Imagine Duke Ellington taking a year's sabbatical in Morroco: A wordless, rhythmically complex Middle-eastern tinged arrangement that breaks into straight jazz in the B section. S, A and T split in half with one trio echoing the other's tight horn sectin-like voicings. Vocal or standad percussion works well here especially multiple percussionists. SATB a cappella.

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DEKE SHARON has been called "a one man a cappella revoultion" (Boston Globe) and "The maven of the a cappella movement" (Oakland Tribune). He directs and arranges for Walt Disney World's "American Vybe" as well as internationally reknown a cappella pioneers "The House Jacks, with whom he performs. As founder and president of The Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA) he oversees The Contemporary A Cappella News, A Cappella Radio International, The A Cappella Summit, The Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, Urban Harmony and a variety of other projects. He runs the Ultimate A Cappella Arranging Service, the world's largest custom a cappella arranging service; and is the chief arranger for Contemporary A Cappella Publishing (distributed by Hal Leonard). He prodcues a number of a cappella albums each year and leads seminars around the globe on all spects of vocal music. A graduate of both the New England Conservatory and Tufts University, his arrangements (custom and published) have been sung by thousands of groups worldwide.