We Three Kings - Mixed Choir A Capella (par 10 Minimum)

Peter Cornelius' The Three Kings or Die Konige set for soloist SSA and Piano accompaniment. Both German and English singing texts are included. Arranged for upper voices by Ronald Corp.

A gorgeous carol arranged for SATB Choir a cappella with a solo for a Treble voice or Contralto.

Director Edition-In this imaginative children's Christmas musical talking stars lions lambs and shepherds all think that the King of Kings will be one of their own kind since the Bible calls Him 'the Bright and Morning Star ' 'the Lion ofJudah ' 'the Lamb of God ' and 'the Good Shepherd.' Three very small kings discover the true King of Kings a tiny baby and tell everyone the news. 'Three Wee Kings' features several familiar tunes plus new songs. Available:Director's Edition Singer's Edition Accompaniment Track CD Listening CD Preview Pak (Singer's Edition and Listening CD) and Singer Edition 5-Pak.

Graham Buckland-33 exciting and varied arrangements 80 pages.All songs compatible with the SATB edition (BA 7574)12 spirituals also compatible with the flexible instrumentation edition (BA 6699)This edition offers exciting arrangements that have never before appeared in print written in an authentic idiom for three-part women's or girls' choir with piano accompaniment. The spirituals can also be performed without piano with the lead melody always in the upper voice.All the arrangements can be combined with the already published edition 64 Spirituals a cappella (BA 7574) which is for SATB. To give you an example: a children's choir working with our newedition can appear with a mixed chorus that has already mastered the SATB settings.In addition twelve of the arrangements can be enhanced by instrumental accompaniments. These are to be found in the Spirituals edition (BA 6699) of our ComboCom series which offers flexible instrumental settings.Contents:Deep river O happy day Joshua King of kings Motherless child Nobody knows O sinner man Swing low sweet chariot Wade in the water Were you there When the saints and twenty-two other popular as well as less well-known spirituals.The author:Graham Buckland is the music director of Regensburg University Germany. Before then he held various leading positions at theatres and colleges in Germany and the Czech Republic. He has founded and headed a number of ensembles demonstrating a very broad musical range that also finds expression in his compositions and publications for Chorus Piano and Orchestra.

In Flanders Fields is a series of poignant and evocative choral works with a theme of reconciliation and remembrance set to iconic texts by John McCrae and Rupert Brooke.Alan Smith was born in London in 1962 and spent his childhood in Croydon. He sang with various local choirs and attended the nearby Royal School of Church Music where he began organ lessons with Michael Fleming at the age of ten. He was appointed as Organist and Choirmaster of a local church at the age of 16 and later became Organ Scholar at Kings' College London where he studied from 1981 to 1984. As part of his music degree he specialized in composition studying with Nicola LeFanu David Lumsdaine and George Nicholson.Following postgraduate training at the London Institute of Education Alan began his teaching career. After working in various schools he became Head of Music at Hazelwick School Crawley in 1990 a post he continues to hold. In the same year he came to some prominence by winning the RSCM's annual composing competition. His successful entry Let the Peoples Praise You became his first published piece and continues to be widely performed. Since then his choral compositions have won several awards most recently the Thornesian Prize in 2003 and an honorable mention in the 2004 Vanguard Premieres Competition.Alan's output is predominantly of choral and vocal music much of it written for specific choirs or occasions and his catalogue runs to over 150 works. In the UK his music is published by Animus Curiad Cantiones Press Escorial Edition Fagus Music and RSCM while in America he is published by Abingdon Press CanticaNOVA OUP Pavane and Roger Dean.Since 1998 Alan has been Director of Music at St Andrew's church in Burgess Hill West Sussex where he lives with his wife and three children.

Follow That Wondrous Star is a partner song to the popular classic carol We Three Kings. For 2-Part voices with Piano accompaniment and optional descant or bells this fabulous arrangement includes additional words and music by Mary Donnelly. This is an uncomplicated and accessible song that combines the tune of the original with a new melody and updated lyrics. This is an imaginative and creative piece that will prove to be an enjoyable choice for young school choirs.

Contents: Nesciens Mater (Ssaattbb A Cappella)Quem Vidistis Pastores? (Double Choir SSAB & ATTB A Cappella)Serenissima Una Noche (SATB A Cappella)Sa Qui Turo Zente Pleta (Double Choir SSAATT Bari (Or Solo) ACappella with Tambourine (Ad Lib.)Noel Nouvelet (SSAATTBB Tenor solo A Cappella)Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (SATB A Cappella)Kristallen Den Fina (SATB A Cappella)Lulajze Jezuniu (SATB Soprano solo A Cappella)O Come O Come Emmanuel (SSAATTBB Treble Solo A Cappella)Star Of Wonder/We Three Kings (SAATTBB Tenor solo A Cappella)A Lullaby/Away In A Manger (SATB Soprano solo A Cappella)In The Bleak Mid-Winter (SATB (Div.) Soprano solo A Cappella)Glory To The Newborn King-Spiritual Medley (SSAATTBB Tenor & BassSolos Womens Trio A Cappella)Silent Night (SATB Soprano Alto Tenor solos A Cappella)

Noel! is an exciting collection for mixed voice choirs, selected and edited by David Hill. The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: the polyphony of Victoria and Byrd, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages, and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, John Tavener and Judith Weir. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. / Choeur SATB

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options clearly explained throughout enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent Christmas New Year and Epiphany and a fabulous range of accessible quality material this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas. 56 flexibly scored carols Suitable for mixed choirs upper-voice choirs choirs with few men unison choirs small choirs and all other groups New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites Brandnew carols written specially for the collection Variety of composers including Kerry Andrew Malcolm Archer Alan Bullard Bob Chilcott Stephen Cleobury Cecilia McDowall John Rutter Mack Wilberg and David Willcocks Wide range of material from Medieval to the present day and including wassails gallery carols world carols and spirituals Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for Organ (with or without pedals) or Piano

This setting of We Three Kings has a fresh contemporary drive to it with opportunities for the men's section to shine! Easily learned it will add energy and vitality to holiday programs!