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Andy Beck's Firefly and Carry the Light dominate the choral side, with teachers returning to both for their musicality and singability. John Williams' Star Wars Main Theme at Grade 1 keeps concert bands engaged and sounding good fast. Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Underground Background Music brings video game energy to piano lessons at an easy level, while Hamilton Highlights gives choir students contemporary material that resonates.

I Just Can't Wait to be King from The Lion King arrived as a piano/vocal arrangement, giving you another Disney classic for voice lessons and rehearsals.

Andy Beck directs choral publications at Alfred Music and has over 450 choral works in print, including method books like Sing at First Sight and Vocalize!. His compositions show up across skill levels, from early singers to advanced choirs, and the YouTube evidence of worldwide performance speaks to how teachers trust his material.

Brian Balmages composes across orchestral, band, and chamber settings with work performed from elementary schools to Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. His Force of Nature for string orchestra represents the kind of repertoire that gives students real artistic challenge without requiring years of experience.

Lisa DeSpain is an opera and musical theatre composer whose jazz-inflected style shaped the Hamilton Highlights arrangement. Her background in award-winning theatrical composition brings sophistication to choral transcriptions that contemporary ensembles actually want to perform.