King Winter is a humorous winter concert SAB piece with
lyrics adapted from a Hugh Chesterton poem. A three
part canon repeats the command "Away with the winter,
away with the cold" and successfully overthrows King
Winter's hold. Teaching elements include chromatic
passages, minor to major key changes and telling a
story through music with dramatic dynamics. The
Greensburg, Kansas high school choir received top
ratings at contest with this piece.
