"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - The incredibly talented Mark Hayes breathes new life into this inspirational favorite. Beginning with a cool, almost tribal, percussive groove, new harmonies sweep in and out of this outstanding arrangement that only he could have created. "Homeward Bound" - This iconic song by Paul Simon from the 1966 Simon & Garfunkel album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was also a hit single that same year. With lyrics that express loneliness and longing for home and well-loved and familiar harmonies, choirs will enjoy recreating the sound of an earlier era. "At the Zoo" - In the Choral Explorations jazz series for developing choirs, this whimsical song from Simon & Garfunkel is a perfect introduction to style, technique and blend. "The Sound of Silence' - The excitement for a brand new Pentatonix a cappella arrangement of a beloved pop or rock tune has become something of an achievement in an of itself. This time, Simon & Garfunkel's chart topper from '65 gets a fully vocal musical tribute.

Songlist: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, At the Zoo, The Sound of Silence

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online metronome! The voice book features lessons on: full-body singing, breathing, finding your voice, vocal warmups, the vocal break, caring for your voice, diction, music literacy, building skills, working on a song, dealing with nerves and more. Includes vocal lines from 12 songs: At Last - Cups (When I'm Gone) - Danny Boy - Georgia on My Mind - Give My Regards to Broadway - Hallelujah - Hard Times Come Again No More - Homeward Bound - I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) - Scarborough Fair - The Skye Boat Song - You Raise Me Up.

Songlist: At Last, Danny Boy, Hallelujah, You Raise Me Up, Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound, Give My Regards To Broadway, Skye Boat Song, Cups (When I'm Gone), Georgia On My Mind, Hard Times Come Again No More, I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)

Alfred is proud to announce the release of a brand new High edition of our top-selling vocal solo collection. Selected for contests and adjudications around the country, this incredible volume includes 11 favorite folk songs expertly crafted for solo voice and piano. Arranged by Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, Don Besig, Ruth Elaine Schram, and Carl Strommen.

Songlist: Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, 'Liza Jane, Farewell, Lad, Danny Boy, To The Sky, Scarborough Fair, She's Like The Swallow, Angels Through The Night, Homeward Bound, 'Cross The Wide Missouri

Expertly crafted for solo voice and piano, Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Volume 1 includes 11 favorite folk songs arranged by some of Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, and Carl Strommen.

Songlist: Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, 'Liza Jane, Farewell, Lad, Danny Boy, To The Sky, Scarborough Fair, She's Like The Swallow, Angels Through The Night, Homeward Bound, 'Cross The Wide Missouri

Expertly crafted for solo voice and piano, Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Volume 1 includes 11 favorite folk songs arranged by some of Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, and Carl Strommen.

Songlist: Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, 'Liza Jane, Farewell, Lad, Danny Boy, To The Sky, Scarborough Fair, She's Like The Swallow, Angels Through The Night, Homeward Bound, 'Cross The Wide Missouri

Selected for contests and adjudications around the country, this incredible volume includes 11 favorite folk songs expertly crafted for solo voice and piano. Arranged by Alfred Music's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, Don Besig, Ruth Elaine Schram, and Carl Strommen. Titles: Amazing Grace * Danny Boy * 'Liza Jane * Greensleeves * Farewell, Lad (Adéu, Donzellet) * To the Sky * Scarborough Fair * She's Like the Swallow * Angels Through the Night (All Through the Night/All Night, All Day) * Homeward Bound * 'Cross the Wide Missouri. This title is available in SmartMusic. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

Songlist: 'Cross the Wide Missouri, Amazing Grace, Angels Through the Night, Danny Boy, Farewell, Lad, Greensleeves, Homeward Bound, Liza Jane, Scarborough Fair, She's Like the Swallow, To the Sky

Selected for contests and adjudications around the country, this incredible volume includes 11 favorite folk songs expertly crafted for solo voice and piano. Arranged by Alfred Music's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, Don Besig, Ruth Elaine Schram, and Carl Strommen. Titles: Amazing Grace * Danny Boy * 'Liza Jane * Greensleeves * Farewell, Lad (Adéu, Donzellet) * To the Sky * Scarborough Fair * She's Like the Swallow * Angels Through the Night (All Through the Night/All Night, All Day) * Homeward Bound * 'Cross the Wide Missouri. This title is available in SmartMusic. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

Songlist: 'Cross the Wide Missouri, Amazing Grace, Angels Through the Night, Danny Boy, Farewell, Lad, Greensleeves, Homeward Bound, Liza Jane, Scarborough Fair, She's Like the Swallow, To the Sky

Selected for contests and adjudications around the country, this incredible volume includes 11 favorite folk songs expertly crafted for solo voice and piano. Arranged by Alfred Music's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, Don Besig, Ruth Elaine Schram, and Carl Strommen. Titles: Amazing Grace * Danny Boy * 'Liza Jane * Greensleeves * Farewell, Lad (Adéu, Donzellet) * To the Sky * Scarborough Fair * She's Like the Swallow * Angels Through the Night (All Through the Night/All Night, All Day) * Homeward Bound * 'Cross the Wide Missouri. This title is available in SmartMusic.

Songlist: 'Cross the Wide Missouri, Amazing Grace, Angels Through the Night, Danny Boy, Farewell, Lad, Greensleeves, Homeward Bound, Liza Jane, Scarborough Fair, She's Like the Swallow, To the Sky

Each of us has cherished memories of home; as we continue in life, we seek places and situations that bring the same feelings of comfort, strength and reassurance. This CD contains music that reflects our journey towards that sense of home, and the support we give others in their own pilgrimages. In this collection of inspirational folk hymns and songs, the BYU Singers, Concert Choir, Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus join with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra in beautiful performances of inspiring music. This CD includes several songs not heard on the TV broadcasts.

Songlist: Pilgrim Song, Lead, Kindly Light, Homeward Bound, Pilgrim's Chorus, from Tannhauser, Saints Bound For Heaven, The Promised Land, Ain't That News, Have I Done Any Good?, Goin' Home, Pilgrims on a Journey, Whither Goest Thou, Pilgrim Stranger?, Shenandoah, Hallelujah, My Little Mountain Home, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, I Feel Like I'm On My Journey Home, Come, Come Ye Saints

Featured on this collection of 16 songs related to journeys, roads and the home that all travelers seek are the BYU Singers, Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and Concert Choir, individually and in complete or partial combination. Some of these songs relate to faith, some to family; all are lovely and tug seriously at our heartstrings! "Songs My Mother Taught Me," "Home I'll Be," Michael Dennis Browne's "Homeward Bound" and "Pilgrim's Hymn," the a cappella "O Home Beloved," "Goin' Home," "None Other Lamb," "My Journey Home," "A Child's Prayer," "Wayfaring Stranger," "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"... this is all wonderful, feel-good music sung by some of the best choral ensembles we've heard. Most songs are lightly accompanied.

Songlist: Homeward Bound, The West Wind, The Road Home, Home I'll Be, My Heavenly Father Loves Me, O Home Beloved, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, My Journey Home, Songs My Mother Taught Me, A Child's Prayer, Goin Home, None Other Lamb, Pilgrims' Hymn, O God, Our Help in Ages Past, Pilgrim Song, Abide With Me; 'Tis Eventide

The Heart and Voice weekend for men, who hail from Ohio, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia, seeks to encourage choral excellence and true worship. The men learn the music prior to coming for a weekend of workshops and rehearsal, after which the programs, directed by Brandon Mullet, a music teacher and choral director at Faith Builders Educational Programs in Guys Mills, PA. The group has met and sung together since 1999. 16 lovely, inspirational songs: "O Sing Ye to the Lord," "What Wondrous Love," the spirituals "There is a Balm in Gilead," "Rise Up Shepherd," "Done Made My Vow" and "Homeward bound Kurt Bestor's "Prayer of the Children," the powerful "Rise Up, O Men of God," and N. Grant Pfeifer's lovely "The Peace of the Lord." This is as beautiful and powerful a collection of spiritual songs as we have heard, don't miss this one!

Songlist: O Sing Ye to the Lord, What Wondrous Love, Gott ist die Liebe, There is a Balm in Gilead, Ye Sons and Daughters, Salvation Belongeth to Our God, Prayer of the Children, Rise Up, O Men of God, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, We've Got Good News to Tell, The Snow Lay on the Ground, Rise Up Shepherd, Done Made My Vow, Judgment Day, Homeward Bound, The Peace of the Lord

A new budget priced reissue of the classic King's Singers title with their tribute to the USA with four selections from one of the country's most acclaimed songwriters of the current era Paul Simon.

Songlist: Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Sound Of Silence, America, Homeward Bound, If You Leave Me Now, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear, Scissors Cut, It's Lonely at the Top, Vincent, Wichita Lineman

Fifteen-strong San Francisco-based women's vocal ensemble Musae takes its name from the classic nine muses of Greek mythology, the original "ladies of song." Since its founding in 2004 Musae has performed its diverse and accessible repertoire at venues throughout the Bay Area, and has gained a reputation for stretching the boundaries of traditional repertoire for women's voices. Performing largely without a conductor, Musae is a musical collective where each singer may sing a range of vocal parts. "From Argentina to Appalachia" is Musae's impressive debut album, which features music from North America, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. There are 11 songs here, "Selections from Como Tu," the bright, rhythmic, drum-accompanied "Mahk Jhi," "Selections from Como Tu," the soaring "Bright Morning Stars," the poignant traditional gem "Queen Jane," the lively "Las Amarillas," the heartbreaking love song "Te Quiero," the spiritual "There is a Balm in Gilead," the powerful "Salmo 150," the lovely "Duerme Negrito," the gorgeous, piano accompanied "Homeward Bound," the joyous "Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal" and finishing with the short but sweet "Coda." "Argentina to Appalachia" is simply amazing and beautiful from beginning to end!

Songlist: Selections From Como Tu, Makh Jhi, Bright Morning Stars, Queen Jane, Las Amarillas, Te Quiero, There is a Balm in Gilead, Salmo 150, Duerme Negrito, Homeward Bound, Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

Seattle, WA-based Northwest Girlchoir provides extraordinary music education and concert experience to 190 girls and young women ages 4-18, who hail from throughout the Puget Sound. Choristers participate in concerts, community events; regional, national and international festivals and tours, touching thousands of audience members with their artistry and critically-acclaimed choral sound. For this live recorded concert at Seattle's Meany Theatre, the ensemble was joined on the last three selections (the traditional European chant and S. African anti-apartheid song "Hope for Resolution," Sarah Hopkins' "Honour the Earth," and Oscar Peterson's "Hymn to Freedom") by over 50 NWGC alumnae and veteran accompanist Dwight Beckmeyer. There are 18 songs here, mostly accompanied by piano, a "best-of" selection from the group's concert performances. John Muehleisen's commissioned piece "Glory! (A History Lesson), Carolyn Jennings' 4-part "Cat and Mouse," the sweet "Manx Lullaby," Bob Chilcott's "Like a Singing Bird," Marta Keen's "Homeward Bound," the traditional Zambian song "Bonse Aba," the English folk song "Scarborough Fair," and the Stephen Hatfield-arranged spiritual "First to Know." A beautiful collection from this wonderful ensemble from the North country!

Songlist: Glory! (A History Lesson), Cat and Mouse, Where is Love?/Who Will Buy? (from Oliver!), Manx Lullaby, The Trolley Song, Like a Singing Bird, Give Us Hope, Homeward Bound, Mandoline, Bonse Aba, Cantate Domino, Vocalise, Scarborough Fair, Heart We Will Forget Him, First to Know, Hope for Resolution, Honour the Earth, Hymn to Freedom

St. Mary's Children's Choir has been providing performing experiences for youth in southwestern Ontario, Canada since 1981. The 139 choristers of SMCC range in age from 6 to 20 years, and are divided into 4 choirs. These 33 beautiful, upbeat songs, some piano accompanied, are also divided into four groups, "Praise," "Nursery Rhymes," "Around the World" and "The Music In Us." Favorites are Eleanor Daly's "Rise Up, My Love" and "Canticle to the Spirit," the Jutland folk hymn "When the Stars Fall," the spiritual "Ride The Chariot," "Grand Old Duke of York," Ralph Hunter's "Humpty Dumpty," "Little Bo Peep"and "Old King Cole," the traditional Scottish "Loch Lomond," Japanese children's song "Hotaru Koi," the French Canadian folk song "Vive la Canadienne," "Homeward Bound," James Taylor's "That Lonesome Road," the spiritual "Let It Shine," and Berthold Carriere's "Butterfly Dreams," "Important to Me" and "The Music in Me." A feel-good, fun, joyous collection from one of Canada's most talented, entertaining children's choirs!

Songlist: Little Wheel Spiritual, The Children's Friend, Children Blessed of the Lord, Rise Up, my Love, Canticle to the Spirit, When the Stars Fall, The Word was God, A Celtic prayer, Cantate Domino, Ride the Chariot, Sing A Song Of Sixpence, Grand Old Duke of York, Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo-Peep, Little Jack Horner, Old King Cole, White Paternoster, Bless You, Ein hennlein Weiss (A Little White Hen), Loch Lomond, Braul amestecat (Mixed Brau Dance), Watane, Hotaru Koi, Vive la Candienne (Long Live the Canadian Girl), The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Homeward Bound, That Lonesome Road, Say, Love, Eletelephony, Let It Shine, and more

Straight No Chaser is an all-male a Capella group from Indiana. The group formed during their college years at Indiana University in 1996 and have been together ever since. In 2008, Atlantic Records noticed a video for their 12 Days Of Christmas and signed the group immediately. SNC has been releasing music on Atlantic ever since and has found success covering Top 40 songs as well as recording Christmas songs.

Songlist: Motownphilly/This Is How We Do It, Awkward Dudes, Livin' la Vida Loca, It's All Over, Go Your Own Way, Working for the Weekend, When a Man Loves a Woman, The Boys Are Back in Town, Whatever It Takes, No Roots, Just Like We Rehearsed, We're An American Band, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, I've Been Everywhere, Homeward Bound, Changes, Our House, Lean on Me

On their third CD, the Tucson Girls Chorus sings favorite pieces requested by their loyal supporters. The songs are an assortment of folk songs, motets and jazz standards, with many arranged by Kirby Shaw. Selections include, "Come Let Your Hearts Be Singing," by Giovanni Glaser, "Ave Verum," by Gabriel Faure, "Here's That Rainy Day," arranged by Steve Zegree and "Cry Me A River," arranged by Shaw. This very talented choir is conducted by Margie Kersey with accompanist Helen Jones.

Songlist: Pick A Bale O Cotton (arr. Charles Terhune), Danny Boy (arr. Carl Stromen), Fair Phyllis I Saw (John Farmer, arr. Victoria Glaser), Come, Let Your Hearts Be Singing (Giovanni Gastoldi), Mexican Lullaby (Abe Tuvim & Mario Talavera), Ave Verum (Gabriel Faure), What'll I Do? (Irving Berlin, arr. Kirby Shaw), Here's That Rainy Day (Burke & Van Heusen, arr. Steve Zegree), Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton, arr. Kirby Shaw), American Lullaby (Gladys Rich), Neighbor's Chorus (Jacques Offenbach), A City Called Heaven (arr. Josephine Poelinitz), Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name, You Made Me Love You (McCarthy & Monaco, arr. Kirby Shaw), Homeward Bound

Includes fresh new settings of some classic world folk songs.

Songlist: All Through the Night, Amazing Grace, Camptown Races, Cindy, He's Gone Away, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Scarborough Fair, Shenandoah, Siyahamba, Skye Boat Song, Homeward Bound

Titles: All Through the Night * Amazing Grace * Camptown Races * Cindy * He's Gone Away * Poor Wayfaring Stranger * Scarborough Fair * Shenandoah * Siyahamba * Skye Boat Song * Homeward Bound. Appropriate for any combination of voices, male or female. 64 pages. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

Songlist: All Through the Night, Amazing Grace, Camptown Races, Cindy, He's Gone Away, Homeward Bound, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Scarborough Fair, Shenandoah, Siyahamba, Skye Boat Song