Come and sing! 33 choir and solo songs is a resource for singers, voice pedagogues, conductors and ensemble leaders and is well suited for children, adolescents and adults. The book contains canons, two- three- and four-part arrangements, and solo songs that can also function as unison ensemble songs.
The songs can be used to get going when a quick warm-up is needed, as gathering-songs or as songs to aid in tuning an ensemble. They can form a bridge between more traditional vocal exercises and the repertoire at hand. They can even serve as songs to tune into a particular genre. Inspiration for the content of this book is taken from a variety of cultures and contains features of gospel, soul, classical, beat-boxing, body-percussion, rap, jazz and folklore.
Most of the songs include accompaniment, while some are intended to be sung a cappella. The songs are published in several suitable keys and their degree of difficulty varies greatly, ranging from very simple to fairly advanced. Each song has an associated instruction with suggestions on how to work.
Bo Rosenkull is a senior lecturer at the Royal College of Music (KMH) in Stockholm and a senior lecturer at the Academy of Music and Drama (HSM) in Gothenburg. He was also a senior lecturer at the University College of Music Education (SMI) in Stockholm for many years. Bo is the president of the association Voice Teachers of Sweden and is a member-at-large in the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA). He is a sought-after voice teacher and has held masterclasses in South Africa (Cape Town, Potchefstroom, Stellenbosch), Azerbaijan, the Seychelles, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway and Italy. He has sung as a principal artist at the Royal Opera House Stockholm, Folkoperan Stockholm, Gothenburg Opera, Malmö Opera, Svenska Riksteatern, Norrlandsoperan among others. Furthermore, Bo has worked as a choral conductor and music teacher in primary and in secondary school.