SKU: A0.984885

I have arranged this piece for Descant Recorder.

SKU: A0.1500773

This works well as a concert piece or just for fun.

Each instrument gets part of the tune.

SKU: A0.1474089

This works well as a concert piece or just for fun.

Both instruments get the tune.

I have added an optional piano part.

SKU: A0.891204

Here is a great opportunity to collaborate with a children's or youth choir and Irish instrumentalists, or to freely substitute any treble solo and Western instrumental equivalent.

Included in Project:Encore 2017, Quarter 1

Lost Songs of Ancient Ireland, for Mixed Choir with Treble Descant, Piano or Harp, Bodhran, Irish Flute, and Violin, is a three-movement song cycle that focuses on the shifting relationships over the scope of a lifetime from the differing perspective of each person involved.

I.  Old Beggarman- Two interwoven jigs, It Was an Old Beggarman, Weary and Wet and Ag an mBóithrín Buí (At the Yellow Little Road), of both a young lady's observation of a wandering beggarman and his unrequited, possibly unexpressed, love for her.  They are offered together as alternate perspectives from potential romantic partners, and  features lilting, mouth music, or portaireacht bhéil (port a'bhéil, mouth-singing) as it is known in Irish Gaelic.

II.  I Would Rock My Child to Sleep- A sentimental Irish lullaby Irish lullaby Do Chuirfinnse Féin Mo Leanbh a Chodladh (I Would Put My Own Child to Sleep) highlights the shifting roles of a caregiver: the parent full of hopes of the parent for the child morphing over a lifetime into a blessing from the grown child to the aged parent. Each verse is progressively based upon an overall narrative:
   1. hopes of the parent for the child
   2. an easy, natural rhythm to family life, possibly the child is older now, and there is a dream of family continuance
   3. uncertainty over who is nurturing who: does the child now sing to comfort the parent?  
   4. a closing blessing for peace and rest that hearkens back to the successful sleep of a tired infant

III.  The Drummer- An energetic reel,  a combination of Maidin Fhómhair, nó Cailín Péacach (The Harvest Maiden, or Sprouting Maiden) and Cormac Spáinneach, nó An Drumadóir (Cormac Spaineach, or The Drummer), alternating between romantic partners encased by a nostalgic love song, suggesting the passing of a lifetime.

Commissioned by Cora Voce; Tacoma, WA

Movements available for purchase separately.

2017 Choral Contest Entry

Laurie Betts Hughes, ASCAP | www.LaurieBettsHughes.com

SKU: A0.1029623

Final verse descant for split soprano parts for the hymn tune Gopsal (Rejoice the Lord is King) - to be played above the standard harmony of the verse.

SKU: A0.1511766

This is my arrangement of this wonderful piece by Purcell.

Both parts get the tune!

SKU: A0.983878

An imaginative arrangement of the final verse of this familiar hymn, with a fantastic harmony and soaring descant. Adult and School choirs love this arrangement as it brings new life to any service or concert.

SKU: A0.1507792

This works well as a concert piece or just for fun!

Both parts get the tune.

SKU: A0.782800

This is a festive arrangement for brass and timpani, with optional soprano descant.  This arrangement includes an introduction and three settings of the tune.  Llanfair is commonly set to the Easter text Christ the Lord is ris'n today and the Ascension text Hail the day that sees him rise.  The organist/pianist can use the standard harmonization of this tune along with every setting.  It is also possible to use a second brass choir to play the first setting as the foundation accompaniment, with the other settings played on top of the first.