A great modal latin setting of the familiar Ravel theme. First chorus - unison women for first eight, two-part second eight with men in counterpoint to the melody in the women, harmonized bridge, two-part into 5-way harmony for last ten measures. Second chorus features salsa-like choral rhythmic punctuations under sustained melody, modal parallel chords in bridge. Improv solo third chorus with two-part background. This piece features a powerful 5 and 6-way shout section over an ostinato bass in fourth chorus, swing eighth bridge leads back to original melody. The ending concludes with a forte tag fading to a sustained last chord. SSATBB choral score with keyboard synth, bass and drum parts.

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JACQUES RIZZO is author of over two hundred educational publications ranging from a set of texts on reading jazz to a songbook for the kindergarten-primary classroom. In addition to original work for chorus, orchestra, band and marching band, his publications include transcriptions of clasical composers such as Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven, and arrangements of works by standard American composers such as Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rogers. An ASCAP Award recipient, Dr. Rizzo's works are represented in the catalogs of fourteen publishers, have been selected for state and national lists, and received favorable reviews in the Choral Journal, The Instrumentalist, The Jazz Educators Journal, and the School Musician. His writing has been described as 'very colorful...lovely and effective...delectable, scored with impeccable taste.'

Dr. Rizzo was the in-house choral arranger for Chappell Music for a period of ten years, and subsequently worked for Presser, Columbia/Screen Gems, Warner Brothers and CCP/Belwin. He has a doctorial degree from New York University and is on faculty of William Paterson University. He has directed choral, instrumental, and jazz ensembles at both elementary and secondary levels, and served as Supervisor of Fine Arts for the Wayne Township Public Schools, Wayne, New Jersey. He has been guest conductor of area and regional choruses and bands in New Jersey, worked for the New Jersey Concil on the Arts, and has been an adjudicator at various festival in New Jersey and New York. He has presented workshops at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the International Associations of Jazz Educators, and the New Jersey Music Educators Association.