SongStream 2: An American Journey

NOTE EDITORE

SongStream 2: An American Journey is a second collection of ten songs for youth choirs, largely scored for SAB with some divisi and optional parts. These exciting, accessible, and stylistically varied pieces take you on a journey from Canada through North to Central and South America. They include original pieces and arrangements with a strong regional flavour, among them folk-songs, a spiritual, and new arrangements of popular tunes. Arrangements by editors Peter Hunt and Bob Chilcott appear alongside those by native composers, in a collection that will communicate directly with young singers and freshen any concert programme.

SOMMARIO

arr. Steven Milloy: Amazing Grace; arr. Bob Chilcott: Buffalo Gals; Eleanor Daley: Erosion; arr. Alberto Grau: El Gavil?n (The Sparrow-hawk); Joplin arr. Bob Chilcott: The Pessimist; arr. Mark Sirett: Les Raftsmen; arr. Peter Hunt: Se?ora Santa Ana; Steven Milloy: Take flight; Ysaye M. Barnwell: Wanting Memories; arr. Reginald Unterseher: Wayfarin' Stranger

AUTORE

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. Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780193355729
• Dimensioni: 249 x 7.0 x 174 mm Ø 170 gr
• Formato: Spartito
• Pagine Arabe: 88