Wish your audience a iMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year” in just a half a minute. This madrigal-style a cappella novelty is equally easy to learn and enjoyable to sing. Plus, itis a great choice for any seasonal performance: Christmas concerts, community events, madrigal feasts, door-to-door caroling, singing telegrams---you name it! Fun, flexible, and festive in all voicings.

Arranger: Donald Moore

A mixolydian melody becomes the foundation for this stately three-part canon with madrigal style counterpoint. Festive flute and hand drum parts add a Renaissance music touch to a piece with only 12 bars of singing to teach. Ideal for processionals, madrigal feasts, or as a concert opener.

Composer: Sally K. Albrecht

Developing 3-part mixed and SSA choirs will achieve their finest a cappella sound with this light choral inspired by traditional madrigals. Conservative vocal ranges and practical part-writing ensure quick learning at any time of year.

Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: William Gooch

This merry madrigal will be a nice addition to your 3-part choir's a cappella seasonal repertoire. Characteristic counterpoint makes this original Donald Moore piece a familiar form but, unlike many Renaissance chorals, the vocal ranges, subject matter, and number of voice parts have been specifically designed for developing choirs. A festive feature for holiday concerts and Madrigal feasts, with just enough optional bass notes in the 3-part mixed/SAB for your developing men's section.

Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: Donald Moore

Here's a marvelous music history lesson! This clever a cappella choral features snippets of well-known madrigal texts and music, mixed in with an original contrapuntal theme.

Composer: Sally K. Albrecht

Developing 3-part mixed choirs will enjoy learning and performing the independent "fa la la" melodies in this joyous original a cappella madrigal. Each voice part gets a chance to lead the add-on refrain. Offers an optional baritone part, too!

Arranger: Sally K. Albrecht | Composer: Sally K. Albrecht

This new edition of an a cappella English madrigal is well-researched and remains true to the original, yet makes harmonic challenges particularly accessible for 3-part choirs. Enjoy major and minor keys, independent complimentary lines, and welcomed repetition balanced with contrasting sections.

Arranger: Russell Robinson | Composer: John Wilbye

Breathtaking! This gorgeous setting of the Agnus Dei text begins with piano and gradually crescendos to a mezzo forte before ending in a pure, hushed final major chord. Easy to teach, this ABA-form piece will show off your choir in concerts, festivals and adjudications. It's a winner!

Composer: Sherri Porterfield

This Appalachian folk song, wonderfully arranged in a breathtaking a cappella setting, will give you chills. Opens and closes with a female trio. Strong choral writing for mixed or treble choirs.

Arranger: Jay Althouse | Composer: Traditional

Something new and different for the holidays! This fantastic choral work quotes moments of your favorite carols, all on a "fa la la" text-that is until a bit of the "Hallelujah Chorus" appears near the end. Festive fun for everyone! Can be sung a cappella or with the optional keyboard accompaniment.

Arranger: Jay Althouse | Composer: Jay Althouse

A fresh approach to this early French carol. Polyphony resounds as sections of the choir perform unique and overlapping lines in a minor mode. Performance options include any combination of a cappella choir, handbells or tonechimes, piano, hand drum, and tambourine. Impressive.

Arranger: Michael Larkin

Using this famous movement from the timeless holiday ballet The Nutcracker Suite, this new 3-part voicing of Jeff Funk's popular choral arrangement provides a wonderful performance opportunity for school choirs. Lighthearted programming for holiday concerts.

Arranger: Jeff Funk | Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Musical: The Nutcracker

This nature-inspired poem celebrates our connection to the rising sun, incorporating equal parts English and Hawaiian text. Rhythmic and harmonic motives sound authentic throughout. Highly creative.

Composer: Ruth Morris Gray

The familiar African-American spiritual in a fresh rhythmic setting! Opening with just a shaker and unison voices, a tapestry of percussion ostinatos and traditional choral harmony gradually unfolds before returning back to the clean lines of the beginning. Well-planned key changes ensure successful a cappella modulations for less-experienced groups. Three notated percussion parts are included in the publication.

Arranger: Andy Beck

In the tradition of his highly regarded original spirituals, Greg Gilpin offers this all-new a cappella Christmas selection. Intuitive harmonies and just the right amount of repetition in the memorable chorus make the piece both readily learnable and easy to memorize. Call-and-response verses toss joyful syncopations between sections of the choir, and quickly changing dynamics enhance the style.

Arranger: Greg Gilpin

The ultimate original madrigal for 3-part choirs. Independent vocal lines, terraced dynamics, and a joyful "music" text create an ideal teaching piece that works well as a concert opener or an a cappella feature.

Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: Donald Moore

Welcomed repetition and smart voice leading pave the way to success for developing 3-part choirs. The guys sing in their easiest range; the sopranos, a mostly step-wise melody; and the altos, intuitive harmonies. Add the optional sleighbells and it's ready to go for Christmas.

Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: Donald Moore

A trio of African percussion instruments lays down an ostinato groove in this otherwise a cappella arrangement of the authentic folk song from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Expert arranger Victor Johnson sets up an assortment of accessible melodic and harmonic patterns that weave throughout, creating a wealth of fun-to-sing choral textures. Not to be missed!

Composer: Traditional

Capture the spirit of the Christmas season with this a cappella madrigal-style choral, featuring echo sections and the layering of vocal "bells." Effective, yet easily accomplishable for mixed choirs.

Composer: Sally K. Albrecht

Perform this buoyant Italian madrigal a cappella or accompanied by the optional piano, hand drum, and finger cymbals. The Baroque harmonies are easy to read and tune, and the 3-part mixed/SAB voicing includes several alternate notes to accommodate the vocal ranges of young men. May be sung in English, Italian, or a combination of both.

Arranger: Patrick Liebergen | Composer: Giovanni Gastoldi

Terraced dynamics, contrapuntal textures, and a general buoyancy provide a traditional madrigal feel to this a cappella Christmas original. Perform throughout the community, caroling door to door, or as a merry feature on your holiday concert. And with only a five-note range for the boys, it's just right for developing voices.

Composer: Donald Moore

Excellent 3-part writing, right on the mark for young men and women. Teach the song in English before introducing the optional French text (an IPA pronunciation guide is included). When your students are ready to sing a cappella, consider eliminating the piano accompaniment---it works either way.

Arranger: Patrick Liebergen | Composer: Claudin de Sermisy

An irresistible a cappella arrangement of the authentic Sotho folk song! Solid choral harmonies and infectious rhythms (supported with optional percussion patterns) create a backdrop for special features by the basses and sopranos. A rarely-heard slow African groove.

Arranger: Ruth Morris Gray

Some history: this song comes from Haiti, but actually refers to the first King of Angola, Ngolo Kiluanje, who was revered as a great king. The Creole word for "king" ("wa") plus the king's name ("Ngolo") became "Wangolo." It's an authentic folk song recalling the peace and prosperity the Angolan people enjoyed before colonization. This rhythmic rendition, which may be performed without piano if desired, includes optional body percussion, suggested parts for djembe and other instruments, optional solos in the call and response section, plus a final descant that tops off the triadic parallel harmonies. Check out the free online ChoreoTrax video for some creative riser choreography.

Arranger: Ruth Morris Gray

Look no further for a light madrigal to teach your three-part choir how to sing a cappella, and in tune. Donald Moore's With a Joyful Song will get the job done in a snap. It's so easy to learn and sing this charming and festive original. ABA form, modest vocal ranges, and simple intervals create an easy-to-achieve contrapuntal piece. Terrific as a first-of-its-type composition. Appropriate for general or seasonal use.

Composer: Donald Moore