With the support of the CPHS Vocal Music Association, the Champlin Park High School Vocal Music Department presents the 2022 Fall Concert accompanied by Mr. Steve Lyons (percussion), Mr. Matt McIntyre (bass), & Mr. Robert Ragoonanan (piano) under the direction of Mr. Josh Palmquist and Ms. Laura Tempel. Recorded live at Champlin Park High School Auditorium, Champlin, Minnesota, Monday, October 17, 2022 at 7:30 pm. Program PDF available for download in the program archive via CPHSVocalMusic.org.

A Fall Concert 2022

Autumn Leaves (Rebelution)

A new SSAB edition of Matthew Chalmers's arrangement of the Bee Gees' mega-hit from the movie "Saturday Night Fever," with inspiration by a Yebba performance. This accessible, fun and hard-grooving arrangement has a brief lyric solo feature along with space for a guitar or piano solo with vocal backgrounds. Some texture changes and a bit of reharmonization make Chalmers' take on the disco favorite a sure hit with your students and their audiences!

How Deep Is Your Love (SSAB - L2.5) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

STARTER SERIES
Additive a cappella intro (Rhythm Track has piano backing for the intro), mostly like the original, careful voice-leading, syncopated rhythms easy for those who know the original and study the demo, alto melody feature in one verse

i love you (Eilish) (SATB - L2.5) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

Big band style backgrounds in the vocals to support a full-chart solo feature, a la Queen Latifah’s recording, some fast eighth note figures for the whole group, big chord hits, exciting shout section

Special Note about the Vocal Part Tracks, Minus-One Tracks and SkyTracks Mixer for this arrangement - All parts sung by Kerry Marsh, and included in the Part Tracks are slowed-down versions, due to the fast tempo of this chart.

I'm Gonna Live Till I Die (SSATB - L5) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

Contemporary jazz. Based closely on the Pat Metheny Group version, includes marimba breakdown section, exciting, powerful finish

Minuano (SSATBaB - L5) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

SSAA Voicing also available
Grooving Esperanza Spalding tune with an empowering vibe

2011 Releases

Precious (SSATB - L3) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

2 Versions available: Piano accompaniment AND Big Band accompaniment (compatible) - Big Band Version features 4 flugelhorns, 4 trombones, Flute, Soprano Sax, 2 Tenor Saxes, Bari Sax, optional guitar and vibes/suspended cymbal parts

Reimagined orchestral ballad approach with subtle rubato moments. Reharmonization, melodic reinterpretation, dynamic shaping, evocative, mix between 3/4 and 4/4 meters

The First Noel (SATB - L3) (Big Band Version) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

This Fred Rogers classic from his long-running PBS program “Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood” has been arranged by Kim Lomax for five part a cappella vocal jazz ensemble with a soprano lyric solo. This playful arrangement really swings! The upper four voices often feature tight harmonies with closed voicings, offering a challenge to singers, while remaining fun to listen to. The B section transitions to a jazz waltz and then back into swing for the final A and rubato coda to finish. It is possible to sing this with only 5 voices as the backgrounds are either doubled in the solo or can be woven into the solo line. The bass part is equal parts walking and homorhythmic. All vocal percussion is a written part of the bass line and singable by even a novice to vocal percussion.

There Are Many Ways (to Say I Love You) (SSATB - L4) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

Available now! Just in time for your advanced traditional choir to perform at gradation ceremonies and end-of-year concerts!


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Jacob Collier's glorious finale to his epic four-album "Djesse" collection is available for the first time for choirs everywhere to perform!

This setting begins in four parts and builds over the course of six minutes to sixteen parts, carefully organized and laid out in open score (with rehearsal piano reduction), and with dynamic markings capturing the expression of the recorded performance on Djesse: Vol. 4 by The Aeolians from Oakwood University (conducted by Jason Max Ferdinand). The maximum is SSSSSAAAAATTTBBB, with the staves laid out as S1a/b, S2, S3a/b, A1a/b, A2a/b, A3, T1/2, T3/B1, B2/3. The use of "a/b" divisi is due to the fact that the those parts only go to divisi for a new chords at the end of the piece. There is also plenty of part-doubling throughout the arrangement, and this has been carefully considered to aid both balance and voice-leading, although the former is given priority.

Collier pulls no punches emotionally or technically with this piece, which features Bass 3 singing C2 in a few places and Soprano 1 singing D6 in the final moments. Choirs without the lowest bass notes can safely omit them and sing the Bass 2 parts instead.

RANGES:
S1a: F3-D6
S1b: F3-B5
S2: F3-Bb5
S3a: F3-G5
S3b: F3-G5
A1a: G3-Gb5
A1b: G3-Gb5
A2a: G3-Eb5
A2b: G3-Eb5
A3: G3-Eb5
T1: C3-Bb4
T2: C3-Bb4
T3: C3-G4
B1: Eb3-D4
B2: Eb3-C4
B3: Bb2-C4

World, O World (16-Part Mixed Choir - L4) - KerryMarsh.com Demo

One of the most popular songs in country music history gets the full contemporary vocal jazz treatment in this rather wild arrangement! Although a dark common thread runs through the whole chart, the chart uses a 3/2 driving bass groove, sudden fortissimo a cappella moments, nearly complete reharmonization, key changes, and about every other arranging technique I could think of to present this well-known song with a melancholy lyric from many different angles, providing a probing challenge for any skilled vocal jazz ensemble and their rhythm section to interpret.

Autumn Leaves (Rebelution)

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