SKU: AP.49700
UPC: 038081567877. English.
Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accumulating snow. Each voice part sings in the sweet spot of their tessitura to garner rich choral tone. A harmonically vivid bridge creates contrast and offers a flurry of beauty in the piano, as singers realize the beautiful snowflakes are fleeting, all too soon they fade away. Delicate yet deep, simple yet stunning. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: AP.49693
UPC: 038081567808. English.
Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A lux aeterna refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with touches of shimmering dissonance on cadences. One final tone cluster at the end ignites shivers. This inspiring text provides a personal credo to live with light. Download the optional violin obbligato for free.
SKU: AP.48862
UPC: 038081561868. English.
After a year with limited music making, there could be nothing better. Imagine throwing open the shutters to sing with your neighbors as this beautiful piece unfolds. It's consistently lyrical and legato, with peaks and valleys built into the dynamics to heighten emotions and capture joy. We love this expressive piano part, especially the delicate music box-inspired introduction. Don't miss the dramatic modulation before the pinnacle refrain crescendos to a big finish.
SKU: AP.51092
UPC: 038081581293. English.
Beethoven's greatest hit is reimagined with a funky twist that your singers won't be able to resist! Its iconic short-short-short-long hook springboards into a rhythmic groove, complete with clapping, snapping, and vocal syllables that imitate a rock band. It's a novelty nod to one of the greatest composers of all time!
SKU: AP.48335
UPC: 038081551586. English. Words by Emma Lazarus.
These famous words are inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of .Liberty: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Emma Lazarus's timeless poem has been sensitively imagined for choir and piano, with optional French horn. A stirring opening solo blossoms into a beautifully crafted chorus with expressive tempo and dynamic shifts. Patriotic and inspiring. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: HL.1196572
UPC: 196288134015. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
This Neil Diamond rock anthem has been re-imagined for the broadway show A Beautiful Noise. Moving easily from the theater to a choral setting, the powerful, almost spiritual, lyrics pair perfectly with the driving music.
SKU: AP.47098
UPC: 038081538693. English.
Barbra Streisand reimagined this Wizard of Oz classic as a '60s shuffle, and here Eric Van Cleave presents a perky arrangement, accessible for groups of any age. Featuring syncopated rhythms, clever backstory lyrics, and much of the original harmony. Add the optional SoundTrax CD or SoundPax instrumental parts to lock down the go-go groove.
About Alfred Pop Choral Series
The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.
SKU: IG.PM061
9 x 12 in inches.
By Sabin Levi.
