COMMISSIONED WORK FOR FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 2019
5 SONGS around the Sister City Theme – Austin Texas, Georgetown Malaysia, Christchurch NZ, Himeji Japan, Qingdao China
Composer - Robyn Habel
Song #1 Dear Pen Pal
Song #2 My Kawan for Georgetown Malaysia
Song #3 A Song to Sing for Austin Texas
Song #4 The Word of Shu for Qiingdao China
Song #5 Himeji for Japan
Song # 6 We will Lift Her Up for Christchurch New Zealand
Song #7 Dear Pen Pal Reprise
5 SONGS around the Sister City Theme – Austin Texas, Georgetown Malaysia, Christchurch NZ, Himeji Japan, Qingdao China
Composer - Robyn Habel
Song #1 Dear Pen Pal
Song #2 My Kawan for Georgetown Malaysia
Song #3 A Song to Sing for Austin Texas
Song #4 The Word of Shu for Qiingdao China
Song #5 Himeji for Japan
Song # 6 We will Lift Her Up for Christchurch New Zealand
Song #7 Dear Pen Pal Reprise
Repertoire for Festival of Music 2019
See below for a list of repertoire for the 2018 Festival of Music. Most pieces come with a Youtube link. You can also use Google to search for song lyrics (however, many lyrics sites won't work from school).
2019 PSMF CHORAL REPERTOIRE
1.Children of the World (July 1969) Glyn Lehmann and Phil Cummings, just ONE from the Moon Landing songs. 2019 is 50th year anniversary of Moon Landing. World music with a latin feel, and historic content.
2.The Colour of your jumper - Archie Roach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6ieev2f6M Indigenous, topical ‘sporting’ theme for girls and boys – ‘football’ can mean soccer OR footy.
3.Minoi Minoi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnCmsSfz8rc
We have a 2 part arrangement from this arranger, language, multi-cultural, relatively close to us in Australia. Connect to Samoan communities…
Orchestra could all learn the ukulele to accompany the choir and piano
2019 is Year of the Indigenous Language – United Nations
4.WHEN I GROW UP by Tim Minchin from Matilda the musical. The original song he wrote. Matilda followed after this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiRYOmG2-tQ - with Tim Minchin.
Student suggestion, fun, rated highly by kids and repertoire committee
5.Get on your feet – Arr Kirby Shaw. https://www.alfred.com/get-on-your-feet/p/00-38261/ then scroll down to audio to hear track.
Potential Choreography + troupe, big sing, high energy, performed by SAPPS Choir last year.
6.You Me and the Wide Open Sky – Dan Walker + orchestra, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbvv1nIEZ0w Australian Composer and content, true choral, beautiful sing. Potentially would be 2 part and solo
7.Route 66 - https://youtu.be/Gzs7-euvpYc young choir
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/route-66-sheet-music/5163311
Only rhythm section? Great jazz chart – geography lesson?? A really cool sing, SAPPS Choir did 2 years ago and loved it. 2 part plus a SCAT soloist.
8.Whenever the Wind is High – lyrics Robert Louis Stevenson Windy Nights, music Todd McNeal PIANO ONLY, No Orchestra. No Audio of this. Links to Literacy, - Poetry. High energy and fab piano part. Choral but quite a different energy too. 2 part.
2.The Colour of your jumper - Archie Roach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6ieev2f6M Indigenous, topical ‘sporting’ theme for girls and boys – ‘football’ can mean soccer OR footy.
3.Minoi Minoi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnCmsSfz8rc
We have a 2 part arrangement from this arranger, language, multi-cultural, relatively close to us in Australia. Connect to Samoan communities…
Orchestra could all learn the ukulele to accompany the choir and piano
2019 is Year of the Indigenous Language – United Nations
4.WHEN I GROW UP by Tim Minchin from Matilda the musical. The original song he wrote. Matilda followed after this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiRYOmG2-tQ - with Tim Minchin.
Student suggestion, fun, rated highly by kids and repertoire committee
5.Get on your feet – Arr Kirby Shaw. https://www.alfred.com/get-on-your-feet/p/00-38261/ then scroll down to audio to hear track.
Potential Choreography + troupe, big sing, high energy, performed by SAPPS Choir last year.
6.You Me and the Wide Open Sky – Dan Walker + orchestra, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbvv1nIEZ0w Australian Composer and content, true choral, beautiful sing. Potentially would be 2 part and solo
7.Route 66 - https://youtu.be/Gzs7-euvpYc young choir
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/route-66-sheet-music/5163311
Only rhythm section? Great jazz chart – geography lesson?? A really cool sing, SAPPS Choir did 2 years ago and loved it. 2 part plus a SCAT soloist.
8.Whenever the Wind is High – lyrics Robert Louis Stevenson Windy Nights, music Todd McNeal PIANO ONLY, No Orchestra. No Audio of this. Links to Literacy, - Poetry. High energy and fab piano part. Choral but quite a different energy too. 2 part.