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2001-2002 Carl Fischer Performance Series for Chorus Let There Be A Voice (For School Chorus)
Sing With Joy, Joyfully Sing
Greg Gilpin
A memorable tune and seasonally accented, but non-sectarian words make this new piece from the popular Greg Gilpin ideal for winter holiday programming. There is one brief divisi in the soprano part, but ranges are reasonable and the singable lines, mostly scales with narrow leaps and well prepared changes of harmony, should be easy to master.
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Tell Me What It's All About!
A snazzy gospel feel makes this seasonal spiritual an infectious piece that will be a natural crowd pleaser for a Christmas program. Tell Me What It's All About! uses call-response style, with the soloist asking the questions in a blues-inflected style and the choir responding with the details of the Christmas Story. This is an easy, fun piece that a young mixed choir will enjoy learning.
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Let There Be a Voice
The universality of music as a means for bringing people together is beautifully conveyed in this heartfelt and inspiring new piece by Carl Strommen. Mr. Strommen's mastery of choral texture and the serious sentiments expressed will give Let There Be A Voice great appeal to young people. It will work as an opening or closing concert selection and should be especially useful for graduation programming.
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Jazz Gloria
This hardy perennial remains one of the most popular selections in the Carl Fischer catalog, a zestful delight. The simple modal elements of the piece circulate from voice to voice and coupled with the lively jazz-inflected accompaniment for 3 Trumpets, String Bass and Bongos, create a piece whose popularity is undiminished after 30 years in print. The newly re-engraved original SATB version is joined by versions for
SAB and 2-part Treble voices, expertly prepared by Greg Gilpin.
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Star-Spangled Banner
A beautiful arrangement, with some divisi in the bass and women's parts, of the National Anthem, in the standard key of Ab Major. The enriched part writing gives this fine version a fresh and full-sounding flavor characteristic of the writing for Mr. Meader's group, The New York Voices.
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Ol' Dan Tucker
A delightful new take on a familiar American Song in the folk song tradition, this captivating setting incorporates square dance calls, references to other songs of the period, percussion sounds (woodblock, tambourine), stomps and clapping by the singers to create a lively piece that singers of all ages will delight in performing.
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When I Reflect
A heartwarming song of appreciation to educators everywhere, with a text by the composer, this gentle, reflective selection will be the highlight of spring and graduation concerts. More than a song of inspiration and self-assurance, it is a hymn to the often un-sung heroes of the school process: the teachers, who instill the values and provide the tools for young people to pursue their dreams with courage and optimism. Available in three versions, including a 2-part setting (with text adjustments) appropriate for elementary age singers.
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Deck the Hall
By combining a syncopated original tune with the familiar traditional Christmas carol, and adding a driving and spirited piano part, Earlene Rentz has created a vivacious Christmas number that's sure to be the highlight of any holiday program.
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Little Red Caboose
A rollicking setting of a favorite train song that uses percussion (drum set) and amusing sound effects (train whistle, sand blocks) to create a delightful piece that young singers will get a kick out of learning and performing. Syncopated rhythms and spoken passages help add variety to this clever study in rock and swing time.
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Take Me Home
A gospel-style original, with words by the composer, that captures the longing everyone feels for that place called home. The steady pulse, singable and melodious vocal parts and careful instrumental enhancements reinforce the powerful message of this selection that is guaranteed to be an audience favorite.
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Santa's on His Way
The sheer delight the Christmas season produces in young people is beautifully captured in this lively and swing inflected tribute to the portly gentleman who has come to symbolize what makes the holiday such a pleasure. The tuneful part-writing and simple syncopations will be easily mastered and young singers will have fun putting this neat piece together.
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Dona Nobis Pacem
A lush and powerful setting of the familiar and always timely Latin plea for peace, this new Dona Nobis Pacem couples singable, lyrical vocal lines with contemporary, pop-style harmonies and an effective, idiomatic piano part, to create an inspiring concert piece. The generally 4-part texture includes some brief divisi in the soprano, and bass parts, but also some striking use of unison women alternating with unison men.
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We Sing and Dance in Africa!
Using the authentic rhythms and repetitive harmonies of African folk music, Russell Robinson has crafted an infectious choral number that will please audiences and choir equally. The call and response style of this piece will be a great opportunity to showcase different members of the group. "Cheza Ngomo" is the Swahili expression for "dance and sing", and the dancing quality of this number will be enhanced by the use of available auxiliary percussion instruments.
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Through Their Eyes
Inspired by the poetry of eleven and twelve year old children, the Perrys have produced a wonderful trilogy that employs mixed choir and children's choir together in one version (with some divisi of the mixed voice parts) and children's voices alone in the alternative version. The three settings (1. Think Peace 2. The Door and 3. What Is Peace?) can be performed together or separately and are a great selection for concert and contest use, enhanced by an easy, but effective keyboard accompaniment.
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Celebrate Kwanzaa
A sure-fire winner that will introduce and explain the purpose of the African-American and Pan-African celebration of family, community and culture that the seven day festival of Kwanzaa represents. The Swahili terms and rap-like rhythms will have great appeal to young people and the percussion parts will greatly enhance the overall effect of this delightful number.
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Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
One of the best-known madrigals by seventeenth century capabilities of young voices. The boys part (Part III) is confined to six notes (F below middle C to the D above), which makes this version ideal for the just-changed male voice. It will be an excellent choice for festival and concert use.
CM8652 3-part Mixed $1.50
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This charming setting of a familiar gospel-tinged folk song, features wonderful patter-song repetitions of the text, that emulate the turning of a wheel and some unusual and effective, independence in the part-writing. A Little Wheel will be an ideal piece for contest and concert situations. Score Sample
Song of America
The spirit of freedom and unity of purpose that characterizes this country at its best infuses this new patriotic piece, that has words and music by Dave and Jean Perry, with a wonderful fervor. As with all pieces by this
team, Song of Amercia features tunefulness and careful consideration for the capabilities of young singers. The climax incorporates "America the Beautiful" in counterpoint with the original material in a particularly effective way.
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Holidays Are for All of Us!
This holiday piece has a light folk-rock feel to it and manages to be quite inclusive, with references to Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and New Years. The idea that the weeks before the New Year are a time for families and people of all races and creeds to come together in unity and peace will have great universal appeal.
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We Never Really Say Goodbye
A heart-felt original, with words and music by Greg Gilpin, that will be especially effective as a graduation concert selection. The thoughtful and tuneful quality of the piece is most attractive and will give this inspiring selection great appeal to both choir and audience.
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Look! It's Santa
Written for his own elementary chorus on Long Island, Look! It's Santa is full of surprises and calls for the kids to whisper, clap and above all enjoy themselves in singing the tuneful music of this soon-to-be holiday favorite. This is a piece with terrific audience and choir appeal.
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Take Time In Life
This lively arrangement of a Liberian Folk Song is simple and fun to perform. The optional hand held percussion (Congas, Bongos and Tambourine) will greatly enhance the joyful calypso flavor and wise message of this piece, which is that life is a journey meant to be enjoyed to the fullest!
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Los Reyes del Oriente
Based on a familiar, but ever-fresh melody from Puerto Rico, this is an evocative arrangement with a very effective keyboard part, that features a guitar-like pattern, and a descant. A gentle, reflective piece, Los Reyes del Oriente is an ideal multicultural selection for winter holiday programs. Text in English and Spanish.
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Liza (Water Come a Me Eye)
The catchy calypso rhythms and infectious good feeling of Carribean music give this delightful selection enormous audience appeal. There are plenty of colorful performing options for Liza, including hand clapping, finger snapping, optional parts for assorted percussion and steel drums and a wailing vocal solo.
Very accessible and easily learned, this piece is a sure-fire crowd pleaser!
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Simon Tov!
Suitable for any celebratory occasion, especially Hanukkah, this delightful piece can be done in Hebrew, English or both! The accelerating effect of the Hora is incorporated into this setting, leading to an exhilarating conclusion.
CM8661 2-part Treble $1.50
The Hero and the Dragon
A spirited selection that recounts a tale of heroism in medieval times, this very clever piece will be fun to perform and make a nice change of pace for any concert. The vocal parts are very singable and the instruments will add a colorful touch.
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