"Opening - The New World" from Songs For A New World

[theatremaniagrl14]

thumbs up if you loved AJ Holmes before Starkid<3

[heddie152]

WOWWWW this is awesome!!

[scmangnall]

I did not realise AJ Holmes was in this until I heard him singing. What a lovely suprise! Nice performances from everyone though.

[MammaMC]

yeah we sang it for show choir 2 years ago it was pretty good

[xoxINDIEANNAxox]

Has anyone tryed to sing this? B

ecause were doing this in glee club and its NOT working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HaunaMyKiki]

AJ, don't get me wrong, you're absolutely fabulous in this and you'll always be favorite Starkid...

But Shaun Fleming totally stole the show! DAMN, that boy's good!!!!!! =DDDDD

[jollyhappyholly]

Damn. AJ Holmes. This man.

[TheBleaaach]

Anyone else have a metal breakdown at the merge of Starkid and JRB? Life = Complete.

[briwalc]

singing this for choir right now :)

[maddz96]

@briwalc ME TOO :) its awesome

[TheBigBrother121]

HEART!!!!!!!! 

[kyukido1stdan]

i play this song when i think of my friends who passed on. for me, it is a reminder that they found their new world, and it is making them happy.

[DarkChocolateMelody]

Love <3

[xXxellybellyxXx]

i love this production! i alwys listen to it. i havent found another that is up to this standard. well done! have ye done any other recent productions? :)

[thecharmedcinema]

i am jealous of tenors. :( i wish i was tenor!

[evilemperordude12]

@thecharmedcinema

Doesn't everyone! I am soooooooooooooooo glad that I'm a tenor!

[GrangerGirl2]

oh god... i love AJ... he is unbelievable

[mcole629]

It's so hard to believe these are high schoolers!

[xBubblegumQueenx]

I LOVE A J HOLMES <3 :D

[dwall932]

i'm such a fan of their acting

[mihomi98]

THey are so amazing. Both the girls are hot too.

[celroxoxo2]

i am doing this show and i look at this every night! love you guys its amazing!

[WhosHollyyy]

great! the orchestra is fantastic. very tight.

[Mzisi]

Wits University is doing this... april 2010

[beatlesfan4700]

yeah im pretty sure it is

[supersingerevan]

This might be a silly question, but this wouldn't happen to be the same A.J. Holmes as the one who did A Very Potter Musical, would it?

[Taters72888]

thats what i was wondering. Big fan!

[seuss101]

@supersingerevan it is, actually

[DraggedKNS]

@supersingerevan The very same.

[osubeaver8]

@supersingerevan yes it is :) you should see him doing "a history lesson" and him as sweeney todd :)

[theaterchick]

@supersingerevan yes it is. this is his channel.

[supersingerevan]

@theaterchick hahaha ok, like 4 people now have told me it is. I got it, it's him.

[jumerry]

@supersingerevan Yes it would ^^

[supersingerevan]

@jumerry Hahaha ok yeah, this post is like a year old, and multiple people have made me aware. Thank you anyway, though!

[jumerry]

@supersingerevan You know what ? I think it is the amount of "might", "would", "happen to be" in your sentence that get you simpathy from the youtubers. It looks like you're thinking "this is to good to be true" ^^

[supersingerevan]

@jumerry BAHAHAHAHA I love your comment.

[CMacNally]

@supersingerevan I KNOW HIS COUSIN!!!! :D but yes

[TheSingerwannabe]

To be honest, Im not a huge fan of the way you've staged it, HOWEVER, I think the performers are FABULOUS!

[1922Tapioka]

I love it! You'r harmoney's are fab! And they aren't easy! WELL DONE! :D

[dragonsharx]

We're performing this in Madrigals. I had quite a bit of trouble finding this online. Great job, though! LOVE this song!

[lightscameraaction24]

it's like glee!! =P

[Tustin2121]

Why because the one guy's in a wheel chair? That's mean.

[TheBirdElephant]

uhhhh no its not, and in the musical theatre world i dont think being compared to "Glee" is a good thing lol

[katjaebstein]

Thank you for this wonderful videos!!! Just fantastic :))

[RemiBrawler]

I'm trying to get our local Student-run company to put this on... I'd love to conduct for it, it seems like fun. Weird feeling meters and such.

[4nstaffi]

the girl in the suit cant belt, i loe the girl in red!

but this song is missing its dynamics as someone above said its very shouty!! like the staging tho

[0o0vl0o0]

I don't like the screaming girls... Belting =/= Screaming. I love the tenor though. He's got quite a nice range.

[AcemanJones]

I agree.

[xodeeva1012]

i love this song i sing it at voice and its AWSOME

[freezersnout]

Wonderful rendition. I love this show! Such powerful music and vocals...

[adamaggio]

first girl is so flat!

[antggervay]

gahh I wish I could show my high school's production of this. But I'm not the one that uploaded it so I can't post it as a video response. haha so maybe search

"Songs for a New World PCCA"

This was really good, btw, but I think we matched them in vocals.

[musician025]

ooooo! chills!!!!! wow this is soo amazing! the song and the singers!

i had goosebumps the WHOLE FREAKIN TIME!!:D

[musicprodigy]

where did you get the music for this?

cause i dont see an orchestra...

and the music sounds exactly like the cd.

[Stevo5862]

this was amazing!! our school's just about to start this show and i hope to god we do just as well!! that would be awsome!! u've also proved my point!! this show would do great mainstage!

[Leon14356]

I love this! Never seen the show, but I've heard the music. This was fantastic!!

[waterdragon59]

really well done! We're singing this as the finale for our camp show, and it is hard, made harder by the fact that we only have five days.

[5T4ND4RD5]

Ja, same here with our theatre Company, we're doing a Musicality Jnrs. 26 songs, we've done it in 4 :S!!! We sing the last 3rd as a whole company. sounds schweeet! Hope yours went well (y)

[MrBenjalo]

Now who is this I wonder? Which of the musicality crew? Cos this is Benjalo.... hmmmm...

Anyway, the video is awesome

[bk2576]

I love the First song!!! We just started dancing to it for show choir.

[LoverrMyshades]

incrediable<3

[americanson]

Great job! You guys nailed it! Such heart and soul ... love watching you. Wish I could have exoerienced your magic in person!

[dodger5565]

wow! This is incredible, this is what musicals are all about! The harmonies here are faultless and your individual voices are all so beautiful. Keep doing what you're doing!

[7ASports]

we are doing this for our graduation and my best friend laura has the begining solo and I am sure she will do just as well as the girl in the beginign

[coolconnor699]

Agoura High where is that im 14 and supossed to be going someplace with a name like that

[linkinpark10194]

were singing this for our graduation. its amazingg

[hahahahaha59]

these r high school students? wow. I'm a super critical person and i think this is AWESOME!!! ur so lucky to have really good performers for this show. We only have one or two at my school...

[damyankee14]

i am performing this song for a concert..very hard...good job, we are still tring to "defeat this monster" lol

[Drodster56]

very nice, we do this for graduation and everyone crys

[antha97]

is this broadway? This is amazing.

[jerely04]

YOU GUYS ROCK! (and I am a very critical person)

[chelseyhaslett]

wow, this is amazing!!!

[Timiniminy]

Woahhh.

that was awesome! :DDD

[spazalot1556]

hey AJ where you at now? I'm from agoura high and just wondered what ur up too? btw good job to all still cannot believe melissa is married

wonderful job to all

[autumnrayburn]

I love this video!!! Post more ,PLEASE

[joehnlein]

props to man 1 in this....

[speedball2008]

Why is he in a wheelchair? In the rehearsal he walks around, I don't think it's necessary for the whole disabled act...

[glimmerfairy9]

Maybe he really is in a wheelchair and it's not just an act...

[ShibuBaka]

so what's the next song supposed to be?

[broadwayoboi]

Wow you guys gave me chills , i am currently touring the country with a touring musical and half my cast is no where near as talented as you guys . rock it out

[Kyky1293]

Are you in the YA's?

[broadwaybabe69]

this is amazing, you guys did an incredible job =]

[LazilyAspiringStar]

This is excellent, your voices all work really well together.

[eitak15]

love it!

[lesmiserablesluvr]

Wow, this was really good! I'm in this school at my high school, and it's so much fun! I love this song! GREAT JOB!

[agrebelamy89]

this is just a video thing, but i wish the instrumental/vocal balance were better! very talented performers, though! great work!

[jazzymcjazzster]

those mean comments are the reason Im IN theater!

[GPHitman]

Omigod! I was looking for songs from "Songs for a New World" and not only did I find them but I found them sung by MY high school! LOL. -AJ, class of '97

[BlacDragonProduction]

Whoever taped this and edited the video did a great job.

[Deuce2Deucage]

These guys have pretty good voices, could use fixes in some spots, but good all around!

[chicklet8641]

all those mean comments remind me of why i LEFT the theater. a bunch of insecure egotistical ass holes who think they are the shit and they're just like everyone else. so you have talent. so what. EVERYONE IS GOOD AT SOMETHING AND I THINK THIS WAS GOOD! great job u guys :-)

[kevinmax21]

I think you are generalising too much there mate, most actors are not as you described.

[actinup82]

AMDA sucks, the industry laughs at their showcases lol

[memnochyouare]

I would just like to state that anyone can get into AMDA. So being a student at AMDA isn't something that makes me sure of your skills. At all. In fact it makes me doubt them.

[Lynch90]

wooooooow! I have never seen bitchy comments on this like I have just seen above.I think that could be classified as Youtube bullying!

what ever happened to mature composed confident performers that dont have to tear chunks off eachother. wait...maybe they never exsisted

[nxzjfqg]

Omg. Who are u to say he is good?

[kevinmax21]

Songs for a new world comes to Upstairs at the gatehouse in London feb7th-14 2009 visit the theatre website or ticketweb to buy tickets :D

[bigredsis1421]

this is by far the best video of this song on youtube. good job guys!

[nxzjfqg]

OMG. Take a chill pill everyone. He is ok. Hes better than a lot of people out there. But there are a lot better than him too. SO...... ya back off.

[theatregeekmania]

I find myself loving Melissa's (if she's the one singing at the beginning) voice, it's sort of unusual, but beautiful.

Great job.

[nxzjfqg]

I am a student going to AMDA, and right now we are studying vocal quality... and he is not good!

[bwaymusicalboy]

would you like people to judge the quality of your voice. because i assure you, you wouldn't like what you heard.

[dcnut1234]

exactly. you're a STUDENT. you're not the teacher. you're just studying it right now. you don't know everything about good vocal quality yet. oh and p.s. i have had a lot of friends go to AMDA, and just because someone goes there doesn't mean they're good at all, and it definitely doesn't mean they're heading into a bright future.

[Verkata]

Amazing work. Truly stunning. You do it very well, but I suggest you keep the music a bit quieter. At parts, it overpowers your voices.

[PopSense]

Absolutely stunning production, you all have beautiful voices and are very captivating. I see bright futures for all of you!

[lilhotmadam]

innit i agree....is man 2 in a wheelchair ??

[xBarb]

no, that's Man 1 in the wheelchair

[nxzjfqg]

Man 2 sucks!

[minesayrejoice]

And how are you qualified to make that judgement?

[deathgoose9]

Let's see you get into U of M for Musical Theatre, nxzjfqg. Sick name by the way, dude.

[mskkmck11]

That was really good! I did this last month for my schools musical:)

[anonymousstoodent]

absolutely amazing...how old r u guys or wat year? highschool right?

[luckey312]

This is incredible for a high school show. WOW

[tmhereford]

I would love Julia Murney to sing the first solo. Saw this show in Edinburgh this year, was awful production, but the show itself is beautiful i LOVE Jason Robert Brown! Nice job, great voices all of ya ;)

[elfie20]

I also saw this in Edinburgh. Which venue? I saw it at C3 by the castle. I was quite disapointed. Though i thought the singers performed to the best they could considering the poor staging and direction. Is this the one you saw?

[CurlyGirl5562]

This is awesome. The best high school voices I've heard in a show. Absolutely amazing.

[1stpriority]

Going to a local college for the show tomarrow on a date, I'm exited.

[Candie4JC]

not bad. im assuming the first guy soloist is AJ. and can i just say your voice is heavenly!

[dancerboi132]

wooow that gave me chills guys ;) well done!! xx

[Fannypakboy6909]

sooo good thank you soo much!

[danzcer]

very good standard voices considering its only hight school!

[laydanz]

wow!

[joyfulnumber3]

AJ... you have improved SO much in the past two years. Please keep posting your videos... your newer pieces (original, right?) are humorous and wonderful. :) Blessings and all the best!!!

[ginafaloola]

I got shivers near the end! amazing job.

[SingASongAndLOVEIt]

this is like my favorite song and you all are fabulous! GREAT JOB!!

[smartgirl781]

all I can say is wow!! i can't find the song on itunes, but this is so much better! my chorus is singing this song, and I have been practicing to this!! great job!

[JamieLeaClyne]

I dont usually write comments on videos but I have to with this.. it is amazing!! Each voice suited the parts and wish I could have seen this! Well done, guys!

[rentxisxlifex]

they should be on broadway not in some high school!!! goosebumps!!!!!

[boobiesandco]

this is absolutely unbelievable that these are high school students. incredible.

[shanejs88]

simply amazing! might be the best i have seen!

[GiseleG]

This is so good I can't stop watching/listening to it! Great job!

[hwhyte]

holy shit. that was AMAZING.

[marthamsim]

this is so good!! my high school is doing this!!

[musicprodigy]

omg!!!

these are high school students??

im speachless.

im getting chills.

this is simply amazing.

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

anyone else think the second girl looks a bit like bailey hanks?

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

SO GOOD!

The best I have EVER seen!!!

Please tell me you are a performing arts high school so I can feel a little better about our supreme lack of this amazingness!

[pinkdaisy88]

this is beautiful. and heartbreaking. i loved it.

[howtoliveforever33]

i cannot believe these are high school students this a great performance!

[trekkiemonstr88]

I simply cannot believe that this is a high school production. Incredible voices, great energy, and polished performances!

[FaulkesN]

completely brilliant!

[kimerufan123]

Awsome! My theater group is doing this. It's on for three days. I'm excited. The only difference is our cast has close to 40 people. (We don't turn people away) but they're all talented kids.

[overwelmingcoffee]

i love this song and you all are very good!

[rosakova]

pit, be quiet! lol.

great though.

[tracet123]

it's the most amazing thing i've ever seen! fantastic!

[Swimlove11]

amazing

[bananaman8192]

this is really good.

[CurlyGirl5562]

This is amazing!!

[ilovetoosingxx]

awesome xx that was amazin guys x:D

[JRcritic]

A brilliant imagining of the song.

[bmc102392]

you guys are really good but you can't really hear the harmonies at times

[rita73078]

this is awesome..best on youtube yet

[BwayJnky]

Best I have heard. FANTASTIC!

[lvbunny88]

I agree with everyone else!

Its amazing!! && definatly the best one i've seen :)

Im always listning to your rendition of the songs.. && its by far the best...

Possibly better than the Cd :)

Well done x

[Swimlove11]

omg there is a group of ppl doing this in my school they are sooooooooooooooooooooo amazing .....these ppl ar really good.

[move2themusic]

I HAVE to perform this soon. I think I'll die is I don't at least get the chance. You guys all did amazingly. I'm trying to learn the songs off your performance because i honestly think I like you all better than the CD.

[CrawfordInACrate]

You guys are amazing!

[Kels1386]

I love this song, and have even performed it, but I certainly got goosebumps.. great job.

[markish17]

WOW!

[SopranoDancer]

That is beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. My only advice is, towards the beginning, to approach each phrase for its highest note. It helps the pitches come out more spot-on. But seriously, that is sooooo amazing. Your blend is wonderful in the 4 part harmony. :) I need to buy this music now!

[MichaelFl0res]

best rendition ive seen so far

it was amazing

[madisonkuntz]

this was shockingly good.

it kind of started to lose it's hold up when it was like, "and then the earthquake hits". around that part.

but once it got to the key change, you retrieved it back to where you started.

nice job. :]

[CurlyGirl5562]

This is really good.

[GreysJojo]

I saw a lot of different versions of the song but yours is definitely the best! Can't put it into words how amazing it is!

[Singerma91]

i have just performed this for music for youth and i LOVE it!!!! :)

your version is soooooo good im really suprised at how good you all are!!!

if other people say its rubbish dont listen to thenm becuase they OBVIOUSLY dont know what there talking about and obviously have nothing better to do!!! i.e. bothemusical16!!! you obviously no nothing!!! and mmmwhataprettyspider, no ones perfect!!! theres no such thing as a perfect performance!!! WELL DONE GUYS!!! ITS AWESOME!!!

[bothemusical16]

high schools + JRB should be illegal.

[mmmwhataprettyspider]

woman 1 has a good voice, but she's underpitch the ENTIRE opening. but she definitely redeems herself towards the end. but overall, this is very good for high school. great job guys.

[Macadoodle333]

you guys are realllly good. end of story.

[samkhughes]

This is excellent - I'm co-MDing this show with 11-19 y/olds this year, it's fantastic. Good show, guys.

[wickedude]

Blah, I'm directing 11-19 year-olds in this show this year as well. These guys are the best I've ever seen, I love the way they do everything.

[msumedanthro]

pretty good, but high schoolers are naturally a little odd performing these songs, considering they were written for people in the midst of turmoil and huge life change, and high schoolers are a bit young for the material. but very good job with it, anyway.

[emgersh]

SO what should high school kids sing then? And turmoil??? Were you ever a teenager?

[wickedude]

Not what goes on in here, no. There's pregnancy, marriage, homelessness, "I could've been", and songs where the people singing were together and had houses and just a bunch of grown-up deals. But, I personally like these guys over anyone else singing it.

[BroadwayFreakazoid]

wow! u guys are good! my friend was in a dance show at my school and she danced to this song and it was so freakin amazing!!!! i wish i still had the video....anyway, u guys rocked!

[caseyelizabeth]

I like that they have their own colors. =)

[spazalot1556]

you are seriously amazing ashley aj melissa and shaun. ps this is michelle toone sup

[xanderoz]

Wow, incredible performances all around.

[darrien470]

this virsion of songs sucks

[EKFilms]

Wow is this really a high school production??? And who is that boy in the blue denim shirt? Mmm!

[sbort]

this is amazing. i just added it to my favorites : )