(Level IV) Never Never Land, Commissioned by Vancouver-based male quartet Realtime, the classic from Peter Pan is transformed into an exciting jazz waltz. During the bridge the tempo relaxes a bit and goes into 4/4 swing, but in 8 bars it returns to the original tempo and meter. The bass and a tenor get to improvise thereafter, and the energy builds up to a key change where there is a little dreamy, reflective moment. The song keeps gaining momentum to a joyous and breath-taking climax. An excellent showcase piece for a strong male ensemble. TTTB a cappella (could be done by ATTB).
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YUMIKO MATSUOKA, originally from Tokyo, Japan, is a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching ear training. She is the founder of Boston-based a cappella quintet Vox One whose albums Vox One (1993), Out There (1995),Chameleon (1997) and Pure Imagination (2005) have won multiple awards from the
Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA). Yumiko’s arrangements and compositions can also be heard on her anthology
To Every Thing There Is A Season (2008), Vox One’s Say You Love Me (2005), and on recordings by other a cappella groups around the globe, as well as TV commercials in Japan.
Yumiko is an active clinician, adjudicator and choral director, working locally, nationally and worldwide.
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