In 1964 a group called The Newbeats released their first and most popular hit with its opening two-chord riff and lead falsetto singing being its most notable features. Here it is as a fun 2-part and 3-part mixed novelty number for your program hearkening back to the 1960s and the novelty craze that hit the radio airwaves.

The musical The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd gave us this bright two-beat number. It's a perfect selection for young singers to perform a positive message, add some choreography and the best part... play some kazoos! A terrific opener for any general concert.

Gilpin never disappoints in finding the rhythmic charm and humor of the American folk song, especially for young singers. Beginning with an intro of the phrase Uh-hum, he leads us to the familiar melody and text, but combining many verses to create the story in a faster pace. Vocal lines add additional text-painting and there's even a rap or vocal speech section! A big uh-hum when programming this American folk song on your next concert.

This crazy syncopated "tick-tock" clock choral is the perfect novelty number for any concert. What a fantastic change of pace, and a great way to celebrate Leroy Andersonis 100th birthday (born June 29, 1908). Greg Gilpinis arrangement is witty and wonderful from one rhythmic tick to the next.

Martina McBride's #1 single from her album Waking Up Laughing is the ultimate uplifting ballad, especially for year-end concerts. "Build it anyway . . . Dream it anyway . . . Believe it anyway . . . Love 'em anyway . . . Sing it anyway."

From the Broadway musical Big Fish comes a song about finding the adventure in everyday life, as well as the bond between father and son. Greg Gilpin has designed this well-fitted feature for men's ensembles that is equal parts strength and sensitivity. Great messaging for guys!

Years after NBC's Smash, we still remember Megan Hilty's knockout performance of this climactic, show-stopping torch song. Now your ladies can dig in to this smashing SSA arrangement that slowly builds to a thrilling musical and emotional height. Add the SoundTrax CD or rhythm section SoundPax to accompany your very own divas!

iNobody out there ever gets to define the life Iim meant to lead with this unruly heart of mine.” This powerful message of equality from the 2018 musical The Prom resonates strongly. No matter how your choir members interpret the liberating words, theyill continue to sing them long after rehearsal ends. A warm ballad that grows to full choral impact.

Featured on the pilot episode of the TV hit Glee, this number one power ballad from REO Speedwagon has a continuing life of its own, appearing in multiple movies, TV shows, and commercials. Features a lyric that speaks to the teenagers of today, as a friendship grows into something more.

This gospel-style showstopper from the movie musical Camp builds from a soulful opening to a powerful final chorus. Featuring a strong soloist and a self-affirming message, this arrangement would be stirring as a concert or graduation finale.

A signature song from the 1970s group The Three Degrees, this soulful hit works for ladies' ensembles of any size. Add the instrumental parts for that special touch!

This debut single from American Idol season twelve winner Candice Glover hit multiple Billboard charts when it was released. A powerful and moving moment for any concert.

Featured in On Your Feet! The Musical, the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, this well-known power ballad earned a Grammy nomination in 1990. Optional Spanish lyrics are included in the publication.

Performed by Carly Rae Jepsen in the live television adaptation, this touching new ballad will melt the hearts of both choir and audience.

This will be a moving finale on any or every concert program. The accessible vocal parts, gentle gospel feel, and music-themed text are highly effective and accomplishable for all choirs. Features a simple solo backed by the chorus in the middle and a full-sounding ending after the powerful bridge. "Embrace the music, hold it in your heart. Sing the song that life has given you." Excellent SoundTrax CD.

A true American musical theater classic, Annie is still thrilling audiences world-wide. Introduce younger choirs to this wonderful show with five minutes of favorite highlights. Don't be surprised if your audience joins in!

Grab your washboards and kazoos, heat up the vittles and get ready to entertain country style with a bit of hillbilly thrown in! When you live in the country, everybody is your neighbor! Bill Monroe's 1954 hit continues to be enjoyed with this lively and novel arrangement.

Kids will love performing with shakers in hand during this island-flavored Calypso song, arranged especially for developing 2-part singers. A terrific way to shake things up and bring the house down!

This novel and up-tempo choral sings of skating on an icy pond in circles, with lots of slipping and sliding, followed by a verse of sleigh-riding through snowy fields of white. Put them together and you have a bright and festive winter or holiday partner song for your young singers! Available separately: 2-Part, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:01.

A holiday classic all wrapped in a delightful 2-part arrangement that marches and dances with ease and includes the opportunity to play kazoos! A novel setting that sparkles with fun for the season.

A James Taylor classic, Greg's arrangements for SATB, SAB and TBB voices reflect the original recording and add lush vocal harmonies that melt into the incredible lyric. Sure to be an audience and performer favorite, it is a stunning pop ballad and an enduring concert selection. Available separately: SATB, SAB, TBB, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:35.

Paul Simon's fabulous '70s hit comes to choral life keeping true to its original sound. Optional tenor and soprano solos with backing chorus and gospel-style harmonies, all to a great shuffle-beat, will make this a performance gem for your mixed and men's choirs. Available: SATB; SAB; TTB; StudioTrax CD.

Dolly Parton's inspirational hit was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award. Its motivating text, rhythmic melody and Bluegrass accompaniment create an exciting and refreshing choral for mixed voices as well as men's choirs.

One of the biggest hits of 1961, Chubby Checker's dance craze hit is now a fun SSA and 2-part choral. Come on, everybody, clap your hands. We're gonna do the twist and it goes like this... Irresistible fun for show and concert! Available: SSA; 2-Part; StudioTrax CD.

This new choral arrangement of one of Elvis Presley's biggest hits is perfect for your young singers and especially for your men! The '50s sound is captured here with every bop, bop and oo, ah and will make a charming performance piece to introduce a rock classic to your singers. Available: 3-Part Mixed; TBB; 2-Part; StudioTrax CD.

Greg Gilpin's arrangement of this popular tune from the 1940s is unique in its voicing. This bouncy swing number for the holidays can be performed as a 2-part choral or expanded with the optional part if you have boys with changed voices in your choir. Two chorals in one and so useful year after year when your needs change! A wonderfully familiar novelty number to set the holiday mood. Available Separately: 2-part (opt. 3-part mixed); StudioTrax CD.

The theme from the T.V. series, The Golden Girls roars to new life due to the recent Betty White fan craze and is now available for your choir to sing and enjoy! Bright, happy, and a perfect song for celebrating friendship! Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant. Available separately: SATB, SAB, 2-part, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 4:00.

This 1981 hit by Sting and performed by The Police has been arranged for your men in a TTB voicing. Accessible, repetitive rhythms, and easy part writing make this perfect for the guys to learn and enjoy while adding a little pop romance to your men's performance. Available separately: TTB, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:22.

This two-time GRAMMY winner from Ray Stevens is as perfect a message for today's generation as it was in the early '70s. With a gospel-feel, this piece includes a descant sung by a soloist, small group, or children's chorus, creating an anthem of love and peace with the message of understanding and acceptance. Available: SATB; SAB; 2-part; StudioTrax CD.

This 2-part choral is a gem for teaching and celebrating African American's Civil Rights. Each verse is filled with key events in black history, set to fun and upbeat music and a chorus using the phrase Dream, dream, they had a dream. Perfect for any concert throughout the year and especially February to celebrate Black History Month. Available separately: 2-Part, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:55.

Harambee! is a Swahili word that literally means let us all pull together. This original work has a distinct African beat and feel with its rhythmic vocal writing creating a sense of passion and call to action for performers and audience. Available separately: SATB, SSAB, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 4:17.

Grab a can, grab a pot, give it everything ya got! Here's introducing a performance gem by Greg Gilpin. This boogie-woogie novelty number lets your choir create its own junk band to play along! A wonderful opportunity to learn rhythms and create musical instruments as well as a great choral performance piece! Available: 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:50.

If you are looking for your next inspirational choral, you've found it! This original work speaks of friendship, learning, and the journey that lies ahead in a musically emotional setting that builds to a grand ending of a brand new day. Available: SATB; SAB; StudioTrax CD.

This holiday standard can be performed either a cappella or with the rich, contemporary piano accompaniment. Beginning with thick vocal harmonies, a solo appears on top of vocal oos that lead into the chorus we all know and love. Musically exquisite for both mixed and women's voices with lots of room for musical interpretation. Available: SATB; SSAA; StudioTrax CD.

This endearing song from the musical ÚYou're a Good Man, Charlie BrownÚ will delight your audiences with its adorable lyric and sweet melody. Set for 2-part voices with a tender and supportive piano accompaniment, ÚHappinessÚ will be a programming gem for your concert or festival.

Don't be scared! This Purple People Eater only wants to play in a rock and roll band! Have some fun performing this crazy 1958 chart-topper, complete with optional kazoos and hilarious solo opportunities using funny voice effects. It's a terrific novelty feature for your guys! Available separately: 2-Part, TB, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:10.

This hit from 1977 by 10cc is now a hot new arrangement for mixed and male voices. The bright, upbeat swing feel has great harmonies throughout with a pop energy that is fun to learn and sing. A great up-tempo ballad for your show or concert choir that is suitable for staging and choreography!

Premiered at the Shawnee Press 75th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall, February 17th, 2014, this powerful and inspirational work sings of hope described through the phases of life, such as a newborn's cry, the laughter of children, the ashes of the fire of love that has died, the quiet comfort of a dream. Set to haunting and dynamic music with piano or optional orchestration, the gorgeous work comes to a moving conclusion of: Hope is not lost; hope is not gone. It is not dead; it still lives on. Hope will arise!

Celebrate the season with this delightful medley using some of our favorite Christmas melodies. Unique in its spiritedness in a minor key, the piece builds to a majestic finish in a major key for the final carol, making this a wonderful opening selection or grand finale for your concert. The optional brass quintet accompaniment will add extra Christmas joy to your performance. Duration: ca. 4:00

Charged with gospel-style excitement, this traditional spiritual comes alive with energy and style. A powerful chorus, hand claps, stacked vocal section and a key change builds to a big ending that is sure to please your singers and audience.

What a fun song to add to your holiday program! This Johnny Marks favorite and made popular by Burl Ives will add sparkle, fun and maybe a bit of humor when adding the optional kazoos, all in a hip 50's style that invites choreography.

Let it weave throughout the tapestry of who we are. In all that life can give, let music live. This is an inspirational theme for every choir and for celebrating the power of music in our lives, world and throughout creation. A perfect closing number for anytime of year that will become a favorite for years to come.

Described as Sweet, sassy, passionate and delightful and Cooked to perfection, this musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, and a book by Jessie Nelson was one of the successes of the 2016 Broadway season. This 5-minute SSA medley will be a fantastic showcase for women's choirs and includes: Everything Changes, Opening Up, She Used To Be Mine.

It's the quintessential "show business" song, a real showstopper so spectacular that it was used as the theme of MGM Studios' motion picture tribute to the great American Hollywood musicals. And the lyrics! Can they get any better than this? This arrangement includes additional verses which can be used as a "closer" performance.

Don't miss this heart-felt ballad from the international musical and movie hit Mamma Mia! Greg Gilpin has turned this popular hit into a fine choral work.

Greg Gilpin has put together a fantastic, swingin' medley of some of the greatest hits of one of our greatest musical decades, the 1940s. Includes "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "Jersey Bounce," "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," and "Tuxedo Junction." Need we say more?

It's back to the 50s and 60s with this medley of dance hits: "Save the Last Dance for Me," "Shake, Rattle and Roll," and "Let the Good Times Roll," and it's guaranteed fun for choral groups of any age. Great for adding movement and staging.

Here's a straightforward bossa nova arrangement by Greg Gilpin of a pop standard from the 1960s. It's written with a very easy choral feel, so it's perfect for your larger groups, yet still has enough jazz qualities for your pop/jazz ensembles. Includes a tasty, scat syllable solo for any voice, male or female.

Who knew that Paul Shaffer (of "Letterman" fame) wrote one of the biggest disco hits of the '70s? The Weather Girls made the top-selling recording, and we bring it to you in all its luscious, polyester splendor. The forecast: "Tonight, just about half past ten, for the first time in history it's gonna start raining men!" Bring it home, girls!

The groundbreaking musical Hair gave us many hits, including this medley, which was recorded by the vocal group The Fifth Dimension. This arrangement stays true to its 1960s roots, with a pulsing bass line and easy-singing harmonies. And the "peace and love" lyrics ring as true today as they did during the "Age of Aquarius."

Your girls will sound great on this trio of recent top-selling Carrie Underwood hits, wonderfully arranged by Greg Gilpin. This 5-minute medley features "Some Hearts," "Jesus, Take the Wheel," and "All-American Girl."

Goodness, gracious, this one is hot! Itis classic rock and roll, full of excitement and fun times. Donit miss this quick-learn arrangement.

This 5-minute montage opens with an original theme, then travels musically from coast to coast---from New York to New Orleans, from Chicago to Hollywood. A clever concert feature. Offers great opportunities for staging, too!

This classic 2-beat vaudeville-style trio of tunes is jam-packed with frivolity, clever lyrics, and slip-on-a-banana-peel fun! The SoundTrax CD features tons of "ha ha" moments using humorous percussion sounds. Perfect for inventive staging, too!

A kickin' gospel-style tribute to everlasting love! This can't-sit-still arrangement is true to the original Natalie Cole recording. Excitement from start to finish! "This will be the one I've waited for . . . the thrill of a lifetime!"

The ultimate soft shoe song has been given novel twists and turns galore! This theme-and-variations arrangement includes the traditional soft shoe, a waltz, a jazz waltz, and a soap opera theme treatment! Perfect for your "novelty" slot in the concert.

Oh, baby! Aretha Franklin move on over! Greg's arrangement is just as funky and full as can be. Great solo feature, too.

It's the '60s, the Age of Aquarius, of hippies, and of the surprise Broadway smash Hair. Now, over 40 years later, this "tribal love-rock musical" has returned to Broadway and has audiences dancing in the aisles. Winner of the 2009 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. Greg's wonderful new 6-minute medley captures all of the fresh flower-power

Greg Gilpin's partner-song arrangement makes this Russian folk song a sure-fire success for winter concerts. Kids will enjoy the "Deck the Hall" and "Jingle Bells" texts, not to mention the accelerando to the end!

Here is the ultimate Miley Cyrus party song---fresh, fun, and fantastic! So put your hands up, and sing along with this hot iTunes and Billboard Top 100 hit! Yeah!