Bands and choirs
Running band programs is a core part of Martin's Music program and flexibility is the key. Whatever the combination of instruments or singers and abilities I can make arrangements that push students to their limits while still being fun, interactive, modern and creative. I like to incorporate modern pop songs and Disney songs to win students' interest and then find they are perfectly willing to try anything I throw at them.
I have a complete P.A. set up with cordless hand-held and headset microphones, front of house and foldback speakers and lighting which I'm happy to use in rehearsal/class rooms and for concerts.
Below is a list of past arrangements I have done and some recordings which I place on a site for children to practice to along with all the parts. These can be listened to on the site or downloaded to be played on iPods, computers or CD players. I find this an invaluable tool for practice, expecially as I often put up slow, medium and full speed version of songs/pieces to help with practice.
Past arrangements
A thousand years - Christina Perri
All of me - John Legend
Bach - Jesu joy of man's desiring
Beethoven Symph. 5 1st movt - Beethoven's 5th Ice-cream!
Blame it on the bossa nova - Eydie Gorme
Bring me to life - Evanescence
Can you feel the love tonight - Elton John / Lion King
Colours of the wind - Dinsey's Pocahontas
Dark eyes - Russian Folk
Don't stop believing - Journey
Folk Medley -
Funhouse - Pink
Give your heart a break - Demi Lovato
Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Greensleeves
Hall of fame - The script
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Happy birthday
Hard Rock Blues
Hedwig's theme - Harry Potter
Hernando's Hideaway - Pajama Game (Tango)
Hey ho nobody home
Hey soul sister - Train
Hora ca la caval - Romanian folk
Hotel California - The Eagles
Hot'n'cold - Katy Perry
Hungarian Dance No 5 - Brahms
I feel good - James Brown
In dreams - Lord of the rings
Istanbul not Constantinople - They might be giants
It's not unusual - Tom Jones
Jailhouse rock - Elvis
Jar of hearts - Christina Perri
Kumbaya - Trad.
Let it go - Disney's Frozen
Little talks - Of monsters and men
Love story - Taylor Swift
Marry me - Eurovision 2013
Mountain sound - Of monsters and men
New world symphony - Slow Movt - Dvorak
Old MacDonald
Oompa Loompa - Charlie and the chocolate factory
Part of your world - Pocahontas
Pata pata / The lion sleeps tonight medley - (South Africa)
Pink Panther
Pirates of the Caribbean - Theme song
Rolling in the deep - Adele
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Safe and sound - Taylor Swift (Hunger games)
Sarah - Kate Miller-Heidke
Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkal
Ska-face
Skyfall - Theme song - Adele
Summertime - George Gershwin
Sway - (Michael Buble version)
The A-team - Ed Sheeran
The Hard road - Hilltop Hoods
The Unquiet Grave (Original piece in Renaissance style)
Time warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Turning tables - Adele
Under the sea - The Little Mermaid
Viva la vida - Coldplay
We will rock you / Smoke on the water - medley
When the saints go marching in - Trad.
Where is the love - Black eyed peas
Zetvarki - Bulgarian Folk Song
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