TREVOR MCLAIN
Trevor McLain is from Saskatchewan where he got a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 1975. He studied piano under Robin Harrison and choral arranging under Robert Solem and sang in Greystone Singers. He played for Canada’s National Ballet School from 1976 til 2008 and traversed Canada several times on Audition Tours for NBS. He taught seminars on piano accompaniment for ballet class and made several of his choral arrangements during those tours. In 1991, formed a TTBB octet called Rhapsody In Bluejeans to be part of a Casey House fundraiser starring Phyllis Diller.
Since 1999, Trevor sang with fORTE – The Toronto Men’s Chorus for whom he wrote over twenty arrangements. He became an authority on the music of the Cecchetti ballet syllabus, made recordings of that music, and made two CDs of general music for ballet class. Since 2008, he has played for Arts Umbrella and sung with Vancouver Men’s Chorus.
Ding Dong Joy!
arr. Trevor McLain
TTBB a cappella – CP 2392 – duration 2:15
About this piece, Trevor writes:
Ding! Dong! Joy! is a mashup of Ding, Dong, Merrily on High and Joy to the World. I wrote it for fORTE – The Toronto Men’s Chorus, a TTBB chorus founded in 1997. Its founder had a rich baritone, and the piece started with him singing the first line of Joy to the World as a solo. I love a mashup. These two melodies work very well together. The melodies shifting from section to section make it really interesting to sing…and hear. Stereophonically, they ripple back and forth in a playful manner. The feeling is of a romp.