Category:   COMMUNITY CHOIRS
Composer:   Carol Barnett
Arranger:   NA
Publisher:   Available through Groth Music
Edition:   NA
Voicing:   SATB
Setting:   A Cappella

Reviewer:   

Rick Kvam
Choral Arts Ensemble, Rochester 1998
R&R Chair Community Choirs

This a cappella setting, commissioned in 1993 by MMEA and ACDA of Minnesota, beautifully captures the playful nature of Vachel Lindsay’s “poem game” text. There is an occasional six-part division and two or three challenging measures, but easily worth the effort for audience and singer alike.