James Green continues his efforts to keep the Cherokee language alive with this riveting arrangement of a traditional Cherokee hymn. This hymn was sung on the trail of tears and is still a favorite among the Cherokee people. This arrangement features the true Cherokee morning and evening hymns. An authentic performance can be achieved by using the phonetic pronunciation guide that is included. A cappella 2-Part or 3-Part voices with solo or descant and optional flute (violin) and percussion. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Arranger: James E. Green

Valerie Showers Crescenz is not a new name to the Hinshaw catalog. This secular work is set to a lovely text by poet Lauren Gallagher and is scored for unison treble chorus with optional harmony and piano. This would be a wonderful addition to your school's winter concert. Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

Valerie Showers Crescenz is a public school music teacher that understands the young voice. Once again she provide us with a provocative text perfectly matched to an expressive melody. Difficulty Level: Easy Children Or Easy Adult.

Jonathan Miller has long been associated with Hinshaw music conducting his ensemble Chicago A Cappella for many of our demonstration recordings. Now, as composer and lyricist he gives us this very brief (90 second) novelty work that will prove to be a hit at any moment in your program. A great encore: Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Composer: Jonathan Miller | Performed By: Chicago A Cappella

On a text of Robert Burns, Stuart Calvert sets this traditional Gaelic tune for mixed chorus and piano. Try the piece with a set of love songs on your spring concert. This is a great piece for chamber choir or even community choruses. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: Stuart Calvert | Composer: Traditional

One of Schubert's three settings of Shakespeare texts from July 1826, this new choral arrangement would be perfect for both high school and college choirs, as well as professional groups. Consider a group of Schubert songs for your next concert. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: Ragnar Bohlin | Composer: Franz Schubert

This is a fabulous arrangement of the traditional lullaby by Stephen Foster.

Arranger: Michael F. Teolis | Composer: Stephen Foster

Tom Shelton (Westminster Choir College) has arranged this beautiful Italian aria by Giovanni Battista Fasolo for middle school mixed SAB voices with piano and flute. Try it in your spring concert. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle SChool, High School or Easy Adult.

Arranger: Tom Shelton

Upbeat and enthusiastic piece for two-part chorus (easy secondary) includes piano accompaniment. Difficulty Level: Easy Middle School, High School or Easy Adult. Duration - 00:02:24.

Composer: Edwin Robertson

Three students in elementary music classes wrote these three questions (although the composer indicates that the work adapts well for middle school or older treble choirs). Don't miss out on: When We Group Up, Will We Change the World?, If We Do Not Live, Then Do We Die? and Important to Me? Difficulty Level: Medium Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Robert Swift

A light, playful love song that has a magical quality that stays with singers and audience alike. Also available in SAB (HMC1047). Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Middle School, High School or Easy Adult. Duration - 00:01:59.

Composer: Allan Robert Petker

Light, playful love song, easy to learn. It has a magical quality that stays with both singer and audience. Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Allan Robert Petker

The text for these two companion pieces might provide an opportunity to do some teaching on the importance of proper punctuation. For a little comic relief, try this winner with your women's choir. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Stephen Hopkins

Written originally for a middle school honor chorus, this energetic piece with optional cello can be successful for voices of all ages. It is perfect in a festival or honor choir setting! Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Stuart Chapman Hill

There are numerous possibilities for this lovely partsong by Valerie Crescenz. Use it in a group of love songs, for graduation, even for a memorial service in some situations. It is suitable for high school voices. difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

This moving piece for treble voices with piano and optional C instrument is secular but has a very deep message to convey. It is probably best with mature high school students or adults in a spring concert of memorial event. Difficulty Level: Medium Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

From the mid-nineteenth century, sea shanties have been prevalent in literature for male choruses. They were the music of sailors, sung as they worked to help lighten their heavy work and to relieve the repetitive boredome of heaving, pushing and turning. Bill Cutter gives us a brief arrangement, perfect for an encore or program closer. Try it with high school, college/university or community male choruses. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

Arranger: Bill Cutter

The canonic nature of this piece makes it rather easy to pull together. So, if you seek a last minute opening for a spring concert, this is it! The piece is scored for SSA voices with piano accompaniment. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Russell Robinson

Looking for a non-religious inspirational work for commencement? This is it! Susan Naylor Callaway sets the poetry of William Butler Yeats for mixed chorus with piano and optional flute. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

Composer: Susan Naylor Callaway

André Thomas is one of our most venerated choral conductors and composers. Here, he sets this text by American poet Langston Hughes for mixed voices with piano. Consider the work for Commencement or when celebrating American music month.

Arranger: Andre Thomas

This spirited arrangement of Stephen Foster's folk song is sure to get a laugh out of your audience and choir! We dare you to keep a straight face!

Arranger: Michael F. Teolis | Composer: Stephen Foster

James Green and Valerie Crescenz team up once again for this marvelous secular inspirational work celebrating the arts and the creative spirit. Try it with junior high, high school or adults as well. Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Middle Schoo, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

Tom Shelton is a master writer for young voices and this work for three-part treble chorus with piano and optional wind chimes is no exception. Difficulty Level: Easy Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Composer: Tom Shelton

Composer Tom Shelton, a middle school choral teacher, truly understands the young voice. Try this two-part treble work that expresses the fact that music is the language all people share. Difficulty Level: Medium Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Tom Shelton

British composer David de Warrenne has arranged this traditional Maori work for mixed voices and piano with solo. This piece would make a marvelous graduation anthem. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

Arranger: David de Warrenne

Scored for treble choir (SSAA) with piano by Anne Marie Hildebrandt, this is a very popular English folk song. A true winner for your spring concert. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Middle School, High School or Medium Adult.

Arranger: Anne-Maria Hildbrandt

The creative team of Green and Crescenz brings us another thought provoking work. Though originally in a SAB setting, this 2-part treble work once again calls our attention to the forest as a metaphor for the world, and the trees are its people. Use it to promote racial and social tolerance, environmental sensitivity and global understanding. Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

This work is the final piece in Jackson Hill's cycle of five settings of ancient Japanese poems concerning the changing seasons of the year. For unaccompanied divisi mixed voices, the challenging work will surely hold a significant place in the body of global music appreciated by our audiences today. Difficulty Level: Advanced Adult.

Composer: Jackson Hill

One of two Emily Dickenson poems arranged for secondary chorus. The other is: The Moon Was But A Chin Of Gold. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School/High School Or Easy Adult.

Tom Shelton provides us with this multicultural inspirational secular work for treble voices and piano. The English/Spanish combination works for graduation or an emphasis on world peace. Difficulty Level: Medium Easy Children or Easy Adult. Duration - 00:03:00.

Composer: Tom Shelton

Canadian composer Stuart Calvert is a master with folk settings. This is no exception. here we have a traditional Scottish melody arranged for mixed chorus with a beautiful piano accompaniment. Pronunciation instructions are included. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: Stuart Calvert

British composer David de Warrenne arranges the popular folk song This Old Man for two-part treble voices with a lively piano four-hand accompaniment, a show-stopper for your next concert. Difficulty Level: Advanced Middle School, High School or Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: David de Warrenne

This secular work is scored for treble choir (mostly two-part) and piano with optional flute and bass. A young girl in the commissioning choir wrote the text. Give it a try with your children's organization. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Children or Medium Easy Adult.

Composer: Mark Sirett

This is such a clever piece for treble voices. Set to a traditional French folk tune, Valerie Crescenz creates a witty and comical work great for a spring concert. Difficulty Level: Easy Children or Easy Adult.

Composer: Valerie Crescenz

Jane and Cassandra Austen wrote these poems along with their mother. They were the result of a parlor game in which each line ended in a rhyme with the word rose. Canadian composer Eleanor Daley scored these poems for unaccompanied treble (SSAA) chorus. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Composer: Eleanor Daley

What a great collection of songs! From the sorrowful Nae Mair We'll Meet Again to the spirited Cam' Ye by Atholl, this set will keep your audience and choir entertained. For TTB or TTBB voices with solos. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult. Duration - 00:06:00.

Arranger: Bruce Trinkley

Three Scottish Love Songs is drawn from the Hopekirk Anthology. The vocal arrangements were begun during a residency at the Hambridge center in Raburn Gap, Georgia, in June, 1996, and were completed in August, 1996. These arrangements range from humorous to serious. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult. Duration - 00:05:21.

Arranger: Bruce Trinkley

Hunter College composer Victor Bobetsky has arranged this traditional Korean folk song for 2-part treble chorus with piano. It is great for a spring concert. Toraji is a small root vegetable harvested in Korea. The piece depicts boys and girls enjoying a day in the fields, harvesting the toraji. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Arranger: Victor Bobetsky

Two madrigals for advanced secondary chorus: Spring, the Sweet Spring - a gentle, expressive piece; Love Me Not for Comely Grace - quick and rhythmic.

Composer: Emma Lou Diemer

This work is one of Verdi's most popular opera choruses (Nabucco). Liebergen's edition provides an Italian pronunciation guide. It also comes with a translation and piano accompaniment. Try it with high school, college or community choruses. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: Patrick Liebergen | Composer: Guiseppe Verdi

This unaccompanied advanced work for divisi mixed chorus with Bass and Tenor solos is a traditional Ukrainian folksong arranged by J. David Moore. A detailed pronunciation guide follows. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

Arranger: J. David Moore

Thomas Bell has set this Swedish melody for treble chorus with piano. The accompaniment ripples up and down the piano imitating the movement of water and the chorus sings above as if sailing on the water. It would work well for trebles (even boy choirs) of all ages. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

Arranger: Thomas Bell