Arranging...this is tough

At the moment, I'm sitting in my studio working on an arrangement for GFT. This will be my first ever GFT arrangement, and while I'm excited, I'm also discovering that this type of arranging is extremely difficult.

I've done some arranging for jazz choirs and concert choirs in the past, and felt pretty good about how things turned out. But GFT arranging is a whole different animal. When arranging for a jazz choir, people often find a cool Kurt Elling arrangement or an instrumental version of a tune and then adapt that for a jazz choir. Others really dive in and do original arrangements, but with my limited experience, that isn't the case. With GFT, though, we don't really do other people's arrangements. So, with this tune I'm working on, trying to distance myself from the original to ensure it isn't just a "cover" is really difficult. While I want to keep the elements from the original that are cool, I also want to make this a GFT tune. Wish me luck. I'll keep you posted with how things turn out.

Brennan
GFT