The Boy from New York City: SATB: Vocal Score

John Prindle Scott's Come Ye Blessed arranged by Carl Deis for SATB choir with Organ accompaniment.John Prindle Scott was an American singer Vocal tutor and composer. Born in New York in 1877 he studied at Oberlin College Ohio between 1896-1900. He moved back to New York city before 1908 and later became a voice teacher in Saginaw Michigan.According to an article in the Syracuse American 'He had established a considerable reputation in concert work when he was forced by increasing deafness to turn to composition for musical expression.'Prindle Scott composed about 60 published songsbetween 1910 and 1930 including several prominent sacred works which have remained in the repertoire. Come Ye Blessed takes its text from the Gospel of Matthew. It was first published by G. Schirmer in 1917. Alan J. Ord author of Singer's Repertoire described the piece as being a good choice for bass voices calling it 'ardent with a flowing line'.

Blake Fragments was written for performance in Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Guggenheim Museum in New York City and calls for the solo voices to be placed in various positions on the concentric rings that rise up from the central rotunda. In subsequent performances this configuration will generally be impossible but the soloist arrangement that was used is included should performers like to respond in some fashion to the original arrangement. The piece may be performed with the four soloists singing within the main chorus though some spacial separation on a single level or additionally using a balcony or backstage might better dupicate the original intentions. To allow fordifferent positions the four solo parts may be sung by more than four choral members (in the premiere there were two different sopranos covering the soprano part.)

Collection-These songs first became known in the U.S. when Pete Seeger and a group of New York City teenagers called the Song Swappers recorded some of them for Folkways Records in 1955.In 1960 G. Schirmer published a collection ofthe songs which made it possible for choral directors and song directors to introduce their singers to this music. Long out of print the collection has now been reissued with several new songs included. The music can be adaptedand used with young children as well as high school and adult singers. A Piano accompaniment is included for rehearsal purposes as well as introductory notes and English lyrics by Pete Seeger.Songs include Abiyoyo Babevuya Bayandoyika Bayeza (Oonomot'hot'holo) Father Father Goodbye Here's To The Couple; Hey Motswala (Wedding Song) Hey T'hola T'hola Hey Tswana and Icamagu

The Mamas and The Papas' hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin ' was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous. Simon and Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon's jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge - aka Feelin' Groovy - uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis, born Mary Frances Penick, was the survivor of a car crash that killed her singing partner Betty Jack Davis. They had enjoyed some success as The Davis Sisters but The End Of The World was the biggest hit of Skeeter's subsequent solo career. In My Room saw The Beach Boys moving indoors from all that sun and sand and recording one of their most reflective and lovely songs. Meanwhile the British invasion was threatening the pop status quo in America and Can't Buy Me Love , from the film Hard Day's Night, gave The Beatles yet another number one in the US charts. Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits contains these five decade-defining hits, newly arranged for SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

The Promise Which Was Made Unto The Fathers is an anthem for Easter. First published in 1903 it is scored for SATB Choir with Organ accompaniment. It takes its text from passages of the Book of Acts The Song of Solomon and Psalm 145.Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) was a British composer organist and conductor. He studied under Frederick Bridge at Westminster Abbey and later became Organist at York Minster and Professor of Music at the University of Durham. He is best remembered for his settings of the Anglican liturgy as well as anthems such as Blessed City Heavenly Salem and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.

Cantata for string orchestra and chorus. Triptych represents the concatenation and re-orchestration of two extant works. Movement I was commissioned with funds from The RVW Trust for the inaugural concert of the Choir of London conducted by Jeremy Summerly in Christ Church, Spitalfields on 18th December, 2004 - the work, premièred as Threnody, was subsequently toured by the Choir to Jerusalem and the West Bank from 19th-26th December, 2004. Movements II and III, commissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School with financial support from the PRS Foundation, were premièred as And There Was a Great Calm in a contiguous version for lower strings and upper voices by the Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir and the London Mozart Players in a concert at Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral on 13th November, 2005 conducted by Nicolae Moldoveanu. The title of this latter section is taken from Thomas Hardy's poem of the same name, written at the signing of the Armistice on 11th November, 1918 - a couplet from which is set, in a moment of tranquillity, in the final movement. Relatively new to living in New York, I am much more aware of the independent, vibrant cultural plurality that exists today - it's probably the single most dazzling facet of the City and is largely responsible for the infamous 'edginess' that pervades daily life there. With this in mind, I set to work on Threnody (movement I here) in 2004 - I wanted to write something that was relevant to the Israeli/Palestinian issue without losing that City 'edge'. The texts, in English, are excerpted from a variety of sources: William Penn, William Blake, the Psalms of David and Muhammad Rajab Al-Bayoumi, an Egyptian poet of the early twentieth-century. Fast and rhythmically influenced by the music of North Africa in its syncopations, this movement was the first composition that evolved entirely from my New York perspective. From the moment that the commission for And There Was a Great Calm (movements II and amp - III here) was offered, I knew the piece I was about to embark upon would end up being linked with Threnody in some way. I realized that what I had been aiming for in Threnody served as a template for this new piece, originally composed for a Remembrance Sunday concert. Musical works connected with commemoration or memorials are often suitably pensive and slow - I wanted to start with that concept, but to bring in some of the relentless urban rhythms that had been such a large influence on my life in the preceding two years. The result is that that the second movement is quiet and gentle (a moment of recollection), while the final movement is much faster and vibrant, returning to a more openly elated rendering of the start of Triptych (the texts here dealing with transmigration and the future). and nbsp - I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bruce Ruben and Judith Clurman, as well as that of my parents, with the collation of the texts. Tarik O'Regan New York, February 2006 / Soprano, SATB Et Orchestre De Cordes

from CoolSide of Yuletide-This arrangement of three well-known carols ?Hark the Herald Angels Sing ? ?Angels We Have Heard on High ? and ?The First Noel? uses contemporary musical styles altered harmonies and word play to expand the palette of the carol experience.This and other selections from the CoolSide of Yuletide series can be heard on the album of the same name by the Young People's Chorus of New York City.

Choral Highlights from the Broadway Musical-Evan has six weeks to go before he turns 13 and after an idyllic childhood in New York City he's just been uprooted and brought to Appleton Indiana with his mother. He has one mission: get all the cool kids in school to come tohis Bar Mitzvah or else spend the rest of his academic career banished to the land of the Geeks. 13 is a show about finding out who you are finding out what you need and finding out what's really important. In this14-minute medley choirs will enjoy both the angst and the excitement of this pivotal time of growing up. Songs include: All Hail the Brain Bad Bad News Brand New You Getting Ready The Lamest Place in the World A LittleMore Homework Thirteen What It Means to Be a Friend. Available separately: SATB 3-Part Mixed 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section parts available as a digital download (syn gtr 1-2 b dm). Duration: ca. 14:00.

One Hand One Heart is a duet from the hit musical West Side Story. It is sung by the two main protagonists Maria and Tony as they dream about their wedding and their life together. It is a bittersweet song as it marks the sole moment of happiness for the couple before reality returns and fear and violence are restored. West Side Story is possibly the most famous musical ever. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet it is set in 1950s New York City and chronicles the life love and losses of two rival gangs. Written in 1957 with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by StephenSondheim the original setting was highly topical as gang violence was rife at the time but it is often seen as a metaphor for many areas of conflict - one of the reasons the production has remained popular to this day.