If you want a barn burner to start your choir’s concert, look no further. Robbie Smith’s “Let’s Have Some Music” will get the choir and audience ready for a wonderful evening. Available at Cypress Choral Music https://cypresschoral.com/composers/laura-hawley/lets-have-some-music/
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Emptying the Finale Folder
A favorite song heard every Christmas is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” music and lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin. Teaching in high school, I loved to work with vocal jazz and one Christmas I made an a cappella arrangement of this song for my POP Group. But because of copyright, it […]
Pass the Bread of Friendship – by Joanna Schwarz
Intuitive voice leading with rich harmony; please follow along with the score: purchase the score here.
Emptying the Finale Folder – Christmas
I arranged Irvin Berlin’s “SNOW” from White Christmas for the Collins Classic Carolers, my wife’s Christmas Caroling group, as a request from a Client. It sat in my Finale file not being able to be published until I found that it could now see the light of day thanks to ArrangeMe. The performance here is […]
Reading Session – Cypress Choral Music – Gems from Canada
Please watch the introduction our Canadian Choral luminaries: JUMP TO A CHAPTER Chamber Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo Women’s Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=839s Men’s Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=2082s Children’s Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=512s Gospel Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=1125s Church Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=1800s Youth Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=2430s French Choral Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=1460s Symphonic Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=2715s Folksongs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=3012s One minute features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdOAnFPfmo&t=3095s
One Day at a Time – by Kris Kristofferson, M. Wilkim; arr. Larry Nickel
Cypress CEO Dr. Larry Nickel has been so excited to be granted permission to arrange some classic music that he has always wanted to. Today we’ll feature “One Day at a Time” by Kris Kristofferson and Marijohn Wilkin. Dr. Nickel’s arrangement sits the piece in a place that feels at home. Singable, catchy and uplifting. […]