A Choral Menagerie
BackAn original composition for a cappella SATB choir by Ian Maurer of Brisbane, Australia. Not all choral music is serious. "A Choral Menagerie" pokes a little fun at each section of the SATB choir.
Loud and amorous basses, air-head sopranos, conceited tenors and altos with delusions of grandeur.
Like all good fairytales, "A Choral Menagerie" ends happily ever after and contains a moral - that the most unlikely collections of people can produce beautiful music together.
Brisbane Concert Choir, conductor Debra Shearer-Dirié, 16 September 2007.
Copyright Ian Maurer 2004. Used with permission.
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Channel: Music
Uploaded: September 17, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Author: OzComposer
Length: 00:06:22
Rating: 4.62
Views: 8048
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Video Comments:
BrisbaneConcertChoir (November 8, 2008 at 1:57 am)
Brisbane Concert Choir has now released its own CD titled "Radiance" featuring this piece. It is available for sale to anywhere in the world. The link is in the box at top right. Click on more info for details.
desfot (July 1, 2008 at 5:53 am)
excelent !!
Kerlerot (April 3, 2008 at 6:26 am)
You have a typical song SATB by Rapahael PASSAQUET, in french (alas ?) : "La Troupe".
May be can you find a recorder on the Net...
you're a very pleasant choir.
Sorry for my englis, my teachers were not so very good (lol). I'm 62, it's not too bad ???
May be can you find a recorder on the Net...
you're a very pleasant choir.
Sorry for my englis, my teachers were not so very good (lol). I'm 62, it's not too bad ???
linkolas (January 8, 2008 at 1:20 pm)
I saw your comment on the "O Magnum Mysterium" video that we (Femmes de Chanson) put up a month ago. Thanks so much for your comments! I sing "Bass 2" in that piece also, hahaha.
This a great and really fun composition!! And what a great choir!!
This a great and really fun composition!! And what a great choir!!
OzComposer (January 9, 2008 at 1:29 am)
Good to hear from a fellow "Bass 2". Has Femmes de Chanson recorded a CD?
I have hopes that my Choral Menagerie might be picked up by a publisher in USA some time soon so that it can get out to a wider choral audience.
I have hopes that my Choral Menagerie might be picked up by a publisher in USA some time soon so that it can get out to a wider choral audience.
lukeb12414 (February 6, 2008 at 7:01 pm)
I'm a bass II, on O Magnum as well... I'd like to see our choir do something like this...
OzComposer (February 11, 2008 at 6:11 pm)
Thanks for your interest in the piece. You might like to send your choir director an email link to this performance. Or contact me via my website listed in "About this video". Cheers.
blehxxx94 (December 23, 2007 at 10:08 am)
AMAZING!!! NICE SONG...So is the title the Title of the song?
OzComposer (December 23, 2007 at 5:54 pm)
Yes. The title of the song is "A Choral Menagerie". You can find out more about it and hear a clearer recording by a very good high school choir from Georgia, USA. Just click on "more" in the info box and follow my link.
blehxxx94 (December 23, 2007 at 9:28 pm)
ok thanks..