Irish Blessing

SSAATTBB choir, unaccompanied

SKU: RBT-001 Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices

Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Sacred
Season or Event:	Graduation
Descriptive Tags:	Blessing, Christian, Inspiration, Irish, Nature, Prayer
Difficulty:	Advanced Student, Advanced
Duration:	1-5 Minutes
Instrumentation:	A Cappella
Voicing:	SSAATTBB

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