Sing New Songs: Unison or 2-Part Choir: Vocal Score

A delightful Christmas cantata for children’s voices (and ensemble/electronic backing tracks) with or without narrator: reggae jazz rock ballad and pop numbers to witty text by Richard and Thomas Allain. Caesar has called a census in the Holy Land. So everyone is crowding back into Bethlehem a town where they read Shalom! Magazine where suddenly there are donkey traffic gridlocks and hotels where you can't get a room for love or shekels. Tom works doing odd jobs at the Fun Big Inn which isn't much fun at all. This busy night he decides to leave the landlord in the lurch and head for the bright lights of Jerusalem. But he doesn't get far running first into reggae singing shepherds and then three groovy wise dudes following a star. Tom can hardly ignore the remarkable things they have to tell him. So what does he do next? What would any of us do? Richard and Thomas Allain retell the story of the Nativity in a new and individual way with immediacy and wit in a string of unforgettable tuneful songs and sharply clever words in an idiom accessible to everyone. Manger Tom can be performed with unison voices someone to narrate highly effective with just Piano or Keyboard accompaniment. But there are parts available too for instruments you might want to add. Included with the score of Manger Tom is a CD which comprises of a full performance of the musical numbers by professional singers and players as well as just the accompaniments for everyone to sing along to if they prefer. Additionally lyric sheets and a script are available as free downloads - visit www.hybridpublications.com to access the bonus material. Lyric sheets enable easy rehearsals and the script allows Manger Tom to be performed as a full nativity play. Review from Andrew Stewart of Classroom Music says: 'Manger Tom manages to squeeze within the space of eight numbers everything from big-band and rock numbers to reggae and in ‘Star of the

William is a small boy. His great friend is Ponder a pyjama-case with a gift for making up songs about the day's happenings. Some of the songs are light hearted and amusing; in others Ponder reveals a distinct vein of Poetry and an inclination to ruminate. These ten songs have pretty melodies and simple lyrics and have been set for Unison Voices and Piano. A terrific collection for children by Barbara Softly with music by Betty Roe.

with Mendelssohn's Spring Song-Using Mendelssohn's music from Songs Without Words as an introduction and interlude music this original music and text by Jill Gallina is a wonderful selection for your spring concert. The verses in simple unison and thechoruses in harmony are repeated to help retention so that your chorus members can easily learn and enjoy this piece. Available separately: 2-part StudioTrax CD. Duration: 2:05.

Margaret Hamilton. This unique collection of songs from South Africa contains 35 songs of the people performed in churches workplaces and at gatherings. This book provides the first opportunity for churches schools and colleges to perform these wonderful songs of liberation and Christian praise. Transcribed and introduced including performance notes by Maggie Hamilton and written for unaccompanied voices with guitar symbols for use with unison or two-part singing. The simplicity of many of the tunes and remaining parts makes them suitable for playing on glockenspiels recorders or other melodic instruments. Published by Novello in association with Christian Aid.

So many times we only give young choirs high-energy songs that are jubilant in nature but children also have a quiet thoughtful side as well. Cindy Berry turns to scripture to remind the children to listen with their hearts tothe still small voice of God. This song can be sung in unison or can be enhanced by the easy second part. There is something precious about hearing the voices of children sing the timeless promises of God. Effective!

I have a song that's living in me more than words and a tune. It's a song with such beautiful things and I want to share it with you. Mattie J.T. Stepanek's words from his book of collected poems Journey Through Heartsongs is the creative force for this choral work. Set with a playful piano accompaniment the vocals dance between unison and two-part writing full of joy and happiness hope and love. A superb choice for young singers.

from Songs of Peace-This song is the second movement of Todd’s ‘Songs of Peace’ written in memory of the composer’s mother Iris Todd who died in 2012. The text (by the composer: ‘A gift so pure life so precious gifted to me’) is intentionally ambiguous suggesting both the gift of the Christ child and less specific gift of life. This work could therefore be used as a Christmas carol as well as more generally. The first verse with voices singing in unison presents a contemplative and memorable melody over characteristic jazz-inspired harmonies in the Piano (or Organ) accompaniment. This melody is then beautifullyinterwoven with a counter-melody as the voices split into two parts for the second verse.“Precious Moment” is featured on Tenebrae’s album ‘Lux et Veritas’.

Jenkyns’ songs for young singers can best be described as art songs for the youngest singers. Their ranges and technical requirements are just right for the younger age groups and their lyrics as in The Snowman are perfectly gauged for their performers. Peter Jenkyns was a 20th century British composer singer and educator who wrote a series of songs for primary-aged children sensitively arranged and with appropriate lyrics. Jenkyns was the headmaster of two primary schools outside of London for whose choirs he composed songs for the St Albans’ Schools Music Festival. He was also a highly-regarded Gilbert andSullivan patter-song singer and he founded a local Gilbert & Sullivan society which is still thriving.