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Holiday suggestions for 2-Part Treble

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  It's the time of year for football, trick-or-treating and pumpkin spice everything! But if you are a choir director you are probably already working on music for your December concerts!  If you are looking to add something quick and easy to learn, take a look at these 2-Part titles from the Crocker catalog, some new and some classic. Click on each title to view/listen to the ScorePlay video. These titles and many others are available at Sheet Music Plus  or my website:  Emily Crocker Music Arrorro mi Niño (with “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) The Christmas Time of Year December Nights, December Lights Echen Confites (Strike the Piñata) The Message of the Holly On Christmas Day Over the River and Through the Woods Ring Bells (Kling Glöckchen) Skateboardin' Santa We Wish You a Merry Christmas

TWO SONGS OF LONGING (SSA/Crocker)

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  I'm pleased to announced that "Two Songs of Longing" for SSA a cappella, including "Ah, Dear Heart" with a text by John Donne and "Longing" with a text by Matthew Arnold are now both available as digital singles. These pieces, both on Grade 3 of the PML have been popular choices, but the octavo is out of print and the music is somewhat difficult to obtain, unless you have the old Essential Repertoire anthologies from the 1990s. Each title has been newly engraved and I have created a video score for those who are unfamiliar with the pieces. Interesting backstory...I was prompted to republish these pieces by an email I recently received from a young woman from France, now studying to become a doctor, who had been an exchange student in Texas. She sang in choir and had great memories of her experience. She writes: "I was an exchange student in a little city of Texas in 2011.  Back then I was part of a full-female choir : it was an amazing experienc