Product Description
Words and music by Taylor Swift and William Bowery, Arranged by Kirsten Duncan. Contemporary choral SATB divisi, a cappella. A4, 20 pages (including covers). Published by Shrub Creative. Item number 2023-02. ISMN 9790900969934.
This choral work by Kirsten Duncan is an arrangement of Champagne problems, a critically acclaimed single from Taylor Swifts 9th studio album Evermore, released in December 2020.
It is a melancholy ballad about a young woman who finds herself not ready for her lovers public marriage proposal. Swift describes the song as the one where longtime college sweethearts had very different plans for the same night, one to end it and one who brought a ring. The jilted boyfriend nurses his hurt on the night train while his now ex-girlfriend is condemned by hometown skeptics although she wishes him love with someone new.
Why choose this arrangement? Unlike most versions, this arrangement is composed for intermediate to advanced mixed adult choirs (SATB divisi) without any instrumental accompaniment. Tenors and altos lead the gentle verses and choruses, shifting into densifying harmonic structure as the tale builds through the bridge to its dramatic peak, then gently resolves.
Kirsten Duncan has had a lifelong passion for choral singing. Now based in Canberra, Australia, she has performed with Gaudeamus (Judith Clingan), Hamburg International School (ISH) Singers, the choirs of Christ Church St Laurence Sydney (Dr Neil McEwan), The Resonants (Helen Swan) and others. Kirsten started composing choral music in 2015, contributing to the musical community that has been a stabilising thread throughout her life. Visit kirstenduncan.com.au to notify about performances of this music, and find more choral works and information.
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