This romp in the snow is about the thrills involved in two people riding a toboggan downhill. The music paints the wintry scene with fun rhythms and melodies. Duration: 3:55
Based on Psalm 95:1-3
Bright mixed meters, syncopation, hand claps and canonic imitation bring spirit and life to this accessible work for young and developing voices. The text from Psalm 150 is sung in accessible Hebrew a...
What better way to teach the colors of the rainbow than through song? Sung in a round, this piece can easily have added choreography or other theatrics to further enliven the performance. A fun novelt...
With lyrics written by the composer, Two by Two is a light-hearted take on Noah's Ark. It features the usual animals, but also many unexpected ones including extinct and even mythical ones. The music...
Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes than it is a set of original compositions based on them. The first two settings feature jazz-influenced, clas...
The phrase instant classic is not something to be tossed around lightly - but it's the perfect one to use here. From the Peak of Mount Scopus, Applebaum's setting of Avigdor Hameiri's ode to Jerusalem...
Robert Applebaum is one of our favorite new composers; this piece has gotten a lot of attention. The ethereal, almost precarious setting and lilting chord progressions amongst this Hebrew prayer for p...
Open the gates, pleads rising star Robert Applebaum's setting of the high holiday prayer, with the perfect mix of trepidation and strength that often characterizes our approach to God at the yearly ti...
A delightful new choral work of an original melody by Robert Applebaum to a beloved text. Bob is quickly becoming one of the most popular composers in sacred Jewish circles for choral and solo reperto...
Another offering from one of our hottest composers, this healing blessing for worship or concert features a sweet melody and prayer in both Hebrew and English.
A tale of a totally average, ho-hum, boring hero... but not just any hero - a secret superhero! Composer Bob Applebaum, himself a former physics and chemistry teacher, may just have a secret identity?...
Published in 2003, Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes than it is a set of original compositions based on them. The first two settings feature ja...
In December, 2014, my nine-year-old granddaughter, Charlotte, showed me 'Winter Snow, ' a poemthat she had written as a school assignment. I was taken by the text: by its imagery, rhythm, andassonance...
A much-needed new original melody setting of this familiar Chanukah text comes from Robert Applebaum. This piece is well-suited for high school or adult mixed choral ensembles.
