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I saw three ships
A new take on an old favourite, for SATB.
A new take on an old favourite, for SATB.
Silent Night
A setting of one of the most popular Christmas carols. Composed by Austrian, Franz Xaver Gruber, to lyrics by Josef Mohr, some 200 years ago, it received its first performance in Salzburg on Christmas Eve, 2018. The original melody was written for unison voices, accompanied by guitar and in the intervening years has been arranged hundreds of time.
Bing Crosby's 1935 recording of Silent Night is the third best-selling single of all time, worldwide.
This arrangement is for SAB and piano, and includes the opportunity for a soloist and congrargational singing.
A setting of one of the most popular Christmas carols. Composed by Austrian, Franz Xaver Gruber, to lyrics by Josef Mohr, some 200 years ago, it received its first performance in Salzburg on Christmas Eve, 2018. The original melody was written for unison voices, accompanied by guitar and in the intervening years has been arranged hundreds of time.
Bing Crosby's 1935 recording of Silent Night is the third best-selling single of all time, worldwide.
This arrangement is for SAB and piano, and includes the opportunity for a soloist and congrargational singing.
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Stars of the Summer Night
A setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.
Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps...
There will be arrangements for SATB and upper-voice choirs with piano accompaniment.
A setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.
Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps...
There will be arrangements for SATB and upper-voice choirs with piano accompaniment.
Sweet and Low
A setting of Tennyson's poem, composed for the ABCD NW Honour Choir, under the direction of Bob Chilcott. A lullaby for SA choir + piano. The premiere performance was June 2013 in Preston.
Sweet and Low is published in OUP's As You Sing, (2018) ed. Neil Ferris & Joanna Tomlinson. As You Sing is a set of nine secular concert works for upper voices.
Sweet and Low will be available for SA, and for SAB and SATB shortly.
Piano Man
Billy Joel's iconic song (and his first single), here arranged for Cambiata choir.
This arrangement also has an opportunity for the accompanist to shine.
Published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, and available now.
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Billy Joel's iconic song (and his first single), here arranged for Cambiata choir.
This arrangement also has an opportunity for the accompanist to shine.
Published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, and available now.
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Make Your Own Kind of Music
The Mamas & The Papas' fabulous 60s sunshine pop song, recently recorded by Paloma Faith (2018). An accessible arrangement in three parts (SAB), suitable for younger choirs ... and indeed for those who remember the original!
The altos get plenty of limelight, and there's lots of scope for solos. You can build up the chorus quickly, and have them singing in three parts within five minutes. The arrangement ends with an a cappella chorus that will have audiences singing along and feeling the flower power!
This arrangement is available from Sing Up (subscription required).
The Mamas & The Papas' fabulous 60s sunshine pop song, recently recorded by Paloma Faith (2018). An accessible arrangement in three parts (SAB), suitable for younger choirs ... and indeed for those who remember the original!
The altos get plenty of limelight, and there's lots of scope for solos. You can build up the chorus quickly, and have them singing in three parts within five minutes. The arrangement ends with an a cappella chorus that will have audiences singing along and feeling the flower power!
This arrangement is available from Sing Up (subscription required).
Molly Malone
An arrangement of this classic folksong for Cambiata choir. It tells the story of a pretty Irish girl who sells fish on the streets. After dying from a fever, Molly now haunts the streets of Dublin as a ghostly fishmonger, crying "Alive, alive-oh!" Molly Malone is published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, and is available now.
Cambiata refers to boys' changing voices, specifically between the ages of 11 and 16. There is relatively little repertoire available which is both appealing and accessible to cambiata singers.
A two-part arrangement for cambiata voices (and optional cambiata solo), with emerging baritones and piano accompaniment, the two parts take turns to sing the tune, alternating between melody and simple harmony part.
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An arrangement of this classic folksong for Cambiata choir. It tells the story of a pretty Irish girl who sells fish on the streets. After dying from a fever, Molly now haunts the streets of Dublin as a ghostly fishmonger, crying "Alive, alive-oh!" Molly Malone is published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, and is available now.
Cambiata refers to boys' changing voices, specifically between the ages of 11 and 16. There is relatively little repertoire available which is both appealing and accessible to cambiata singers.
A two-part arrangement for cambiata voices (and optional cambiata solo), with emerging baritones and piano accompaniment, the two parts take turns to sing the tune, alternating between melody and simple harmony part.
BUY NOW
The Boneyard Rap
A setting of Wes Magee's spooky poem. A fun poem, whose real magic is in the way the poet establishes the mood - evocative vocabulary, creating chilling sound effects.
...elbow bones clink
and backbones snap,
shoulder bones chink
and toe bones tap,
when you're doing the rhythm
of the boneyard rap.
It is important when reading this poem (and singing this setting) to enunciate clear, crisp consonants. The bluesy harmonies and syncopated rhythms should give the song drive and drama.
Click here to read the poem and hear Wes recite it.
The premiere of Boneyard Rap was performed by the forty children of the ABCD Honour Choir in June 2014, under the baton of Bob Chilcott, with Wes Magee in the audience.
A setting of Wes Magee's spooky poem. A fun poem, whose real magic is in the way the poet establishes the mood - evocative vocabulary, creating chilling sound effects.
...elbow bones clink
and backbones snap,
shoulder bones chink
and toe bones tap,
when you're doing the rhythm
of the boneyard rap.
It is important when reading this poem (and singing this setting) to enunciate clear, crisp consonants. The bluesy harmonies and syncopated rhythms should give the song drive and drama.
Click here to read the poem and hear Wes recite it.
The premiere of Boneyard Rap was performed by the forty children of the ABCD Honour Choir in June 2014, under the baton of Bob Chilcott, with Wes Magee in the audience.
Maid of Amsterdam
An arrangement of the traditional folksong, for cambiata voices with piano, premiered by Cambiata NW, directed in 2014 by Don Gillthorpe. Cambiata NW is a project set up and adminstered by ABCD, under guidance of Martin Ashley, emeritus professor of Edge Hill University, who has undertaken substantial research on boys' changing voices.
This has been published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, ed. by Martin Ashley and Andy.
An arrangement of the traditional folksong, for cambiata voices with piano, premiered by Cambiata NW, directed in 2014 by Don Gillthorpe. Cambiata NW is a project set up and adminstered by ABCD, under guidance of Martin Ashley, emeritus professor of Edge Hill University, who has undertaken substantial research on boys' changing voices.
This has been published by OUP, in the Emerging Voices series, ed. by Martin Ashley and Andy.
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