Arranger

ARRANGING

Vocal

Instrumental

Recently Recorded Arrangements

For SSA and Jazz Combo

Keri CHRYST

Jazz

Here are a few of Keri's arrangements for 3-part women's vocal ensemble which were recently recorded by the Parisian Trio Sweet System on their 2017 release Sweet Ella .

For a list of other available arrangements for voice and/or jazz ensemble stay tuned to this site and in the meantime...

Keri is a marvelous singer, composer and arranger. As an educator — she not only helps young musicians become better, she helps them become complete.

Kirk

Garrison

Composer / Arranger / Trumpet

Elmhurst University, Lt. Dan Band

2021

Chicago, IL, USA

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Featuring Ella Fitzgerald's original scat solos - transcribed and harmonized for 3 voices!

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Where passion meets prowess

exploration, preparation, inspiration

Keri's ear for harmony was confirmed at the ripe age of 8 when her instructors noticed her naturally and unconsciously adding a counter-melody to some classic Christmas carols.

Decades of piano studies, band and orchestra (flute, sousaphone) and vocal ensembles big and small were an excellent training ground for her concept of arranging for ensembles.

But it was upon discovering the complex harmonies and rhythms of jazz at university that this harmony-geek finally met and conquered a challenge worthy of her instinctual musicianship.

2 music degrees plus a half-a-dozen years spent developing and implementing an ear training curriculum for the singers at the American School of Modern Music — Berklee's then Paris affiliate — helped narrow the gap between the ideas she'd always heard in her mind's ear and the speed with which she could get them onto the page.

Most of the examples on this page have gone from sketch to fully fleshed out score and parts within a matter of days, and Keri is eager to put her skills and enthusiasm to work creating exciting and innovative arrangements for you and your ensembles!