WE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE: New Collections for Developing Choirs Monday, May 06, 2024
recommended by Jen Sper and Lisa Springer, School Choral Music Specialists
We Can Build a Bridge by Greg Gilpin
This budget-stretching collection is a must-have for two-part choirs! Featuring 6 best-selling pieces with positive messages of togetherness in a variety of styles, veteran choral composer and arranger Greg Gilpin has written warm-ups and rehearsal notes specifically for this collection which is available as a free download along with instrumental parts for four of the six titles. Downloadable accompaniment tracks are available for each piece (sold separately) and for the full collection. Titles include: “Cantamos Juntos (We Sing Together),” “Dance, Love, Sing, Live!,” “Haru Ga Kita (Spring Has Come),” “I Lift My Lamp (The New Colossus),” “Peace Song (with We Shall Overcome),” and “We Can Build a Bridge.”
Concert Chorals for Unison Voices by Greg Gilpin
Unison singing is one of the first things learned in the choral art. This unique song collection contains 16 chorals that can be used all year long with a variety of themes: Multicultural/Language, Christmas/Holiday, Folk/Spiritual, Inspirational, Patriotic, and Words of Distinction. Online access to full performance and accompaniment only audio recordings is available, along with PDFs for singers and instrumental parts. Titles include: “Akatonbo,” “America, the Beautiful,” “Benedicamus Domino,” “Come, Ye Sons of Art,” “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?,” “Hold Fast Your Dreams,” “In Flanders Fields,” “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,” “Over the River and Through the Wood,” “Skye Boat Song,” “Snow Is Falling,” “Something Told the Wild Geese,” “Think on Me,” “The Wayfaring Stranger,” “Why We Sing,” and “A Wreath of Carols.”
Folk Songs Around the World arr. Greg Gilpin, Russell Robinson, Mary Donnelly & George L.O. Strid, Sarah Martinez, Jerry Lim, Victor C. Johnson, and Ruth Morris Gray
Music is an inviting gateway to discover and celebrate diverse cultures. These ten authentic folk songs from around the globe are arranged for both two-part treble singers and unison voices (downloadable song sheets for both are included). Lightly orchestrated accompaniment tracks capture the unique rhythm, tone, and timbre of the West Indies, Japan, South Africa, Greece, Spain, China, Ukraine, Scotland, Ghana, and Haiti. This informed publication includes the background, pronunciation, and translation for every song, designed to launch your exploration of world music. Titles include: “El Vito,” “Gerakina,” “Hosanna, We Build a House,” “Loch Lomond,” “Oy Khodyt Son,” “Rainbow Sister,” “Siyahamba,” “Tanabata,” “Tue, Tue,” and “Wangolo.”
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About the Authors:
Jen Sper is a Choral Music Specialist here at Stanton’s Sheet Music. A native of Cincinnati, she holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin Wallace College (now University) Conservatory of Music, and taught 7-12 choir, music theory, class piano, and drama in Southern Ohio before joining the Stanton’s team in 2006. An active choral singer and accompanist throughout the Central Ohio area, Jen can also often be found exploring the exciting restaurant, brewery, and theater scenes in Columbus, wandering through the local metro parks, visiting family around the Great Lakes, or at home with her very friendly cat.
Lisa Springer joined the Stanton’s choral staff in July 2023. She taught middle and high school choirs for 27 years in addition to serving as Artistic Director of the Columbus Women’s Chorus. She holds degrees from Heidelberg University and Cleveland Institute of Music. She has enjoyed an extensive professional singing career and continues to perform in the greater Columbus area. During her free time, she enjoys spending time in southern Ohio playing with her grandchildren.