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"Alexander LEstrange is a great and innovative arranger, surely one of the best we have around." - Music Teacher Magazine
"Alexander LEstranges delicious arrangements go naughtily off-piste and the Kings Singers Great American Songbook CD is superb." - The Times
Alexander LEstrange and Joanna Forbes LEstrange are prolific composers and arrangers of choral music, both individually and as a partnership. Receiving commissions from choral societies, schools, chamber choirs, church choirs and a cappella groups, their music is sung and enjoyed throughout the world.
Alexander is regularly commissioned to write arrangements for world-class vocal groups including Voces8, The Queens Six, Amarcord and The Kings Singers, for whom he wrote and produced the Great American Songbook album. Joanna began writing music and lyrics during her tenure as soprano and Musical Director of the five-time Grammy® Award-winning vocal group The Swingles.
All of Alexander and Joannas compositions and arrangements come with excellent learning resources for choirs including part-learning tracks and backing tracks, professionally recorded by the couple in their home studio #OldStableStudios. They also offer expert coaching for choirs, both in person and online. Their popular workshop You can singbut can you swing?! gives choirs the tools to perform pop and jazz arrangements with greater style and confidence.
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This arrangement features classy but accessible a cappella writing that will suit a cappella groups and some chamber choirs, with a 6-part S(A)ATBarBarB scoring. It was originally commissioned by The King's Singers, and features on their album "Great American Songbook" - https://www.kingssingers.com/products/great-american-songbook/. N.B. This is Alexander L'Estrange's original arrangement for the King's Singers , but there is also a higher-key adaptation available for mixed voices - SSATBarB
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