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A Merry Season!: SoundTrax Digital Audio Download

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A Merry Season!: SoundTrax Digital Audio Download

(A Seasonal Concert Collection)

Music by Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Lois Brownsey, Jerry Estes, Donald Moore, and Irv Rothenberg / ed. Sally K. Albrecht

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Series: Alfred Choral Designs
Publisher: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-A-00014821

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About the Composer: Sally K. Albrecht

Sally K. Albrecht

Sally K. Albrecht has shaped choral music education for over thirty years, first as Director of School Choral and Vocal Publications at major educational publishers, and continuously as a prolific composer with more than 600 published works. Her achievements include regular ASCAP Special Music Awards since 1987, invitations to conduct honor choirs at prestigious venues like Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and teaching positions at Oakland University, Jersey City State College, and Meredith College. She holds degrees from Rollins College (B.A. in Music and Theater, 1976) and the University of Miami (M.A. in Drama, M.M. in Accompanying).

Based in North Carolina with her husband, composer Jay Althouse, Albrecht remains active in educational leadership and was honored with the Distinguished Alumna Award from both the University of Miami Frost School of Music and Rollins College in 2021. Her catalog reflects a deep understanding of what works in school choirs, combining accessibility with musical substance and an evident gift for movement and theatrical expression.

Why we love this

This collection brings together six different voices, each contributing distinctive arranging perspectives to winter repertoire, which means your singers encounter varied compositional styles within a unified festive program. The inclusion of a recorded accompaniment track removes the common barrier of needing a rehearsal accompanist, letting you focus entirely on choir development. These pieces work hard for directors who need music that engages students while remaining genuinely singable.

What to expect

Joyful without saccharine, these arrangements capture the warmth of a winter celebration while maintaining musical substance. The variety across six composers ensures the program never feels one-dimensional, moving between different moods and textures that keep both singers and listeners engaged.

Who it's for

High school and middle school choirs preparing holiday concerts will find immediate value in this multi-composer collection. Directors seeking prerecorded accompaniments that free them from the accompanist dependency will appreciate the flexibility and security this resource provides.

How to get the most out of it

  • Lean into the stylistic variety; each composer's contribution has its own character, so resist the urge to homogenize the sound across all six pieces. Let your choir discover what each arrangement asks for.
  • Use the recorded accompaniment strategically during early rehearsals to establish tempos and harmonic foundation, then gradually move toward singing without it to build independence.
  • Pay attention to diction as a unifying element across the program. Six different pieces can feel scattered if the choir isn't crystal clear on text and vowel shapes.

How to use it

Program this as your complete holiday concert selection, letting the diversity across six pieces give your singers and audience a full evening without needing to source material elsewhere. Alternatively, extract individual pieces to anchor different sections of a longer winter concert, using the recorded accompaniments to support transition moments or as confidence builders during dress rehearsal.

Skills your students will build

  • Stylistic flexibility across multiple arranging approaches
  • Singing with recorded accompaniment tracks
  • Sustaining consistent diction and tone quality across a full program
  • Ensemble blend when working with diverse harmonic languages

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