Category: CHILDREN & YOUTH
Composer: Teddy Kalanda Harrison
Arranger: Jacob Narverud
Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Edition: SBMP1134
Voicing: SSA
Setting: a capella and percussion
Reviewer:
Michelle Gehrz
Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs, Bloomington MN
R&R Chair Children & Youth
This a capella song with a repetitious Swahili text is energetic and uplifting! The text translation is basically a song of welcome with a rough paraphrase as “hello, visitors are welcome to Kenya, don’t worry, it is a land of peace.” The three-part writing is very accessible for upper elementary/middle school singers. A couple of jamming djembes added to the singing will make this arrangement a concert favorite!
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