You may have heard Don Macdonald’s gorgeous a cappella Tabula Rasa. Blues for a Green Boy is about Don’s son who loves life (green) but still loves to play the blues on his guitar. Don captures the discrepancy beautifully. click here to list to a quality recording and study the score. with […]
New Publications
Christmas Music from Ireland
Some ideas, with a Celtic flavour, for your Christmas programme from Irish composer Bernard Sexton An evocative and expressive setting of the Dormi Jesu text here An Irish tune with words inspired by the Christmas story here A rollicking new carol here A new setting of the Sussex Carol in a contemporary, yet accessible style here
New approach classroom method
Let’s Make Music! Classroom Recorder Method Try it for free! At the successful conclusion of this course, your students can show proficiency in/at: Demonstrating ‘resting’ and ‘playing’ positions. Following the conductor while playing the recorder. Being a good audience member. The proper care and maintenance of a musical instrument. Playing the following notes on the […]
Alberta Cowboy Songs
Three rousing songs arranged by Trent Worthington 1) Alberta Homesteader 2) Blood on the Saddle 3) Flunky Jim Listen here while you study the score. Watch a fantastic performance (Youtube) – click here regards from Dr. Larry Nickel, Cypress Choral Music
Practicing Choral Music: Ten ideas for the singer who doesn’t think they can practice on their own
Congratulations! You’ve now been told for the millionth time to practice your music for your next choir rehearsal. But if you are someone who hears that and thinks, “I don’t play piano. I can’t do this without someone helping me,” here are some ways you can practice on your own and improve your singing. […]
Christian Virtual Hymnal® 5.1 released providing transposable, customizable sheet music for thousands of pd hymns and the Messiah
Version 5.1 of the Christian Virtual Hymnal is now available – customize, print, play. Recently added are almost all the public domain hymns in LifeWay’s Baptist Hymnal. Major Features: Transpose to any key, choose lead sheets or SATB, resize and quickly reformat, use any of your computer’s fonts/sizes for lyrics and chord names. Extract any […]