Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Faber Choral Basics
Joanna is one of the arrangers for the highly acclaimed Choral Basics series, published by Faber Music. So far she has produced two collections, one of Eva Cassidy songs another of Bond Theme Songs.
Autumn Leaves / three classic Eva Cassidy songs
Over the rainbow
Autumn leaves
Wade in the water
0-571-52621-7
Goldfinger / three classic James Bond themes
Goldfinger
From Russia with love
Nobody does it better
0-571-52981-X
Also in this series:
You can sing...but can you swing?! - jazz warm-ups in a swing style for mixed choir and piano
Glee
Joanna’s arrangement for the Swingle Singers of the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, recorded on the swingles album Keyboard Classics, was used on the pilot episode for hit US TV series Glee.
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange :
Crossover soprano
Commercial singer
Choral coach
Composer/arranger
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“Wade in the Water gives ex-swingle Forbes the opportunity to resurrect the doo-waps in a snappy version of the traditional song. I loved it.”
Review of collection of arrangements of Eva Cassidy songs, called Autumn Leaves.
The Swingle Singers
Three of Joanna’s most popular Swingle Singers arrangements are available for purchase. Email arrangements@forbes-lestrange.co.uk
Amazing Grace (for upper voices only)
The Girl from Ipanema
I’ll be there for you
Her sublime arrangement of Auld Lang Syne is published by Oxford University Press in the collection Encores for Choirs.
Published compositions
Joanna has written a number of original compositions in collaboration with her composer husband Alexander L’Estrange.
Go forth in peace SATB/piano
published by the Royal School of Church Music
This is our world massed upper voices/piano
published by Sing Up
An Irish Blessing upper voices/piano/flute
published by Faber
