Accessible and Beautiful (Mixed Voices)

Accessible and Beautiful is a remarkable collection of pieces specially compiled to encourage connection and growth for singers and their audiences. This important anthology pairs inspirational music and thoughtful pedagogy in a bid to restore music to the heart of the community.

• 30 pieces for mixed voices, with piano, optional melody instrument, or unaccompanied


• Opportunities to explore new languages and to have fun with a range of body percussion techniques or percussion instruments


• Suitable for middle- and high-school-level choirs in the classroom and community


• A mixture of choir favourites such as Boykin's Music of Life and Esmail's TaReKiTa and accessible pieces published here for the first time


• Secular and sacred works and spirituals from the eighteenth century through to the present day


• Potential for flexibility in scoring, enabling choir leaders to tailor the pieces to the needs of their choir


• Each piece is accompanied by detailed pedagogical advice, including warm-up activities and rehearsal notes

Content:
After the Rain, Sarah Quartel
Afternoon on a Hill, Remel Derrick
Crossroad, Reginal Wright
A Cherokee Hymn, Traditional Cherokee, arr. James E. Green
Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, ed. Marques L. A. Garrett
Empress of Night, Amy Beach, arr. Brandon Williams
A Far Country, Shelton Ridge Love
Fly!, Tracy Wong
The Gift to Sing, Marques L. A. Garrett
Hashkiveinu, Reuben A. Burrows
Heart of Earth, Shruthi Rajasekar
Lift evry voice, Edryn J. Coleman
Music of Life, B. E. Boykin
My Lord, what a mornin, Negro spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh, adap. and arr. Marques L. A. Garrett
The Parting Glass, Traditional Scottish, arr. Sarah Quartel
The Pasture, Marianne Forman
Raise your voice in song, Derrick Fox
Reconciliation, Alex T. Favazza, Jr.
Sing out, my soul, Marques L. A. Garrett
Take This Gift, Tracy Wong, arr. Cherie Chai
TaReKiTa, Reena Esmail
Temporal, Traditional Puerto Rican plena, arr. Diana V. Sáez and Suzzette Ortiz
Theres a meeting here tonight, Negro spiritual, arr. R. Nathaniel Dett, adap. Marques L. A. Garrett
Unity Song (We all sing together), Robert T. Gibson
The Violet, Maira Myers
Wanderlust, Marianne Forman
The water is wide, Somerset folk song, arr. Paul Carey
Wayfarin Stranger, Appalachian folk hymn, arr. Reginald Unterseher
Weaving, Kahan Taraporevala
When I rise up, Lauren Bydalek