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EDITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS
I intended to create editions and arrangments that clearly convey the text. The adjustments have been made in the present edition to promote accessibility for current choral ensembles. All the editions and arrangements I created below were premiered and recorded by the CU Chamber Singers (2023-2024).
Arirang
arr. Jun Young Na
Arirang is a Korean folk song and literally means rolling hills. Korean pentatonic Arirang song was inherited from a variety of types of folk songs for centuries from generation to generation through oral tradition. I created an arrangement that mainly uses counterpoint methods, which are rare in other arrangements. This arrangement contrasts the refrain section with two different moods; the first refrain with a sense of painful longing and the second one with the will to overcome it using respectively chromaticism and diatonisism. This part is the greatest strength of the arrangement.
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Justorum animae (William Byrd)
ed. Jun Young Na
Jutorum anime is a Renaissance motet representing a mix of modal and tonal typical in that period and is a sacred composition of the time for use in Anglican services. The source I used for this edition is in the 16th-century part-book format with mensural notation, which has been transcribed and engraved with modern notation. The piece is characterized by serene and beautiful melodic lines in each voice and the text is from the biblical book of Wisdom.
Remember not, Lord, our offences (Henry Purcell)ber
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ed. Jun Young Na
This piece is one of the 17th-century English full Anthems composed by Herny Purcell and its original manuscript is contained in Fitzwilliam 88. This choral work is mainly characterized by the most stylistically homogenous, which means the well-balanced mixture of homophonic and polyphonic sections. This edition is set for SSATB divisions adding organ parts to the voices to support each voice part singing a single point of imitation with two subjects in voice parts.
An die Heimat (Brahms)
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arr. Jun Young Na
An die Heimat is the first of three vocal quartets published as Opus 64. The yearning for a distant homeland is the guiding theme of the music, which is called Sensucht in German. This choral work is mainly characterized by the continuous chromatic wandering to express the confusing search for home. Because chromaticism is quite challenging for amateurs or younger choirs, I created an arrangement that adds four clarinets to the piano part to support each choral part. With clarinet providing direct aural support and their timbre well-blended with the expressive tone of An die Heimat will help them sing with greater accuracy and confidence.
