[Sheet music] "Ashita (Tomorrow)" for unaccompanied mixed chorus 

A choral piece based on the masterpiece "Ashita (Tomorrow)" by children's story writer Niimi Nankichi!

Niimi Nankichi, a children's story writer from Aichi Prefecture in Japan, is famous for the fairy tale "Gon the little Fox," which has been included in elementary school Japanese textbooks for many years. Based on his hopeful poem "Ashita", a refreshing original mixed choral piece for a cappella has been born!

The piece is appealing in that it deliberately refrains from dynamics and technical elements to match the idyllic and gentle atmosphere of the words, and instead pursues beautiful melodies and a calm, harmonious sound.

Because it is written to make each word in the poem easy to understand, it is a great piece to include in a Japanese choral concert program. It is also recommended as an encore piece!

Cover design: Kato Yota

Arrangement: Mixed voice, four parts (SATB*)

*Sop, Bass are divided into two parts.

Performance time: 2-3 minutes

Poem by Niimi Nankichi

Music by Kato Yota

This score is also available in the open and closed stacks at the library of the "Niimi Nankichi Memorial Museum" (Handa City, Aichi Prefecture).

  Digital sheet music (PDF version)
 
  Sales price: 880 JPY 616 JPY

  PDF 12 pages, A4 size

  Language: Japanese / English*
  (*The lyrics are in Japanese, but the romanized alphabet is included as well.)

Commissioned by: Mixed Choir Voce Ars

First performance: April 14, 2024 Toshima Civic Center Small Hall. Conductor: Akira Kohama

Reference sound source: In preparation