American Medley: SATB: Vocal Score

A medley of favorite American hymns with optional brass quartet. Includes: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing; On Jordan's Stormy Banks; My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. Available: SATB Instrumental Pak ChoirTrax CD.

Three hit songs arranged for SATB choir in medley form with optional guitar percussion and string bass.

Uses: Patriotic Memorial Day Scripture: Genesis 18:18: I Chronicles 16:28 Raise the flag for a grand commemoration of our heritage of freedom in this medley featuring some of the most celebrated patriotic songs. From This Is My Country to God Bless America this essential repertoire for concerts pays homage to our nation. The idiomatic orchestration adds to the fun and gives directors creative options for their presentation of this exciting work. Invite the audience to join in the final chorus for a sure-fire winner!

A Medley of American Folk Songs-Here is a rollicking medley of favorite folksongs that will put your toe to tapping! Perform it live with the playable fiddle part. Includes: Sourwood Mountain Old Joe Clark Li'l Liza Jane. Available separately: SATB SAB 2-Part. Violin/fiddle part available digitally. Duration: ca. 3:32.

Medley-Opening with a musical soundscape that evokes images of rippling waves of prairie grasses this compelling work then transitions into a hardy sequence of the American folk classics Old Chisholm Trail and Home on theRange. With piano and optional bass and percussion. (Parts included for String Bass and Percussion 1 & 2.) Duration: ca. 4:30.

Medley in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-This moving work was commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Washington in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was described by The Washington Post as a speaker's narration of the slain African American leader's accomplishments with a galvanizing chorus of pungent syncopations and emotional turbulence - of both the composer's own invention and assimilated spirituals.

An American Folk Hymn Medley-Uses: General All Saints Heaven Scripture: John 14:1-6; I Corinthians 2:7-9 John Purifoy has interwoven three classic folk hymns into an Americana-styled tapestry of song! Your choir is going to love to sing this creative heaven-themed medley. Songs include: When I Can Read My Title Clear; Saints Bound for Heaven; Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

The melodies in this medley come from Early American sources. The opening fife tune was found in a Revolutionary War collection. Our Native Land appeared in a school music book in 1871. The Appalachian tune can be found in many shape-note hymnals. And the march entitled Washington Crossing the Delaware is from the late 18th century. The optional score and parts for full orchestra (00201894) make this a wonderful concert closer for a concert of early American songs Patriotic songs and indigenous songs of our country.