Texas UIL Choral Tenor/Bass Grade 3

Highly rhythmic in both accompaniment and voices with independent vocal lines, this work simply radiates energy with a message of hope and empowerment: "To the stars through difficulties, look upward, move

Here's an invigorating cross-cultural number that will make everyone want to dance! It's a joyful Israeli dance song, incorporating the popular round Toembai. With Hebrew text, lots of "tra la la

This exciting concert piece for developing choirs uses a traditional Latin text. The energetic mixed meters are contrasted with a more expressive middle section. The piano accompaniment adds nicely to the

Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road is the basis for this expansive and melodic original composition that is perfectly suited to the young chorus. Limited range melodies and chordal harmonies soar

Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies,

Dating from the 16th century, the Coventry Carol is one of the most beautiful carols in the English language. This modern arrangement stretches the usual time signature to 4/4 with syncopation,

Here is an upbeat and fun song that uses a prayer text from Ghana translated into English. Syncopated rhythms that repeat throughout make this a perfect choice for any choir. Opportunities for optional

Franck's popular canon is a wonderful introduction to singing in Latin for middle school students. You can use the flowing piano accompaniment to support your singers through the learning process, then let

Utilizing a classical style of composition, this piece just might transport you back to the time of Mozart! Full of educational opportunities, the musical style and interpretation is authentic sounding, and

The melody of this beautiful Irish air spans an interval of a 12th. Here, it is skillfully arranged with the melody passed back and forth between the voice parts, with all parts being important to the full

This heartfelt piece is elegant in its simplicity and memorable in its warmth and sincerity. It has also become an anthem for soldiers returning home. Performed as a choral only or with concert band, it is

In this happy Kenyan/Swahili folk song, "Jambo Bwana" means "Hello, sir." A simple song of peace, this selection features optional congas plus a piano accompaniment to support the voices. A pronunciation

This sweet and simple original song, with a lilting melody and folk-like harmonies, illustrates the impact of the relationships that we build throughout our lives. Optimistic about the future, the text

A longtime standard for tenor-bass choirs, this original concert work in neoclassical style with a Latin text and optional string quartet is an excellent teaching piece as well as a very effective

A perennial festival favorite, particularly for younger choirs, the arranger catches the mood of the train theme of the piece in a most artistic and delightful fashion.

Easy and absolutely beautiful for a cappella voices, this setting of the beloved Latin Christmas text is a succinct and lyrical selection that will create a moment of wonder in your concert or worship

This artful arrangement of the traditional spiritual is a solid choice for developing choirs. The flexible voicings may be performed a cappella or with the piano accompaniment for extra support. The

This dynamic and energetic piece is written in an ABA style with comfortable ranges in the voice parts. Making use of mixed meters and solid homophonic harmonic writing, this selection is appropriate for

Once the gospel swing gets started, it just never lets up in this powerful selection that is a dynamic musical statement for today's choirs. Its 9/8 meter coupled with an expressive, hopeful text is

A lyrical piece that captures the exquisite beauty, wonder, and starkness of the falling snow! This accessible work is artistically crafted to represent the winter season through both picture painting and

"There will be rest, and sure stars shining over the rooftops crowned with snow, a reign of rest, serene forgetting, the music of stillness holy and low." This masterful setting of Sara Teasdale's

From "The Civil War" by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy, this dramatic song brings the reality of war into strikingly personal terms as a young soldier sings of his father and his own mortality. A powerful

Tenor-bass and treble choirs of all ages will relish singing these gorgeous harmonies with the traditional Latin text. With the option to sing a cappella or with a supportive piano accompaniment, the