Looking for a song that works for a holiday program but can be sung anytime from November through March? Featuring plenty of close harmony voicings and a swingin' big band feel this jazz standard will remain a favorite well into Spring.
Take a rock and roll hajj back to the psychedelic '60s on Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet. Packed with energy this arrangement makes for a great show opener closer or encore.
This classic rock anthem by the Steve Miller Band is a perfect set-opener or closer with soaring vocal guitar lines and powerful rock trio harmonies. The melody is in the Tenor 2 line allowing for a single or multiple soloists. Yeah yeah yeah!
Based on the Eva Cassidy recording this honest emotional ballad features light arpeggiated textures and soaring harmonies supporting a gorgeous heartfelt soprano melody with occasional duet/trio lines.
Originally made famous by Kay Starr this arrangement transforms the song into a playful barbershop swing with the melody in the Tenor 2 line and lots of right homophony.
This new Christmas collection includes: Carol of the Bells Deck the Hall Good King Wenceslas Here We Come A-Caroling Jingle Bells Jolly Old Saint Nicholas O Christmas Tree Silent Night The Hanukkah Song and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
This song has now been covered over one hundred times by a range of artists in a range of styles. This edition has been arranged for SSAA by Deke Sharon.
If you've been looking for a fresh playful holiday song to put a big smile on everyone's face look no further! This forgotten classic from the late 1950s is big bright brassy and sassy with the melody shared by all four voiceparts and even a section where the group becomes a (vocal) brass band.
Just four parts but sounds like a dozen! The melody skips from part to part as the other voices playfully recreate Earth Wind and Fire's horns guitars bass keyboards... everything but the costumes!
If it wasn't written by Sting this haunting melody could easily be a traditional English folk song. The melody moves through all four women's parts with the background texture changing in each verse ranging from arpeggiated polyphony to warm close harmony.
A soulful tenor solo soaring over rhythmic four part harmonies brings this Marvin Gaye Motown classic to life. A perfect mid-set song to show off your group's ability to groove.
One of the great female rock anthems of all time this Pat Benetar classic makes a great last song or encore and will have the audience bobbing their heads and screaming for more.
Playful sweet melodic... this arrangement brings out all of the best elements of this Beatles ditty with the melody bouncing between the various voices. When your singers are sixty-four they'll still be humming along to this timeless classic!
Finally a setting of this Charlie Brown Christmas classic that doesn't require a children's choir! The sweetly sentimental Tenor 1 melody floats over and dips into a woven texture of rich jazz harmonies.
Looking for something to spice up your Christmas program? How about an Elvis classic? With plenty of swagger and swing the tenor solo sits over a bed of playful doo-woppy harmonies. Got no sleigh with reindeer got no sack on myback you're gonna see me comin' in a big black Cadillac!
Words and Music by John Deacon (Queen)-As sung by Straight No Chaser on their chart topping album With a Twist this classic rock song feature's Queen's classic swooping vocal harmonies. Can be sung by one soloist or several (as on the SNC album).
One of the biggest pop songs of 2008 this arrangement features a tenor solo supported by a six part vocal-instrumental texture weaving together a light reggae feel that supports the original's sweet harmonies.
A powerful soprano solo sits atop your SATB band as the groove their way through this Blondie classic. A great way to introduce your singers to modern polyrhythms and non-standard syllables in a format that's easy for them tounderstand and internalize.
