I Used To Know You

Words and Music by Tim Buchholz.

SATB + Rhythm Section. 

Written for the Illinois Music Educators Association District 1 Choir (2008) and chosen as an IMEA statewide audition piece for 2010-11.   This arrangement of an original 12-bar blues by jazz singer and educator Tim Buchholz has everything you want in a straight-ahead medium swing.   The catchy original lyric and melody will have you convinced you’ve always known this song.  

Open section for scat solos; mostly-unison soli section with a double-time feel passage, and an opportunity for the rhythm section to “trade fours” between ensemble hits.  An optional 4-page insert adds two choruses of difficult 4-part soli to feature your best singers.  The octavo contains a written-out piano part which can function both for performance (eliminate the cued bass notes) and for rehearsal without a bassist.  Rhythm section parts include, with an optional piano part with more complex voicings written out.

Ordering options:
$2.50/copy (vocal/piano, printed booklet)
$2.50/copy (vocal/piano, PDF format)
(please use one of the above options if you need a limited number of reference or audition copies for a festival involving representative students from many schools)

$20.00 / PDF (rhythm section parts)
(please use this option for your instrumentalists if you are running a festival)

$50.00 / PDF package (unlimited photocopy / includes rhythm section parts and insert)
(please use this option if you are planning to perform the piece with your own group and keep it in your library)