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TITLE OF SONG
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COMPOSER
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GENRE
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WRITTEN FOR
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DIFFICULT LEVEL
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
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Tant Que Vivray
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Claude Sermisy
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Madrigal
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SSAA
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easy-medium
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I Got the Feeling
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James Brown
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funk
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SATB + solo
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medium to difficult (jazz/funk chords)
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Gabriel’s Message
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trad. Basque carol
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jazz
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SATB + solo
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medium
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*popular among choirs
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On Children (adaptation)
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Sweet Honey in the Rock
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African/gospel
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SSAA
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medium
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Orange-Coloured Sky
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Nat King Cole
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jazz
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SSATB (with or without accomp.)
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medium
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Twelve
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from "Sesame Street"
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jazz/funk
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SATB + solo
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medium
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*This is FUN! Students love it.
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We Are Family
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Sister Sledge
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funk/jazz
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SATB
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medium to difficult
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Find the Cost of Freedom
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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folk
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SATB
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medium
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*popular among choirs
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Sankofa
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Cassandra Wilson
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free/gospel
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SSAA or SATB
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easy-medium
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Breaths
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Sweet Honey in the Rock
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slow/gospel
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SATB
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easy-medium
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*popular among choirs
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Oughta Be A Woman
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Sweet Honey in the Rock
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gospel
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SSA or SAA + solo
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easy-medium
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Sesame Street Blues
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unknown
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jazz
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SATB (with or without accomp.)
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medium
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*can segue from Sesame Street Blues into Twelve
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Maos Zur
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Jewish trad.
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jazz
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SSATBB
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medium - difficult (Take Six-esque)
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Time After Time
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Cyndi Lauper
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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*popular among choirs
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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When Doves Cry
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Prince
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Games Without Frontiers
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Peter Gabriel
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Here Comes the Rain Again
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Eurhythmics
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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My Girl
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Chilliwack
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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I Feel For You
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Chaka Khan
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pop/jazz
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SATB + solo
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medium - dificult
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Extended Dance Mix!
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various
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dance music
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various
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medium - difficult (must know genre to pull this off!)
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Broken Wings
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Mr. Mister
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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*add shaker to keep movement
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Wouldn’t It Be Good
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Nik Kershaw
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Queen
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pop
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double chorus
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medium - difficult
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Paper Doll
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Mills Brothers
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jazz
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TTBB + solo
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easy-medium
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* could translate to SSAA or SATB
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I Attempt From Love’s Sickness to Fly
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Handel
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madrigal
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SSAA
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easy-medium
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So Beauty on the Waters Stood
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madrigal
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SSAA
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easy-medium
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Three Little Birds
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Bob Marley
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reggae
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SATB
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easy-medium
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*might add shakers/percussion
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Hit the Road Jack
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Ray Charles
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jazz/jive
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SSATB + solo
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medium
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* added rap (or whispered beat poetry) in middle section
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Dancing on the Ceiling
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jazz
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SATB + piano accomp
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medium - difficult
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*contains scat soli section as perf. by Chet Baker
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Swingin’ Shepherd Blues (adaptation)
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Moe Koffman
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jazz
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SATB + piano accomp
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easy - medium
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Don’t Worry Be Happy
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Bobby McFerrin
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pop/jazz
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SATB +solo
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easy-medium
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El BulBul (co-arrn)
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trad (co-arrn by Suba Sankaran and Dylan Bell)
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Arabic
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SATB + opt. perc.
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medium
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Mae Velha
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as performed by Cesaria Evora
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Portuguese
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SATB + solo
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medium
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*might add shakers/percussion
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Down To A River
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Connic Kaldor
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SATB + solo
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medium
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Hockey Night In Canada Theme Song
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SSATBB
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medium
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Momentum
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Aimee Mann
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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My Romance
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jazz
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SSA
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Prettiest of all the Pretty
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jazz
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SATB
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medium
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High Heeled Shoes
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jazz/blues
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SATB
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medium
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Yes, You
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Bobby McFerrin
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pop
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SATB
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medium
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The Garden
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Bobby McFerrin
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pop/gospel
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SATB + solos
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medium
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No One Is To Blame
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Howard Jones
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pop
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SATB + solo
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Arthur's theme
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pop/movie theme
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SATB
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Family Ties theme song
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pop/tv theme
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SATB
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Kamala Jadala
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trad.
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south Indian
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SATB
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medium
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7/8, needs soloist familiar with south Indian style
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*I performed as soloist w a classical choir
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Night Court theme song
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pop/tv theme
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SSATBB
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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Take A Hand
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gospel
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SATB and solo
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easy - medium
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originally arr. for children's chorus and solo
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Manju Nihar
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trad.
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south Indian
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SATB and solo
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medium
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7/8, needs soloist familiar with south Indian style
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*I performed as soloist w a classical choir
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Vara Sapta Swara
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original
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south Indian based
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SATB and solo or SSAA and solo
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easy-medium
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*I performed as soloist w a world music choir
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Solkattu Choir
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original
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south Indian based vocal percussion
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SATB
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easy-medium
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south Indian vocal percussion language
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Hey Robin
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anonymous
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Medieval round
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SATB, easy transferable to SSAA, TTBB, etc
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easy
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Freedom Is A Voice
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Bobby McFerrin
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pop/gospel with additional sections
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SAT with solo and piano, can be expanded or simplified
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medium
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additional south Indian solfege and vocal percussion
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*I performed as soloist w a world music choir
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***There is also an a cappella version created by Dylan Bell
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Centrepiece
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Johnny Mandel/John Hendricks
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jazz/blues
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SATB
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easy
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usually teach this as a workshop for jazz/blues. Can be used as
standalone tune.
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Retroduction Medley
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various
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pop/80s
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SSATBB
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medium
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arr for Retrocity (80s a cappella group)
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