A Little Ragtime

Well, I've just completed the second commissioned piece for Kelli Falls. This one, for her middle school choir, is a "rootin', tootin'" arrangement of Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Set for SATB voices and piano, this old novelty song from 1912(!) is a hoot. Come to think of it, it was published the year that the Titantic sank...For my arrangement, I altered the text a little (for instance, instead of "high-falutin', shootin', scootin'", I amended it to "high-falutin', rootin', tootin'"...a bit more PC, thank you very much); and I composed a counter-melody with my own text that sounds really cool when sung with the original tune. I think the choir will love it!