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Music sets for hire for Community Choirs
Please note that whilst music can legitimately be borrowed free of charge, we do ask for a donation towards admin costs and to cover lost or damaged copies. This is not a profit making enterprise. All music can be purchased from www.sheetmusicplus.com (in America) or www.musicroom.com
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Pavane for a Silent Night
Alfred Church Choral Series
Maurice Ravel, words Shaffermann
Arrangement and adaptation by Patrick M Liebergen
SAB with optional oboe part
65 copies available
If you want something different for your Christmas concert then this is it!! Based upon Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte", Jean Shaffermann has added words to make this suitable for Christmas. Achievable but challenging enough to stretch an intermediate community choir without it being stressful, it is the most glorious piece of music and my choir begged to sing it two years running. Highly recommended.
Believe (Polar Express
Hal Leonard
Arranged MacHuff
08201738
SAB
65 copies available
Lovely song from The Polar Express, the words never mention Santa so this can also be used as a contemporary song to portray how we should re-affirm our faith in the nativity. Occasionally splits into four parts (sopranos split) and highest note for sopranos is a fleeting top G. A few places where the rhythms will need reinforcing, but the choir loved singing it.
Star of Advent
Lorenz
Pepper Choplin
SAB with optional instrumental ensemble
10/3992L
65 copies available
A lovely original composition in three flats. Starts SA unison followed by men and evolves into some beautiful harmonies. Sopranos have a top G but an optional E is given also. Suitable for an intermediate community choir rather than complete beginners, but well worth doing and no major surprises. You can hear this if you go to www.sheetmusicplus.com
As Time Goes By
Alfred Publications
Herman Hupfeld arr Jay Althouse
SAB with piano
30928
65 copies available
currently on loan - available Sept 2015
This gorgeous classic from 1931 is lovely to sing but has some tricky intervals to create the jazz chords, and I adjusted the timing slightly so that the choir were singing the song as they "knew it" - a case of double dotting in some places!! The arrangement is not too high - sopranos don't go above a top E and it changes key part way through but still only two sharps. You can also hear this one at www.sheetmusicplus.com