Jean Anne Shafferman

This outstanding anthology of traditional hymns, immortal classics and beloved folk songs for flute soloist with keyboard accompaniment receives our highest recommendation! Featuring the combined talents of Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes, Lloyd Larson, Patrick M. Liebergen and Anna Laura Page. Ideal for the worship musician and student flautist.

10 Solos Arranged for Flute and Keyboard

The Sacred Flute Soloist

An outstanding addition to our popular Partners in Praise Series, this collection features six short partner song arrangements by Jean Anne Shafferman that can be sung by children's, youth AND adult choirs. Add the delightful short narratives before each song to create an inspiring medley for worship, special fellowship or Sunday school programs, and school concerts -- also great for African-American History Month or Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Adult choirs will love singing them for summer worship or as easily prepared, one-rehearsal anthems! Reproducible song and narration sheets are included. A fully orchestrated CD recording is available separately. Titles include: In That Great, Gettin' Up Mornin' / Great Day * Walk Together, Children / I Got Shoes * Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name / New Name in Glory * Ain-a That Good News / Amen! * This Little Light of Mine / Shine on Me * We Shall Overcome / We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder.

Partners in Spirituals . . . Again!: 6 Spectacular Partner Songs for 2-Part Voices

Christmas for Two continues the tradition of flexible, easily prepared vocal duets established by Carols for Two, Spirituals for Two, and Folk Songs for Two. This new collection features eight beloved carols, folk songs, and folk hymns, arranged for two equal voices. With lyrics for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, these duets are perfect for performance throughout the season, for both concerts and worship. Reproducible instrumental parts are included right in the book! An accompaniment CD recording and a book/CD kit are also available. Titles include: Ding Dong! Merrily on High/He Is Born! (Page) * What Child Shall Come? (Liebergen) * The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (Price, Besig) * Minuet Noel (Shafferman) * Come to Set Us Free (Shafferman, Larson) * English Advent Carol (Liebergen) * Hidden as a Baby (Williams, Martin) * Joyful, Joyful to the World (Althouse).

8 Duets on Traditional Carols & Folk Songs for the Christmas Season

Christmas for Two

Anna Laura Page

A Christmas Carol in Bethlehem is an adaptation of Dickens' classic 19th century English tale that places Scrooge in Bethlehem at the birth of Christ. Obsessed with making money, the Innkeeper Scrooge has no room in his heart for humanity, and no room in the inn for Mary and Joseph! Through an inventive blend of scriptural narrative, story development and traditional English carols and hymns, this program conveys with great warmth and charm the promise of salvation for all through the birth of Emmanuel, God with us. A timeless classic, certain to be a popular favorite, flexible and easy to teach, in the tradition of The Living Créche. Approximately 30 minutes.

A Christmas Carol in Bethlehem

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A Christmas Carol

Create a living nativity scene, including a cr che (crib), with this charming Christmas musical. Twelve delightful unison carols from around the world illustrate the Christmas scriptures. Legends trace modern Christmas customs to their Christian origins, including "The Legend of the First Christmas Tree." Teaching suggestions and reproducible program included in Director's Score. Grades K-8, approx. 30 minutes.

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The Living Creche (Children's Christmas Pageant)

Tim Hayden

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge in Bethlehem is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 19th-centruy English story, A Christmas Carol. In this merry adaptation Scrooge is the Bethlehem Innkeeper who refuses shelter to Mary and Joseph on that first Christmas night. His front desk clerk, Bob Cratchit, comes to their aid while Scrooge sleeps alone in his dark room in the inn. When God sends an angel with the Light of Salvation to Scrooge, the wretched man is forced to search his soul. Gradually he realizes that he has traded his soul for money. His final redemption reflects the promise of salvation for all, both poor and rich, in the birth of Emmanuel, God with us.

A Musical for Children Based Upon a Story by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge in Bethlehem

At last! Here's a collection that includes ALL of the sacred songs that you learned and loved as a child, arranged in fresh new arrangements for unison voices and keyboard (chord symbols included). The first 10 songs focus on famous Bible characters, such as Abraham, Jonah and Zacchaeus. The final 10 songs are arranged in 5 thematically-related pairs, great for performance in chapel, worship, Christian school programs and vacation Bible school! Many songs include optional movement, speech song, story enactment and vocal descants that are great for teaching part-singing! A real "budget saver," this dynamic collection features REPRODUCIBLE lyric/activity sheets included right in the Songbook!

Favorite Sacred Songs for Children . . . Bible Stories & Songs of Praise

My First Praise Songs offers 10 delightful songs and medleys featuring 17 traditional tunes, including camp meeting, jubilee and revival songs, spirituals, gospel hymns, and folk songs. Each title is arranged for unison voices with actions and activities for young children, ages 308. Some songs feature optional solo or 2-part singing.

My First Praise Songs

Singers of all ages love to perform partner songs, and the Partners in Praise Series overflows with traditional melodies arranged in partner song fashion for children's, youth and adult choirs. Each songbook in the series provides a wonderful source of easily-prepared titles for worship and Christian school concerts, as well as reproducible song and narration sheets . . . no need to buy additional copies for the singers! Add the delightful short narratives before each song and create a medley of two or more songs for children's chapel, special Sunday school programs, vacation Bible school and adult fellowship events. Combine several groups of singers and perform all six songs with narration for a special 15-20 minute musical program. Partners in . . . Spirituals, the first installment in the series, includes six partner song arrangements of some of the best-loved spirituals of all time. Great for performance throughout the year, they also are appropriate for special occasions such as Christmas and Easter, Ascension, Christ the King and Pentecost, All Saints' and Lent, communion and peace Sunday, and evangelism or stewardship. Titles: * Glory Bound (This Train / When the Saints Go Marchin' In) * Peace Like a River, Kum Ba Yah * Good News! (Go, Tell It on the Mountain) * Carry Me Home (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Deep River) * Rise and Shine! * Sing with the Spirit! (I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing / I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing)

Jean Anne Shafferman

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