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A TUNEFUL WINTER SKY

A jazz-infused concert with the Ames Chamber Artists and the Indigo Monks featuring tunes for the season and the solstice.

 FALL 2024

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LINK TO ACA REHEARSAL VIDEO YOUTUBE PLAYLIST 

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VOICE PARTS AND SPLITS 

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STANDING ORDER CHART coming later​

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MUSIC, NOTES, AND PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS

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The Christmas Song (Mel Torme and Robert Wells, arr. Kirby Shaw) 

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES:  

  • Sopranos and Altos using the 3-part split assignments for mm. 22-26 and end of m. 45 to last chord.

  • The Indigo Monks will play this tune before and/or after we sing.

  • Looking for someone to whistle it to start the concert.

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In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Darmon Meader)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES:  

  • S/A - 3-note chords in mm. 1-46 and mm. 66 - end use 3-part split. 3- note chords in m. 51 and 57-58 use soprano split (S2 on the middle note).

  • T/B - mm. 28-35. Tenor on top, B1 on middle, B2 on bottom.

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I Love the Winter Weather (with "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm") (Tickler Freesman & Walter Brown, Irving Berlin, arr. Mac Huff)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES:  

  • Solo in the beginning may be vocal or instrumental.

  • Indigo Monks fully accompany this piece.

  • T/B when three notes (m. 25 and at end), Tenor on top, B1 on middle, B2 on bottom.

  • S/A use 3-part split for chord in mm. 64-65. Last page 3-note chords are all soprano divide (S2s on middle note)

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Evening Prayer (Ola Gjielo)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES: 

  • Many small shifts for voicing, most for A2 and tenors. Below is by part:

    • Soprano 2 - drop to A1 for mm. 157-164​

    • Alto 1 - Staying on the top note of the alto line until mm. 157-164,  sing A2 notes.

    • Alto 2 - Sing T1 in the following measures: 69, 71-86, 120-124, 128, 137-142, 150, last note of 156-end. This all makes sense vocally and it may be easier to write these notes into your alto line. 

    • Tenors - T1 and T2 stays together throughout the piece, taking the T2 note whenever it splits.

    • Basses - just splitting B1/B2 as marked throughout.

 

The Promise of Light (Georgia Stitt)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings:     

NOTES:

  • Alto 2 move to top tenor note for mm 88-end.

  • Sopranos divide for S1/S2 on last chord.

 

Gift of Winter (Clark William Lawlor)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES:

  • Splits as marked EXCEPT

    • mm. 24-25 - B1 takes T2 notes

    • mm. 32-34 - Basses use 3-part Bass Only split

    • mm. 35-41 - Basses use 4-part Bass Only split

    • These two splits are different than the all T/B split and they have separate columns in the splits document.

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White Christmas (Irving Berlin, arr. Paul Langford)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES: No splits.

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Angel in the Snow (Naomi LaViolette)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES:

  • Mm. 1-4 and 89-91 will be repeated and extended. Parts will be layered and whispered and won't sound the way it looks, especially for the sopranos and altos.

  • Alto range solo throughout. 

  • S/A splits as marked except for last chord - S1 on soprano line. S2|A1|A2 divide notes on alto line.

  • Tenor - sing T1 when splits until m. 51, then from last note in m. 51 to m. 77, divide as marked. Mm. 91-end, stay on T1.

  • B1 sing T2 notes in the following measures: 38-42, 49 (middle notes)-51 (back down on last note), 91.

  • Basses use 3-part bass only divide for last chord.

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Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, arr. John Rutter)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES:

  • Opening solo will be a saxophone, not vocal. Choir enters at m. 34. 

  • Splits as marked

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Stars (Ä’riks Ešenvalds)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES:

  • We will need MANY water-glass players! Maybe 36 or more! Also, we will need the glasses!

  • Splits as marked except the last chord which will be: T1 top, T2 second, then use the 4-part bass split.

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Rudolph (Johnny Marks, arr. Harry Simeone)

Sheet Music

Performance Recordings

NOTES:

  • Only splits are for the sopranos on the last page. As marked in the measures before and after Letter H. Soprano split for the last chord.

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, arr. Darmon Meader)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording (New York Voices)

NOTES: No splits. Everything as marked.

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Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard, arr. JAE)

Sheet Music - coming soon

Performance Recording - coming soon

Rehearsal Recordings - coming soon

NOTES: A small group will sing the soloist parts. Whole chorus only on the choir parts.

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Oh Holy Night (Adolphe Adam, arr. The Indigo Monks)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording

NOTES: The choir will only join for a late chorus of this song, which will be a jazz improvisation with the Indigo Monks

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SMALL GROUP ONLY: Vocalise on "Clair de Lune" (Claude Debussy, arr. Clay Warnick)

Sheet Music

Performance Recording (this is not ours exactly, but you can get an idea. Also not how I want the treble voices to sound!)

Rehearsal Recordings - coming soon

NOTES:

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