The Creators of The Voices of Liberty & Voctave Talk Choral Music with J.W. Pepper

Описание: Jamey Ray and Derric Johnson are the founders of acclaimed a cappella groups Voctave and The Voices of Liberty. In this interview, they share stories from their careers, including what inspired them to start their own groups at a time before a cappella became popular. Plus, you’ll hear about a few of their favorite arrangements—available from J.W. Pepper in the links below—their writing techniques, advice for choirs performing their music, and more!

Hosted by Jennifer Moorhatch, choral editor, J.W. Pepper

Intro – 0:00
What does Jamey Ray do? – 1:11
How did The Voices of Liberty begin? – 3:29
Having lunch with Don Pippin... then Disney calls – 6:01
What made the sound significant? – 9:02
How Jamey discovered VOL: Tiffany Coburn and It Is Well With My Soul – 11:20
https://www.jwpepper.com/It-is-Well-W...
Candlelight Concerts and Christmas arrangements – 14:25
Joy to the World – 19:16
https://www.jwpepper.com/Joy-to-the-W...
Jamey Ray's favorites of Derric's Christmas arrangements: Away in a Manger – 21:13
https://www.jwpepper.com/Away-in-a-Ma...
French Chorale of Praise – 21:54
https://www.jwpepper.com/French-Chora...
The Hanukkah medley – 23:21
https://www.jwpepper.com/Hanukkah%21/...
More details on Away in a Manger and Still, Still, Still – 25:16
https://www.jwpepper.com/Still%2C-Sti...
How many singers have been part of The Voices of Liberty? – 28:25
Notable names who sang with The Voices of Liberty – 32:17
What groups should consider these arrangements? – 34:10
Voice-leading in Derric's writing makes it very accessible – 36:14
What is the style for people who have never heard it before? – 39:38
How would Derric like his music remembered? – 45:16
Derric's 90th birthday party and his Happy Birthday arrangement – 48:17
https://www.jwpepper.com/Happy-Birthd...
We're so thankful to Derric for sharing his music with us – 50:06
Voctave: How did the name come about? – 51:42
Guest artists – 54:54
Re'Generation – 56:42
Seeing Voctave live – 58:39
Voctave Christmas arrangements: Mary, Did You Know? – 1:00:28
https://www.jwpepper.com/Mary%2C-Did-...
All Is Well – 1:01:54
https://www.jwpepper.com/All-Is-Well/...
Joy to the World (Voctave arrangement) – 1:04:20
https://www.jwpepper.com/Joy-to-the-W...
O Come, All Ye Faithful – 1:05:37
https://www.jwpepper.com/O-Come%2C-Al...
Jamey's personal favorite: All Is Well – 1:07:05
Programming options – 1:07:45
Thank you to Jamey and Derric for joining us! – 1:09:07
Wrap-up... and subscribe – 1:10:08