Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1041794

By The Four Aces. By Ben Ryan. Arranged by Charles Clarke. A Cappella,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Octavo. 3 pages. Charlie Clarke Music, LLC #646575. Published by Charlie Clarke Music, LLC (A0.1041794).

SAB Acappella. Chords Included for improvised piano or guitar accompaniemt. Intermediate.

Choral Choir,Choral,SAB Chorus - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1435064

Composed by Clyde Moreland. Arranged by Jon Arterton. Historic,Holiday,Multicultural,Patriotic,World. 9 pages. Moreland Publishing Company #1015165. Published by Moreland Publishing Company (A0.1435064).

This wonderfully patriotic song about the Statue of Liberty will have your audiences on their feet. It embraces the contributions immigrants have made to this country. It’s perfect for Americana/Fourth of July-themed concerts. It features a major solo. The lyrics tell the story.

SOLO: Set sail across these waters over a wide and open sea
With my wife and my son and daughters to this land of Opportunity
Disembarking at Ellis Island feelings of pride came over me
As the veil of the mist that shrouded her lifted up I could clearly see
Standing tall she lifted my heart, revealing all I’d come to be
She holds the light for my rights, for my life, for my child, for my land

CHORUS: She stands for me. Lady Liberty lifted me up. She stands for me

 SOLO: Two hundred years we now flash forward at the dawn of this brave new world
As I stand with my eyes gazing upward she still stands with the light in her hand
It still shines as bright as it can be for those still longing to breathe free
Though by the waves we are tossed as we weather the storms she still shows us who we can be
Standing tall she lifted my heart, showing all we’d come to be
Stands for the lonely and lost and those tempest tossed she still stands

CHORUS: She stands for me. Lady Liberty lifted me up. She stands for me

 VARIOUS SOLOS: I am the farmer standing by my plow
The small business owner makes a go of it now
I am the dreamer through no fault of mine
But still wanting a life and a future that’s bright/ We are the couple blessed by eyes above
But stripped of our rights because of who we love 
We are the tired, the oppressed and the poor
The huddled masses at the golden door

CHORUS: We are a people of all colors and creeds
Together we’re strong in our diversity
Lady Liberty lifted me up. She stands for me.

Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.911323

By Justin Timberlake. By Johan Schuster, Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Arranged by Jan-Hendrik Herrmann. A Cappella,Film/TV,Pop. Octavo. 8 pages. Jan-Hendrik Herrmann #517368. Published by Jan-Hendrik Herrmann (A0.911323).

This SSAB-arrangement of Just Timberlake's feelgood-song will put a smile on both your singer's and your audience's faces! The parts (strictly four part - no splits!) are easy to learn so the singers can concentrate on interpretation and performance. If you are looking for an SATB-arrangement of this song you can find two other versions of this arrangement set for SATB easy intermediate and SATB advanced.

Choral Choir,Choral (SAB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1389486

By Leonard Cohen. By Leonard Cohen. Arranged by Justin Matthew Starr. Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Standards. 16 pages. J M Starr Music #973074. Published by J M Starr Music (A0.1389486).

“Hallelujah� was originally released by Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen in 1984 on his album Various Positions. This composition, however, is one of the few in history that may be more well-known due to covers of the song than the original version. In 1991, John Cale did a cover of the song that removed the synthesizers, gospel choir, full band, and low, borderline-talking bass voice from Cohen’s original; and replaced it all with a bare-bones piano and tenor voice. It is not difficult to argue that this arrangement of the composition became the definitive version that all future covers would be based on: from Jeff Buckley’s stripped-down guitar and voice 1994 version, to Rufus Wainright’s piano and voice 2001 cover for the soundtrack to the motion picture Shrek, to k.d. lang, the a cappella group Pentatonix, and many, many more.

When I first arranged this song in 2010 for my 8th grade SAB choir, I did not know the John Cale version existed; rather, I started by transcribing the Rufus Wainright recording and then made it my own from there. My arrangement is melodically akin to the Wainright, but I added harmonies in various places throughout. Lyric selection was also a choice I had to me, as each version of the song contains a different number of verses. Cohen’s 1984 original had four, and then in 1988 he sang a live version with seven (supposedly he drafted over 80 different verses!). I decided to go with five. This allowed me to structure the song in a way that got feature and give the melody to: a Soloist(s) (verse 1), the Baritones (verse 2), the Altos (verse 3), the Sopranos (verse 4) and then the entire choir (verse 5). Over the years that I have performed this with my students, I couldn’t help myself from rocking out with little bluesy fills and licks in the final choruses, so I decided to write it in. I hope you, your students, and accompanist have fun with that!