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Rehearsal Aids: New Session 26/27
Music for Early Term
Aug/Sep 2026
Below are a selection of web links that can help you learn the music. Choose what works for you!
HOWEVER: please keep in mind that these examples may not always exactly match the musical scores we will be singing from, and that it is important to make light pencil markings on your sheet music and
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TAUGHT
by the Musical Director
Please Note that you can change the speed of all YouTube videos to help you learn the music more easily. Click the 'Settings' icon and choose 0.75 or 0.5
You can also re-wind to repeat the musical phrases. 
In Beauty May I Walk - Jonathan Dove 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvouYrq_rYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i47hKy_yBlE

For the Beauty of the Earth - John Rutter
Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDoMflYErE

SATB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p1qELuCzyY

Soprano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMdO6-vGgUk

Alto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-u3Kk02Uo

Tenor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oihxn-zf3mE

Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuYj07YuP9w

The Road to the Isles, arr. Gwyn Arch
Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17cMOtqQrZs

[Some help with pronunciation]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5mh4SbjWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6Mb0bK_6A

All Things Bright & Beautiful - John Rutter
Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShpRCvU_bxM

Soprano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6wLYQ82iOI

Alto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q5uRxf_2RM

Tenor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cs3TX4Lyts

Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cs3TX4Lyts

Down By the Salley Gardens - Edgar Deale
[NB. This is not the arrangement we sang as part of  Rutter's 'The Sprig of Thyme' which was sung by Tenors & Basses. This is an SATB score, but I can't find an audio for this arrangement. However, here is an arrangement that gives the sense of the song.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUQUUYqHw0

Ave Verum Corpus - William Byrd
Choir

Soprano

Alto
Tenor
Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZZMF7SRRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_oAnj6m1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pey5Pp2c0BQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlIMd21ru5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eccw5NS6vZQ

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon 
Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccO2BX6AvhE

Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNhtXQ3ipLg

Danny Boy - arr. Julia Knowles 
Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsxb3anzY1Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTRFkeB_rwA

Circle March - arr. Katy Lavinia Cooper 

[We are learning this piece 'by ear'. Below are examples of how choirs have used it.]

Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xti9lXz3lVI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZmiEcqa8Pc

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