Kirby Shaw : Aura Lee

This classic arrangement was originally scored for mixed voices, and is now available for treble choirs! Jazz harmonies are found throughout this lovely a cappella setting, which is full of opportunities to teach expressive singing and vocal blend.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw

Emily Crocker : I'll Tell Me Ma

This Irish folk song has been creatively arranged for tenor/bass choirs. Its accessible setting, along with its fun-to-sing lyric and optional body percussion, will be an excellent choice for a light concert moment!

Arranger: Emily Crocker

Kirby Shaw : O mio babbino caro

This beloved Puccini aria has been re-imagined for a cappella choirs, and the effect is one of sheer beauty! A great choice for teaching phrasing and vocal blend.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Philip Lawson : The Gift to Be Simple

As a long time member of The King's Singers, composer/arranger Philip Lawson was intimately familiar with this Shaker hymn. Here he brings his familiarity to create a new rendition.

Arranger: Philip Lawson

A simple and charming New Mexican folksong arranged for SSA voices a cappella and two flutes. In Spanish and English. Available: SSA. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Arranger: Bradley Ellingboe

The beloved text from the Scottish national poet Robert Burns is richly set in this tender ballad that expresses both the endurance and fleeting quality of love. This accessible setting is ideal for building choral tone and intonation. Duration: ca. 2:45.

Arranger: Julie Ann Ballard

A passionate Latin text, Adoramus Te embodies all of the purity and pristine beauty of Renaissance music. Sung a capella, this reverent masterwork may be used in concert, contest, or festival settings by school or church groups. Appropriate for high school children.

Arranger: John Leavitt | Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Here is an accessible and appealing madrigal arranged for male voices. Excellent for contest and festival. Available: TTB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 1:50.

Arranger: Sherri Porterfield

One of the most famous melodies from Bach's Magnificat is given a familiar refrain courtesy of past FMEA chair Russell Robinson. A beautiful melody has now become more accessible and serves as a gateway into the rest of Bach's extraordinary literature.

Arranger: Russell Robinson | Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

The meter may be 5/4, but this infectious work with percussion accompaniment will be easily learned and will really shine in performance.Available separately: SATB, SSAA and TTBB. Parts for Percussion (High Drum and Low Drum) included. Performance Time: Approx. 2:45

Composer: Kirby Shaw

(Palestrina/Henson) SATB

Arranger: Terry Eder | Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

A profound and striking new setting of the Ave Maria text, this new work by composer R. Douglas Helvering offers both challenge and reward to mixed ensembles - with multi-layered choral harmonies and striking dynamic contrasts.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw

Singers can display expressiveness and beauty of phrasing in this lovely a cappella setting of the beloved English folk ballad. It tells the story of the unrequited love between Barbara Allen and Sweet William.

Arranger: Mac Huff

This accessible piece for a cappella men's chorus is excellent for sight-reading practice, contest or festival.

Composer: Patti DeWitt

This classic spiritual explodes with energy in an exuberant Kirby Shaw a cappella setting. Performance time approx. 2:15.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw

Here is a stunning vocal jazz arrangement of the Humperdinck classical favorite. This arrangement by veteran educator Phil Mattson will leave your audience spellbound.Available separately: SATB. Performance Time: Approx. 2:20.

Arranger: Phil Mattson

The authentic music used in the film! Two haunting choral songs used in the Disney animated feature Frozen capture the stark beauty of the frozen north. Whether performed a cappella, as they were in the film, or with the optional keyboard or CD accompaniment, these are wonderful selections that will expand your singers' understanding of Scandinavian music. Includes Heimr Árnadalr, Vuelie and The Great Thaw (Vuelie Reprise). For a recorded excerpt, please visit www.halleonard.com/choral.

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Composer: Frode Fjellheim | Musical: Frozen

This entertaining and straightforward arrangement for choirs was written by master arranger Philip Lawson and will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.

Composer: Sine Nicfhionnlaigh

Emerging composer Kelsey Hohnstein has produced a warm, deeply expressive setting of the Sara Teasdale poem with well-crafted vocal lines, interesting choral textures and a full dynamic range, making this a superb selection for better mixed choirs at the high school level and up, as well as honor choirs.

Composer: Kelsey Hohnstein

Taking its text from a poem by the great Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda, this rich setting for unaccompanied mixed voices is a reflection on love, on devotion to one's native land and ultimately to one's own identity. With strong unisons and striking harmonies, this impressive work will showcase better ensembles from high school and up. Duration: ca. 5:20

Composer: Pablo Neruda

This well-known and loved song by British composer C.H.H. Parry was featured in the film Chariots of Fire, and here receives a breathtaking, adventuresome a cappella setting. Ideal for concert and contest. Available: SATB divisi a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

Arranger: John Cacavas

Irrepressible joy fills the air in this superb a cappella concert work for the women of your choir. Dynamic!

Arranger: Linda Spevacek

Your women's ensemble will shine with this joyous a cappella original. Powerful and joyous in expression, this is an ideal concert/festival opener.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw

The epic single from the smash Disney film Frozen has been memorably covered by Pentatonix. This a cappella setting inspired by that version dazzles with harmony, color and emotion for a spectacular choral showcase.

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Composer: Kristen Anderson-Lopez | Performed By: Pentatonix | Musical: Frozen

A sparky Christmas carol by composer and arranger Philip Lawson. This carol will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.

Composer: Philip Lawson

This joyous original madrigal will lift your spirits high with its lively exuberance! A strong choice for the mature or developing ensemble. Available: SATB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 1:00.

Arranger: Linda Spevacek

A beautiful arrangement of Christina Rossetti's famous Christmas carol, set by Gustav Holst and arranged by Philip Lawson. This carol will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.

Composer: Gustav Holst

The beautifully lyrical Gershwin ballad has never before had such a well-crafted, fully textured setting! This gorgeous a cappella treatment is well suited to traditional concert and pop programs! Available: SATB a cappella.

Arranger: Steve Zegree

A powerful festival work that is ideal for developing choirs with a limited number of male singers. Available: SSAB a cappella.

Arranger: Linda Spevacek

(Zegree) SATB (A Cappela)

Arranger: Steve Zegree | Composer: Jule Styne | Musical: Funny Girl

This dramatic setting of the traditional spiritual combines gospel, jazz and spiritual influences with energetic rhythms and an inclusive text. Powerful!Available separately: SATB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.

Arranger: Gary Walth

An exciting showpiece for contest or festival! Rhythmic vitality and solid harmonies propel this work to a powerful conclusion.

Composer: Julie Knowles

This expressive a cappella original by Audrey Snyder is perfect for contest and festival use. Excellent voice-leading makes this sound more difficult than it really is. An optional soprano solo completes this spellbinding work.

Arranger: Audry Snyder

This contemporary a cappella setting of the Latin text from Lamentations 1:12 is meditative and profoundly moving in its simplicity. Ideal for concert or contest programming. Available: SSAA a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Composer: Thomas Juneau

This powerful African song will bring down the house.

Arranger: John Leavitt

This powerful African song will bring down the house.

Arranger: John Leavitt

This hauntingly beautiful work from Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed Requiem is now available in a simply stunning a cappella edition. Available separately: SATB divisi, SSAA divisi, TTBB divisi. Duration: ca. 2:35.

Arranger: Mark Brymer | Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Using jazz articulations in an exuberant spiritual style, this original provides an exciting dimension to choral programming! Available: SATB a cappella, SAB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Composer: Kirby Shaw

Newly arranged for SSAA choirs! Using jazz articulation in an exuberant spiritual style, this original provides an exciting dimension to choral programming!

Arranger: Kirby Shaw

This powerful and moving work includes the traditional Kyrie Eleison along with an original text honoring the memory of the victims of the 1989 University of Montreal massacre.

Arranger: Whitney Berry

The famed South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo led by Joseph Shabalala creates moments of transformative beauty with their unique sound and vivid imagery. Choirs will enjoy recreating this evocative work.

Arranger: Joseph Shabalala | Performed By: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

This original work in the style of a psalm setting is ideal for choral contests and other special events where a cappella works are required. Perform the SSA edition with treble choirs and the SSAB with groups that have a small number of changing or changed voices. Buoyant and joyful!

Composer: Joyce Eilers

Based on a Galliard by the Elizabethan composer Antony Holborne, this adaptation for voices includes a festive text that will be ideal for madrigal dinners, concerts and holiday programs.

Arranger: Audrey Snyder

This exquisitely lush a cappella setting of the familiar lyric, "smile though your heart is breaking", shares a wonderful message of hope and perseverance. An ideal closing selection.

Arranger: Steve Zegree | Composer: Charles Chaplin

This collection of five short songs for tenor-bass chorus was specifically created to provide traditional concert literature for beginning male ensembles. Careful attention is given to the needs of changing voices, along with good part-writing and appealing subject matter. Songs may be sung a cappella or accompanied, making this especially good for contest programming. Songs include: All the World Was Made for Me, None of Us Cared for Kate, The Open Road, Sea Remembrance, The Vagabond. Available separately: TB, ShowTrax CD.

Composer: Laura Farnell

Now available in a sensitive a cappella edition, this Celtic Woman song is a tender reflection of the love between two people and their gratefulness for each other. In the morning when you rise, I bless the sun, I bless the skies. I bless your lips, I bless your eyes, my blessing goes with you. A wonderful tribute to love!

Arranger: Audrey Snyder | Performed By: Celtic Woman

From the 1998 film Ever After - A Cinderella Story, this choral setting by composer George Fenton perfectly evokes the pomp and majesty of a royal wedding. Duration: ca. 1:45.

Composer: George Fenton

This fresh treatment of the timeless folk song allows for solos, duets and all voices in a largely homophonic setting. Strong harmonies with additional new lyrics add a positive and uplifting message.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Traditional

Barbra Streisand's classic in a lovely a cappella setting.

Arranger: Linda Spevacek | Composer: Marvin Hamlisch | Performed By: Barbra Streisand

The text of this exuberant a cappella piece with percussion accompaniment refers to the Jewish proverb tikkun olam which translates as repair the world. Choirs and audiences will enjoy the vibrant rhythm and the positive message. Performance Time: Approx. 3:20.

Composer: Gary Walth