Alfred Choral Designs

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...

Your song is my very heart. The beautiful metaphor describes a loved one as a song with qualities such as hope, healing, laughter, and love. Mark Burrows honors his daughter on the occasion of her hig...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

Clap your hands like a rolling river. Stomp your feet like the mighty sea. Here's a rockin' barn burner that pulls out all of the stops! Gospel-style harmonies, a body percussion breakdown, more than...

Quiet, crisp lines are echoed from voice to voice and punctuated with chilling whispers in this rhythmic setting told from winter's point of view. A mixed meter refrain creates a sense of surprise whe...

Fuel your inner metronome with this fiery, minor-key ode to the rhythm of life. Simple body percussion and a vigorous piano part provide the momentum for crisp, lightly syncopated voices to convey a m...

Using English text and the title phrase (which means "every thing" in Spanish), this breathtaking work tells us to have our "hearts wide open to receive" the unfolding of life. Legato choral phrases f...

Accompanied by a delicate piano (symbolizing falling snow) and an optional cello (the lustrous moon), expressively rich choral parts capture the beauty of a winter night. It quiets the mind and touche...

Victor Johnson lends his artful pen to the beloved Austrian carol, which proves a fitting vehicle for his sensitive signature style. Long melodic lines, generous harmonic suspensions, an intricate pia...

This exciting four-minute holiday medley includes 'Joy to the World,' 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,' and 'O Come, All Ye Faithful.' The arrangements are fresh, yet scored for easy learning. Add th...

Tuneful and bright, this German carol arrangement is a joy for winter concerts. Sing lightly to achieve vocal flexibility and a consistent lilt. Each delightful bell-like phrase may be sung in English...

Bring a fresh breeze and an infectious groove to your holiday season with "Baby Born In Bethlehem", published by Alfred Publishing! This piece offers a wonderfully vibrant, bluesy approach to Christma...

Bring an infectious groove and joyful energy to your holiday season! With "Baby Born in Bethlehem", published by Alfred Publishing, you get a wonderfully fresh and bluesy choral highlight that will de...

This exuberant Christmas original features lots of echo sections, perfect for developing choirs. It also quotes parts of the well-known carol. Download a free snare drum part at alfred.com/choralparts...

Accompanied by a delicate piano (symbolizing falling snow) and an optional cello (the lustrous moon), expressively rich choral parts capture the beauty of a winter night. It quiets the mind and touche...

Accompanied by a delicate piano (symbolizing falling snow) and an optional cello (the lustrous moon), expressively rich choral parts capture the beauty of a winter night. It quiets the mind and touche...

A stark fifth in the piano represents a chill in the air and frames the opening of this sensitive setting of the popular Rachel Field poem. Nuanced dynamics, tempi, and phrasing invite expressive sing...

Like a cozy sweater on a cold day, this original wintertime poem juxtaposes warmth with chills. Imagine the opening descending motive as the first falling flake and the eventual musical layers as accu...

Victor Johnson lends his artful pen to the beloved Austrian carol, which proves a fitting vehicle for his sensitive signature style. Long melodic lines, generous harmonic suspensions, an intricate pia...

This bright Christmas fanfare makes a great opener or closer. Brimming with buoyant vocal parts and playful "ding-a dings" to spare, it's equal parts festive and fun. As part of the PerformancePlus+ s...

Fluid vocal parts glide effortlessly over ashimmering piano accompaniment in this nature-inspired contemporary choral. Musical quotes from familiar 'river' songs are a note worthy surprise at the end....

With "A Blessing", published by Alfred Publishing, a deeply touching piece enters your choral repertoire. This sensitive composition weaves traditional Irish blessing texts into a graceful, heartwarmi...

Walter de la Mare's poem is a fantastic example of the Romantic-era imagination, and even more so when paired with this gorgeously haunting music. A delicately constructed piano accompaniment glides b...

Victor C. Johnson's radiant realization of the traditional Latin "light born of light" text is equally fitting for the concert hall, stage, or sanctuary. With plenty of room for expressive singing, th...

'Ask me to sing, and I'll give you a part of my soul. Ask me to sing, and I feel happy and hopeful and whole.' Powerful as an opener, closer, or for a combined choir concert, this inspirational contem...