FMEA Choral Reading Session 2025 by excelciamusic

FMEA Conference

Choral New Music

Reading Session Presents:

Jamey Ray, Clinician

Featuring the Voctave

Dum Spiro Spero

Kara Stacy Bedwell. 11566917 TWO-PART

Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger

Jamey Ray. 11566905 3-PT MIXED

La Musique

Alexsis Neenan. 11566922

Who Has Seen the Wind?

Bruce Tippette.

Be Thou My Vision

Jamey Ray.

My Pride

Jamey Ray & Sarah Whittemore. 11566927 SATB

Oh! Dear! What Can the Matter Be? Lisa Benincasa. 11566929 SSA

The Wellerman

Lisa Benincasa. 11566934 TTB

Carol of the Russian Children/The Sleigh

Richard Kountz/arr. Derric Johnson. 11566914

Ol’ Man River

Jerome Kern/arr. Derric Johnson. 11566930 SATB, SSAATTBB

How Great Our Joy

Felix Mendelssohn/arr. Jamey Ray. 11566920 SATB, SSAATTBB

Nutcracker Medley

Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky/arr. Jamey Ray. 11581310

WordsandMusicby KARA STACY BEDWELL

Dumspirospero,dum

&

FORPERUSALONLY

choral experience.

Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger

Arrangedby JAMEY RAY

FORPERUSALONLY

With

Who Has Seen the Wind?

Wordsby CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Musicby BRUCE W. TIPPETTE

Whohasseenthewind?

Haveyouseenthewind?

Whohasseenthewind?

Haveyouseenthewind?

Whohasseenthewind?

Haveyouseenthewind?

downtheirheads,

& ? & ?

Whohasseenthewind?

cresc.

Whohasseenthewind?

cresc.

Whohasseenthewind?

cresc.

Whohasseenthewind?

& & ? & ?

Haveyou

Haveyouseenthewind?

Whohasseenthewind?

Whohasseenthe...

Haveyouseenthewind?

Whohasseenthewind?

Whohasseenthe...

Haveyouseenthewind?

FORPERUSALONLY

Be Thou My Vision

Arrangedby JAMEY RAY

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Soprano Alto

naughtbeall

elsetome,

naughtbeall

naughtbeall P P Soprano Alto Tenor Bass

elsetome,

Wakingor

Heartofmy

WordsandMusicby JAMEY RAY & SARAH WHITTEMORE

Tenor/Bass

mindsme

? & ?

pride.

? & ?

? &

& & V ? & ?

FORPERUSALONLY

Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?

Arrangedby LISA BENINCASA

Johnny’ssolongatthe

& & & & ?

wond’ringohwhereishe?

Johnny’ssolongatthe

wond’ringohwhereishe?

Johnny’ssolongatthe

wond’ringohwhereishe?

Johnny’ssolongatthe

fret.DidJohnnyfor

get?Oh,I

& & & ?

fret.DidJohnnyfor

get?Oh,I

fret.DidJohnnyfor

getaboutme?Oh,I

& & & & ?

Johnny’sbeenmissingfor

& & & &

Johnnycanstayatthe

Oh,dear,

& & & & ?

Johnnycanstayatthe

Oh,dear,

Johnnycanstayatthe

Oh,dear,

& & & & ?

Oh,dear,

Johnny’ssolong,

Johnny’ssolongatthe

long,Johnny’sso,

FORPERUSALONLY

The Wellerman

AUSTRALIAN

Arrangedby LISA BENINCASA

V ? & ?

windsblewup,herbowdippeddownoh

V ? & ?

She’dnotbeentwoweeksfromshore,

SoonmaytheWellermancometo

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,we’ll

V ? & ?

handstothesideharpoonedandfoughther

whenshediveddownlow.No

V ? &

linewascut,nowhalewasfreed,

captain'smindwasnotofgreed,

hebelongedtothewhaleman’screed,she

V ? & ?

SoonmaytheWellermancometo

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,we’ll

V ? & ?

linewentslackthentightoncemore.

boatswerelosttherewereonlyfourbut

Wellermanmakeshisregularcalltoen

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,we’ll

bringussgarandteaandrum.

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,we’ll

takeourleaveandgo.

V ? & ?

bringussugarandteaandrum.

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,

bringussugarandteaandrum.

Oneday,whenthetonguingisdone,

Carol of the Russian Children/ e Sleigh

TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN CAROL

Musicby

RICHARD KOUNTZ

Wordsby

IVOR TCHERVANOW

Arrangedby DERRIC JOHNSON

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

& & V ?

sleighbellsringing,gailysinging,

merrilywego.

sleighbellsringing,gailysinging,

merrilywe,merrilywe

Alltheworldablanketwhiteof

snowsocoldandcrispandlight,with

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

Lightlyyingo’erthesnowwitha

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

Alltheworldablanketwhiteof

snowsocoldandcrispandlight,with

Alltheworldablanketwhiteof

snowsocoldandcrispandlight,with

& & V ?

Lightlyyingo’erthesnowwitha

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

Lightlyyingo’erthesnowwitha

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

Lightlyyingo’erthesnowwitha

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

Lightlyyingo’erthesnowwitha

“Heyhaha!”anda“Hohaho!”With

sleighbellsringing,gailysinging,

Musicby JEROME KERN

Wordsby OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Arrangedby DERRIC JOHNSON

Rollin’along,

rollin’along.

Rollin’along,

rollin’along.

Rollin’along,

rollin’along.

? & & V ?

don’tplanttaters,he

don’tplantcotton,and

emthatplants’em

Doodoodoodoo

doodoodoodoo

emthatplants’em ? & & V ?

& & V ?

w long. œj œ œj œ œrollin’along,just œj œ œj œ œrollin’along,just

œrollin’along,just cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc.

rollin’along.Oh,

rollin’along,just

œ œj

rollin’along.Oh,

? & & V

b b b b b b

. œ J œ ˙ rackedwithpain.

b b b b b b

J œ œ J œ ˙

& & V ?

b b b b b b

œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ rackedwithpain. œ œ

Totethatbarge, œj ‰ œj ‰ œ œ

Totethatbargeand

œœ œ œ œ n rackedwithpain.

œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ rackedwithpain.

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J œ ‰ J œ ‰ ˙ lithatbale. > > > >

œj ‰ œj ‰ œ n œ

Totethatbargeand

J œ ‰ J œ ‰ œ œ

Totethatbargeand

J œ œ J œ œ Œ lithatbale. œj ‰ œj ‰ ˙ ˙ lithatbale. œj ‰ œj ‰ ˙ n lithatbale. J œ ‰ J œ ‰ ˙ lithatbale.

J œ ‰ J œ ‰ œ œ

Totethatbargeand

Getalittledrunkandyou

landinjail.

GERMAN

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Wordsby CHARLES WESLEY

How Great Our Joy

Arrangedby JAMEY RAY

Whilebythesheepwe

& & V

Whilebythesheepwe

& & & V ?

newbornKing.

mercymild,

newbornKing

whoawhoaoh

& & V ?

nationsrise

“Christisbornin

& & & V ?

Hark,theherald

PraisewetheLordin

Heav’non Heav’non

PraisewetheLordin

Heav’non,how

PraisewetheLordin

Heav’non,how

Voctaveisan11-memberacappellagroupfromtheCentralFloridaarea.Formedinthe winterof2015byproducerandarrangerJameyRay,thevoicesthatbringtheirartistic arrangementstoliferepresentawealthofdiversebackgroundsandmusicalexperiences. Voctavemembershaverootsinmusicaltheater,contemporaryChristianmusic,barbershop, popandchoralmusic.MembersofVoctavehaveperformedallovertheworldandcanbe heardoncountlessrecordings.egrouphasperformedwithGrammy,DoveandAmerican MusicAwardwinners.Withmultiple#1songsandalbumsoniTunes,AmazonandSpotify, Voctavehasalsorankedinthetop25onBillboardMagazine’scharts.Voctavehasreceived morethan150millionviewsontheirvideos.Voctave’salbumsaredigitallyavailableonall platforms.

NutcrackerMedley

Voctave consists of 11 members: 3 sopranos, 2 altos, 3 tenors, and 3 basses. The arparts. For the three tenor sections, avoid using an alto for the high tenor; instead, opt in the joy.

Nutcracker Medley

Musicby PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Arrangedby JAMEY RAY

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bmbmbada

bmbmba

bmbmbmba

& & & V ?

dmbadadmbm J œ œ ‰Œ da œj œ ‰Œ da J œ œ ‰Œ da œj œ ‰Œ da

bmbmbada

dmbadadmdm

bmbmba

& & & V ?

doodoodoodoo

bmbmba

bmbmbmba

bmbadmba

bmbadadmbm

bmbmbada

bmbmba

bmbmbmba

& & & & V ?

dmbadadmbm J œ ‰Œ da œj

bmbmbada

dmbadadmbm

bmbmbm

bmbmba

dadadada

bmbmba

bmbmbmba

dadadada

bmbmba

badada

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bmbmbmba & & V ?

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