Chorus

Essential skills for

Essential skills for organists Many of you will be conducting several choirs, perhaps including a church choir. You may be an organist yourself, or work closely with an organist colleague. We hope that you find the inclusion of organ music in this brochure useful. Anne Marsden Thomas and Frederick Stocken New Oxford Organ Method The New Oxford Organ Method is the latest addition to Oxford’s educational suite of titles for organ. Each chapter focuses on a single piece, with preparatory technical exercises building towards playing the complete piece. Each lesson covers four main topics: practice methods, registration, fingering and pedalling, and historically-informed interpretation. • A comprehensive method book for organ, providing a complete syllabus for learning • For players or any age and with basic keyboard ability (approx. ABRSM Grade 2) • Can be used as a self-tutor or material for teaching • Concise explanatory text for greater understanding • Pieces cover a range of styles and include works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Reger, and Walton 978-0-19-351832-2 | Published May 2020 Also available: Anne Marsden Thomas and Frederick Stocken Graded Keyboard Musicianship Books 1 and 2 Graded Keyboard Musicianship provides graded and integrated exercises for developing five core skills at the keyboard: figured bass, score-reading, transposition, harmonization, and improvisation. Book 1 assumes keyboard ability of Grade 1 ABRSM standard and covers up to Grade 5, while Book 2 covers Grades 6 to 8. • Bite-size approach with practical, accessible exercises • Equally suitable for pianists and organists • Provides support for practical and theoretical graded music exams, and for teaching harmony • Written by two experienced teachers based at London’s RCO (Royal College of Organists) Academy Organ School Book 1: 978-0-19-341193-7 | Published June 2017 Book 2: 978-0-19-341194-4 | Published June 2017 Keyboard Musicianship] is an excellent two-volume curriculum that you can do alone or with a teacher...I highly recommend these new volumes for anyone seeking help in boosting their command of these ‘‘[Graded keyboard basics. Christopher Cook, The American Organist, 2018 ‘ 20 Find Oxford Choral on Facebook for inspiration, news, and resources for the choral world

The Oxford Organ Library The Oxford Organ Library is an invaluable resource of standalone pieces for today’s organist, whether for concert use or for church services. It features newly commissioned music, selected pieces from existing OUP anthologies, and canonical works brought back into print by popular demand. The series provides diverse and eminently useful repertoire from composers associated with Oxford and its long tradition of publishing for the organ. Mins Difficulty Amy Beach arr. Gower: Scottish Legend 3 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353305-9 NEW David Bednall: Evocation of Wells Cathedral 6.5 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353102-4 NEW David Bednall: Rhapsody 12 Moderately Difficult–Difficult 978-0-19-353104-8 NEW David Bednall: Walton’s Paean 3.5 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353105-5 Bob Chilcott: Sun Dance 3.5 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353291-5 Peter Hurford: Suite ‘Laudate Dominum’ 12 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-375462-1 Gabriel Jackson: St Asaph Toccata 8.5 Difficult 978-0-19-335678-8 Kenneth Leighton: Paean 5 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-337146-0 Cecilia McDowall: Celebration 8 Moderately Difficult–Difficult 978-0-19-340613-1 William Mathias: Processional 3.5 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-336913-9 Georgi Mushel: Toccata 4.5 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-375601-4 George Oldroyd: Three Liturgical Improvisations 17 Easy 978-0-19-385760-5 NEW John Rutter: Elegy and Festive Bells 7 Easy 978-0-19-353155-0 John Rutter: Toccata in Seven 2 Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-337270-2 NEW Howard Skempton: Nature’s Fire 5 Easy 978-0-19-353486-5 John Philip Sousa, arr. Gower: The Washington Post March 3 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353330-1 Rebecca Groom te Velde: Variations on a theme of Samuel Scheidt: Puer Natus in Bethlehem 7 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-386998-1 William Walton arr. Murrill: Crown Imperial 10 Moderately Difficult–Difficult 978-0-19-536560-3 William Walton arr. Gower: Orb and Sceptre 8 Moderately Difficult–Difficult 978-0-19-353285-4 NEW James Whitbourn: Apollo 7 Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-353241-0 The pieces labelled ‘NEW’ have been newly commissioned for The Oxford Organ Library and are published for the first time. To listen to recordings, visit www.oup.com/sheetmusic or search on Spotify 21