God Bless' the Child

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

Toutes les chansons de l'album de Shania Twain. Inclus : `(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!`, `Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?`, `Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)` et `God Bless The Child`.

Uses: General Mother's Day Father's Day Scripture: Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1-3 This child-like prayer seeks God's blessings for families and all those who “watch over me as I grow.”Written especially for older elementary choirs the anthem fits perfectly with any service having a family theme especially Mother's Day or Father's Day. The familiar DIX tune and poignant text from the treasured hymn For theBeauty of the Earth are also incorporated thanking God for the gift of “human love.” Available separately: Unison with opt. descant. CelebrationTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:30

Music for Royal Occasions is an exciting volume of pieces written for coronations and other royal celebrations over the past five centuries. It includes long-standing favourites, such as Handel's Zadok the priest and Parry's I was glad - and works from earlier years, such an Henry Purcell's I was glad and the delightful Rejoice in the Lord alway . Many well-loved composers were commissioned to write motets for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and several are published here, including George Dyson's stirring Confortare , William Harris's Let my prayer and Herbert Howells's Behold O God our defender . In addition, two pieces performed at the wedding oF the present Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are included: Paul Mealor's beautiful Ubi caritas , and Hubert Parry's epic anthem, Bless pair of sirens . Music for Royal Occasions provides a well-rounded concert programme in itself for choral societies or community choirs. The collection offers many useful and accessible pieces for church choirs, suitable for a wide variety of occasions. 'an inventive selection of festive music' - Jeremy Summerly, Choir and Organ / SATB

The Solos From Musicals For Kids song book is a great new collection featuring recorded child soloists on the CD as well as accompaniments for practice. Songs Include: The Bare Necessities ? Be Kind to Your Parents ? Beauty and the Beast ? Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep ? Gary Indiana ? and more!

Accompaniment CD-Put together your own custom program with this a wonderful collection of patriotic and inspirational music for younger singers in elementary schools churches and community settings. The Teacher's Book/CD includes Unison/2-Partpiano/vocal/guitar arrangements and an enclosed Preview CD featuring children's voices. The Singer's Edition 5-Pak includes vocal lines only and the Accompaniment CD includes the instrumental tracks only. Includes: America TheBeautiful; Battle Hymn Of The Republic; From A Distance; God Bless America; God Bless The U.S.A.; My Country 'Tis Of Thee (America); The Star Spangled Banner; Yankee Doodle Boy.

Preface by Carol Barratt. Here's a great new collection of showtunes, folk songs, children's songs and pop songs, carefully chosen to bring fun and musical variety to the primary school classroom. Some will be familiar, some will be brand new surprises, and some will be half-forgotten favourites from the past now given a new lease of life. All songs are arranged for easy piano and the piano parts can also be heard on the two accompanying music CDs. Lyrics are printed out for every song but are also available as free downloadable pdfs for easy projection for multiple printing. Includes teachers notes. Let's get our schoolchildren singing again with The National Songbook! / Chant Et Piano