Alfred Choral Designs

Here's a heartfelt adaptation of traditional Irish and English blessing texts. A gentle yet rhythmic piano figure supports graceful vocal lines and occasional harmonic crunches in this warm closer or...

Here's a new and rousing spiritual for choral groups of all ages. The text includes traditional spiritual imagery, but the music is fresh and new. Easy part writing and straightforward voice leading....

Bongo and hand drum accompaniment highlight this African-styled work filled with rhythmic intensity. The simple 'alleluia' text allows the melodic and rhythmic lines to take center stage. An add-on se...

This powerful gospel original longs for world peace with a deliberate 3/4 groove that explodes into a revival-style tag. Two brief solos are not difficult to sing, but enhance the gospel style. Add th...

Here's a beloved American spiritual, sensitively prepared for school and church singers by Victor C. Johnson. The familiar strophic melody is fully arranged with progressively richer sonorities throug...

Sung entirely on scat syllables, this stylized piece is equally appropriate for concert or jazz choirs. Dig the new-age groove!

Bossa nova (Portuguese for 'new trend') is a musical genre that began in Brazil in the 1950s. The combination of samba rhythms, jazz sonorities, and lyrical melodies created a new, sophisticated style...

Le multiculturalisme abonde dans cette chorale africaine rythmée de Sally K. Albrecht et Jay Althouse. Cinq phrases faciles en swahili sont suivies de leurs équivalents anglais dans ce morceau palpita...

Written especially for 2-part choirs, this inquisitive piece includes lyrical unisons, echo singing, and sensible duet harmonies. A haunting piano motive represents the moon throughout as the childlik...

This highly imaginative gem feels as though it comes from the pages of a classic storybook. We're off on a fantastical adventure, including a magic carpet, a grand kingdom, and a crystal sea. Just bef...

Stacked vocal lines and counterpoint handclaps sound (and look) stunning! Each voice part introduces its own independent melody with claps, until everything combines in joyful polyphony. Some chordal...

Pour les chœurs exigeants, une belle mise en musique du Benedictus latin. Un motif mélodique obsédant est souligné par un accompagnement de piano doucement mélodieux, tandis que votre chœur interprète...

This glorious processional will create an impressive opening at your holiday concert or worship service. Modal harmonies and open intervals are not difficult to sing, but capture the sound of the seas...

Featuring artfully interweaving vocal lines, this original setting of the simple Latin text is a quiet meditation and a gentle plea for peace. Rich dynamic contrasts and full, traditional harmonies pr...

This tender song of remembrance features a poignant original text combined with Latin phrases from the Requiem Mass. Close cluster chords, beautifully sculpted phrases, and expressive dynamics leave t...

This jubilant song of exaltation is designed to make mixed and changing meters intuitive, familiar, easy. Organized in 3 + 2 + 2, the dance-like main theme is quickly mastered. A small number of famil...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

Based on Sibelius' Finlandia, this impressive selection is like two phenomenal arrangements in one: the first half, a stunning homophonic treatment of 'This Is My Song;' the second half, a Zulu transl...

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...

Your song is my very heart. The beautiful metaphor describes a loved one as a song with qualities such as hope, healing, laughter, and love. Mark Burrows honors his daughter on the occasion of her hig...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

Frappez des mains comme une rivière qui roule. Tapez du pied comme la mer puissante. Voici une chanson qui fait vibrer les granges et qui fait appel à tous les arrêts ! Des harmonies de style gospel,...

Le « plus grand succès » de Beethoven est réinventé avec une touche funky à laquelle vos chanteurs ne pourront pas résister ! Son crochet emblématique court-court-court-long se lance dans un groove ry...

À partir du texte anglais et de la phrase-titre (qui signifie "chaque chose" en espagnol), cette œuvre à couper le souffle nous invite à avoir le "cœur grand ouvert pour recevoir" le déroulement de la...