Hi Christopher,
This is for the Soldier's Chorus and the Army Field Band. Jessica is
leaving her job singing with them at the end of the Fall tour, and
they've asked her for two folk song arrangements that they will be
performing on this tour. One is for the choir, ww quintet and piano,
and the other is for the choir, piano and the whole band, The first
is done (first project w/linked parts), and we put the choir above
the winds and the piano. Even though that was not the "classical"
method. it still seemed more appropriate to the way the music was
designed. This second one too, is choir intensive, so I think I'll
do the same with it, as long as there's no "engraved in stone"
precedent. It's the way I'd prefer it, were I to be conducting from
the score.
Chuck
On Sep 9, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Either top or bottom seems to be common - strict classical
procedure calls for the choir to be placed above the strings in the
orchestra, which would most probably translate as at the bottom of
a concert band score. But there seem to be variants in score order
these days, especially in concert band music, which seems to be
written overwhelmingly for the educational market.
Christopher
On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
I'm working on a piece for choir and concert band What should
be the score order relationship of the choir to the band? Choir
at the top?
There must be a precedent for this, but I don't know what it is.
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