Good Old A Cappella (SATB A Cappella)

SATB (divisi) a cappella. The Czech language of this choral piece taken from a well-known Moravian folk song expresses not only a simple good night to a loved one but also refers symbolically to the eternal sleep of death.

Written for unaccompanied SATB choir with a piano part for rehearsal only. Words by St Ignatius Loyola.

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.

A unique guide to teaching unaccompanied singing!Gitika Partington's a cappella arrangements are used by youth and community choirs around the world.Gitika believes in the sensational power of group singing bringing people together to express joy and celebration through song. Not being able to read music is no obstacle and Gitika's tips and the original arrangements included here demonstrate just how rewarding and inclusive teaching a cappella by ear and gesture can be!Gitika Partington is a singer/songwriter vocal arranger teacher and choral director. She has an MA in choral education and holds many other musical qualifications. Sheruns regular 'popular and world style' singing workshops as well as national training sessions for adults and children. In addition she runs three adult community choirs where all the music is learned by ear and is mostly self arranged.One of Gitika's major loves is a cappella vocal arranging which she does for her three choirs and her vocal workshops. Her arrangements are used by youth and community choirs across the UK and internationally. This book contains the first of many of her arrangements she would like to share even more widely.She is a member of the Natural Voice Practitioner Network an organisation that believes in singing as a spontaneous way of expressing joy celebration and grief and as a medium for binding communities together. Gitika shares the network's belief that singing together should be available to all and is not about having 'a good voice'. All of her groups are non-audition and open to anyone who wants to sing.

for SATB Chorus a cappella-With a sound at once modern and medieval this remarkable setting of the familiar Latin text starts in unison and evokes plain chant and gradually unfolds into wider harmonies and more modern harmonic language. Not unduly challenging in terms of vocal range it's readily accessible to good high school mixed choirs for concerts or festivals at any time. Available separately: SATB SSAA a cappella. Duration: ca. 3:00. Recorded by VocalEssence Philip Brunelle conductor.

A Christmas list for all the good big girls! This a cappella doo-wop version of the famous Christmas classic is a sweet and saucy change-of-pace for holiday programming!

A Lyke-Wake Dirge - A Border Ballad Op. 110 a - a choral classic by Vagn Holmboe for SATB Choir A Cappella. 'The Lyke Wake Dirge is a moral ballad from the border telling the story of what will happen to the soul after death. If he has never given shoes and stockings to the poor then the 'whinnes' will torment him and pierce him to the bone. If he has never given food and drink to the poor then the fire of purgatory will burn him to the bare bone. However if he has done all these good works then Christ shall receive his soul.'

Chinese Folksong-From the collection Men's Songs this stunning melody is simply and beautifully set. The sad poem speaks of a poor man who longs to lay his burdens down and make haste for the Creator's realm. A good contrast to other more humorous works in the set.

Ernst Enno (1875-1934)-From the collection Men's Songs this is a humourous account from a man who fancies himself a good dancer. A stunning melody enhanced by clapping stomping and other various sounds choirs are encouraged to add movement facial expression and other dramatic components.

Hang on to your stocking caps Jingle Bells is an epic winter tour-de-force that will inject your holiday programs with a generous portion of rollicking good cheer.Perform it a cappella or with the optional Piano accompaniment your singers will love rehearsing and performing this delightful and unique setting.

Composed for Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare the composer writes: Same Train in many arrangements seems to sing of good news coming. But - maybe it was the relentlessness the conclusiveness of the titlephrase - I wondered if what was coming might actually have been a funeral train: coming for our sister our mother and soon enough for us too. I thought of so many other spirituals which sing about dark truths in bright music and wondered if I couldn't use the imitative ch-ch-train ostinato to honour that willfully smiling aspect of the piece while also freeing the harmonies to make audible the more disconsolate feelings underneath.