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son, call-and-response, homophonic ture and a virtuosic element for the techniques. Throughout this Malay
singing, and polyphonic entranc- accompanist. Migaloo is about Aus- children’s song, arranged by Singa-
es. Migaloo by Australian composer tralia’s most well-known humpback porean composer Zechariah Goh,
Annie Kwok is one such piece. The whale and was thought for a time to singers will experience unison tex-
song features more complex voice be the world’s only all white whale. ture, canonic imitation, parallel ho-
relations, suspensions, moments of The underlying message of having mophonic motion, and partner song
unison, and largely homophonic courage to be diff erent is universal technique. The largely pentatonic
singing with extra challenging poly- and a great conversation topic for melody lends itself to being tonally
phonic sections. The option of an choristers of any age (Figure 7). accessible for all singers. This work
SSA version provides programming Ikan Kekek is another great exam- is extremely sight readable, with no

flexibility to the conductor and the ple of a two-part work that contains added accidentals and easily iden-
dynamic accompaniment brings tex- diverse and varied compositional tifi able rhythmic patterns, allowing

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