Chili Con Carne

I finally found a version of this song that is the same as our arrangement.  I couldn't find a studio version, but this choir is very accurate.  It's quick though! 

Chili Con Carne as prepared by the Real Group

Ingredients

1. Some fresh & ripe tomatoes
2. Oil
3. Onions (Strong & tasty)
4. The finest meat (cow or pig, it doesn’t matter)
5. Beans
6. Jalapeno peppers
7. Mexican Spices (flavor of mexican sunshine)
8. Crisp Tortillas
9. 1 - 7 beers
10. Mexican Spices

Method

1. Take some fresh and ripe tomatoes, put them in a bowl with oil
2. Add the onions, strong and tasty, on the stove, let it boil.
3. Choose the finest meat, cow or pig it doesn’t matter, beans and jalapeno peppers necessary is to this.
4. Don’t forget the mexican spices
5. Eat your chili slowly to prevent a stomach ache
6. Put crisp tortillas on your plate, they sound so nicely when they break
7. To quench mouth full of fire, one, or two, or three, or four, or seven beers will be enough.
8. Don’t forget the mexican spices
9. Wa p t kong ko chi ki ba ra t ko kong chi ki, Wa p t ba da da t ba ba chi ki ba tsao
10. DON’T FORGET THE MEXICAN SPICES!!!

Shameless plug: 
This Sunday Oct. 8, I am presenting an evening of music made famous by the great Edith Piaf.  
Doors are 6:30pm and music starts at 7pm. The link to tickets and more info is here:  
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3099996

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. 

Hope to see some of you there

New songs! 

Instead of youtube videos, I thought I'd put up the link to the pro recordings from the publisher's website.  They're cleaner recordings and better for hearing the parts.

The Way You Look Tonight arranged by Kirby Shaw:

https://www.halleonard.com/viewcloserlook.action?id=08621503&lid=-1&subsiteid=5&

As Time Goes By arranged by Jay Althouse:

https://www.alfred.com/as-time-goes-by/p/00-30928/

Over The Rainbow arranged by Andy Beck:

https://www.alfred.com/over-the-rainbow/p/00-35626/

Chili Con Carne written and arranged by Anders Edenroth of the Real Group:
https://www.giamusic.com/store/search?elSearchTerm=WRG1013&elCatalog=wm&elComposer=null

I make a lot of chili this time of year, and this is one of the best recipes I know of!  Fun fact: This is one of the first arrangements my jazz choir tackled in High School!

For extra inspiration, here is a video of The Nylons performing "Up the Ladder to the Roof" ... perhaps we could add some choreography...

The first arrangement we went through was Kirby Shaw's arrangement of "Cheek to Cheek".  There's a great choir on the island run by Rosemary Lindsay.  Here they are performing the arrangement. 

The next arrangement we looked at was by Jay Althouse, "At Last" 

Last but not least we began digging into this great arrangement by Mark Brymer of The Nylons "Up the Ladder to the Roof" 

Enjoy! See you on Wednesday! 

Juhli 

Welcome to Chorisma, Fall 2017

Hi Everyone, 

Welcome back to Chorisma for our second year! We had a great first half of the year and I'm excited to finish 2017 with a swing!

Stay tuned as I'll be posting youtube links to the arrangements we are doing throughout the term. I will also add dates, videos and photos of our concerts. 

Excited to dig into the music with you this term! 

See you on Wednesday 

Here is a video of Who Could Ask for Anything More:

Just a reminder that Sarah, Jude, John F and Jon M are singing "Our Love is Here to Stay"; Elisabeth, Jan, Canby and Don are singing "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"; Ursula, Sandy, Donna, Judy, Sue, Rob and Peter are singing "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and everyone is singing "I Got Rhythm"

If you want a higher definition recording, here is a link to the Alfred website with an mp3 of the piece:
http://www.alfred-music.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=who%20could%20ask%20for%20anything%20&sort=1a&id=Array


And here is a video of Put a little Love in Your Heart:

Happy Practicing, see you tomorrow

Here's a link to a huge list of interval songs, ascending and descending, for reference. 

Enjoy! 

https://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html

Here's a video that Susie thought the choir might enjoy.  It's a parody version of "Puttin on the Ritz" 

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Randy-Rainbow-Is-Putin-on-the-Ritz-in-Latest-Song-Parody-20170306

I just uploaded the video I took of our concert in December. It's not the best quality, or angle (I'm sorry to those cut out of the shot) but it's a reference.

The songs on the first video are, Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder, arr. by Kirby Shaw; Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper, arr. by Philip Kern (feat. Jon on the solo); And So It Goes by Billy Joel, arr. by Bob Chilcott which features Don, John F, Peter, and Susie on the solos.

The second video has Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard arr. by Greg Jasperse; Fields of Gold by. Sting, arr. by Naomi Crellin, performed by Idea of North; and last but not least, Drive My Car by John Lennon & Paul McCartney arr. by Deke Sharon. 

Great performance everyone!!

Happy 2017!

Here are links to the new pieces we're working on this term:

La Pantera Mambo

In My Life:

Puttin on the Ritz:

It's Only A Paper Moon: *this group modified the arrangement by adding a walking bass line, as well     as a scat section. At this point we aren't adding those.