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Yumiko Matsuoka Arrangements


Yumiko Matsuoka is currently an associate professor of ear training at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has performed with a cappella vocal jazz quintet Vox One, who recorded many of her arrangements on their albums in the 1990s. Matsuoka has the ability to take a familiar tune (such as "Over the Rainbow" or "My Old Kentucky Home") and make it totally unique all over again, with her inventive use of rhythmic variance and harmonic tweaking. These are not easy arrangements, by any means, and do require an ensemble with some pretty solid skills to perform.

Black is the Color: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATB)
Price: $2.75
Black Is the Color: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATB)
|An arrangement of the classic folk song that reflects the deep dark color of "my true love's hair." Opens with a tenor solo, then... more
   


Danny Boy: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATBB)
Price: $3.50
Written for a cappella quintet Vox One, this classic song showcases a soprano solo. In the middle section, the alto and tenor parts weave a line reminiscent of a brook in a green field of Ireland.... more
   


Lord's Prayer, The: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATB)
Price: $3.00
The Lord's Prayer: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATB) A solemn and heartfelt a cappella rendition of the well-known tune. Rich close harmony is employed throughout, which soars to a climax with... more
   


Loving You: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATTB)
Price: $3.50
Format: Vocal sheet music Composer/Arranger: Minnie Piperton, arr. Yumiko Matsuoka Young Voicing: SATTB a cappella Publisher: UNC Jazz Press Publisher... more
   


My Old Kentucky Home: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATBB)
Price: $3.00
|One of the Stephen Foster evergreens, this arrangement starts with male unison, then develops into a rich close harmony with some twists here and there. Followed by a short baritone solo, it... more
   


Over the Rainbow arr. Yumika Matsuoka (SATBB)
Price: $3.50
Written for a cappella quintet, Vox One, this arrangement features a soprano solo (and a short tenor solo in the middle) in a soaring 6/8 feel. There is much room for soloists to freely phrase the... more
   


Pure Imagination: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATBB)
Price: $3.65
From the classic film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," recorded by Vox One on their "Pure Imagination" album, this arrangement is sweetness personified.... more
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Scarborough Fair arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SSAATTBB)
Price: $3.25
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Skye Boat Song, The arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SSAA)
Price: $3.25
Commissioned by the New York-based chorus Women Singing, this Scottish folk song is written to evoke images of the stark beauty of the Highlands. The melody that tells the legend of Bonnie Prince... more
   


Star-Spangled Banner: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATB)
Price: $3.50
|The national anthem is treated here with solemn but inspirational sound. The rich harmony, without going too far away from the original, builds to a climax with contrapuntal lines that make it... more
   


Vox One: Chameleon (CD)
Price: $15.97
This is possibly the best vocal jazz recording, ever. Vox One wanted to make real jazz, music that would turn the heads of critics more used to instrumental jazz. Their recording features songs... more
   


Vox One: Out There
Price: $15.97
Wow! This group is a great jazz group that happens to sing a cappella. With cuts like "Searching For You," the title song, "Out There," "The Sky Is Crying" and "Gone By" they define the cutting... more
   


Vox One: Pure Imagination (CD)
Price: $16.97
It took eight years, but the cosmic forces that tore the group apart in 1997, the week after their album "Chameleon" was released, brought them back together in 2005.... more
   


Vox One: Say You Love Me
Price: $15.97
Originally released in Japan, this CD is now available stateside. It is full of Vox One's unique jazz styling - upbeat "My Cherie Amour," a different take on "Time After Time," smoothly grooving... more
   


Vox One: Vox One
Price: $14.97
A very ambitious debut album, and a 1994 CARA winner! Five strong mixed voices tackle innovative, cutting edge vocal arrangements that take familiar songs ("Edelweiss," "My Romance") as mere... more
   


Water is Wide, The arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATBB)
Price: $3.25
The Water Is Wide: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SATBB) Unique treatment of this traditional spiritual by Vox One's Yumiko Matsuoka. .
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Where Is Love?: arr. Yumiko Matsuoka (SSATTB)
Price: $4.25
Arranged for the Western Wind vocal ensemble, this ballad from "Oliver!" surrounds the sweet and simple melody with sweeping arpeggios and a beautiful, modulation in the bridge.... more
   


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