Kirby Shaw
Kirby Shaw is a choral arranger whose gospel-tinged settings of spirituals and popular songs sit firmly in the a cappella repertoire.
His arrangement of Down by the Riverside, shaped by gospel style, appears on the Melbourne sextet’s debut Pablo (MD 3257).
He is also credited on the Choir of Ormond College’s lighter programme Laughing (MD 3306), sharing the chart of the jazz standard Java Jive.
Compositions by Kirby Shaw appear on
Laughing
The internationally acclaimed Choir of Ormond College, directed by Douglas Lawrence, turns to the lighter side of a cappella singing across jazz, madrigal and spiritual repertoire.
Pablo
Melbourne a cappella sextet Pablo make their Move debut with pop, folk and spirituals. Close harmony takes in Billy Joel, The Beatles, sea shanties and gospel-tinged arrangements.