Voiceworks at Christmas

Peter Hunt is the inspiration behind OUP's highly successful Voiceworks series, author of four of its titles, and series editor. He is a highly skilled teacher with extensive experience as a choral animateur, clinician, workshop leader, conductor, and arranger. He regularly conducts children's choirs and organises large-scale singing events with young people.The wealth of eclectic material in the Voiceworks series, and the useful teaching notes have made the series a significant contributor to the recent revival of singing and the development of confident singing leaders in the UK. Peter has delivered workshops and Inset training all over the UK, Ireland, Australia, and the USA, and has a reputation for lively, stimulating and highly informative sessions born of real practical experience in the classroom.Peter is Deputy Head of Berkshire Maestros - the young musicians' trust - the Hub which is delivering music education for young people across the county of Berkshire, UK.

In addition there is a well-produced CD of model performances. Flexibility seems to be at the heart of Hunt's concept. The repertoire choice is enticingly varied . . . You can photocopy the pages, mix and match styles and parts or, given the spiral binding, even rip out songs you don't like - although I would be surprised if it came to that when OUP have produced such an excellent collection.

• Away in a manger (Herbert Chappell) ; Away in a manger (Peter Hunt) ; Behold that star ; Christmas-tide ; Creator of the stars of night ; Ding dong! merrily on high ; En! natus est Emanuel ; Gaudete! ; Holy Child ; I saw three ships ; Kings came riding ; Mad World ; Mary's Lullaby ; Noel let us sing ; Poor li'l Jesus ; Radiance ; Ring out the bells ; Ring the bells ; Rudolf, the red-nosed reindeer ; Sans Day carol ; Scots Nativity ; Silent night ; Sing high, sing low ; The First Christmas ; When the sun's reborn ; While shepherds watched (John Foster) ; While shepherds watched (Thomas Clark) ; Winter Solstice ; Ye nations all, on you I call ; Zion hears the watchmen's voices