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A Choral Menagerie video

An original composition for a cappella SATB choir by Ian Maurer of Brisbane, Australia. Not all choral music is serious. "A Choral Menagerie" pokes a little fun at each section of the SATB choir. Loud and amorous basses, air-head sopranos, conceited tenors and altos with delusions of grandeur. Like all good fairytales, "A Choral Menagerie" ends happily ever after and contains a moral - that the most unlikely collections of people can produce beautiful music together. Brisbane Concert Choir, conductor Debra Shearer-Dirié, 16 September 2007. Copyright Ian Maurer 2004. Used with permission. Visit http://www.ianmaurer.net/MyMusic.htm for links to sheet music and other performances of the piece. If you are searching for other choral, instrumental, orchestral and vocal sheet music, try my other site http://www.sheetmusictips.com where you can quickly find and buy what you are looking for. This piece is now available on the CD Radiance released by Brisbane Concert Choir. To buy a copy, please go to: http://www.brisbaneconcertchoir.com/Sounds.htm

Running time: 06:22

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