The Place Where Lost Things Go
I’m very happy to announce the release of my latest work, “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns, arranged for SATB choir, piano, and violin. Check out the premiere performance by BYU Singers below, under the direction of Andrew Crane, as well as the Score Preview Video and Lyric Video of the […]
Jamie Atkins (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)
Every student has musical potential. For a student to best realize that potential it helps to have an instructor that is qualified with the requisite knowledge in that field, who will consistently arrive on time and prepared to teach that student. This instructor must teach quality content every lesson and ultimately ensure that the student […]
Steve Cochran (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)
Every student has musical potential. For a student to best realize that potential it helps to have an instructor that is qualified with the requisite knowledge in that field, who will consistently arrive on time and prepared to teach that student. This instructor must teach quality content every lesson and ultimately ensure that the student […]
Andrew Martin (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)
Andrew Martin, a choral conductor, clinician, and arranger, is in demand as a choral clinician and adjudicator and his arrangements are performed by choirs throughout the country. Martin currently serves as Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tennessee Southern in Pulaski, Tennessee. Martin also was a […]
Garrett’s Interview with “Music (ed) Matters”
I was honored to be this week’s guest on the “Music (ed) Matters” podcast to talk about all things commercial music in the classroom. Check out my conversation with Dr. Emily Williams Burch HERE. Previous Next
Easy Edits To Make In Show Choir Arrangements
No matter how great your arrangements are, there will inevitably come a time during the school year where things start to plateau, or even worse, start to get stale. Knowing how to make useful changes and edits to the music is the key to getting through this and kicking your rehearsals back into gear. Here […]
Ryan Murphy “Flight” Q&A
I was recently asked to present Ryan Murphy’s arrangement of “Flight” on a reading session and he was kind enough to answer some questions and share his insight. It’s a wonderful piece of music published through Walton Music and the Andrew Crane Choral Series. Purchase SSA Octavo Purchase Full Score & Quartet Parts (Ryan Murphy is the […]
How to Collaborate With Your Arranger
Your arranger is so much more than a music vendor. But because arrangers are not physically present (for the most part) when creating a show that relationship is often overlooked or underutilized. No matter your situation—whether you have one arranger or five, if you have all custom charts or a combination of stock and previously […]
Bad Habits That Weaken Your Choral Writing
For better or worse most arranging is done on a computer, which means that composers rely increasingly on how things sound on playback. While there’s nothing wrong with this approach (it’s what I do), the computer has a way of making certain things sound better in playback than they will in real life. When I […]
Jan Ward (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)
Jan Ward is a music arranger, adjudicator, accompanist and composer currently residing in Independence, Missouri. During her thirty-plus years as a teacher she has served several schools in Iowa and Missouri as a science instructor, accompanist, and choir director. As an accomplished music arranger and composer, she has winning arrangements featured in national show choir […]