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Shotgun (George Ezra) – Philip Lawson
Hal Leonard
This entertaining and straightforward arrangement for choirs was written by master arranger Philip Lawson and will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.
Songbird (Christine McVie) – Nick Ashby
Hal Leonard
This two-choir arrangement of the Fleetwood Mac hit was created for the large-scale cover featuring the six members of the King’s Singers and several thousand members of the “Stay At Home Choir.” Along with a beautiful and complete arrangement for the King’s Singers, there is a full choir along with an Ossia treble part for a mixed ensemble. This is a perfect “mass choir” selection for singers from elementary school to your top choir.
Loyal Brave True (Mulan) – Harry Gregson-Williams
Hal Leonard
Christina Aguilera’s Reflection from 1998’s animated feature Mulan gets a worthy and fitting musical counterpart in the 2020 live-action remake of the ancient Chinese folk story. With themes of honour, bravery and family, this original song is full of power and meaning.
Agnus Dei – Ola Gjeilo
Walton Music Originally written for the Phoenix Chorale in 2010, this shortened version of Ola Gjeilo’s Agnus Dei embraces its peaceful and introspective spirit.
Night Prayer – Owain Park
Novello
Night Prayer was written by Owain Park during Covid-19 isolation, and is designed to be performed by singers brought together from afar. The music is based on the ancient chant, Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day), with the melodies set against gently hummed textures and slow-moving harmonies.
The Big Picture – Judith Weir
Chester Music
The Big Picture was written to celebrate the completion of a major redevelopment and refurbishment to Aberdeen Art Gallery. Wishing to examine a subject important, in different ways, to both the visual arts and music, the composer decided to write about colour. Score available: CH88092. Instrumental Parts: CH88092-02. Voice/Extra Percussion Parts: CH88092-03
for SSAA unaccompanied TaReKiTa is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly blends the Indian and Western classical styles. Reena wrote the piece for a Skid Row choir in Los Angeles as part of the Urban voices project. The composer’s scats, vocal slides, and captivating melodies are built on the Jog raga. A pronunciation guide is included in the leaflet, and a video guide by the composer is available through a companion website. Versions for mixed voices and lower voices are also available.
Reena can be seen talking about the origins of the piece here.
Leonora d’Este, daughter of Lucrezia Borgia, and abbess of a Convent in Ferrara. The music and style of d’Este’s compositions are skilful in the art of polyphonic writing. This piece is off-printed from The Oxford Book of Upper-Voice Polyphony.
This uplifting and affirmatory piece sets a text by the composer inspired by the reflections of the Northwest Girlchoir on what their choir means to them.
Hilary Campbell is a freelance choral specialist based in London and is founder and director of professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, the Music Makers of London and Chiswick Choir. She is currently also working as Associate Conductor of Ex Cathedra. You can find more information about Hilary Campbell here…
British born Lydia Kakabadse composes choral, chamber and vocal music. Of Russian/Georgian and Greek/Austrian parentage, she grew up in Altrincham, Cheshire and started composing at the age of thirteen. Her unique distinctive style incorporates tonal and modal harmonies with Middle Eastern traits and rich melody. An avid Latin enthusiast and inspired by medieval music, Lydia has written original texts in Latin for her vocal works. She also draws inspiration from Greek and Russian Orthodox liturgical traditions as well as from poets of the Romantic era. More information about Lydia Kakabadse here…
This is the short (1’30”), energetic second movement of Songs and Visions of Joy, a 15’ piece commissioned by conductor and Renaissance flautist Nancy Hadden and Psallite in 2015. The first and third movements include a solo flute part (originally for renaissance flute) and several solos. The composer compiles the libretto from a range of sources including the Psalms, Walt Whitman and Emily Bronte. This second movement sets verses from a song by Thomas Campion.
The first performance of this Christmas lullaby for SSAA (duration 2’) was given in the chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge by the upper voices of Granta Chorale. The piece is constructed from irregularly overlapping simple melodic fragments accompanying a main melody sung in octaves.
Both of these are from our new Christmas collection, RSCM Carols for Sopranos, Altos and Unison Lower Voices, which contains 42 carols, all written during lockdown!
Ruth Karn is a composer who has written piano pieces, songs and choral works. She is also a gifted writer of words for music, whose expressive lyrics match the strongly emotional presence of her musical settings. Largely self-taught, she has pursued a varied career that has encompassed nursing as well as periods spent working within the legal and insurance sectors. On what she is happy to describe as her unconventional musical journey, these have been fruitful diversions nonetheless, for she finds particular inspiration in people, places and events as triggers for her composing, which happens in the interstices of a busy life of juggling professional, family and caring commitments.
With words by the composer, Sing Love is a groovy, feel-good gospel number that encourages love for all mankind. The infectious melodies are well supported by a funky piano part and optional bass part (included at the back of the leaflet). Originally published in Popular Voiceworks 2.
Born in London and now based in New York, Charles Beale has enjoyed a varied career as a jazz educator, pianist, composer-arranger, and choral director. His playing and arranging work includes credits on albums and singles by pop and dance artists including Whitney Houston and Adeva. He became Music Director of the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus in 2007.
for CCBar & piano – but can be sang at any octave. This arrangement of the popular sea-shanty ‘Haul away’ provides enjoyment and learning opportunities through call-and-response, opportunities for solos, amusing (and historical) lyrics, and an appealing, catchy chorus. A footnote makes further suggestions for choreography and how to inject the drama of the open seas. Andy Brooke is a composer, arranger and school teacher. Andy’s passion for choral composition stems from his belief that something magical happens when we sing together, and that we should all have opportunities to sing in our lives.
This is an arrangement of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ with an English text by Henry van Dyke. It was originally published in Pop Voiceworks 2, but amended to be part of the new Three-part repertoire series.
Steve Milloy coaches and directs singers in schools, churches, theatres, and concert stages across the Midwestern US. A former member of the acclaimed a cappella octet Pieces of 8, he has sung in popular styles in theme parks and on TV and radio, and has composed or arranged pieces for more than a dozen GALA choruses in the US and UK.
Commissioned for a celebration on the Isle of Arran, this piece sets a poem by Andrew Lang. It argues that all one really needs to be happy is ‘a house full of books, and a garden of flowers’. Written in 2019 to be premiered by a scratch choir, this piece is relatively straightforward with lots of unison and repetition. It would be suitable for a community choir or as an encore.
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