New arrangement/video/recording available: Billie Eilish / Finneas O'Connell - when the party's over, arr. for 8-part jazz vocal ensemble

Hello,

I am positively ecstatic about this latest piece of creative work stemming from my long-held and deep-as-the-ocean passion for jazz harmony, particularly when combined with the human voice and meaningful text.

I envisioned a setting of when the party’s over such as this as soon as I heard the song for the first time, and knew that with no little effort, such a thing would be possible. It took a few weeks of thinking in the car, on walks in the middle of the night, and 5am waking dreams, before the setting took a more-or-less concrete shape in my mind and I finally sat down at my out-of-tune piano and sketched a bunch of eight-note chords, later to set the thing to parts using my favourite software Dorico 2.

Please enjoy the rub - and share the joy that I hope you feel with friends through the various social media links that YouTube provides. Among the dreams I have around this piece is the one where Billie and Finneas themselves stumble upon my arrangement and go ‘mmm’.

The recording can be heard on soundcloud here, and taken with you on bandcamp here. Please consider following me on both of these platforms, and/or subscribing on YouTube itself. If like me, you prefer email, sign up to my newsletter here.

This recording was the result of a professional association and many profound personal thanks are due to every contributing member of the Westbourne Grammar School Senior Concert Choir, and the surrounding team of staff. I wish nothing but the best for every single one of these outstanding souls.