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About This Collection
Description
This collection spans 37,109 titles across piano methods, choral octavos, concert band scores, and orchestral arrangements. Whether you teach beginning pianists, direct a choir, or conduct an ensemble, you'll find essential repertoire here. Teachers rely on foundational titles like Willard A. Palmer's Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios & Cadences for piano technique, while choral directors stock Andy Beck's Carry the Light and Northern Lights for accessible 2-part arrangements that students actually want to sing.
Highlights
Teachers keep coming back to Willard A. Palmer's Alfred's Basic Piano Library series, which anchors beginner piano instruction across recital and technic books. For choirs, Andy Beck's 2-part arrangements (Carry the Light, Northern Lights, The Moon, and Firefly) are widely adopted in schools. These titles consistently lead in adoption because they balance accessibility with engaging musical content.
Recently added
Six new conductor scores and parts arrived in July 2026: David Shaffer's Circus Bones and Steve Parsons's Of Myths and Legends for concert band, plus Heather Archer Hoefle's Counter Mission, Lorrie Baum's Betsy's Blues, and Mekel Rogers's Slavic Frolic for string orchestra. Alexandre Carlin's Spirit of Liberty rounds out the concert band additions.
Composer & Author Spotlight
Andy Beck directs choral publications at Alfred Music and has 450+ popular choral works in print, including method books like Sing at First Sight and Vocalize! His arrangements dominate this collection's best sellers. Jay Althouse holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and spent eight years administering rights for a major educational publisher; he has over 800 choral works in print and brings that publishing expertise to his compositions. Sally K. Albrecht is known for her work integrating choral movement and has been an annual ASCAP Special Music Award recipient since 1987, with over 600 choral publications and 75 musicals and songbooks in print. Greg Gilpin is an ASCAP award-winning composer and conductor who has led performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Sydney Opera House; his choral arrangements appear regularly on festival lists.
