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Thank you to those who wrote asking for scores of Advent Calendar. A couple of people asked if I have written anything for upper or lower voices which may be suitable for a Christmas concert. Please listen to The Little One (for upper voices) and Snow for Christmas (four-part men’s voices). Again, if you’d like to see a copy of the score, please get in touch.
Many thanks, and best wishes,
Simon Beattie
A gorgeous setting of the hauntingly beautiful New Zealand folk song “Pokarekare Ana.” This arrangement of New Zealand’s unofficial national anthem is perfect for your beginning to intermediate ensemble. Featuring a lovely piano accompaniment, solo opportunities and a memorable melody.
Also available in the following voicings: Unison, SA, SSA, TB, TTBB, SAB, and SATB. (Different voicing versions may be combined for a large-scale performance.)
SCORE AVAILABLE HERE:
https://www.jeffreycobb.com/store/p123/Pokarekare_Ana_-_Return_To_Me_%28SSA%29.html
Please click below to hear my setting of the poem “Advent Calendar” by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury:
https://soundcloud.com/simon-42-1/advent-calendar
It was broadcast by the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, as part of their Advent Carol Service a few years ago on BBC Radio 3. If anyone is interested in possibly performing it, please contact me for a PDF score.
Best wishes,
Simon
Christmas is around the corner and this lively part song is perfect for the season! Fun to sing and set in multiple voicings making it accessible for almost any choral ensemble.
Looking for a jolly Christmas piece for upper voices for your holiday concert or carol service? Then take a look at “Sweet Chiming Christmas Bells”, arranged in 3 parts for SSA and piano by Gordon Thornett. This traditional song incorporates the words of “While shepherds watched their flocks by night”, and the arrangement includes references to other Christmas tunes, such as “Ding dong merrily on high”. Find it on the J W Pepper website:
https://www.jwpepper.com/Sweet-Chiming-Christmas-Bells/11165077.item#/submit
(Also obtainable from Sheet Music Plus or SwirlyMusic.org.)
After the moving premiere performance of this newly commissioned piece ‘We are a Single Voice’ at the Voices Yorkshire Gala Concert last Saturday 14th September in Yorkshire performed by almost 200 singers, we have now released it as a PDF download for SATB choir with piano or organ accompaniment… if you click through to the product page you will be able to find a link to the premiere performance! It just shows you what 5 vastly different choirs from very different genres and styles can do collectively when they come together as ‘one voice’! And it gives choir members the chance to say what music means to them…
https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/we-are-a-single-voice