Here’s another reading session selection for this season along with it’s reading session video. “Twenty-three Camels” by Bruce Coughlan tells the bizarre story of twenty-three camels hauling hauling gear during the Klondike gold rush. This is definitely one of Bruce’s funniest Canadian folk songs and Larry Nickel’s arrangement turned this into a real barn-burner. Enjoy! […]
New Publications
Lawson: Choral Arranging, basics & ideas
New on-line didactical content by composer and arranger Philip Lawson (The King’s Singers old former) about arranging for beginners or deep experienced musical groups. The video lesson includes several examples by the lecturer as well. https://youtu.be/8lpSx48ziho
Love in Public – by David MacIntyre
Today we’re featuring movement #2 “I Thought Once” of composer David K. MacIntyre’s magical work “Love in Public”. This provocatively titled opera MacIntyre wrote on forty-four dramatic love poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Twelve expressions of love pour through the majesty of Elizabeth’s words and the elegance of David’s music. Enjoy! Available at Cypress Choral […]
A song for October: Depression and Mental Health Awareness Month
“I Am Here” is a song for SATB Choir and accompaniment about caring and compassion, encouraging singers and listeners to be available, to care and never grow weary of lifting each other up. We need to get this message out and to fulfill its meaning, to be aware and be open to all who need. […]
New “Rudolph” Arrangement – Alvin Trotman
Hello all, If you’re looking for a holiday selection to really “wow” the audience, look no further! I have just released a new publication of “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” that I co-arranged. It is available for SATB, SAB, SSA, SA, and TTB. There is also an optional jazz ensemble accompaniment for purchase or you can […]
“BORDER” SATB a cappella topic: refugees/immigration
“Border” is an artistic response to the refugee/immigration crisis around the globe (especially in the United States). The opening passage is: “Border, sanctuary, asylum, bridges not walls.” The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing meters of “Border” fill the work […]