Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Easy Arrangement for Choirs in Fall/2020 ("A Mountain Medley")

Earlene Discusses A Mountain Medley

These are difficult days in the choral classroom. This arrangement of A Mountain Medley includes three folk songs with the "mountain" theme.

For these days of distancing ourselves in choral rehearsals, countermelodies might be a good solution that will teach musicianship with short, independent melodies in voice parts. They will all come together to create harmony, but the tough homophonic textures that require so much listening vertically can be replaced with an easier, linear alternative. This arrangement has limited homophony and lots of independent melodies.

These three folk songs are familiar, fun, and fresh. They come together as components that compliment each other, yet stand alone. 

Available in 3-Part MixedSSA, and 2-Part. If you are interested in having a Unison voicing, or if you want Solo Versions of this arrangement, just send me an email at "earlenerentz@yahoo.com" (on the website, too), and once I see that you have purchased an octavo for your library, I'll get you the Solo Versions for these "days of Covid." Keep the purchased file for the "Glory Day" when we return to singing as in "the old days," and make as many copies as you choose for your choirs. There is a complimentary Rehearsal Preparation Sheet (RPS), too. Send your students the PDF file of the RPS, and they can rehearse from home. 

Let me know how I can assist. We will figure out a solution for your choral groups. If you have questions, just ask. 

Be safe, wonderful folks! These days won't last forever....but it surely does seem like it sometimes! We need each other!!
 

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