Kirby Shaw : Don't Stop Believin'

You know this one, your students know this one, the audience knows this one... but you know what? You've simply got to hear this sensational a cappella adaptation by industry veteran Kirby Shaw!

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Steve Perry | Performed By: Journey

Deke Sharon : Music for a Sushi Restaurant

From Harry Style's album Harry's House, comes this funky and jazzy novelty. Your a cappella groups are sure to have fun with this eclectic concert option!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Harry Styles

Kirby Shaw : You'll Be In My Heart

Based on Phil Collins' studio version from Disney's Tarzan, this tender and loving arrangement will make a fine addition to your choral oeuvre.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Performed By: Phil Collins | Musical: Tarzan

Oh my goodness, Santa, is 'zat really you knockin'? Audiences won't believe the fabulous rhythms and rhymes in this killer arrangement! A jazzy tune recorded by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Garth Brooks, and Harry Connick, Jr. Talk about change of pace!

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Jack Fox

The Greatest Showman has no shortage of hit songs with staying power. This brand-new a cappella setting of A Million Dreams captures the youthful longing and starry-eyed optimism of the text through well-balanced harmonies and turns-of-phrase.

Arranger: Mark Brymer | Composer: Justin Paul

With a theme of rising above our pain this hard driving song with steady 1/2 time back beat is powerful and perfect for young singers. Paul Langford brings his best choral writing chops to this song making it equally appropriate for show choirs and concert choirs.

Arranger: Paul Langford | Performed By: Imagine Dragons

The Bellas are back for their senior year and better than ever with a modern pop medley fit for the President? until Fat Amy ruins everything. Sing the arrangement that the Bellas sang, wardrobe malfunction optional. Songs include We Got the World, Timber, America, The Beautiful, and Wrecking Ball.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Barden Bellas

The Bellas have lost their sound, and to find it again they sing this medley of some of the greatest and most iconic women's harmony groups from the past, from the Andrew's Sisters to En Vogue. Songs include Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, You Can't Hurry Love, Lady Marmalade, and My Lovin'.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Barden Bellas

As in the first movie, this mashup weaves together several great songs and storylines from throughout the film, with a twist of an ending. Songs include Run The World (Girls), Where Them Girls At, We Belong, We Got The World, and Flashlight.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Barden Bellas

The 2013 ballad from British artists Labrinth and Emeli Sande is makes an emotional and romantic duet with vocal back-up in this feature from the Lifetime TV reality series Pitch Slapped. An accessible and appealing change of pace for choral concerts of all types.

Arranger: Deke Sharon

Practice your beatbox skills with this 2014 pop hit from the indie rock band American Authors. The upbeat folk/pop acoustic with a fun chorus transfers beautifully to vocals only.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Zachary Barnett | Performed By: American Authors

You may have seen or heard a performance of this record-breaking single by The Weeknd on either the 2021 Superbowl halftime show or the entire last calendar year as this '80s-tinged earworm spent one entire year (a record) in the top 10 of the Billboardae Top 100!

Arranger: Mark Brymer | Performed By: The Weeknd

In Pitch Perfect 3, the Bellas are all grown up but not having much luck finding work as musicians. This up beat song reminds them and all of us that you don't need money to have a good time. Making music and dancing are the best remedies for fun. That message will resonate with your singers and your audiences.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Sia Furler | Performed By: Barden Bellas

The trailer for the highly anticipated Pitch Perfect 2 gives us a sneak peek at the music for the new film, including this expanded version of Anna Kendrick's breakout hit Cups. After a sweet, reflective opening verse, it moves into tempo for a more expanded treatment.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Anna Kendrick

Pentatonix continues to pack stadiums across the world bringing their unique a cappella style to millions. More than 300 million people have now viewed their mash-up/medley version of Daft Punk's greatest hits. Mark Brymer's precise adaptation of the electronic music duo's vocals-only treatment includes Around the World, Get Lucky, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, One More Time, Technologic and Television Rules the Nation.

Arranger: Mark Brymer | Performed By: Pentatonix

Few songs have captured the joy of dancing more than this 1968 song by Sly and the Family Stone. The Family Stone harnessed many of the disparate musical trends of the time in this brilliant fusion and this arrangement brings it all together for the adventurous choir. It will be difficult to follow this in a show so make it your closer.

Arranger: Paul Langford | Performed By: Sly and the Family Stone

The 2016 hit by pop diva Ariana Grande shows why this young artist has soared to the top of the charts and earned many accolades with her amazing vocal power and musical style. This a cappella setting will be tremendously fun to perform!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Ariana Grande

To save their group the Bellas need to defeat the world's greatest a cappella group performing this, their greatest a cappella arrangement. Songs include My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark and All I Do is Win. The only SATB song from the movie!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Barden Bellas

The funny and poignant Broadway musical In Transit delivered a groundbreaking, a cappella score. The music and lyrics were by a team including the creators of Pitch Perfect and Frozen. This music is hip and cool and exactly what singers looking to stretch and grow are looking for.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Sara Wordsworth

Dua Lipa's 2020 award-winning release Future Nostalgia is positively dripping with neo-disco influences married with modern pop production. Deke Sharon translates the funky production of this Top 10 single to the a cappella choir, and the results are pure pop catharsis!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Dua Lipa | Performed By: Dua Lipa

Now available in an irresistible a cappella setting that echoes its roots, this song shot to the top of the charts in 1973 with strong lyrics and great hook, Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Mentor Williams | Performed By: Doby Gray

Ms. Rigby as you've never heard her before, Philip Lawson's arrangement of the Beatles' then-furthest deviance yet from the boy meets girl pop phase of the early '60s is a excellent encapsulation of the famous string accompaniment balanced adeptly with the lyrical yet sorrowful words.

Arranger: Philip Lawson | Composer: Paul McCartney | Performed By: Beatles

A completely a cappella musical. No band in the pit. No band hanging on the back wall. No band at all. Every sound comes from the cast. Here is one of the great, up beat, positive songs from the show about living in the moment and loving your experiences as you work to Get there.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Sara Wordsworth

Celebrate the awesome '80s with this Cyndi Lauper hit from 1984 and develop some great a cappella singing skills at the same time!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Robert Hazard | Performed By: Cyndi Lauper

Sam Smith has been a beacon of hope for individuality and those searching for an authentic sense of themselves. This faithful arrangement, modeled after their moving performance on Saturday Night Live, stands tall and proud among a cappella offerings.

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Performed By: Sam Smith

Younger or beginning a cappella groups will love this creative and upbeat song from Pharrell arranged for unaccompanied voices!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Pharrell Williams

An accessible unaccompanied setting of the 1967 #1 hit by the Turtles brings a cappella to mixed ensembles in middle and high school. Fun vocal effects will motivate your group!

Arranger: Audrey Snyder | Composer: Garry Bonner | Performed By: Turtles

In the midst of the tribulations that the COVID-19 pandemic wrought, a bright spot emerged in the virtual choir release from the cast of Schitt's Creek, singing Mariah Carey's Hero in character and with an appearance by Carey herself! To all the teachers and sudents of 2020 (and beyond): you made it!

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Composer: Walter Afanasieff | Performed By: Mariah Carey

A Cappella groups will enjoy performing this song by OneRepublic, with an uplifting and universal message and all the energy and excitement of the original!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Ryan Tedder | Performed By: OneRepublic

The Beatles were a rare thing: Incredibly popular artists with an sophisticated and groundbreaking artistry that infused their every composition. If I Fell is practically tailor-made for a cappella singing and Audrey Snyder's arrangement is one for the record books.

Arranger: Audrey Snyder | Composer: Paul McCartney | Performed By: Beatles

This perennial New Wave hit was the exciting opening number featured in the 2014 edition of NBC's The Sing-Off. This a cappella setting by Sing-Off music arranger and coach Deke Sharon will be an awesome selection for your group as well!

Arranger: Deke Sharon

This new arrangement of the beloved winter classic features a light swing feel and easy to sing jazz harmonies. Opens with a sweet, but seldom heard, verse. A delightful choice for winter!

Arranger: Andy Beck

Your favorite male collegiate group from Pitch Perfect is back, this time with a fun Mika song, complete with vocal trumpet jam and gospel breakdown.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Performed By: Mika

From the Lifetime TV reality show Pitch Slapped, one of the groups competes with this hot vocals-only arrangement of the B-52's 1989 pop hit! Funky and fun!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Keith J. Strickland | Performed By: The B-52s

The 1970's group Average White Band was anything but average. They were full of funk and R&B soul. This hit from their second album is stylish and this new arrangement captures that style perfectly. This is a show stopper.

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Performed By: Average White Band

Katy Perry's #1 hit was immensely popular with young singers, with its affirming message of strength and inspiration. This accessible a cappella setting gives it a whole new dimension for developing choral skills and confidence.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Katy Perry | Performed By: Katy Perry

A classic rock tune by the classic rock band Toto, this arrangement is for the advanced jazz, concert or chamber choir. All voice parts use their full ranges. Exciting rhythms, written scat singing, beat box craziness, a cappella and an allegro tempo make this a tour de force in any concert looking for a contemporary influence.

Arranger: Paul Langford | Composer: David Paich | Performed By: Toto

The pop megahit and Grammy-winning song of the year by Lorde will be an accessible and fun introduction to pop a cappella for younger SSA choirs!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Lorde | Performed By: Lorde

Pentatonix has championed the cause for a cappella music ever since they won NBC's The Sing-Off in 2011, building audiences all along the way. The lyric delivery in this PTX original from 2013 allows the harmonies to swell naturally through the vocal blend for a satisfying moment in concert, making the song an ideal selection for pop or concert choirs.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Scott Hoying | Performed By: Pentatonix

Pentatonix has championed the cause for a cappella music ever since they won NBC's The Sing-Off in 2011, building audiences all along the way. The lyric delivery in this PTX original from 2013 allows the harmonies to swell naturally through the vocal blend for a satisfying moment in concert, making the song an ideal selection for pop or concert choirs.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Scott Hoying | Performed By: Pentatonix

The power ballad Shallow took on a life of its own after the newest iteration of A Star Is Born hit cinemas in 2018. Now set in a gorgeous a cappella setting from Audrey Snyder, use this to feature some of your best soloists!

Arranger: Audrey Snyder | Composer: Stefani Germanotta | Performed By: Lady Gaga

A Cappella groups will love performing this 2015 chart-topper from the American alt-rock band Walk the Moon. With a fantastic 80s vibe and an irresistible hook, your audiences will love this energetic song!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Walk the Moon

Originally released by teen pop sensation Daya and then re-energized in the movie Pitch Perfect 3, this is a song of empowerment for girls and women. In her own words, Daya states that this is a song about a girl that goes after her own dreams and really fights for what she wants. All of these good vibes wrapped up in a dynamite pop a cappella arrangement.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Scott Bruzenak | Performed By: Barden Bellas

Pink's number one hit from 2008 rocks out in the all-vocal setting featured on the Lifetime TV reality series Pitch Slapped. A sizzling rock setting that turns a cappella on its head!

Arranger: Deke Sharon

Check out the winning entry in our Noteflight A Cappella arranging competition, Brandy Kay Riha, whose arrangement of the Shawn Mendes song Stitches demonstrated amazing a cappella craft and energy! Thanks to our judges, Deke Sharon and Roger Emerson, and congratulations to Brandy. You'll love sharing it with your students!

Arranger: Brandy Kay Riha | Performed By: Shawn Mendes

Has there ever been a song better suited for a sing-a-long than Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline? Your audience won't be able to resist singing out the so good! so good! so good!, as your choir takes the rest of the vocal (and instrumental) duties in this long overdue a cappella dazzler!

Arranger: Neil Diamond | Performed By: Neil Diamond

This Miley Cyrus song continues in popularity and offers an inspirational message for pop and spring programming in this unaccompanied setting.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Jessi Alexander | Performed By: Miley Cyrus

Feature your best soloists with this 2015 chart-topper by Ed Sheeran. This a cappella setting has a heartwarming message that will captivate everyone!

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Ed Sheeran | Performed By: Ed Sheeran

A modern classic, this Cyndi Lauper ballad in this tasty a cappella setting will be perfect for all choirs: pop, jazz and concert!

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Cyndi Lauper | Performed By: Cyndi Lauper

This Grammy award winning Dance Pop song, originally sung by Britney Spears has been called the one song moviegoers will be humming on their way out of Pitch Perfect 3. In this exciting arrangement for the Bellas, the strings and guitar lines from the original are all covered by the vocals. This is an impressive offering for the women in your program.

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Pontus Winnberg | Performed By: Britney Spears