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           Arrangements for SATB choir

Duermete, Nino Lindo  - SATB a cappella
This Hispanic Christmas Folk Song
The Words are in Spanish as well as English
 
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                           Duermete, Nino Lindo


Fragile by Sting  - SAB and Solo with piano
Easy arrangement - mostly two parts - treble and bass with
3-part a cappella last refrain
 
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                        Fragile


Imagine by John Lennon - SATB a cappella
Introduction and Ending with the main melody in a light, swing style.

 
 
                          Imagine


Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Spritual - arranged for SATB a cappella with multiple solos
The solos can be improvised around the melody.

 
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                       Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child


Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol - SATB a cappella
Made famous by Billie Holliday in 1939, the poignant words tell of
the lynchings in the South.


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This Little Light of Mine - -SATB a cappella with Solo
Upbeat arrangement of the Spiritual.  Solo is accompanied by the 4-part choir
for one verse, and basses and tenors featured in a verse each.
A final impovisatory 'preacher-like' admonition brings the ending to a peak.

 
                         This Little Light of Mine