(Level IV) The Wexford Carol – One of the oldest Christmas carols from County
Wexford in Ireland, it features a soprano solo throughout. Opens with a bed of
chords to light up the darkness and welcome the pure voice that announces the
savior's arrival. In the second and third verses there is some reharmonization
to savor as it builds to the shepherds' encounter with the "Lord of
Light." A quiet afterthought closes the tune. Written for Vox
One.
SATB a cappella.
View all charts by Yumiko Matsuoka
YUMIKO MATSUOKA, originally from Tokyo, Japan, is a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching ear training. She is the founder of Boston-based a cappella quintet Vox One whose albums Vox One (1993), Out There (1995),Chameleon (1997) and Pure Imagination (2005) have won multiple awards from the
Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA). Yumiko’s arrangements and compositions can also be heard on her anthology
To Every Thing There Is A Season (2008), Vox One’s Say You Love Me (2005), and on recordings by other a cappella groups around the globe, as well as TV commercials in Japan.
Yumiko is an active clinician, adjudicator and choral director, working locally, nationally and worldwide.
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