Claire is an experienced arranger and orchestrator for various ensembles, both at professional and school level: big band, four horn bands, sax quartet, string ensembles, small combo ensembles... you name it! She arranges for local Afro jazz/folk artist Msaki, having arranged some of her songs for string ensemble along with collaborations with singer Tresor. The Lady Day Big Band, The Stellenbosch University Jazz Band, The Free State Youth Wind Ensemble and Orchestra, and The Swing Collective also make use of her arrangements. Claire is currently composing for her own jazz quartet, of which "Panic Attack" is one of them. She has also arranged various solo piano and solo sax pieces, and transcribed and arranged various pop and jazz tunes which are available to purchase. 

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To order one of Claire's charts, see or hear a sample chart, or to commission Claire to arrange something particularly for your ensemble, please contact her.

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Examples of compositions & arrangements

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Big Band:

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• Footprints by Wayne Shorter

• Nelipot by Claire Röntsch

• Nica's Dream by Horace Silver

• Respect by Otis Redding, as sung by Aretha Franklin

• The Pink Panther by Henry Mancini

• Vukani by Bheki Mseleku

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Small combo jazz ensemble (Instrumental, for changeable instrument combo's):

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• Another Country by Mango Groove

• Back Street Blues by Sammy Nestico

• Birdland by Joe Zawinul

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen

• Don't Know Why by Norah Jones

• Give Me the Night by George Benson

• I Wanna Be Like You (from the Jungle Book)

• In The Mood by Joe Garland

• Knockout by Erik Sherburne

• Lullaby of Birdland by George Shearing

• Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini

• Soul Bossa Nova (Austin Powers Theme)

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Full band/Jazz Quartet:

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• Ariving Soon, as performed by Cannonball Adderley

• Crisis, as performed by Freddie Hubbard

• Dat Dere, as performed by Cannonball Adderley

• Home Fries, as performed by Joshua Redman

• I Mean You, as performed by Cyrille Aimee

• Jazz Crimes, as performed by Joshua Redman

• The Chant, as performed by Cannonball Adderley

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Orchestra:

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• Asturias by Albeniz, for harp and string orchestra

• Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (from Don Giovanni) by Mozart

• Coro di Zingari (from Il Trovatore) by Verdi

• Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, by Franz Lehar

• Humming Chorus (from Madam Butterfly) by Puccini

• Lakme Duet (Flower Duet) by Delibes

• Pennywhistle by Mango Groove, for orchestra and rhythm section

• The Magic Flute (Der Holle Rache, Der Vogelfanger, Dies Bildnis, O Isis under Osiris, Pa Pa duet) by Mozart

• Una furtiva lagrima by Donizetti

• Va Pensiero (from Nabucco) by Verdi

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Wind Band:

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• A Song for Bra Des Tutu by Winston Mankunku Ngozi

• Happy by Pharrell Williams

• I Wanna Be Like You (from The Jungle Book)

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Sax Quartet arrangements (AATB):

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• 4 in the Morning by Wendell Hobbs

• A String of Pearls by Jerry Gray

• Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake

• Caravan by Ellington/Tizol (also available in SATB)

• Spain by Chick Corea

• The Entertainer by Scott Joplin

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Lead sheets:

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• Adored Value by Bheki Mseleku

• All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor

• Angola by Bheki Mseleku

• Asiyapo by Winston Mankunku Ngozi

• Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

• Bantu (Rainbow Nation) by Zim Ngqawana

• Blue Moon by Rodgers and Hart

• But Not For Me by George Gershwin

• Cheesecake, as played by Dexter Gordon

• Chisa by Abdullah Ibrahim

• Closer to the Source by Bheki Mseleku

• Coquette by Johnny Green

• Crazy in Love, as sung by Beyoncè

• Daphne by Django Reinhardt

• Delilah by Victor Young

• Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

• Emilia by Melissa Aldana

• Feeling Good, as recorded by Michael Buble

• From This Moment, as sung by Shania Twain

• Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela

• Hit the Road Jack, as sung by Ray Charles

• Humpty Dumpty by Chick Corea

• If That's True by Esperanza Spalding

• Lakutshon'ilanga by Mackay Davashe

• Love Song by Tigran Hamasyan

• Mbizo by Bheki Mseleku

• Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt

• Moonlight in Vermont by Karl Suessdorf

• Morning Bell by Radiohead, as played by Chris Potter

• Nants 'Inkululekho by Bheki Mseleku

• No Problem by Duke Jordan, as played by Chet Baker

• Ntyilo Ntyilo by Allan Mzamo Silinga, as sung by Miriam Makeba

• Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba

• Song for My Father by Horace Silver

• Summertime by George Gershwin

• Sweet Transvestite (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

• The Jody Grind by Horace Silver

• Time Warp (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

• Train by Chris Potter

• Sidewinder by Lee Morgan

• You and the Night and the Music by Arthur Schwartz

• You Make Me Feel So Young by Josef Myrow

• You Raise Me Up, as sung by Josh Groban

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Solo piano transcriptions:

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• Besame Mucho

• Let's Never Stop Falling in Love, as performed by Pink Martini

• Lily, as performed by Pink Martini

• Que Sera, Sera

• Whisper from the Mirror, as performed by Keiko Matsui

• Yolanda

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Solo saxophone charts:

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• From This Moment On by Shania Twain

• Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

• Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles

• You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban

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Horn charts:

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• Proud Mary, as performed by Tina Turner (four horn arrangement, excluding rhythm section)

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Cello and piano:

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• Titanium/Pavanne mash-up (as performed by The Piano Guys, arranged for live performance by Claire Röntsch)