Spring Concert ’22 Programme Notes
RYO Spring Concert 2022 at St Joseph’s College, Sunday 3rd April. Find the programme notes for the music here.
Music
Songs from the African-American Railroad
Jennifer writes about her arrangement of Songs from the African-American Railroad
Getting to know English Folk Songs
One of the pieces we are learning this year is the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Gordon Jacobs. There have been some fantastic musicians who helped preserve folk songs, including Percy Grainger, Cecil Sharp, and Ralph Vaughan Williams himself, and this piece is a great example – a joyous medley …