Ethnic and Multicultural Choirs

Elisa Dekaney - Syracuse University

Elisa Dekaney
Syracuse University

ethnic@nyacda.org

Recommended repertoire

We live in communities that are increasingly multiethnic, multiracial and multicultural, so we are surrounded by musicof many traditions. Here are selections, in several voicings, that will allow your choir to begin its exploration of music from some of those traditions.

Sambalelê, Brazilian Folksong
Arranged by Eduardo Lakschevitz
Colla Voce Music Three-part treble, piano
Language: Portugese

Erev Shel Shoshanim
by Josef Hadar and Moshe Dor
Arranged by Jack Klebanow
World Music Press SATB, piano
Language: Hebrew

Dos Canciones de Lorca,
collected and harmonized by Federico Garcia Lorca
Arranged by Bruce Trinkley
Alliance Music SATB with piano or guitars
Language: Spanish

True Light by Keith Hampton
earthsongs SATB, piano
Language: English

Muié Rendera, Brazilian Folksong
arranged by Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca
Language: Portuguese

Son de Camaguey, Cuban Folksong
arranged by Stephen Hatfield
Boosey and Hawkes SATB a cappella
Language: Spanish

Dodi Li by Nira Chen
Arranged Joshua Jacobson
World Music Press SATB, piano, clarinet,
flute, percussion
Language: Hebrew

O Sapo, Brazilian Folk Song
Arranged by Stephen Hatfield
Boosey and Hawkes,
Five-part treble or SATB a capella
Language: Portuguese and scatting

La Chaparrita, Venezuelan Folksong
Arranged by Vivian Tabbush
Neil A. Kjos Publishing, SATB a cappella
Language: Spanish

Duerme Negritto by Atahualpa Yipanqui
Arranged by Emilio Solé
earthsongs SATB a capella
Language: Spanish