Inspired Research...

Having decided that my Individual Music Assessment is going to be turning a song from my favourite musical Wicked into a four part harmony choral piece to eventually teach to my choir. 

First of all though, I decided to conduct some research into four part harmony pieces, specifically written for SATB arrangements. 

I looked at some of the sheet music we are using in choir such as One Day More, Seasons of Love and Sleep by Eric Whitacre. I also looked at a book that Hayley let me borrow by Gareth Malone called Voices. 

The photos aren't as clear as I'd like but from looking at these pieces of music, I have discovered that most arrangements for an SATB selection tend to have a solo, normally a Soprano, for the verses and then have the choruses in tutti which means "(Especially as a direction) with all voices or instruments together." (Oxford Dictionary). 

From looking at these different pieces of sheet music, I decided I was going to write my piece so the Sopranos take the lead, and the other three parts have vowel sounds to accompany and add effect to the lyrics, then at the chorus have everyone sing in tutti.