Jazz Folk Songs for Choirs: 9 songs from around the world - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193359243 ISBN 13: 9780193359246

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 2008

Synopsis

for SATB and jazz trio or piano solo
This exciting collection gives a jazzy twist to nine favourite folk songs from around the world, including 'Scarborough Fair', 'À la claire fontaine', and 'Waltzing Matilda'. A spiral-bound edition including a jazz-trio backing CD is available separately.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Chilcott has a established an international reputation as one of Britain's most versatile and popular composers of choral music. He began his career as a chorister and choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, under the leadership of Sir David Wilcocks and Philip Ledger. For twelve years, he was a member of the renowned vocal ensemble The King's Singers, for whom he wrote numerous a cappella and accompanied pieces and arrangements, many of which have been featured on the group's recordings for BMG and EMI Records. It was this experience that led him to full-time composition, fulfilling a desire to extend his commitment to young and to amateur choirs through his own brand of accessible music, which allows him to share his deep belief in the communicative and social aspects of music. Bob Chilcott currently conducts the chorus at the Royal College of Music in London and is in great demand as a guest conductor and leader of choral workshops worldwide.

Review:

Another Chilcott collection worth having, this is a great addition for any choir that performs a lot of secular music . . . A collection of songs as cool as the colour of its cover. * Music Teacher, September 08 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0193359243
• ISBN 13: 9780193359246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84