Sing Along with Sacred Songs - Songbook with P/A CD

Sacred Songs for Young Voices-Designed for younger elementary choirs Sing and Celebrate! contains a variety of general and seasonal songs for use throughout the church year. Packed with lesson plans teaching resources and rehearsal planning ideas this collection gives you all the tools necessary for building a successful engaging choir program in one value-packed Book/CD! The enhanced StudioTrax CD features accompaniment and performance tracks along with reproduciblesingers' pages and colorful PDF song charts for projection options! Songs both familiar and new along with fun creative teaching plans will nurture the musical and spiritual growth of your singers to last a lifetime. Suggestedfor grades K-4. Songs include: Sing and Celebrate (General) The Gifts He Offers to You (General) Trust In the Lord (General) We Thank You God (General/Thanksgiving) A Home For Jesus(Advent) Go Tell It On the Mountain (Christmas) Christmas Means Jesus (Christmas) Sing Hosanna! (Palm Sunday) Rejoice It's Easter Day! (Easter) We Celebrate This Day (Mother's Day/Father'sDay)

More than just a re-telling of the nativity this work explores both the mystery and the majesty of Christ's birth. Filled with original sacred songs and beloved carols this innovative cantata is not only a beautiful concert moment but it is a true worship experience. The richness of both contemporary and traditional elements along with thoughtful narrations make this work an excellent choice for blended worship styles and Keith Christopher's stunning orchestrations complete the package. The perfect blending of artistry and ministry!Songs include: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; Come to Us; Luke 2 (with ?Silent Night?); Sleeping Adonai; AngelsSing; Unto Us; Shout! Sing Hallelujah!; Worship Christ the King; A Tribute of Carols.

A Gaelic Blessing is a simple and catchy piece by Craig McLeish. This piece will be particularly useful for school, junior and community choirs, and a tuneful introduction to singing simple contrapuntal lines. The second soprano part repeats the tune at bar 33 and should dominate here - the first sopranos and altos should support appropriately. Ease and beauty of tone should be of paramount importance throughout. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Craig McLeish began his musical life as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral under Barry Rose. He began composing at the age of ten and his preces and responses for four trebles are still in the repertoire. After a degree at York University he returned to London to study at the Guildhall and sang again at St Paul's as a tenor. At the time he also arranged and copied music for West End shows such as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, and played bass guitar for various groups. This led to a spell in the cult pop band 'Fat and Frantic', who shaved the top 100 twice with the whimsical anthem Last night my wife hoovered my head. He also worked as musical assistant for David Heneker (Half a Sixpence) and David Fanshawe (African Sanctus). In 1992 Craig became director of the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs Orchestra and Singers, performing concerts throughout the UK and becoming involved in a number of recordings and BBC broadcasts. During this time he arranged more than 250 orchestral scores ranging from Queen to Calamity Jane, Stravinsky and Stevie Wonder. Alongside this he began arranging and writing songs for children's collections (Big Blue Planet, Love Shone Down) and producing recordings and string arrangements for various artists (Sheila Walsh, Kim Hill, Matt Redman). He is also well known as a conductor and arranger for Songs of Praise. Recently Craig has collaborated with composer Tolga Kashif writing orchestrations for the RPO's Seo Taiji Symphony, the Classic FM chart-topping CD by saxophonist Tyler Rix, and the Genesis Suite which was premiered at the Barbican. He has been musical director of Young Voices UK for 13 years, bringing large school choirs together to play with a live band and solo artists, and currently conducts the Milton Keynes Community Choir, Hart and Soul Community Choir and the Milton Keynes Youth Choir. / Choeur SSA

Together We Sing Series-Beginning with a light jazz feel and optional a cappella voices this medley floats along with contemporary piano accompaniment and touches upon the angelic lyrics of well-known Christmas carols. A beautiful selection for both secular and sacred settings. Available: SATB; SSAB; SSA; PianoTrax CD.

Gregorian chant is one of the earliest forms of notated music using free flowing rhythms and simple melody. In Old Churches composer Michael Colgrass uses these elements to create an aura of voices echoing in themonastery. Using easy graphic notation students have a fun and creative way to explore sound production along with the compositional process. (Includes score and parts.) (5:20)CD-ROM Now Available!Designed toenhance the musical experience the CD-ROM for Michael Colgrass' Old Churches includes video clips of the St. John's Abbey monks singing photos of various sacred spaces such as Ayer's Rock in Australia as well as ahistory of standard Western notation. In addition this CD-ROM enables students to explore graphic notation and composition with built-in notation software Finale Notepad®. Guaranteed to engage your students and provide addedinsight into this unique work.04002010/$14.99 (CD-ROM)04002702/$60.00 (Band set with CD-ROM)

Das Te Deum Deutsch 'Herr Gott Dich loben wir' for 12-part mixed Chorus a cappella (SSMezMezAATTBarBarBB).The Te Deum in the translation of Martin Luther 1529. Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 11 August 1930 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German composer. Zimmermann had his first composition instruction from 1946 to 1948 with Julius Weismann and studied from 1950 to 1954 in Heidelberg with Wolfgang Fortner as well as at the Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelberg (Institute for Church Music) there. After passing his examinations at the Freiburg Conservatory under Harald Genzmer he became Fortner’s successorin Heidelberg. Here he maintained close contacts with the musicologist Thrasyboulos Georgiades whose rhythm and language studies influenced him the most along with his occupation with American spirituals and jazz. From 1963 to 1976 Heinz Werner Zimmermann was director of the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule (Spandau school of church-music) in Spandau and then from 1975 to 1996 as successor to Kurt Hessenberg as composition teacher at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (Brusniak 2001). Zimmermann’s best-known works are his sacred motets with plucked Double Bass his Organ psalms and his 'Prosalieder'. Among his chief works are his Missa profana the sacred oratorio The Bible of Spirituals as well as his Symphonia sacra. Amongst other honors Zimmermann has been awarded the Music Prizes of the cities of Stuttgart and Berlin a Villa Massimo Stipend in 1965/66 and received in 1982 the Johann Sebastian Bach Prize. The American Wittenberg University in Springfield bestowed upon him an honorary doctorate Zimmermann wrote three American theses including one at the Stanford University in California. (Source: Wikipedia)

SATB-From the writers of Song of the Shadows and Harvest of Sorrows comes this profoundly moving work for Holy Week. The Weeping Tree is a poignant portrait of the cross that uses beloved hymns newly composedmusic thoughtful narration and simple sacred symbols to create a touching testament of grace for choirs of every size. By offering the smaller orchestral accompaniment option along with the shorter performance time TheWeeping Tree is accessible to choirs that have not previously included cantatas in their Lenten and Holy Week services. Includes: The Weeping Tree • Without His Cross • Of Tears and Sorrows • Alas and Did MySavior Bleed • and more. Practical and profoundly affecting! A full line of support products is available to help enable churches of every size to enjoy this outstanding new seasonal offering. Support products include abrilliant orchestration by Brant Adams in traditional format or on the exciting “print-your-own” iPrint CD-ROM or use the outstanding StudioTrax CD. Shorten your learning time by using the Rehearsal Trax CDs. Theinstrumentation for the chamber orchestration is Score and parts for Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Horn Timpani Percussion Piano Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello & Double Bass.

Ce livre propose plus de 30 hymnes classiques pour un leader de louange jeu de guitare. Pour chaque hymne, accords de guitare, les paroles et la mélodie sont prévus pour permettre simples accompagnements mélodiques de style congrégation. Pour plus de guitaristes avancés, un arrangement fingerstyle de niveau intermédiaire pour chaque hymne est également fourni. En outre, il ya cinq avancées arrangements pour guitare solo, qui sont excellentes pour une utilisation en tant que préludes instrumentaux, postludes, des récitals, et plus encore.Le CD inclus contient des données entièrement orchestrées MP3 Play-along d'accompagnement pour les 32 hymnes pour une utilisation pendant les services et prestations, ainsi que les cinq accords en solo. En outre, les feuilles lyriques PDF qui peuvent être imprimés et distribués à la congrégation sont intégrés dans le CD. Enfin, la TNT inclus le logiciel vous permet de modifier le tempo des enregistrements et même de changer la clé! / Guitare

Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present.For over fifty years he has sung edited and composed carols each Christmas and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books but has a personality and purpose of its own.Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria France Germany Mexico Poland and the USA alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives the author includes seven new compositions of his own settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound.In addition to sample programmes and translations there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts churches and traditional Yuletide carolling.

Music for the perfect wedding day... religious service civil ceremony & reception-Whether it be a traditional white wedding in church or a contemporary civil ceremony in non-religious surroundings everyone wants their wedding day to be perfect. The pieces in the Confetti and Cake volume will help wedding couples and choirs alike choose the most appropriate and effective music for any occasion.There is music that caters for all tastes and abilities offering plenty of balance and variety. Pieces range from very simple to the somewhat more complex. Standard sacred repertoire (Bach Gounod Mozart Walford Davies etc.) is followed by some contemporary church anthems one (by Will Todd) written specially for this book; favourites such as theperennial Flower Duet appear alongside other enticing non-religious music; finally we have some secular romantic love songs (Jerome Kern Swingle numbers and even some G&S!) which cannot fail to capture the mood of the day. Sing these either at the ceremony itself or perhaps later at the reception.There are notes at the end of the book which provide very brief background information: eg texts (with translation where appropriate) dates and approximate timings so the ceremony can be planned meticulously.Whatever the circumstances and size of your choir there will be a something within this volume that will suit you. But more than that the versatility of the Concerts for Choirs series is such that it can be used as an invaluable resource for choral material whatever your requirements.

From the composer of Festival of Carols and The Winter Rose comes a cantata that celebrates the legacy of early American carols and hymnody. Composed in the spirit of folk music the cantata combines traditionalsounds with more rustic elements creating a blend that is fresh and pleasing. Popular American carols like Away In a Manger and O Little Town of Bethlehem dance with traditional spirituals such as Children GoWhere I Send Thee and Go Tell It on the Mountain. Sacred Harp tunes are re-tooled for Advent and stand alongside new versions of Shaker hymns and Appalachian melodies. Thoughtful narration weaves the movements togetherin a meaningful tapestry of song and Scripture. Two orchestral options are available allowing maximum flexibility in performance. A full line of support products is also available. Available separately: SATB CD-ROM FullOrchestration (Score