Selected pieces and traditional songs in five volumes-The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of rewarding vocal study. This series features: Over 1000 art songs drawn from Grades 1-5 of the Associated Board's Singing syllabus. A massive range of repertoire from the Medieval to m…

Treble Voices Accompaniment CD Volume 1-The CD to accompany this choral sight-singing method that allows you to build skills in all your choral ensembles in a handy octavo-sized volume! Featuring a step-by-step approach unison and combinable exercises and motivating short songs these volumes provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal allowing your singers to deve…

Containing seventeen Christmas carols this book enables beginners Recorder players to perform simplified arrangements of popular festive repertoire either on their own using the various accompaniment options to provide the full original melody or alongside singers and more advanced players.Complete with a CD of backing tracks and access to free downloadable Piano accompaniments (available at ww…

This beautiful piano-driven ballad by Christina Aguilera encourages us to trust the voice within. This positive message will inspire teen singers at a challenging time in their lives and provide an emotional moment in concert!

Oratorio in three parts-In quite characteristic fashion for the times Handel’s opera “Alessandro” looks at various episodes in the life and rule of Alexander the Great (356 323 BC). This legendary warrior and military commander conquered large parts of the world before meeting an untimely end at the age of 32. A central conflict in Handel’s opera is Alessandro being in lov…

Par PART ARVO. It takes 75 minutes to relate the story of the Passion according to the Latin of St John's Gospel; Pärt uses solo singers for the roles of Pilate and Christ, and a group of four soloists (soprano, counter tenor, tenor and bass) for the Evangelist, together with a small chorus. Understatement is all: the instrumental accompaniment is confined to a quartet of woodwind and strings that…

music for reflective times in worship-Text by Susan Sayers and Michael Forster Music by Kevin Mayhew Songs of Intercession is a marriage of inspirational texts and meditative music making each of the eight pieces ideal for any quiet moment - at the Communion for example or as aids to quiet prayer by groups or individuals. The texts intercede for those in any kind of need and open up the possibi…

General Musicianship texts-The Getting Started series is step-by-step guides introducing key skills to the beginner musician and in turn enables teachers to cover all aspects of music in a time-limited lesson. Getting Started with Composition is an enjoyable and practical introduction to composition for beginner instrumentalists and singers.Have fun with simple improvising and graphic notation ex…

It is created out of nothing and develops into sound. This choral improvisation on the kyrie from 'Messe à trois voix' by André Caplet gives the singers space to shape the piece themselves while nevertheless being self-contained. A short concert piece for experienced musicians. / Choeur SSAA A Cappella

This is the ballad of a young Wexford rebel facing the 1798 uproar in Ireland. His life changes when spending a few last moments with his true love before joining the rebellion. Rebels carried barley oats as provisions. It later grew in unexpected places indicating the unmarked mass graves for slain rebels in Ireland. With piano or harp this is a lovely and haunting piece for high school and bey…

Combining the 'Ubi Caritas? text with two dramatically different 'Holy Thursday? texts of the same name by William Blake, James Lavino has created a work for SATB divisi choir, SATB semi-chorus and organ that is both thrilling and thought provoking. Chosen by Philip Brunelle for the Cathedral series and performed by his world renowned 'Vocal Essence? choir, this work requires both advanced singers…

If you have ever heard the sound of rhythm Guitar in a good western swing band you may have wondered how the guitarist achieved that unique chordal sound. While the song might be a simple one--playable with only two or threechords--the western swing guitarist changes chords every two beats providing a driving and harmonically interesting background for the singers and instrumentalists.This book …

pianist Christian Gouinguené and lyricist Ivane Huber collaborate to create a fantastic singing book for children. Essential to all beginner vocalists the songs in The Children Sing... Music Theory are composed specifically to suit young children focusing on practising the theory of music. This children's music book addresses the stave treble and bass clefs notes values barlines accidentals…

pianist Christian Gouinguené and lyricist Ivane Huber collaborate to create a fantastic songbook for children. Essential to all beginner vocalists the songs in The Children Sing... the intervals are composed specifically to suit young children focusing on practising intervals. Addressing major and minor keys articulation various rhythms chromaticism time signatures and many other aspects …