arranged by Steve Milloy

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‘Life On Mars’ is from Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory, and has been described as a ‘gloriously strange sci-fi anthem’, and also a love song. Originally featuring the piano of Rick Wakeman and string arrangements of Mick Ronson, the lyric is surreal, cryptic but poetic. It is an absolute classic.

This intermediate level TTBB arrangement sticks to the form and groove of the original, and makes it accessible to community choruses. There is some counterpoint, and each chorus finishes with rich choral voicings on a sustained ‘ah’.

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Currently serving as the artistic director of the Cincinnati Men’s Chorus and music director at St. John United Church of Christ in Bellevue, KY., Steve Milloy (b. 1965) has spent over three decades coaching and directing singers in schools, churches, theaters, and concert stages across the United States. Nowadays he is a much sought-after conductor, clinician, composer and arranger in the US and abroad.  He has also directed the Martin Luther King Coalition Chorale and the Diverse City Youth Chorus. With Dr. Charles Beale, he co-authored the  Popular Voiceworks series for Oxford University Press. His original choral work, Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream premiered in January of 2017 and will be performed by several GALA choruses across the United States.