the school Fauré began a brilliant career as an organist. In 1896 he succeededThéodore Dubois as an organist at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris and was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatory where his pupils included Ravel Koechlin Enesco and Schmitt. Meanwhile he had met Liszt in Weimar and had been initiated into Wagner’s art which however never really influenced him. Appointed director of the Conservatory in 1905 after Théodore Dubois’ resignation a member of the French Institute and music critic Fauré spent his last years in solitude suffering from an irreversible deafness that obliged him to resign from the Conservatory in 1920. He died in Paris on 4 th November 1924. The music of this sometimes misunderstood composer who wrote in nearly all genres (except Organ music) is of great refinement. An enemy of bombast Fauré put his elegant counterpoint a highly individual harmonic style unpredictable turns of phrase and the secret of an unusual musical sensitivity at the service of music that is both varied and of very high quality.  

The ten pieces of this edition, written varyingly using 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time signatures, are entertaining, rhythmically lively and, above all, easy to learn. The pieces, originating in Brazil, Columbia, Peru and Argentina, are all either based on traditional music or are popular works written more recently.
From the contents
?Baila Negra? (Colombia), ?Sambalelê? (Brazil), ?Senora Chichera? (Bolivia), ?Goza mi mambo? (Cuba; A. Arcano)

The author
Jean Kleeb was born in Brazil and lives in Germany, where he is a freelance musician, teacher, pianist and choir director. He completed his music studies in 1988 in São Paulo and began teaching at the University of Gießen in 1992. Since 2005 he has been the conductor of the Brazilian choir ?Vozes do Brasiles?. / Jazz / Partition / Agrafé /

Book 1-J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. Although he spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster he was familiar with many different keyboard instruments. He utilised this knowledge when composing The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722) a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues in which he explored the harmonies accessiblefrom every key. Prelude And Fugue In D Minor BMV 851 is No. 6 from Book One of the Clavier. It is written in a typical Baroque form. This popular edition from the highly-regarded musicologistOrlando Morgan is designed with the performer in mind and is still seen as the best edition available for students today.

Book 2 Bwv 889-J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. Although he spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster he was familiar with many different keyboard instruments. He utilised this knowledge when composing his two volumes of The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722 and 1742) each a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues in which heexplored the different harmonies of every key. Prelude And Fugue In A Major BMV 889 is No. 20 from Book Two of the Clavier. It is written in a typical Baroque form. This popular edition from thehighly-regarded musicologist Orlando Morgan is designed with the performer in mind and is still seen as the best edition available for students today.

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves is a chorus from the third act of the opera Nabucco (1842) by Giuseppe Verdi. It recollects the story of Jewish exiles in Babylon after the loss of the First Temple inJerusalem. The opera with its powerful chorus established Verdi as a major composer in 19th-century Italy. Upon the composer’s death along his funeral's cortege in the streets of Milan bystanders started spontaneouschoruses of 'Va pensiero…' A month later when he was reinterred alongside his wife at the 'Casa di Riposo' a choir of eight hundred performed the famous hymn.The masterpiece is here arranged by Richard H. Lloydfor Grade 5-6 solo Piano.

Conversations with Frances Clark is a two-video set all about Frances Clark and her teachings. This intimate portrait of America's pioneer of piano pedagogy was filmed at her school, The New School for Music Study and on location at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. The modal character of this piece, with some unexpected harmonic moments, underscores the sentiments of the beginning of Holy Week. Most of the choral writing is two part (ST/AB), breaking into four parts occasionally. Organ writing has nice independent moments, including the use of a solo reed stop, but also supports the choir./ Répertoire / Piano

Parts for Kyrie from Mass 1978 by Bernhard Lewkovitch scored for Choir SATB and 2 Horns in F    

Théorie 1 (avec portées)-Conceived for Piano beginners Piano Discoveries Theory - Niveau 1 Discovery with staves (equivalent to volume 1B) is progressive and includes many illustrations which enable children to become familiar with music theory only. The second in a series of eight it completes the Piano method. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by St?phane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language of children in order to develop their interest and concentration. Janet Vogt is an American pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. <>br Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated in the conception of this method. St?phane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the ?cole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

Cahier 1 Piano (avec portées)-Conceived for Piano beginners Le Voyage Magique - Niveau 1 D?couvreur with staves (equivalent to the 1B) is really progressive and includes nice illustrations which enable children to get familiar with the instrument and with the theory. The second of a series of eight it introduces the reading of musical sheets and the positioning of the notes on the staves. Le Voyage Magique is the translation and adaptation by St?phane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language ofchildren in order to develop their interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage Magique offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. <>br Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. St?phane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the ?cole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

This exciting collection includes six of Glenda Austin's favorite pieces through the years as well as two brand new solos composed especially for this series.Glenda Austin is a compsoser arranger and pianist from Joplin Missouri. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia where she earned degrees in music education and piano performance. Glenda has taught general music in both public and private schools in Joplin for over 30 years and is involved in numerous theater and community activities. As an adjunct faculty memebr of Missouri Southern State University Glenda serves for chamber and concert choirs.

13 missional hymns old and new celebrating the Gospel and the call to sing live and share it with all the world! This songbook matches For the Cause the second release in the Getty Kids Hymnal album series. This is a collection of recordings designed to help disciple children with songs to carry for life. Inspired by many world music sounds this album was recorded by the Getty band and five different children's choirs from Africa America Colombia India and Ireland. Songs include: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - By Faith - Compassion Hymn - Facing a Task Unfinished - For the Cause - God So Loved the World - Holy Holy Holy - Jesus Shall Reign - May thePeoples Praise You - Nothing But the Blood - O Children Come - Oh How Good It Is - There Is a Redeemer.