Come, Follow the Star SATB choir & keyboard

(The Journey from Darkness to Light). By Lloyd Larson; Mary McDonald. For SATB choir and piano (with optional orchestra). Advent, Sacred. Cantata

By David Willcocks; John Rutter. For Mostly SATB and piano. Mixed Voices. . . . for Choirs Collections. Christmas Choral Collection. Pack of 10 copies. 384 pages

By Don Besig, Nancy Price. For SATB Choir. Choral, Christmas, Epiphany, Incorporating Hymn Tunes and Sacred. Sheet Music. Published by Shawnee Press.

Words and music by Jay Althouse, Sally K. Albrecht. Octavo for SATB choir and piano accompaniment. 11 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Willcocks and John Rutter. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir Spiralbound. Published by Oxford University Press.

SATB choir, piano

SKU: WD.080689492235

Composed by Daniel Semsen. Arranged by Daniel Semsen. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Word Music #080689492235. Published by Word Music (WD.080689492235).

UPC: 080689492235.

Lift up your eyes to the Morning Star…lay your offering at the feet of the Light of lights and King of kings! Made popular by CCM artist Danny Gokey and arranged for you by uber-programmer Daniel Semsen, this contemporary, snyth-electronic anthem vividly points our way to Bethlehem and the manger where Jesus was born. Lift Up Your Eyes to Jesus…come and see the Saving One and follow Him!

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5752L

Composed by Brad Nix. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5752L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5752L).

ISBN 9780787778071.

Diane Hannibal has written a beautiful Christmas lyric and paired it with the well-known folk tune, Star of the County Down. In Brad Nix's arrangement, the beauty of the Christmas story comes to life in a new and fresh way. Opening with a haunting choral introduction, the verses tell of the holy couple's journey to the stable in Bethlehem, and the star that led the shepherds to the Child. Following a majestic section in F minor, the piece reprises the opening introductory material, giving the final measures a sense of mystery and awe.

Arranged by Ruth Morris Gray. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Sacred; Spiritual; Winter. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-37841. Published by Alfred Music (AP.37841).

By Alan Bullard (1947-). For Flexible forces. Mixed Voices. Christmas Choral Collection. Spiral-bound paperback. 288 pages

Violin

SKU: AP.48723

International Edition. By Hilary Hahn and Natalie Zhu. This edition: Performance/Accompaniment CD; International. MakeMusic Cloud; Method/Instruction; String - Violin (Suzuki); Suzuki. Suzuki Violin School. CD. Alfred Music #00-48723. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48723).

ISBN 9781470644147. UPC: 038081560359. English.

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School! The Suzuki Method of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the mother-tongue approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Violin School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and work with their Suzuki violin teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.

This CD of the Suzuki violin method, Volume 1 features recordings by Hilary Hahn in collaboration with pianist Natalie Zhu, as well as piano accompaniment only tracks for play-along purposes.

Titles: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Suzuki) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Long, Long Ago (Bayly) * Allegro (Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion (Suzuki) * Allegretto (Suzuki) * Andantino (Suzuki) * Etude (Suzuki) * Minuet 1, Minuett III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (Bach) * Minuet 2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II 116 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Bach) * Minuet 3, Minuet BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III 183 (Bach) * The Happy Farmer from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (Schumann) * Gavotte (Gossec).

This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

About Suzuki Method

The Suzuki Method is based on the principle that all children possess ability and that this ability can be developed and enhanced through a nurturing environment. All children learn to speak their own language with relative ease and if the same natural learning process is applied in teaching other skills, these can be acquired as successfully. Suzuki referred to the process as the Mother Tongue Method and to the whole system of pedagogy as Talent Education. The important elements of the Suzuki approach to instrumental teaching include the following:an early start (aged 3-4 is normal in most countries); the importance of listening to music; learning to play before learning to read; -the involvement of the parent; a nurturing and positive learning environment; a high standard of teaching by trained teachers; the importance of producing a good sound in a balanced and natural way; core repertoire, used by Suzuki students across the world; social interaction with other children. Suzuki students from all over the world can communicate through the language of music.

SATB choir with divisi, organ, handbells, oboe and brass quartet - Medium

SKU: PL.0529IP

Composed by Brian William Luckner. Cathedral. Choral, Chant, Christmas. Instrumental Parts. Paraclete Press #0529IP. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0529IP).

* Introit for Christmas Eve or for a service of Advent Lessons and Carols * familiar Latin antiphon interspersed with English verses * seamlessly interwoven vocal and instrumental lines * glorious ending

Brian Luckner's anthem, Dominus dixit ad me (SSATB, handbells, oboe, brass quartet, organ... is plucked straight out of the Gregorain chant repertory, and manages to do it in a somewhat less diaphanous manner than some other chant-based pieces have done. The Introit for Chirstmas Midnight Mass is here qouted in toto, cast in a fluid but rhythmic framework. Starting rather mysteriously at the outset, oboe and handbells are effectively brought into the fabric of the piece. This work carefully submits to the antiphon/psalm verse/antiphon Introit form and is thus entirely liturgical by intent. At the return of the antiphon, the score becomes much more expansive, and only the outline of the chant is suggested. The oboe wisely doubles the first soprano part, as it ascends to two high B-flats. In my mind's ear, I hear a very capable choir singing this piece, preparatory to the opening hymn/carol. While it captures the very quiet side of the mystery of Verbum caro factus est, it nicely prepares us for the joys of festive clangor that are sure to follow. Cue up Hymn 87, please! - Monte Mason AAM Journal October 18, 2005.

Violin

SKU: AP.48726

International Edition. By Hilary Hahn and Natalie Zhu. This edition: Performance/Accompaniment CD; International. MakeMusic Cloud; Method/Instruction; String - Violin (Suzuki); Suzuki. Suzuki Violin School. CD. Alfred Music #00-48726. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48726).

ISBN 9781470644161. UPC: 038081560373. English.

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School! The Suzuki Method of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the mother-tongue approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Violin School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and work with their Suzuki violin teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.

This CD of the Suzuki violin method, Volume 2 features recordings by Hilary Hahn in collaboration with pianist Natalie Zhu, as well as piano accompaniment only tracks for play-along purposes.

Titles: Study Points for Volume 2 * Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus (Handel) * Musette, Gavotte II or the Musette from English Suite III in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 808 (Bach) * Hunters' Chorus from 3rd Act of the Opera Der Freischutz (Weber) * Long, Long Ago (Bayly) * Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 for Piano (Brahms) * Bourrée from Sonata in F Major for Oboe, HHA IV/18, No. 8 (Handel) * The Two Grenadiers, Die beiden Grenadier, Op. 49, No. 1 for Voice and Piano (Schumann) * Theme from Witches' Dance (Paganini) * Gavotte from Mignon (Thomas) * Gavotte (Lully) * Minuet in G, Wo0 10, No. 2 (Beethoven) * Minuet from Sei Quintetti per Archi No. 11, Op. 11, No. 5 in E Major (Boccherini). This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

About Suzuki Method

The Suzuki Method is based on the principle that all children possess ability and that this ability can be developed and enhanced through a nurturing environment. All children learn to speak their own language with relative ease and if the same natural learning process is applied in teaching other skills, these can be acquired as successfully. Suzuki referred to the process as the Mother Tongue Method and to the whole system of pedagogy as Talent Education. The important elements of the Suzuki approach to instrumental teaching include the following:an early start (aged 3-4 is normal in most countries); the importance of listening to music; learning to play before learning to read; -the involvement of the parent; a nurturing and positive learning environment; a high standard of teaching by trained teachers; the importance of producing a good sound in a balanced and natural way; core repertoire, used by Suzuki students across the world; social interaction with other children. Suzuki students from all over the world can communicate through the language of music.