As I write this article, the
weather in Boise is HOT – we
are working on a record of 9 days in a row of over 100 degrees, and unfortunately,
we will probably make it. I am sipping a diet Coke and thinking
about the fact that school starts in about a month and holiday music
needs to be selected. I selected some of mine already, but then
a colleague mentions a piece, or as we have an ACDA National Convention
coming up, the music for the children’s chorus reading session
has started to come in and there are a couple
of really great pieces that I think I will want to use in one choir or
another, so the process continues. I thought, perhaps some of you
might be on the same page of the hymnal, so to speak, and decided to
give you a list of music, which is certainly not exhaustive, but should
acknowledge some old favorites and perhaps present some new possibilities
for your choir.
Each of us has different needs for music of the season and different
choirs – from auditioned community and school choirs to y’all
come school choirs, so our needs and levels of music vary. As I
put together this list of tried and true selections, I attempted t o address
some of those needs, but certainly not all. Most of the music is
2 part, although there are some unison and SSA selections. Some
of the 2 part pieces are easily adaptable to a younger, unison only,
group. I am always excited to find new and interesting repertoire
for my various choirs, so please feel to forward any titles you would
care to share and I will, with your permission, share them with others
in the Northwest region.
Below are some tried and true gems. When I look
at lists like this, if I find one or two new pieces I am always thrilled,
so have fun exploring these titles and sharing them with your young singers.
Angels’ Carol - John Rutter
Hinshaw
HMC986 2pt – optional harp accompaniment
Angels Divine - arr. Ken Berg
Hal Leonard
08742154 – SSA
Bethlehem Hallelu - Jay Althouse
Alfred 20140
2pt – hand drum
The Birds’ Lullaby - Marilyn Broughton
Hinshaw
HMC 2037 2pt
Born, Born in Bethlehem - arr. Donald Moore
BriLee Music
BL365 Unison/2pt – tambourine
The Candlelight Canon - Audrey Snyder
Hal Leonard
08551320 2pt
Carol of the Cuckoo - Carolyn Jennings
Choristers
Build CGA228 Unison/2pt – flute
The Carol of the Dance -Noel Goemanne
Alliance
AMP0268 2pt – timpani and flute
Catch The Spirit, Share The Magic - David Maddux
Alliance
AMP0469 2pt
Chrissimas Day - arr. Shirley McRae
Plymouth
HL521 2pt – flute (violin), small percussion
Christmas Bells are Ringing - Mark Patterson – hand bells
BriLee Music
BL481 2pt
Christmas Day - Terry Kirkland
Heritage
H5883 2 pt
Deck The Hall And Decorate - Ruth Elaine Schram
Warner Brothers
SV9999 2pt
Dormi, Dormi - arr. Mary Goetze
Boosey and
Hawkes OCTB 6128 Unison – optional harp accompaniment
El Desembre Congelat - arr. Valerie Shields
Boosey and
Hawkes OCTB6897 2pt
Go Tell it on the Mountain - arr. Ed Childs
Mark Foster
YS0103 Unison/2pt
Hallelujah! A Baby is Born - Jay Althouse
Alfred 17759
2pt
Happy Winter (A Partner Song with “Frosty the Snow Man”)
- Jill Gallina
Hal Leonard
41525047 2pt
Hot Cup of Cocoa - Phyllis Aleta Wolfe
Heritage
5863 2pt
Housetop Carol - arr. Catherine Bennett
Alfred 7776
2pt
In Dulci Jubilo - arr. Audrey Snyder
Warner Brothers
SV9403 – 2 pt
Jingle-Bell Rock - arr. Mac Huff* new – sent as part of ACDA
preview materials
Hal
Leonard 08745384 2pt
Long, Long Ago - Cyndee Giebler
Colla Voce
20-96280 2pt – recorder, glockenspiel, bass metallophone
Mid-Winter - Bob Chilcott
Oxford T121
2pt
Minka (a Russian Folk Song) - arr. Jill Ann Jones
Shawnee
Press EA-179 2pt – sleigh bells
It’s Christmas Day - Dave and Jean Perry
BriLee Music
BL 208 2 pt
Nino Lindo - Ruth Boshkoff – soprano glockenspiel
Boosey and
Hawkes OCTB6876 2pt
One Candle, One Flame - Linda Sobo
World Music
Press VTS42 2pt
One Little Candle - Audrey Snyder
Warner Brothers
SV8748 2pt
One December, Bright and Clear - Mack Wilberg
Oxford 019386134-8
2pt – piano four hands
Pat-a-Pan - arr. Joan Whittemore
Boosey and
Hawkes MO51474967 Unison with optional descant - flute
Rushing Troika - Sara Glick/Judith Herrington
Pavane P1262
2pt
Sixty Million Snowflakes - Phyllis Aleta Wolfe
Heritage
1004 2pt
The Shepherd’s Carol - David L. Brunner* new sent as part of
ACDA preview materials Boosey and Hawkes 48018988 Unison
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - John Rutter
Oxford – U141 –Unison
Snowtime Fantasy - Dave and Jean Perry
BriLee Music
BL318 2 pt
Something Told the Wild Geese - Sherri Porterfield
Heritage
H5890 2pt
Still, Still, Still - arr. Patricia Lou Harris
Heritage
H5885 Unison – flute
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening - Vera Kistler
Warner Brothers
SV9106 2pt – violin obligato
Sunny Bank -Mark Sirett
Hinshaw
HMC1939 Unison/2pt
The Time of Snow - Bob Chlcott
Oxford 019342632-3
Unison
Twas in the Moon of Wintertime - arr. Michael Bedford
Augsburg
0800674316 – flute/recorder, hand drum
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy - arr. Valerie Shields
Colla Voce
HL247 –flute, optional brass and percussion
Whatcha Gonna Call That Baby? - Phyllis Wolfe-White
Lorenz 15/1457H
2pt
As mentioned above, we have an ACDA National Convention coming up March
7-10, 2007, in Miami. I hope many of you will consider sending
some of your singers to the TREBLE YOUTH HONOR CHOIR, which will be directed
by Jean Ashworth Bartle. It should prove to be a unique and once
in a lifetime opportunity – singing with others from all over the
United States and working with a director of this caliber. Audition
materials must be postmarked by Monday, October 2, 2006. All information
and audition forms are available in the June 2006 Choral Journal and
are available at www.acdaonline.com |
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