Repertoire Project Piece 6: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One

This text is another one that would be great for a men's choir simply because there aren't a lot of choirs that take advantage of texts that aren't drinking songs or sea shanties or some other stereotypically "manly" piece. The TBB piece allows for more specialized parts, particularly for the tenors, who will be able to work on using different parts of their voice when working on this song. It would be best for an advanced middle school men's group or a high school men's group. There are unison, two-part, and three-part textures, and the baritone part (where it's added) is very protected and allows for expressive singing in a small range. The choir can work on feeling the hemiolas when going from a 6/8 measure to a 3/4 measure, and will also be exposed to an unusual unpaired meter, 7/8. Dynamics can also be a teaching focus with this piece, as well as rubato. There is a flute part that could be given to a band student, and opportunity for a short vocal solo.