Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998881 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards. Score. 6 pages. Robert A. Howard #6486861. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998881). This celebratory major-key anthem sets a prayer by Revd Canon Gordon Giles. The vocal lines are catchy and highly singable, based on recurring memorable phrases. It is written for a unison choir or solo singer and is suitable for performance by good (Parish) choirs and soloists. The accompaniment can be played on piano or organ and is relatively simple to play. The work is appropriate for most standards of choir/soloist, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs. The original 3-part (soprano, alto & unison lower voices (men)) version of this piece by the composer is also available via Sheet Music Plus, as well as a version for SA choir.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998815 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Christmas,Folk,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6083703. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998815). This is an original setting of the well-known Advent text, for use in worship or concerts at Christmas. The work exhibits a modal folk flavour (using the flattened seventh) which is combined with blues inflections due to the alternation between major and minor third intervals. The melody is genuinely catchy and very contrasting to the famous original tune sung to this text. The piece is appropriate for virtually any standard and size of unison choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs, as well as for just solo voice. The accompaniment is quite pianistic but can be played/adapted on the organ. Versions are provided in the keys of both G and F (i.e. transposed down a tone). The recording provided includes both transpositions, with 2 verses given of each, thus still playing the desired 4 verses.

Choral Choir,Choral (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998813 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Advent,Christmas,Folk,Praise & Worship. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #6083701. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998813). This is an original setting of a text commonly associated with a movement from Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, for use in worship or concerts at Christmas. It is an accessible 4-verse carol which uses modality and a lilting compound metre to convey rocking movement, within a folk style. Interest is provided by a contrasting duple feel on the last line, and a harmonic twist (picardy third) at the end of the verse (appropriately on the word 'surprise'). The piece is appropriate for virtually any standard and size of unison choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs, as well as for just solo voice. The accompaniment is quite pianistic but can be played/adapted on the organ. Versions for SATB choir, SA choir, and for solo voice, are also available via Sheet Music Plus.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998850 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Advent,Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6198291. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998850). This is an original setting of the well-known Advent text, for use in worship or concerts at Christmas. It is an accessible 6-verse modal carol, here in an easy unison/solo version which simply repeats the same music (with different words) on each verse. The work can be performed by a solo voice throughout. Alternatively, this vocal line can be sung by a unison choir of any voices (male or female), with optional solo verses, to be arranged as a choral director wishes. The piece is appropriate for virtually any standard and size of unison choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs, as well as for just solo voice. The accompaniment can be played on the piano or organ. The through-composed 4-part SATB version of this piece, as well as the through-composed flexible version for any voices, by the same composer, are also available via Sheet Music Plus.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998831 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Contemporary,Jazz,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #6129249. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998831). This is a lively, singable and catchy setting of the traditional words used at Choral Evensong. The piece features much syncopation in the jazz-like Magnificat, with its repetitive, minimalist accompaniment figures. Meanwhile, the hypnotic Nunc Dimittis repeats its key phrase several times, with increasing dynamics. Both movements end in the customary manner with the Gloria, which is based on the Magnificat's opening. The text is in English, adapted from Luke 1: 46-55 and Luke 2: 29-32. This work is appropriate for most standards of soloist or unison choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs. The accompaniment is for organ but can be adapted by a good pianist. The SATB version of the work is also available via Sheet Music Plus. The Gloria alone, in various versions, is available via SMP as 'Gloria Patri'.