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Coraa - new choral pack for schools

01 Dec 2010

A new pack of Manx songs for Isle of Man secondary school choirs will be showcased at the forthcoming Manx Youth Choir Christmas Concert (Wednesday 8th December, All Saints Church, 7.30pm £5/£3) and released at the end of January. Coraa (which means ‘voice’) will feature 10 songs in both Manx and English representing the various genres of music associated with the Isle of Man. The pack will also contain useful information for the conductor, teacher and student with background history on each song, warm-up exercises, chords and performance ideas. Each song is demonstrated on an accompanying CD by Manx choir Caarjyn Cooidjagh, along with spoken pronunciation of Gaelic lyrics. Songs include: The National Anthem, Ellan Vannin, Geay Jeh’n Aer, Invocation to St Bridget, Reamyn yn Yrjey Vooar, The Mother’s Carol, Yee Reilys Niau, S’Feayr yn Oie, Yn Aavioghey and Graih my Chree by Scaanjoon. Chloë Woolley

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