Canto De Pilon 
Composer: Venezuelan Folk Song  Arranger: Cristian Grases  Author/Lyricist: Venezuelan Folk Song 
Voicing: 2-PART 
Season: Folk Song  Released: January 2011  Difficulty: Easy
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   This multicultural piece hails from Venezuela, homeland to USC choral director, Dr. Cristian Grases. It is a ''working song'' about women grinding corn that captures the flavor of the people. Including eurhythmic motions and percussive sounds, the music celebrates the joyful nature and active life of these common folks. This piece works well for elementary singers to adult treble choirs.
 

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 Canto De Pilon 
Composer: Traditional Venezuelian  Arranger: Cristian Grases  Author/Lyricist: Traditional Venezuelian 
Voicing: SAB  Released: January 2023  Difficulty: Easy
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   This multicultural piece hails from Venezuela, homeland to USC choral director Dr. Cristian Grases. It is a working song about women grinding corn that captures the cultural flavor of the region. Including eurhythmic motions and percussive sounds, the music celebrates the joyful nature and active life of the people. This SAB piece works well for elementary singers to adult choirs. Also available in 2-Part, P1403.
 

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 Conectados 
Composer: Brian Tate  Author/Lyricist: Brian Tate, Translation by Cristian Grases 
Voicing: SATB  Released: January 2022  Difficulty: Medium Easy
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   ''Connected'' has been one of our most popular chorals and is in numerous voicings. This is the first one to be released with the lyrics translated into Spanish. ''Conectados'' is an exciting step forward in providing choral music to our Spanish-speaking friends.

Note: The recording is the SATB voicing but the lyrics are in English.
 

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 Kuenana 
Composer: Shlomo Gronich  Arranger: Cristian Grases  Author/Lyricist: Shlomo Gronich 
Voicing: SATB  Released: January 2019  Difficulty: Medium Easy
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   Using meaningless syllables and sounds this delightful piece works at any concert any time of year and is simply fun to sing and hear. The 7/8 meter is catchy and buoyant. The flavor of the music feels like a familiar folk song about dancing or Spring. Enjoy!
 

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 Qi do lei 
Composer: SheQian  Author/Lyricist: Nursery Rhyme of Qi do lei 
Voicing: SSAA  Released: January 2019  Difficulty: Medium Easy
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   Drawn from Yunnan Hani children's folk song, ''QiDoLei,'' the music describes the happy life of children and parents who cut down bamboo and pick up bamboo leaves. Combining traditional folk tunes with modern musical styles that we enjoy is a truly multicultural musical expression. Playful and inventive, this piece transports us to the beautiful countryside of China.
 

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 I P A Alphabet  Author/Lyricist: Cristian Grases 
Voicing: Book  Released: January 2011 
   Teaching pronunciation of a foreign language is one of the most time-consuming tasks for any choral director. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) has become the recognized authority of pronunciation symbols, but there has never been a resource that makes the teaching process flow easily. The IPA Book is the brilliant creation of USC Conductor, Dr. Cristian Grases. Every page is a letter of the alphabet, divided into 5 columns for Latin, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. This simple organization places an easy handheld tool into every choral singer's hand. Learning has never been so good for high school, college and above.
 

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