Ward Swingle
Ward Swingle's arrangements give Bach's fugues and inventions a jazz vocal lift: close-harmony scat that keeps the counterpoint clear while the rhythm swings. Choirs still reach for those scores when they want that sound.
He formed the Swingle Singers to put the idea on record, first in France and later with an English group that drew classical and avant-garde works into the same vocal jazz frame. He published the arrangements, led workshops, and guest-conducted choirs after that blend of clarity and swing. His Bach fugue settings appear on Australian choral programmes as a light, exact change of colour.
Compositions by Ward Swingle appear on
The Choir of Ormond College Live
Having been associated with the choir since its inception, Move is delighted to celebrate the choir's musical "coming of age" and present this special live retrospective CD featuring many past and recent performances previously unreleased on the label.
The World is a Beautiful Place
The Australian Rosny Childrens Choir presents A DOZEN OF DENNIS - arrangements of poems from A BOOK FOR KIDS by C.J. Dennis. Accompanied by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.