Espresso, Please: SSA Choral Octavo
(Sabrina Carpenter Highlights)
Various / arr. Alan Billingsley
Item: 00-PO-0007545
$2.45
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Description
Sabrina Carpenter has taken the music world by storm with songs that dominate both the airwaves and streaming charts. This 3.5-minute mashup of her disco-pop chart-topper "Please Please Please" and caffeinated funk-style hit "Espresso" is guaranteed to brew up plenty of applause.
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Additional Details
Series:
Alfred Pop Choral Series
Publisher:
Alfred Music
Page Count:
16
SKU:
00-PO-0007545
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About the Composer: Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter has established herself as a songwriter and performer whose instinct for infectious pop hooks resonates across Gen Z audiences and beyond. Her collaborative work with producers like Jack Antonoff and Julian Bunetta demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of contemporary song structure, blending disco-influenced production with funk elements that feel both nostalgic and urgently current.
As a composer, Carpenter writes from direct experience with what moves listeners on streaming platforms and radio. Her catalog has generated multiple chart-toppers, and her songwriting reflects the melodic clarity and rhythmic precision that music educators recognize as hallmarks of well-crafted pop.
Why we love this
This mashup taps into genuine student enthusiasm by combining two massive hits into a single, cohesive three-and-a-half-minute package that works equally well for concert programming and audience engagement. The SSA voicing keeps accessibility high while the funk-disco production style challenges singers to nail contemporary articulation and rhythmic precision in a way that feels utterly relevant to their musical lives.
What to expect
Infectious and propulsive, bouncing between the shimmering disco pulse of one track and the grounded, syncopated funk of the other. The piece radiates confidence and joy, with the kind of radio-ready production values that make singers feel like they're performing something genuinely current rather than an educational adaptation.
Who it's for
Choirs performing at concerts, festivals, or competitions where contemporary repertoire and high energy programming matter. SSA configurations at the middle school through adult community level will find immediate buy-in from singers who know these songs and appreciate the arrangement's freshness.
How to get the most out of it
- Lock the groove with your rhythm section or recorded accompaniment from the first measure; these songs live and die by their pocket, and precision timing will make the transition between the two tracks feel seamless rather than awkward.
- Shape the disco-to-funk arc deliberately, using dynamic contrast and vowel clarity to emphasize the energy shift midway through the piece; let your singers feel the genre pivot rather than treat it as background texture.
- Invest rehearsal time in the layered vocal texture typical of contemporary pop production; mark your part-singing clearly so the blend feels intentional and modern, not accidental.
How to use it
Place this toward the end of a concert or as a standalone set closer to send audiences home energized. It pairs naturally with other contemporary pop arrangements in the Alfred catalog and provides excellent contrast against classical or traditional repertoire elsewhere in your program.
Skills your students will build
- Contemporary rhythmic articulation and groove orientation
- Negotiating genre shifts within a single piece
- Blend and intonation in layered, funk-influenced textures
- Singing with microphone technique sensibility (phrasing, dynamics, clarity in a pop idiom)