SATB choir, SATB soli, piano, cello/bass instrument, percussion - Late Intermedi...(+)
SATB choir, SATB soli,
piano, cello/bass
instrument, percussion -
Late Intermediate to
Advanced
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MN.CH-1291
Composed
by Richard Thompson.
Graduation, 20th Century.
Choral score. Laurendale
Associates #CH-1291.
Published by Laurendale
Associates (MN.CH-1291).
Contains four
pieces: 1. Fifty-Second
Street Swing, 2.
Remembering Billie, 3. On
the Road, 4. Take Five.
The following is a
remembrance by the
composer: Under the
picture in my high school
yearbook it said, Silence
is golden. Lost my
diploma on the way home
from graduation but I
knew what I wanted to be:
A Big Band Pianist.
Started hanging out in
Manhattan on Fifty Second
Street. There were seven
jazz clubs in one block,
between Sixth and
Seventh. Couldnt drink at
seventeen, so just nursed
cokes at a dollar each.
My salary was twenty a
week. Sat by the great
Art Tatum, the incredible
blind pianist. My teacher
accompanied Billie at the
Onyx. Later, Dizzy and
Bird appeared on the
scene. This wonderful
year passed, and I
swapped my piano for a
rifle. The Marines had
plans for me. Where would
I find a piano? Would I
still be able to play?
But, find them I did: in
the States and even on
some Pacific Islands.
Sometimes you could even
recognize what you were
playing. Sometimes, had
to kick someone off the
bench. I told Kim Rich,
the poet, my stories and
somehow she made these
wonderful lyrics with
just a few phone
conversations. Hey! Im
immortal!!!
Remembrance Suite
