A dramatic work for schools or young choir groups based on Mark Twain's much-loved stories. This hour-long production centres around the lives of Huckleberry Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer with parts for 12 upper solo voices as the characters from the depression-era deep south. Composed in 1956 as an Operetta for performance with Chamber Orchestra this vocal score is complete with a full Piano reduction of the Orchestral material.

for Upper Voices and Orchestra. The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning ?cultural phenomenon? and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children?s dictionary. Both the book and Burton?s 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or ?spell?, magically brought to life in Burton?s music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton?s piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children?s Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children?s Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children?s Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic.

Par PARRY BEN. Ben Parry presents a trio of Christmas classics from the 60s 70s and 80s. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter, the ever-popular, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, and  Band Aid's compelling Feed The World; here arranged for upper voices with piano accompaniment. The Choral Programme Series is now a well-established programming tool for many choirs as it offers a wealth of fresh material from many eras and in many styles.  Please view sample pages below. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Hautes et Piano