remembering my school days when i was in concert choir and chamber singers in elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college. Loved it. Thanks for this upload.
This arrangement is really beautiful - I also did it in high school, probably about 1976 or 77. It's that old. The arrangement the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a lovely one as well, but I really love this one. These girls were just excellent. The piano is WAY too overbearing. At times one can't hear the choir over it. I hope the director realizes it after seeing this video.
It's good to see a specific choral arrangement for any song still in print; it's a sign that the arrangement stood the test of time. I googled for some of the songs I did in choir back in the day, and some of the arrangements are no longer in print. This is the equivalent of pop music of today not remaining popular for as long as bands like The Beatles, The Who, AC/DC, etc.
As for your comment regarding the piano accompaniment, the accompanist hitting the keys hard while playing the interludes between the second and third verses and third and fourth verses makes total sense as the larger number of notes in the chords are meant to add more "energy" (the dynamic markings also probably reflect this; I do not remember since it was over 22 years since I did this song in choir). However, I agree that it is important that the accompanist be mindful that children are unable to sing as loudly as adults and be careful not to drown out the singing, though it should also be on the singers, the director, and the sound technician to ensure that the balance between the singing and the instrumental accompaniment is maintained.
remembering my school days when i was in concert choir and chamber singers in elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college. Loved it. Thanks for this upload.
beautiful
Awesome you guys did good. myself is in a choir and we did that song but that was just amazing
This arrangement is really beautiful - I also did it in high school, probably about 1976 or 77. It's that old. The arrangement the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a lovely one as well, but I really love this one. These girls were just excellent. The piano is WAY too overbearing. At times one can't hear the choir over it. I hope the director realizes it after seeing this video.
It's good to see a specific choral arrangement for any song still in print; it's a sign that the arrangement stood the test of time. I googled for some of the songs I did in choir back in the day, and some of the arrangements are no longer in print. This is the equivalent of pop music of today not remaining popular for as long as bands like The Beatles, The Who, AC/DC, etc.
As for your comment regarding the piano accompaniment, the accompanist hitting the keys hard while playing the interludes between the second and third verses and third and fourth verses makes total sense as the larger number of notes in the chords are meant to add more "energy" (the dynamic markings also probably reflect this; I do not remember since it was over 22 years since I did this song in choir). However, I agree that it is important that the accompanist be mindful that children are unable to sing as loudly as adults and be careful not to drown out the singing, though it should also be on the singers, the director, and the sound technician to ensure that the balance between the singing and the instrumental accompaniment is maintained.