by request for EAF: a fun, fast & loose take on the tune "I Wonder Why" o.p.b Dion & the Belmonts
a cappella arrangement to be performed twice through with "inklapp" and improvised chorus lyrics for a musical theatre performance revue
prepared digital score & instructional recordings for each part
p.s. turning four strapping young lads ==> three teenage songstresses was a lark. wish I could see the performance.

"I Wonder Why" Trio Arrangement

It was way too cold out today. So I made a ukulele/vocal cover of Chairlift's "I Belong In Your Arms"

I Belong In Your Arms o.p.b. Chairlift

UNSCRIPTED, WE SWEAR. Me and my bestie James Buckland (https://soundcloud.com/ambuc) banter and do a cold take of Just Like Heaven, with James on banjolele and me on uke. Yeah, we swapped the words a bit, whatever.

Just Like Heaven o.p.b. The Cure

A mid night request, some imperfect 4am R.E.M.
for old love, new love, CTY love

Nightswimming o.p.b. R.E.M.

Say Yes - 7:8:14, 9.40 PM

choro composed by Egberto Gismonti, performed in the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble Fall 2015 concert "Canções: The Songs of Brazil" (accompanied by Liz Tobias, piano; Fernando Huergo, bass; and Bertram Lehmann, drums)

Loro

"Blue" by the inimitable Joni Mitchell, performed in the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble Spring 2016 concert "The Known And The Unknown" (accompanied by Liz Tobias, piano; audio engineering by Cuco Daglio)

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