Tuttarana (by Reena Esmail) -- Score Video

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Recording: UNT University Singers; Lindsay Pope Gregory, conductor
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The title of this piece is a conglomeration of two words: the Italian word ‘tutti’, means ‘all’ or ‘everyone’, and the term ‘tarana’ designates a specific Hindustani (North Indian) musical form, whose closest Western counterpart is the ‘scat’ in jazz. Made up of rhythmic syllables, a tarana is the singer’s chance to display agility and dexterity. While a Hindustani tarana is a solo form, I wanted to bring the tarana into an ensemble setting.

Tuttarana was commissioned by the Mount Holyoke College Glee Club (by conductor Lindsay Pope Gregory) for their 2014-15 season, and has since been performed across the US, also in arrangements for SATB and brass quintet.

This music is Copyright (c) 2016 by A Piece of Sky Music (ASCAP).