Trilogy Music for Fall 2013
It is going to take us a bit of time to get our sound where we would like it to be -- particularly from the Sopranos, Tenors and Baritones. The light lift of sound is so key to what I expect.
May 23, 2013. To begin...
Sometimes the .pdf does not open right. I find that if I click in the upper right-hand corner "Open with Adobe" it turns out much better.
1) I would like you to CLICK ON and LISTEN TO the following pieces of music (they are all YouTube videos). Then fill out the response form. These videos are from the King's College Choir. These are just the suggested ones. Anything by the King's College Choir will help you.
a) "What Sweeter Music" (by John Rutter). Some of you know this. Please listen to the tone -- Baritones and Tenors, you especially.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
b) "God So Loved the World" (by John Stainer). Again some of you will know this, but keep listening for tone and British pronunciation.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
c) "Agnus Dei" (by Samuel Barber). This is a long song (9 minutes -- Adagio for Strings), but the breath support and unity of vowels is phenomenal.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
d) "Abide With Me" (Lyrics by Henry Lyte). Another familiar one, but can you make that kind of sound?
Click here to submit your response to this song.
2) I would like you to LISTEN and LEARN the following pieces
a) "Lux Aruumque" (by Eric Whitacre).
i) Music is found here (for Trilogy purposes only. We own enough copies of this for you to use for learning, but please do not get into copyright trouble by printing and using this): http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/lux_aurumque.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-vwauf6Go&safe=active
iii) It is IMPORTANT that you listen to the King's College Choir performance (there are other great performances, but this is the one we would like to imitate). The SOUND (tone, timbre, etc.) particularly from the Sopranos is what I am looking for. You must enunciate and work on that great tone.
b) "Now is the Month of Maying" (by Thomas Morely).
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/now_is_the_month_of_maying.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LJ7VirCScp0
iii) You are probably sick of this song, but it is not going away. Please listen to the tone of the King Singers arrangement and try to mimic their sounds. Please learn the following parts: All Sopranos (except Courtney S) -- Cantus; All Altos (and Courtney S but not Kristina J or Maquel M or Shelby S) -- Altus; Kristina J, Maquel M, Shelby S, Kaden D, Moroni W learn Quintus; Other Tenors and Hunter K learn Tenor; Rest learn Bassus). Please try and adjust this song into the King's College Choir style that you have listened to.
c) "Ubi Caritas" (by Maurice Dufule).
i) Music is found here: NONE AVAILABLE YET
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457nVpxJDkA&safe=active
iii) The recording is from the Cambridge University Singers. This is another great example of a choir to learn from and imitate. It is written in SAATTBB so, for now, we will keep the parts as outlined.
d) "When Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting" (by Robert Pearsall)
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/allen-a-dale.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_zK3wbskc&safe=active
iii) This is an ACDA All-State Choir, so the concepts are pretty good; however, I would like to have you move your sound more toward those that I have posted (King's College and Cambridge Singers).
e) "Go, Lovely Rose" (by Mark Henderson)
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/go-lovely-rose.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: NONE AVAILABLE YET
iii) Standard Four Part.
It is going to take us a bit of time to get our sound where we would like it to be -- particularly from the Sopranos, Tenors and Baritones. The light lift of sound is so key to what I expect.
May 23, 2013. To begin...
Sometimes the .pdf does not open right. I find that if I click in the upper right-hand corner "Open with Adobe" it turns out much better.
1) I would like you to CLICK ON and LISTEN TO the following pieces of music (they are all YouTube videos). Then fill out the response form. These videos are from the King's College Choir. These are just the suggested ones. Anything by the King's College Choir will help you.
a) "What Sweeter Music" (by John Rutter). Some of you know this. Please listen to the tone -- Baritones and Tenors, you especially.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
b) "God So Loved the World" (by John Stainer). Again some of you will know this, but keep listening for tone and British pronunciation.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
c) "Agnus Dei" (by Samuel Barber). This is a long song (9 minutes -- Adagio for Strings), but the breath support and unity of vowels is phenomenal.
Click here to submit your response to this song.
d) "Abide With Me" (Lyrics by Henry Lyte). Another familiar one, but can you make that kind of sound?
Click here to submit your response to this song.
2) I would like you to LISTEN and LEARN the following pieces
a) "Lux Aruumque" (by Eric Whitacre).
i) Music is found here (for Trilogy purposes only. We own enough copies of this for you to use for learning, but please do not get into copyright trouble by printing and using this): http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/lux_aurumque.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-vwauf6Go&safe=active
iii) It is IMPORTANT that you listen to the King's College Choir performance (there are other great performances, but this is the one we would like to imitate). The SOUND (tone, timbre, etc.) particularly from the Sopranos is what I am looking for. You must enunciate and work on that great tone.
b) "Now is the Month of Maying" (by Thomas Morely).
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/now_is_the_month_of_maying.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LJ7VirCScp0
iii) You are probably sick of this song, but it is not going away. Please listen to the tone of the King Singers arrangement and try to mimic their sounds. Please learn the following parts: All Sopranos (except Courtney S) -- Cantus; All Altos (and Courtney S but not Kristina J or Maquel M or Shelby S) -- Altus; Kristina J, Maquel M, Shelby S, Kaden D, Moroni W learn Quintus; Other Tenors and Hunter K learn Tenor; Rest learn Bassus). Please try and adjust this song into the King's College Choir style that you have listened to.
c) "Ubi Caritas" (by Maurice Dufule).
i) Music is found here: NONE AVAILABLE YET
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457nVpxJDkA&safe=active
iii) The recording is from the Cambridge University Singers. This is another great example of a choir to learn from and imitate. It is written in SAATTBB so, for now, we will keep the parts as outlined.
d) "When Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting" (by Robert Pearsall)
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/allen-a-dale.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_zK3wbskc&safe=active
iii) This is an ACDA All-State Choir, so the concepts are pretty good; however, I would like to have you move your sound more toward those that I have posted (King's College and Cambridge Singers).
e) "Go, Lovely Rose" (by Mark Henderson)
i) Music is found here: http://www.pineviewmusic.org/uploads/1/7/2/9/17292140/go-lovely-rose.pdf
ii) Audio and Video are found here: NONE AVAILABLE YET
iii) Standard Four Part.