A delightful Christmas cantata for children’s voices (and ensemble/electronic backing tracks) with or without narrator: reggae jazz rock ballad and pop numbers to witty text by Richard and Thomas Allain.Caesar has called a census in the Holy Land. So everyone is crowding back into Bethlehem a town where they read Shalom! Magazine where suddenly there are donkey traffic gridlocks and hotels where you can't get a room for love or shekels.Tom works doing odd jobs at the Fun Big Inn which isn't much fun at all. This busy night he decides to leave the landlord in the lurch and head for the bright lights of Jerusalem. But he doesn't get far runningfirst into reggae singing shepherds and then three groovy wise dudes following a star. Tom can hardly ignore the remarkable things they have to tell him. So what does he do next? What would any of us do?Richard and Thomas Allain retell the story of the Nativity in a new and individual way with immediacy and wit in a string of unforgettable tuneful songs and sharply clever words in an idiom accessible to everyone.Manger Tom can be performed with unison voices someone to narrate highly effective with just Piano or Keyboard accompaniment. But there are parts available too for instruments you might want to add. Included with the score of Manger Tom is a CD which comprises of a full performance of the musical numbers by professional singers and players as well as just the accompaniments for everyone to sing along to if they prefer.Additionally lyric sheets and a script are available as free downloads - visit www.hybridpublications.com to access the bonus material. Lyric sheets enable easy rehearsals and the script allows Manger Tom to be performed as a full nativity play.

Choral Highlights-Motown: The Musical has electrified Broadway with a show that is loaded with great singers overwhelming energy and a jubilant celebration of the music that transformed America! This 12-minute medley showcases 15 top hits: Ain't No Mountain High Enough; Ain't Too Proud to Beg; Baby I Need Your Lovin'; Do You Love Me; I Can't Get Next to You; I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch); I Heard It Through the Grapevine; I'm Losing You (I Know); My Girl; Papa Was a Rollin' Stone; Please Mr. Postman; Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand); Reach Out I'll Be There; Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours; Stop! In the Name of Love.

You'll find an incredible romp of singing and choreography in this 2-part choral for young singers. It begins with a wonderful “hello” theme that welcomes the audience to your show. The next section contains vocalspeech of rhythmic choreography that can be easily learned and performed. Finally the “hello” section and the vocal speech section are partnered to create a show-stopping opening number!

She's America's sweetheart! Perform this delightful 7-minute medley in your next concert. Includes: I Don't Need Anything But You It's the Hard-Knock Life Maybe You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile Tomorrow. Available: SATB SAB 2-Part IPak (Flute Clarinet Trumpet I & II Tenor Sax Trombone Synthesizer Guitar Bass Drums and Timpani/Bells) ShowTrax CD. Approx. Time: 7:00.

With the finely crafted vocal arranging of Roger Emerson this powerful spiritual can't miss on your next program. In the style of “Sinner Man” and “Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel” this selection workswonderfully for young voices with its syncopated rhythms and carefully selected vocal ranges. A winner! Available: 2-Part 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 2:45.

Das Liederspiel. Par HUMPERDINCK ENGELBERT. When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin. Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric” Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]”. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun” also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April. This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment” (see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note (E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.” The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / 2 Voix et Piano

Offertorium für Weihnachten. Par EBERLIN JOHANN ERNST. Next to Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Michael Haydn, Johann Ernst Eberlin is regarded as one of the most important musicians who worked at the Court of the Archbishop in the 18th century. As Court Music Director, organist and composer he had a lasting influence on musical life in both Salzburg, as well as in the entire south-German region. His extensive oeuvre comprises over 300 works, and his compositions served as models for the young Mozart./ Répertoire / Solistes SATB, Choeur SATB, 3 Trombones, 2 Violons

from Alvin and the Chipmunks-Aaaallllvvvvin! Here comes trouble with an update of the zany classic from 1957. Featured in the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks this hip-hop flavored remake will be a perfect change-of-pace for your next concert. Your singers will have a blast learning the nonsense lyrics! Available separately: SATB SAB 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:40.

This is an inviting Christmas anthem for 2-part choir and accompaniment. Especially accessible for children's voices this partner-song in 3/4 meter is a briskly flowing carol of praise to the newborn Christ child. Lantz'sincorporation of the refrain from “Angels We Have Heard on High” adds just the right element of familiarity to round out the piece. What a delightful tune to add warmth and joy to your next Christmas celebration!

Soaring melodic lines and a very important flute part make this original lullaby unforgettable. Dreamy images of the wind the moon and the stars float through Peggy Leavitt's beautiful text. The flowing melody and accompanimentlift these vivid images of the night sky high to the heavens. “Till Morning” sparkles and shines like the stars in its lyric. Let it shimmer in your next concert or festival.

If you have tuned into the hit period drama on Netflix, Bridgerton, chances are you\'ve also taken notice of the distinctive string quartet playing covers of today\'s top contemporary hits in decidedly classical arrangements. HalLeonard is pleased to now present string quartet score and parts for this buzz-worthy music performed by Vitamin String Quartet.

The New Real Book 2 - Eb Version. The long-awaited sequel to The New Real Book Volume 1, this spiral-bound songbook for Eb instruments includes (where applicable) separate Bass parts; Keyboard parts; harmony parts; sample Bass parts and Drum figures, with accurate melody and chord changes throughout. The New Real Book Volume 2 features 216 songs, including 80 jazz classics, 65 Contemporary Jazz and Jazz-Fusion favourites, 14 Brazilian pieces and 57 Standards.