voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1356 | duration: 2:45 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

Andrea Ramsey has created a set of pieces set to the clever Paul Fleischman poems detailing the inner life of insects. Can be performed as a stand-alone work or with the other movements of  “A Joyful Noise” : Jubilant Cicadas & The Moth’s Serenade—his sophisticated work will be fun for both the audience and the singers.


performance by: TMEA Treble Honor Choir Memphis, TN - Dr. Derrick Fox, conductor  [© all rights reserved]

CLICK HERE: See and Hear the Complete Score or download a perusal copy: HERE

CLICK HERE: Read the Text or Poem

EXCERPT
Being a bee
is a joy
is a pain.

I’m a queen
I’m a worker
I”ll gladly explain
Upon rising, I’m fed
by my royal attendants

I’ m up at dawn, guarding
the hive’s narrow entrance
I’m bathed
then I take out the hive’s morning trash
then I’m groomed.

Then I put in an hour
making wax,
without two minute’s time
to sit still and relax.

text by Paul Fleischman

CLICK HERE: Choral Tracks (Practice made simple)

Honeybees choral track bundle contains a part dominant track for each voice part, a balanced voices track, and an accompaniment track if the work is not a cappella (the accompaniment is also included with the part dominant and balanced voices track). Get more information and listen to samples HERE. Please note that the choral score is not included in the bundle and needs to be ordered separately.

Price: $49.99 (Each bundle is licensed to be used by up to 50 users)
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