Here's some tunes Nothing to say that we would necessarily be doing these but they give an idea of my own likes and dislikes and so a possible starting point. Where it all leads would of course depend on you !
Some modern R & B / Pop Hallelujah
- Alexandra Burke Hold Back The River - James Bay
Some pop
/ singer songwriter Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Some well known soul / R&B standards Stand
By Me (John Lennon) People
Get Ready (Seal) Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin Dancin In The Street - Martha and the Vandelas Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Some really great tunes : ) Wade In The Water - Mavis Staples In Times Like These - Mavis Staples Washed In The River - Paul Ruske / Soweto GC Bridge Over Troubled Water - Soweto GC After The Goldrush - Neil Young (this version Prelude) Amazing Grace - Blinf Boys of Alabama Higher Ground - Playing For Change / Stevie Wonder
Some social justice / reflective anthems Breaths - Sweet Honey In The Rock L'Estaca /
Mury - Catelonian / Polish Freedom Blowin In The Wind - Bob Dylan
Four rock / indie tunes easily adapted for choirs Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Two Sing Along Reggae Tunes Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Some gentle older folk/singer song writer El Condor Pasa - Simon and Garfunkel
Please send your own suggestions - particularly more modern tunes if you have a real favourite that might suit a community choir, I'm a bit behind the times ! |
||||||||