A quodlibet skillfully combines Away in the Manger with the Brahms Lullaby to create a great audience pleaser. The piano offers support in the style of the lullaby; the voices have unison, two-part, and three-part texture.
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Bagels and Biscuits by Theodore Lucas
If you seek a fun novelty piece that will entertain your audience and delight your singers, this is it. A great encore or opener.
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Fun abounds in this jazz piece with text by a jazz singer and music by a jazz expert. A real treat for treble choirs. Audiences will adore this one.
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drumset part - SBMP 488.1 - FREE DOWNLOAD
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Bird's Courting Song American folksong - arr. Barbara Harlow
The instruments add great fun and color to the dramatic content of this well known love song of the birds. This novelty number is one the singers can dramatize, and one the audience is sure to love.
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Blessed be that maid Marie English traditional carol - arr. Joy Sherman
This piece has appeared on many a Christmas concert, high school through semi-professional. The minor mode and simple drum part add a unique touch to this little known melody.
SATB - a cappella [difficulty level: medium] duration: 2:30
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Canons for Choirs ed. Archibeque/Hannaford
series: Charlene Archibeque
Four wonderful canons not found in other collections. They are great for warm-ups, sight reading, ear training AND performance.
Any - a cappella
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Chindia (pronounced keen-DEE-ah) by Alexandru Pascanu
A Romanian folk dance tune, this piece has been a best seller with junior high through college groups. The text is all on syllables like "Tra la la "so there are no language difficulties.
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Cooling Shadow by Charlene Archibeque
A pensive art song for the sensitive chorus. The text, by early American poet Anne Bradstreet, sets a mood which is exquisitely brought to realization in this little gem of a piece. Great for madrigal choirs.
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Cuckoo American folksong - arr. Robert E. Heninger
series: Charlene Archibeque
An endearing American folk song, beautiful in its simplicity. This proven audience pleaser is a musical treasure that will appeal to choirs of all ages. Choirs touring Europe will want to include the Cuckoo in their repertoire.
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Daily Workout for a Beautiful Voice
by Charlotte Adams
Daily Workout - Vocal Exercises
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Domine, labia mea aperies Orlandus Lassus - ed. Charlene Archibeque
series: Charlene Archibeque
A beautiful, moving motet. This performing edition includes a word by word translation of the text, a pronunciation guide, and directives for creating interpretive nuances for performance.
SATB - a cappella [difficulty level: medium]
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Downshift by Mark Vance
series: Charlene Archibeque
High school singers will love this clever, groovy piece about a "gleaming machine" and "auto romance."
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Erik a Som arranged Lajos Bárdos (Hungary) - ed. Charlene Archibeque
series: Charlene Archibeque
A delightful Hungarian folksong arranged here in two parts except for brief refrains. A pronunciation guide to the Hungarian text is underlayed and an English text is provided.
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Exaltabo te Orlandus Lassus - ed. Kenneth Hannaford
series: Charlene Archibeque
A dramatic, energetic motet. This performing edition includes a word by word translation of the text, a pronunciation guide, and directives for creating interpretive nuances for performance.
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Fine Sally American folksong- arr. Bill Erickson
series: Charlene Archibeque
A light-hearted setting of this American folksong about the courting of Fine Sally. Verses in one, two and three parts offer a variety of vocal experiences for the treble choir; the Glockenspiel adds color to the performance of this piece.
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Here we come a-caroling English Carol - arr. Brant Adams
series: Charlene Archibeque
Rollicking and energetic, contempory harmonies enhanced by a tasteful piano accompaniment, this piece also works a cappella.
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Joy to All the World by Craig Bohmler
series: Charlene Archibeque
A colorful piece for the holiday season including traditional from many countries and ending with a powerful and joyous rendition of Joy to the World. SATB - keyboard or orchestra - duration 10 minutes
Orchestral score and parts available for rent from the publisher.
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1-2 vln, viola, cello, bass, picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, cl in Bb, 2 bsn, 2 hn in F, 2 trpt in C, 2 trbn, harp, timp & perc, piano & celeste (synth can be used to fill in the string parts)
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woodwinds, brass, percussion, 2 pianos to fill out strings
series: Charlene Archibeque
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[© all rights reserved] performed by The San Jose State University Choraliers, Charlene Archibeque, conductor
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Swing out with this fine gospel arrangement.
[© all rights reserved] performed by The San José State University Choraliers, Charlene Archibeque, conductor
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Oh My Love's Like a Red, Red, Rose by R. Scott Coulter
series: Charlene Archibeque
SSA/TB [difficulty level: easy] duration: 2:00
[© all rights reserved] San Jose State University Choraliers, Charlene Archibeque, conductor
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[© all rights reserved] Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, Jonathan Velasco, conductor
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Rytmus by Ivan Hrusovsky
series: Charlene Archibeque
One of three etudes by the venerable Slovak composer. These pieces will have great interest for choirs seeking something exciting and different for their repertoire. Rhythmic and harmonic challenges provide the interest, while brief Latin-based phrases make up the highly accessible text.
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optional piano part - SBMP 319.1 - FREE DOWNLOAD
Rules of Interpretation
by Charlene Archibeque
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Sing and Dance for Joy by Robert Jager
series: Charlene Archibeque
A sophisticated piece that is not difficult. Young choirs will love the challenge, and mature choirs will find great expressive possibilities in this fine piece.
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Song of May (Mailied) by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - ed. Kenneth Hannaford
series: Charlene Archibeque
Both the original German and delightful new English texts are provided. Judicious expressive markings by the editor are clearly marked in the score as editorial.
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Twenty Christmas Canons by Brent Heisinger
series: Charlene Archibeque
A canon for every Christmas occasion. An amazing amount of music is created by only a few notes. Endless performance possibilities for any choir.
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Weeping Mary Social Harp - arranged Brad Holmes
series: Charlene Archibeque
Shape note music comes to life with the SATB choir divided into three choirs to lend a dramatic, antiphonal effect to this arrangement. At times all singers are involved, or only one of the three choirs, or a combination of two. The voicings: Choir I: SSA; Choir 2: SAT; Choir 3: A/T TB. The recording conducted by the arranger demonstrates the performance style needed for this piece.
SATB - a cappella [difficulty level: mediuim] duration: 2:00
catalog number: SBMP 750
[© all rights reserved] performed by the Millikin University Choir, Brad Holmes, conductor
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