In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Andrew Carter

Born: 1939. Living in: England
Andrew Carter was born at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, in 1939. He studied music at Leeds University before settling in York, where he joined the York Minster Choir as a bass. In 1965 he founded the Chapter House Choir at York Minster Cathedral, a mixed voice ensemble, which continued under his direction for seventeen years and achieved national renown. He wrote much of his early published arrangements for this choir.

Andrew was Director of Music at the Bar Convent Grammar School, where he achieved his first successes as a choir trainer. (The Bar Convent School closed in 1985 becoming All Saints Roman Catholic School, just down the road, but the original building is still in use as conference rooms etc.)

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Andrew Carter : Anthems

A collection of 10 of Andrew Carter's finest and most popular pieces. Approachable for a range of choirs with a wide variety of liturgical uses.

Songlist: An Affirmation, Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Deep Peace, Go before us, O Lord, God be in my head, Mary's Magnificat, May the mystery of God enfold us, Rejoice in the Lord alway, The Light of the World, The Lord is my shepherd

Andrew Carter : Laudate Dominum

This spirited and attractive work is a setting of the Latin version of Psalm 148, one of the most celebrated and joyful hymns of praise to the Lord of heaven. Conjuring a rich tapestry of sonorities and textures, Andrew Carter has created a highly tuneful work in eight well-contrasted movements full of joy and vivid in colour. Laudate Dominum is original and approachable - suitable for all choral societies.

Songlist: Laudate Dominum, Sol et luna, Quia ipse dixit, Laudate Dominum de terra, Dracones et omnes abyssi, Montes et colles, Juvenes et virgines, Confession

David Blackwell / Andrew Carter (Edited by) : In the Mood

In the mood is an anthology of choral arrangements of seventeen classic popular songs by great names such as Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rogers. All the pieces are expertly arranged to suit the needs of amateur SATB groups looking for lighter popular repertoire -- school choirs, youth schoirs, or chamber choirs of any description. There's a mixture of accompanied and unaccompanied numbers, and a variety of styles: smoky blues, up-tempo sat, sentimental swing, exuberant Dixieland, sophisticated close-harmony, plu an opulent show-stopper or two like 'Somewhere over the rainbow'.

Songlist: Ain't Misbehavin', Autumn Leaves, Begin the Beguine, Blue Moon, The Continental, Deep Purple, I Got Rhythm, Laura, Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love), Over the Rainbow, She Was Beautiful, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Summertime, 'S Wonderful, Tea For Two, Night and Day, In the Mood

Individual Folios

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Andrew Carter : I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside

A rambunctious arrangement of this ever-popular song. It will delight singers and audiences a like with salty evocations of sun, sea, and brass bands!

Country: England