18th-Century Shaker Tune (arr. Russell Robinson)
BriLee Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano
BL1169
Robinson's playful arrangement of this beloved Shaker tune is rhythmically diverse, has interesting harmonies, varied melodic pairings and a supportive yet interesting accompaniment. Simple Gifts is sure to be a crowd pleasure when performed by treble ensembles of all sizes!
Christi Jones
BriLee Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano
BL1170 - $2.25
Jones' powerful SSA composition for treble choirs, based on the poem by Harlem Renaissance writer James Weldon Johnson, is both haunting and evocative. In d minor with a driving rhythmic piano accompaniment, treble choirs will feel empowered singing this fabulous piece!
Traditional African-American Spiritual (arr. Dan Davison)
BriLee Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano, Percussion (opt.)
BL1171 - $2.50
With tremendous rhythmic variety, vitality, and even counterpoint, Davison creates a frenetic energy in this beloved African American spiritual. Ranges are perfect for emerging treble choirs in the middle and developing high school levels. Add the optional brake drum for greater effect. A MUST SING! Also available for SATB Voices (BL1155).
Jonathan Reid
BriLee Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano
BL1172 - $1.95
O Magnum Mysterium is a welcome addition to the treble repertoire as an appropriately challenging, accompanied piece for developing voices. Beautifully written utilizing the time-honored Latin text, it is sure to appeal to treble choirs of all ages and is appropriate for concerts throughout the year.
Vicki Tucker Courtney
BriLee Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2 (opt.), Alto, Piano, Violin (opt.)
BL1173 - $2.25
Originally written as a solo, Courtney's soulful, folk-like arrangement for SSA treble choirs is based on a poem that esteems the role of motherhood as the preeminent force for change in the world. With or without the optional violin, performing this song is sure to inspire and bring joy! Also available for Solo Voice (BLB013).
Meredith Tompkins
BriLee Music
Tenor 1 (Part 1), Tenor 2 (Part 2), Tenor 3, Piano
BL1156 - $2.20
The third song from the Tales from the North, this piece is written specifically to provide a comfortable tessitura for Unchanged, Stage I, and Stage II emerging male voices. The Oarsmen depicts the Viking Age, a time of battle and conquest, when brave mariners ventured further North to create, protect, and defend their new homes and lives.
John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Traditional Christmas Carol (arr. Noah Reese)
BriLee Music
Tenor (Part 1), Tenor (Part 2), Piano
BL1174 - $2.50
These wonderful arrangements of I Saw Three Ships and We Three Kings are perfect for the unchanged tenor-bass ensemble and sure to fit your programming needs for years to come!
Reginal S Wright
BriLee Music
Tenor, Bass, Hand Drum, Handbells (opt.) (Piano (opt.), Vibraphone (opt.))
BL1175 - $1.95
Medieval marries Deck the Hall in this well-crafted arrangement perfect for emerging Tenor Bass choirs of all ages. Choose handbells, vibraphone or piano along with the percussion for a delightful and novel opening or processional for your next holiday concert. A must sing! Also available for SA Voices (BL1098)
Michael John Trotta
BriLee Music
Tenor, Bass, Piano
BL1176 - $2.25
For the emerging tenor-bass choir, this energetic choral work offers an introduction of traditional text in compound meter and beginning part-singing. Whether chosen for its educational features, its lyric melody, or its bouncing energetic accompaniment, it is a wonderful way to open any concert. Also available for SA Voices (BL950) and Three-Part Mixed Voices (BL1089).
Jonathan Reid
BriLee Music
Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass, Piano
BL1177 - $2.20
"Where charity and love are... God is there..." Reid's vocal lines weave exquisitely in this beautiful TTB Latin setting. Well-crafted in form, opportunities for learning musical skills abound in this song with options to perform a cappella or with piano.
Laura Farnell
BriLee Music
Tenor 1, Tenor 2 (opt.), Bass, Piano
BL1178 - $1.95
Farnell's lovely piece employs the text from a Henry van Dyke poem which describes a selfless love that seeks to give all that her heart desires and speaks to a beautiful, selfless love. Sure to pull at the heart strings of both singer and audience, with lyric melodies, beautiful harmonies and a well-crafted form, opportunities for learning musical skills abound in this song with options to perform TB or TBB.
Spanish Folk (arr. Christi Jones)
BriLee Music
Tenor, Bass
BL1179 - $1.95
The whale, the horse and the elephant are the subjects of these three delightful, brief a cappella Spanish folk songs which may be performed as a set or separately. The performance notes provide translations and there are pronunciation recordings available online. Set in different meters, they are a great way to feature your emerging tenor bass voices at contest or festival!
Carl Strommen
BriLee Music
Voice 1, Voice 2, Voice 3, Piano
BL1180 - $1.95
This uplifting and inspiring work, commissioned by the Sea Cliff School Performing Arts Faculty and the Sea Cliff, PCA, can be performed with or without band. Based on the theme of building a better world, it’s perfect for graduations, school assemblies, and celebrations. Concert Band score (FPS159).
James Lord Pierpont (arr. Steve Kupferschmid)
BriLee Music
Voice 1, Voice 2, Voice 3, Piano, Cell Phone (Sleigh bells)
BL1182 - $1.95
This easy-to-learn holiday novelty piece has a unique twist: choir and audience members can download a free sleigh-bell app to use throughout the song as the jingling bells! The piece includes nods to Jingle Bells, Ode to Joy and Deck the Hall along with humorous lyrics for the iPhone generation. Sure to be pure fun for your students and audience and one of the most talked-about arrangements of the holiday concert season! Also available for Unison or Two-Part Voices (BL938).
Traditional African-American Spiritual (arr. Christi Jones)
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Bass, Piano
BL1183 - $1.95
With ostinato-like phrases throughout, Jones' rhythmic and interesting arrangement of this beloved African-American spiritual will suit the needs of developing mixed choirs. Whether performed with piano accompaniment or a cappella, it's wonderful voice leading and harmonic structure make it a sure-to-please "win" for any concert. Also available for SSA Voices (BL955) and TTB Voices (BL1014).
Traditional African-American Spiritual (arr. Dan Davison)
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Bass, Piano, Tenor (opt.)
BL1184 - $2.50
Written specifically to bring success to developing choirs of all ages, this bold, exciting African-American spiritual arrangement features comfortable vocal ranges and easy-to-learn choral parts. This rhythmic setting abounds with solo opportunities for a variety of voice types and presents outstanding teaching opportunities for style and historical context. Equally appropriate for the concert stage or worship service. Also available for TB Voices (BL961) and SA Voices (BL1055).
Christi Jones
BriLee Music
Voice 1, Voice 2, Voice 3, Piano
BL1185 - $2.25
Mixed choirs of all abilities will embrace singing this powerful and intense contemporary setting of the traditional Latin Requiem Mass text, the "Dies Irae" or "Day of Wrath" text. Jones employs powerful melodic statements with a percussive, relentless piano accompaniment. Bold yet accessible this piece is sure to steal the show! Also available for TTB Voices (BL968) and SSA Voices (BL1006).
Meredith Tompkins
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano, Soprano (Ensemble ) (opt.)
BL1158 - $2.20
Featuring expressive vocal lines, warm harmonies, lush choral texture and a meaningful text, Safe Harbor is a modern benediction that conveys feelings of safety, belonging, and well-being. This piece allows for performance flexibility: it may be sung a cappella or with piano, and it includes the option of adding a unison treble or elementary choir for combined feeder concerts.
Michael John Trotta
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano (opt.)
BL1186 - $2.20
This energetic revoicing of Michael John Trotta's Omnia Vincit Amor is intended as an accessible piece for developing mixed singers. Whether accompanied or a cappella, there are many opportunities to focus on form, articulation, phrasing and Latin diction, making Omnia Vincit Amor a wonderfully teachable piece. One of the first pieces in the Michael John Trotta Emerging Series, this composition is sure to be a favorite of choirs and audiences alike. Also available for SA Voices (BL1035) TB Voices (BL1012) and Three-Part Mixed Voices (BL1095).
Traditional African-American Spiritual (arr. Judy Arthur)
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano
BL1187 - $2.25
With much syncopation in the vocal parts and the tremendous rhythmic drive in the articulate piano lines, this re-voicing of the ever-popular African-American spiritual Go down, Moses will set your mixed choir up for success. Exhilarating to learn and perform, this arrangement is dynamic and impressive, sure to be a hit with students and audiences alike. Also available for TTB Voices (BL292).
Victor Johnson
BriLee Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano
BL1188 - $2.25
With ostinato-like vocal pairings and Johnson's lyrical choral phrases supported by an expressive piano accompaniment, Rosetti's text comes alive in this choral setting for emerging mixed choirs.
John Smith (arr. Reginal Wright)
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto 1, Alto 2
CM9697 - $1.75
Wright's arrangement of our National Anthem contains interesting harmonies, subtle suspensions and unexpected twists, making it a delightful experience for advanced treble singers and their audience.
Richard Hageman (arr. Stephen Rotz)
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano
CM9704 - $2.50
Lush, lovely, and harmonically rich, the SSA version of this American solo standard brings a vocal “classic” to younger treble singers who might not yet possess the dexterity to perform the original solo. Certain to enhance any concert or festival program.
Meredith Tompkins
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Piano
CM9706 - $2.25
Thompson's enchanting melody is reminiscent of an antique music box, paired with a waltz-like accompaniment in a lilting 3/4 pattern. Varied in texture, with unison, SA, and SSA sections, this piece can show off the wide array of colors and textures available to treble choirs.
Austin Hunt
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Piano
CM9707 - $1.95
In his poem, High Flight, John Magee describes the delirious feeling of wheeling and soaring, and an intimate connection with the divine. Hunt reflects these feelings throughout his lyric unison melodies, accessible harmonies and diving, expansive piano accompaniment. SA choirs will soar!
Traditional Jewish Prayer (arr. Joshua Levine)
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
CM9708 - $1.95
JB Levine's lovely arrangement of the Hanukkah blessing melody, used all over the world, now set for SSA choirs, is authentic, accessible and sure to bring light to any concert.
Samuel A. Ward (arr. Aaron Humble)
Carl Fischer Music
Tenor, Bass, Piano
CM9709 - $1.95
Whether performed with piano or a cappella, Humble's setting of this evocative text which describes a country that is beautifully diverse in population and landscape is suitable for many concerts, assemblies, and civic or sacred settings.
Jacob Narverud
Carl Fischer Music
Tenor, Bass 1, Bass 2, Piano
CM9710 - $2.50
With a pulsating and highly rhythmic piano accompaniment, composer Narverud's Ad Astra radiates energy. Filled with hope and empowerment, the text reads, "To the stars through difficulties, look upward, move forward, leave all cares behind." Ad Astra is an impressive, yet accessible piece for developing or advanced choirs alike. Also available for SATB Voices (CM9618), Three-Part Mixed Voices (CM9544) or SSA Voices (CM9579).
Traditional Christmas Hymn (arr. Noah Reese)
Carl Fischer Music
Tenor, Bass 1, Bass 2, Piano
CM9711 - $2.25
The Coventry Carol is one of the most popular carols in the English language. Dating from the 16th century, the tune has been arranged hundreds of times. Reese's TBB arrangement, with interesting counter melodies and rhythmic twists, has an accessible piano accompaniment, undulating at times and supportive throughout. Also available for Three-Part Mixed Voices (BL1079) and SSA Voices (BL1120).
Greg Gilpin
Carl Fischer Music
Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass, Piano
CM9712 - $2.25
Gilpin’s original setting offers a fresh, soulful melody and interpretation of this classic hymn text. With optional solo opportunities, Gilpin rocks both vocal and accompaniment lines. Sure to be an audience pleaser, this toe-tapper is appropriate for any concert or festival. Also available for Two-Part Treble voices (BL765), SSA voices (BL704) and three-part mixed voices (BL388) and SATB voices (BL789).
Reginal Wright
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Bass, Piano
CM9701 - $2.50
With a text by Louisa May Alcott, lilting melodies and subtle suspensions, Wright captures the essence of a soothing lullaby in his original setting for SAB choir. Highly recommended for small or developing mixed ensembles.
Meredith Tompkins
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Bass, Piano
CM9703 - $2.50
Drawing primarily from the soundscape of a gently sweeping Mixolydian mode, this piece is designed to remind the listener of the distant past and its connection to our present. This SAB setting offers additional options for soprano or alto divisi and comfortable ranges for men and is sure to enhance any concert program.
Evan Ramos
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
CM9698 - $1.95
Absolutely beautiful for mixed a cappella voices, this rich setting of the beloved Latin text O Magnum Mysterium is not to be overlooked. Simple, elegant, and haunting, it is a lovely addition to any concert or festival program, sure to showcase mixed ensembles in fine style. Also available for SAB Voices (BL1081), TTB Voices (BL919) and SSA Voices (BL1002).
Hungarian Folk (arr. Stacy Garrop)
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
CM9700 - $2.75
This exciting Hungarian-Romani folk song, originally arranged for Chanticleer, has been masterfully adapted by prolific composer Stacy Garrop. Suitable for advanced high school and beyond, it is sure to be a highlight of any concert program.
Traditional African American Spiritual (arr. Abeni Janae)
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
CM9705
New to the Carl Fischer family, Abeni Janae (b. 2001) brings a fresh voice in her arrangement of this wonderfully rich African American spiritual. Accessible for mixed choirs of all sizes and abilities, there is pathos and passion in every phrase.
Jacob Narverud
Carl Fischer Music
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano
CM9713 - $2.50
Though it can be performed with a single SATB choir, Narverud's original, lighthearted composition also provides options to unite choirs of all varieties in harmony, and was written specifically with multiple choirs of varying age ranges in mind. Lilting with harmonic and rhythmic variations, Song of the Sound is sure to enhance any concert program.
