Experiencing Choral Music is a four-level series designed to build music literacy and promote vocal development for all students and voice categories in grades 6 - 12. The series is a multi-textbook program supported with print materials and audio recordings that enables students to develop music skills and conceptual understanding, while providing teachers with a flexible, integrated program.

Available in 4 levels: Beginning, Intermediate, Proficient, and Advanced.

Written for Treble, Mixed, or Tenor/Bass voices.

Twenty-four graded choral selections per book covering a variety of styles, cultures, and historical periods.
Click here to see a complete list of choral literature.

Every song is recorded in 3 ways: voices and accompaniment, accompaniment only, and part dominant CDs.

Each of the 4 levels is accompanied by a Sight-Singing book.

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In the vast choral repertoire of the twentieth century, the music of Herbert Howells stands apart: unmatched in its complexion of color and expressivity, and unfailing in its ability to move hearts. Gloriae Dei Cantores pays tribute to Howells' gift of music to the church and the world, with this collection of choral works beloved on both sides of the Atlantic. This recording was made with generous support from the Herbert Howells Trust. www.howellstrust.org.uk

Develop confident, strong musicians from day one with an inspiring program designed to help students truly enjoy choral performance and learn to sight-sing. Part of the Music Studio portfolio, Voices in Concert is an inspiring choral teaching tool that blends literature and sight-singing lessons into a flexible, leveled choral music education program. Grouped by voicing, this program offers dynamic interactivity that delivers web-based content and streaming audio, powerful presentation and assessment tools, searchable indexed resources, standards review tool, and a teaching environment that allows students to continue exploring outside the classroom. The Choral Music Book is a softcover book providing a collection of octavos presented in the choral course. One copy is included in the Digital bundles and a class set (35) is included in the Hybrid bundles.

for SATB and organ This short piece based on Psalm 145 would work well as an anthem or introit.

"Choral Connections" is built around solid music pedagogy. With fully integrated student texts for each level, students systematically build musical skills and conceptual understanding while preparing for performance. By far, it is the most comprehensive and complete presentation of choral music curriculum. . .

"Choral Connections" "connects" with the National Standards, making the performance standards explicit in every lesson. The program fully integrates warm-up and sight-singing skills at the point of use with authentic choral literature pieces. (A separate skill book is not needed.) . . "Choral Connections" invites middle school, junior high, and high school students to enter the world of choral performance. This four-level, eight-book program incorporates the National Standards for Music and features a natural choral music teaching style.. .

"Choral Connections" invites middle school, junior high, and high school students to enter the world of choral performance.. .

This four-level eight-book program incorporates the National Standards for Music and features a natural choral music teaching style.. .

"Choral Connections" makes logical and meaningful connections to the arts and humanities.. .

Beginning Level 1.
. Mixed Voices.
. Treble Voices .
. Tenor-Bass Voices. . .

"Yumayk Yumayk" is a collection of 204 Luiseno texts, including texts of songs. Among the texts are "The Early Years at Rincon," "Gathering Acorns," "The First Car," "Courtship," "The Girl and Her Pet Coyote," "Plant Uses," "Ravens, Doves, and Flickers as Messengers," "Finding Water," "Chalawish Song," "Seeing the Taakwish Spirit by Day," and "The Frog and the Coyote." This book is the result of the authors' concern for the survival of Luiseno, a Native American language of Southern California.

In celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, this unique collection showcases the very best of the sacred music composed in the last 10 years. Not for 500 years has such a compilation been made: in the late 15th century the Eton Choirbook was made to record the best of early Tudor church music. Under the artistic direction of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen's Music, 45 anthems have been selected, 12 of which are new commissions for this project, including a setting of Rowan Williams' poem, Advent Calendar, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. During 2012, BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong will feature anthems from this collection and a specially bound copy will be presented to HM The Queen. Featured composers include John Tavener, John Rutter, Judith Weir, Roxanna Panufnik, Judith Bingham, Richard Rodney Bennett, Peter Maxwell Davies and others.

Anton Bruckner composed his Mass No. 1 in D minor for soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ in 1864, and then later revised it in 1876 and 1881-1882. Vocal score, in Latin. 76 pages, 7 by 10 ? inches. Includes: Kyrie * Gloria * Credo * Sanctus * Benedictus * Agnus Dei.

"Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage," is a cantata for chorus and orchestra first performed in Vienna in 1815. The work is in a single movement, typically taking between 7 and 8 minutes to perform. It beautifully evokes the imagery of the poetry of Goethe. This is the choral score of the work, with English text, and with piano accompaniment. 15 pages, 7 by 8 ? inches.

Beethoven composed his oratorio, Christus am ?lberge (in English, Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op. 85, in the fall of 1802. It portrays the emotional turmoil of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane prior to his crucifixion. Choral score in German with piano accompaniment. Translation to English included in preface. Includes: Introduction * O Father, O my Father * All my soul within me shudders * Now tremble, nature * Praise the Redeemer's goodness * Oh, Triumph, all ye ransom'd * Canst though, O Seraph, now declare * On me, then, fall Thy heavy judgment * Then welcome, death * We surely here shall find him * Behold him * Not unchastised * Mine inmost heart is burning * Haste And seize upon the traitor * All my pain will soon be over * Hallelujah.

for Solo Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra

A unique two-volume sight-singing method, with one edition designed for the junior high/middle school and a second edition for upper elementary/middle school treble voices. A full-length cassette provides accompaniments for every exercise. Voice parts are not duplicated, thereby ensuring reading independence. It's fun, exciting, logical and sequential. A great way to teach sight-singing.

(Waltons Irish Music Books). This beautiful series, each including 30 popular songs and ballads, is illustrated with photographs from the famous Father Brown Collection. A great addition to any Irish-lover's repertoire Includes: The Banks of Sicily * The Bantry Girls Lament * Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms * Carrickfergus * Cold Blow and the Rainy Night * Come to the Bower * Connemara Cradle Song * Dark Eyed Sailor * Dicey Riley * The Dutchman * Finnegan's Wake * From Clare to Here * Galway Bay * The Green Glens of Antrim * The Harp that Once * I'm Sitting on the Stile Mary * Killarney * The Low-Backed Car * The Minstrel Boy * The Mountains of Mourne * My Singing Bird * Never Wed an Old Man * Nora * Old Skibereen * Raglan Road * and more.