[{"id":262291750972,"handle":"alison-carver","updated_at":"2024-04-29T12:55:20+01:00","published_at":"2021-10-12T09:46:32+01:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Alison Carver","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eA music graduate of the University of Manchester, Alison’s career has included working as percussionist and pianist in the worlds of classical, pop and theatre music, a musical director and a music specialist in primary education. 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We have been her publisher for 18 years and in that time we have published nearly 500 of her choral and organ pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRos understood that the average parish organist was not as technically assured as she was but had a way of writing that makes people sound better than they are. She was able to write across musical styles, from deeply spiritual liturgical music to fun pieces, like her Liturgical Jazz which we will publish next month. Congregations might find themselves called to prayer by such pieces as ‘In the shadow of your wings’, a slow, ravishing meditation on Psalm 57, or shaken out of their seats by ‘Up she rises’, Ros’s riotous variations on ‘What shall we do with a drunken sailor?’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer vocal writing, always setting fine texts, was similarly assured and welcomed by choirs looking for tuneful, well-crafted music with the occasional harmonic twist to keep them on their toes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast year Ros contributed a good number of pieces to Songs every choir loves to sing, a collection of traditional songs, the first time she had written anything of a non-sacred nature for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI liked her pieces so much that I asked her to consider writing more for our instrumental list and we had begun planning a book of recorder pieces which will now sadly not come to fruition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRos always greeted each new request with great enthusiasm. Her editor here, Donald Thomson, said to me: ‘It has always been such a pleasure to work with Ros and she was very prompt about returning her proofs. This last collection of pieces was so full of fun which, although I only knew her at the end of an email connection, seemed to mirror her approach to life.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe shall miss Ros very much but she leaves a legacy that will live on as her music enhances the lives of countless people all over the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosalie Bonighton (1946-2011) was a composer, part-time teacher, and Organist and Music Director at St John the Evangelist Church, Ballarat, Australia.\u003cbr\u003eShe wrote for both professional and amateur performers, and has a special interest in music for liturgical needs.\u003c\/p\u003e"}]
What a treat awaits the choirs who adopt these books and CD set. 50 of the all-time top songs arranged for two parts with super piano or keyboard accompaniments.
The music is available in two versions - a full score and a vocal score for the singers. And there's a bonus because there are also available CDs with both demo and instrumental backing tracks.
The arrangements are all by established and highly skilled composers who know what really works with choirs.
Contents
A life on the ocean wave All the nice girls love a sailor Angels Annie's song Bobby Shaftoe Boom, boom! Ain't it great to be crazy? Bridge over troubled water Brown-eyed girl Chick, chick, chicken Daisy Bell Dancing Queen Danny boy Dashing away with the smoothing iron Deep river Dem dry bones Do your ears hang low? Early one morning Golden slumbers Home on the range I am the music man I do like to be beside the seaside If I had a hammer I'm a nut! It's a long way to Tipperary Last night's pizza Li'l Liza Jane Mamma mia Michael Finnegan My Bonnie lies over the ocean My grandfather's clock Now is the hour On Ilkley moor baht 'at One finger, one thumb Pick a bale o' cotton Sailing She'll be comin' round the mountain Steal away Strawberry Fair Streets of London Swing low, sweet chariot The animals went in two by two The ash grove The bear climbed over the mountain The last rose of summer The Skye boat song There once was a guy with a ping-pong ball Waterloo When I first came to this land Ye banks and braes You'll never get to heaven You'll never walk alone
About Kevin Duncan
Kevin Duncan is a composer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in the UK. He has written and recorded many products for Kevin Mayhew Publishers. His work with Kevin Mayhew includes a range of solo piano albums, a collection of Celtic compositions, a range of jazz improvisation tutors and even a rock musical.
