Medium Voice-The most practical all-around Christmas collection for singers with 45 essential solos for the season. There are traditional carol arrangements art songs and traditional Christmas songs and three of the greatest of all popular Christmas standards. All songs are in English. Available in three keys this collection is perfect literature for teaching voice. Songs include: As Lately We Watched · The Birthday of a King · Carol of the Birds · The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) · Do You Hear What I Hear · Fum Fum Fum · Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming · Mary Had a Baby · O Holy Night · Some Children See Him · White Christmas · and more.

Par MC NEFF STEPHEN. My research for Banished began with a small group of students during a Trinity Laban co-lab period in 2013, though the idea goes back over 30 years when I first saw Steve Gooch’s Female Transport and stored the idea of adapting it as an opera until the right opportunity arose. I have been involved in opera for a long time and it has always been a frustration for me that while there is an abundance of female talent (particularly so in conservatories and colleges) there is a noticeable lack of challenging roles available for young women. The roles most often undertaken are maids or innocent girls, compliant wives or tomboys. Not that the problem is necessarily confined exclusively to young women, but where good roles exist, the women are all too often merely passive or victims. Things happen to them rather than them making things happen. They are unable to influence their circumstances and are usually resigned to their fate. Worse still, they are often judged in some way responsible for what happens to them, culpable even because of their looks, their way of life or a streak of independence. Just think about Mimi, Carmen and Violetta (to name only three on a long list). All these characters die, and their attempts at individuality contribute to their demise in some way that they have no control over. With some exceptions female characters in opera are too often sad, mad or bad. Redressing this balance and taking advantage of the richness in vocal talent is only one reason to write an opera reflecting the reality of a group of strong women who work things out for themselves. The transportation of people to Australia at the beginning of the nineteenth century is not a particularly well understood part of history beyond a sort of folk myth. What were the circumstances, who were the people and what happened to them? Opera does not exist to completely answer these questions, but it can focus on the women as individuals and help tell their story. (All the women named in the opera actually existed.) My approach has to been to put the women’s narrative centre stage and, in the confines of an oppressive, dangerous environment go with them on their journey as they survive or sink. The demands on the women are huge. At every turn they are oppressed by their jailers, the system that brought them here and their own low expectations. They have to work out ways to overcome these odds. We discover them through their music in solos and ensembles, sometimes reflective, at other times boasting about their lives a petty criminals and trying to establish status and pecking order. Alongside this I have used references to music of the time to create another reality built on larger ensembles and choruses. This is a sort of collective consciousness aware of loss, longing and context – even of a broad political dimension to the realities of Transportation. Despite the acute awareness of their circumstances in these ensembles, there is also a resilience and strength that transcends the individual stories. Stephen McNeff / Instrumental Music / Répertoire / Voix

Since it came out in 1981 thousands of people have enjoyed and learned from the pages of The Backpocket Bluegrass Songbook. In addition to the lyrics and melody line the book also includes guitar chords tips on choosing theright key using the capo bluegrass music history information on each song and vintage photos. Includes words music and history of: A Beautiful Life All the Good Times Are Past and Gone Banks of the Ohio Bury MeBeneath the Willow Cumberland Gap Darling Cory Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky Down in the Willow Garden East Virginia Give Me the Roses Now Handsome Molly I'll Be All Smiles Tonight John Hardy Just Over in theGloryland Knoxville Girl Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Life's Railway to Heaven Little Maggie Little Log Cabin in the Lane Lonesome Road Blues Long Journey Home Lord I'm Coming Home Maple on the Hill Midnight on theStormy Deep My Home's Across the Smokey Mountains Old Joe Clark Poor Ellen Smith Pretty Polly Put My Little Shoes Away Rabbit in the Log Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms Roving Gambler Sally Goodin Seeing Nelly Home ShortLife of Trouble Sweet Sunny South The Girl I left in Sunny Tennessee When the Bees Are in the Hive Where the Soul of Man Never Dies Wildwood Flower.

Pro Vocal Women's Edition Volume 15-Kelly Clarkson rose to fame in 2002 after winning the first season of American Idol and has since been established as 'The Original American Idol”. This book contains the lyrics melody and chord symbols for eight of the most famous Kelly Clarkson hits. Volume 15: Kelly Clarkson includes: Because Of You Behind These Hazel Eyes Breakaway Low Miss Independent A Moment Like This Since U Been Gone and Walk Away.The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD player but it is also enhanced forPC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo!Perfect for home rehearsal parties auditions corporate events and gigs without a backup band. Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition the ‘Pro Vocal’ series is for you!

La guerre de Sécession, ce grand conflit fratricide qui a joué un rôle décisif dans l'élaboration de notre histoire et notre conscience nationale, il existe n'est plus dans les souvenirs de première main des hommes vivants. Parmi nos souvenirs, cependant, sont ces 48 chansons des guerre civile, les chansons marching agitateur et hymnes patriotiques, les ballades sentimentales allègrement et les comiques ditties, le proposant des chansons et chansons à boire et chansons combats et aimantes chansons des Etats-Unis le plus sanglant et lutte plus importante. Par le biais de ces chansons, un âge qui est passé est porté à la vie, et nous vivons avec les hommes et les femmes qui marchaient y a un siècle de cette terre qui est le nôtre. / Voix

Backpocket Old-Time Songbook is considered a classic. In addition to song lyrics musical notation and guitar chords it is packed with hints on singing in the right key singing with an instrument transposing your chords usinga capo plus a short history of old-time songs minstrel songs dance tunes knockdown tunes ballads parlor songs and gospel songs. Includes numerous vintage photos. Includes words music and history of: Angelina Baker Bald-Headed End of the Broom Bravest Cowboy Bully of the Town Cindy Cluck Old Hen Come Take a Trip in My Airship Cotton-Eyed Joe Cumberland Gap Darling Nelly Gray Diamond Joe Dixie Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan? GroundHog Hard Times Come Again No More I’m Gwine Back to Dixie I’m the Man Who Rose the Mule Around the World Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy Kingdom Coming Little Rosewood Casket Little LogCabin in the Lane Little Stream of Whiskey Milwaukee Blues Mole in the Ground Oh Them Golden Slippers Oh My Little Darling Old Maid’s Last Hope Pap’s Billy Goat Pretty Saro Rambling Boy Shady Grove Shall We Gather atthe River? Sourwood Mountain Sugar Babe Watermelon on the Vine Wild Bill Jones Wildwood Flower Wind and Rain Yellow Rose of Texas.

This delightful collection of Irish songs has been compiled and set as Art Songs by the European Duo Chitarra Canta featuring soprano and flutist Meg Fitzgerald and classical guitarist Guido Böger. Having noted the dearth ofgood concert literature for this type of duo the performers both well-versed in the Celtic and Classical music traditions and adept at creating their own arrangements decided to include such songs in their programs. With thisvolume they want to share them with other performers and enthusiasts. These songs can be used equally well for the stage recitals pub singing and private events or for simple pleasure. The collection consists of a widevariety of songs the music being completely written out for voice and classical guitar but also with chords and annotations for a variety use. Featured here are such well-known songs as The Last Rose of Summer Siúil a Rúin orShe moved through the Fair along with many other lyrical gems in unique wonderfully inspired arrangements. Audio downloads of the songs as performed by the authors are available with the purchase of this book sampled fromtheir CD Aisling Irish Art Songs and Music. The complete CD can also be purchased by writing to: ChitarraCanta@musician.org ?These arrangements for voice and guitar... well approach ... the genuine form of Irish folk music.The choice and interpretation of of the pieces... give ample evidence as to the familiarity of soprano Meg Fitzgerald and guitarist Guido Böger with this music.? (Concertino magazine vol. 1/2007).

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific and versatile English composer of the 20th century. Gibbs is best known for his output of songs but he also wrote a considerable amount of music for the amateur choirsthat he conducted. His reputation as a song-writer largely lies in his natural gift for text setting he insisted on giving priority to the words over the music and had very clear musical ideas on what a song shouldbe.These principles prevailed when writing The Cherry Tree in 1949 the Voice is clearly put to the foreground with the Piano only supporting the singer in the background so a confident and capableperformance is needed from the soloist. Words by Margaret Rose. Performance time approximately 3 minutes.

Chantez avec un accompagnement d'orchestre: les standards incontournables de la variété française vous sont proposés avec un CD d'accompagnement pour chanter avec le play-back. / Chant/Vocal/Choeur / Partition + Cd