This is a charming a cappella arrangement of the lovely Bricusse/Newley collaboration from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Patterned with respect after the a cappella offerings of Phil Mattson, it features a beautiful opening solo followed by an intermingling of textures and lush harmonies from two to six parts with short/soli lines in each part. Included is a wistful waltz section reminiscent of Gene Puerling, with a familiar and fitting quote bringing the arrangement to a close. Wonderful low bass part throughout. Alternate higher bass part included for high school groups or those groups with range limitations. SATB a Capella.

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STEVE SeGRAVES is a graduate of Wayne State University and has his master's degree in music composition from Oakland University. He has taught both traditional and pop/jazz music in Michigan at the community, junior high, high school and college levels. His vocal jazz group, PRime, has sung in the World Choral Symposium and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. They also sang at the 2000 IAJE Conference in New Orleans and recently embarked on a ten-day concert tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.