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Althouse's arrangement brings a contemporary theatrical sensibility to Glinda's moment while remaining entirely singable for developing voices. The SSA voicing creates transparency without sacrificing the emotional weight of the ballad, and the recorded accompaniment means you can perform this with minimal accompaniment prep. Programming a piece from Webber's reimagined Oz gives you something genuinely fresh that audiences know and love.

Tender and grounded. Glinda's reassurance to Dorothy carries warmth without sentimentality, there's real comfort in the melody, as though she's reminding Dorothy of something she already knows but needs to hear. The arrangement respects the intimate scale of a lullaby even as it opens up into fuller harmonic moments.

Choirs with developing SSA sections or middle school programs looking for emotionally mature material that doesn't require a large ensemble. Directors seeking a Broadway-quality arrangement that's performance-ready without extensive rehearsal time will find this especially useful.

• Balance the melody between the sopranos and tenors (sung by second soprano); the interplay between these voices carries the song's narrative intimacy.
• Shape the phrase endings with gentle releases rather than crisp cutoffs. This is a lullaby to Dorothy, so let the lines breathe.
• Work the recorded accompaniment in rehearsal early so singers can hear their part within the full texture before you remove it.

Pair this with other contemporary pop choral arrangements to showcase variety within a single concert half, or feature it in a spring pops show where you can lean into the theatrical context. This works beautifully as a palate-cleanser between uptempo numbers.

• Singing interconnected phrases with consistent line direction and control of dynamics
• Tuning seventh and ninth chord extensions in the harmonic language
• Expressing emotional subtlety through sustained tone rather than added vibrato
• Blending soprano and tenor melody lines that share the primary tune