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
LINK TO ACA REHEARSAL VIDEO YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
STANDING ORDER CHART coming later
MUSIC, NOTES, AND PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS
The Christmas Song (Mel Torme and Robert Wells, arr. Kirby Shaw)
Rehearsal Recordings
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Sopranos and Altos using the 3-part split assignments for mm. 22-26 and end of m. 45 to last chord.
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The Indigo Monks will play this tune before and/or after we sing.
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Looking for someone to whistle it to start the concert.
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Darmon Meader)
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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).
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T/B - mm. 28-35. Tenor on top, B1 on middle, B2 on bottom.
I Love the Winter Weather (with "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm") (Tickler Freesman & Walter Brown, Irving Berlin, arr. Mac Huff)
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Solo in the beginning may be vocal or instrumental.
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Indigo Monks fully accompany this piece.
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T/B when three notes (m. 25 and at end), Tenor on top, B1 on middle, B2 on bottom.
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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)
Evening Prayer (Ola Gjielo)
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Many small shifts for voicing, most for A2 and tenors. Below is by part:
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Soprano 2 - drop to A1 for mm. 79-82, 91-93, 157-164
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Alto 1 - Staying on the top note of the alto line until mm. 157-164, sing A2 notes.
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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.
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Tenors - T1 and T2 stays together throughout the piece, taking the T2 note whenever it splits.
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Basses - just splitting B1/B2 as marked throughout.
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The Promise of Light (Georgia Stitt)
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Alto 2 move to top tenor note for mm 88-end.
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Sopranos divide for S1/S2 on last chord.
Gift of Winter (Clark William Lawlor)
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Splits as marked EXCEPT
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mm. 24-25 - B1 takes T2 notes
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mm. 32-34 - Basses use 3-part Bass Only split
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mm. 35-41 - Basses use 4-part Bass Only split
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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)
NOTES: No splits.
Angel in the Snow (Naomi LaViolette)
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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.
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Alto range solo throughout.
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S/A splits as marked except for last chord - S1 on soprano line. S2|A1|A2 divide notes on alto line.
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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.
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B1 sing T2 notes in the following measures: 38-42, 49 (middle notes)-51 (back down on last note), 91.
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Basses use 3-part bass only divide for last chord.
Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, arr. John Rutter)
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Opening solo will be a saxophone, not vocal. Choir enters at m. 34.
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Splits as marked
Stars (Ēriks Ešenvalds)
Rehearsal Recordings
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We will need MANY water-glass players! Maybe 36 or more! Also, we will need the glasses!
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Splits as marked except the last chord which will be: T1 top, T2 second, then use the 4-part bass split.
Rudolph (Johnny Marks, arr. Harry Simeone)
Performance Recordings
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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.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, arr. Darmon Meader)
Performance Recording (New York Voices)
NOTES: No splits. Everything as marked.
Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard, arr. JAE)
Performance Recording - the only one we know of, from a taped performance.
REHEARSAL RECORDINGS FOR SMALL GROUP
NOTES: A small group will sing the soloist parts. Whole chorus only on the choir parts.
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