Riversong

[shadowgirl0318]

I did this song in my vocal class. We sang AND danced. It's harder than it looks doing the Riverdance. My calves were killing me after doing the song, plus we had to get a lot of breath for the high notes. It was extremely hard, but I loved it.

[Pandoshka]

Looove this song. Looked it up because my choir teacher decided for one reason or another not to complete it, and to di it for any CCHS program. It has been stuck in my head for 13 years!!

[loved2353]

Learning This Song Now Loving It!!!!

[MaximumMik6325]

We're singing this in choir this year :) I love it! It reminds me of the elves in the Eragon books for some reason tho... Lol :3

[NeonAsianMusicLover]

my choir sang this last year i still remember this song by heart :D

[Poopalufagus]

hoo is dat coughing in d beginning?

[Poopalufagus]

this is SUCH a gud songg!! especiallyy sungg by them^^^^^^

[Poopalufagus]

@Poopalufagus ya



[f0rkear]

Man, how can you hate this song?! My choir is doing it, and we all LOVE it.

[musicloverz1995]

@f0rkear me too

[irush321]

our choir is singing to thos song

[LaffyDaffy514]

We got this a few classes ago and my class has it down perfectly!

[leogirl321]

we're learning this song right now. I love it!! :D

[ImJadeSeaton98]

@leogirl321 ewww i hated this song!! im so glad were done with it in choir hahahaha

[MsAlyssaandAlex]

@ImJadeSeaton98 omg me too i hated it

[Poopalufagus]

@leogirl321 ya. they sing sooo gud!!! i wanna sing like dem!!

[MollyMaGee06]

this song is so pretty ! im singin it my choir class and i love it ! the lyrics are awesome !

[Poopalufagus]

@MollyMaGee06 ya

[shaylove565]

Haha I really like how they have live music. We're learning this in my vocal, and I'm very excited about it :D

[thegrimreaper18102]

Omg my chorus class is doing this soon :') I love it soooooooooo much I am 1/11th scottish and irish so I like it even more

[lol12345670able]

i have to sing this in choir! i love it!!! i wanna marry this song!!

[OrrinDaralki]

@lol12345670able agreed on all sentances.

[NOTASAVIOUR]

The instruments over power their voices, it's a slight disappointment. I'm learning this song in my vocal ensemble class, we only have a piano so I suppose that's why we don't have that problem.

[cedarjerseygirl96]

@NOTASAVIOUR It's just the room. It's really really dead. And they are performing without a shell, so the sound is spread out more.

[SakuSasu6]

i have to sing this for chorus at pleasent valley highschool

[CharmyKitty100]

Somehow the words sounded a bit muddled.

[thatblondebeauty]

I just sang this song with a girls ensemble at a choir camp. It was amazing! We learned it in 4 days and then performed it.

[666Wizardmon666]

I could have sworn this song was faster but....

I dunno. I like this song, we're going it in our next Choir performance. No flutes and drums though, all on the Piano. It sounds so different from each other....

[2014Cytherea]

They're not very loud

My choir is doing this and we sound alot louder and more like we're into the song.

[cedarjerseygirl96]

@2014Cytherea it's just the room. it's really dead acoustically. if it had been done in a more "live" space it would sound better.

[Naruchiha14]

My choir is doing this now, but i wish the flute had more to do. cause ima flute and maybe playing it for the concert in spring.

[xxxLILMISSTHANGxxx]

My choir was gonna sing this but our director got really sick and we ended up not having the performance all together :(

[yayaloves]

Ha ha I'm singing this song in choir right now go middle schoolers!!!!!

[baileyjo1996]

@yayaloves Omg so are we~! Although we're having some problems with the alto part :\

[yayaloves]

@baileyjo1996 oh really? well for us its the sopranos (Ihave a feeling I spelled that wrong) oh and I'm a second alto btw ^^

[baileyjo1996]

@yayaloves Wowwwwww our chior dosen't have 2nd altos D: We only have 2nd suppranos in some songs~ U guys are so lucky DD:

[yayaloves]

@baileyjo1996 omg?? really?? that totally sucks!!! well good luck with the song ^^

[baileyjo1996]

@yayaloves Thx u2^^

[UffdaFilmProductions]

@asinasis107theyre only problem is volume. I sang this last year in my highschool choir.

[asinasis107]

This is a college level song. No one under the age of 18 has a mature enough voice to sing it. That's why this performance sucked so bad.,

[starsofliberty]

@asinasis107 we have to sing this for chior, in 8th grade

[asinasis107]

@starsofliberty I couldn't be more disgusted to hear that a bunch of children are going to sing this song.

[Yessacmidnight]

@asinasis107 Sucked? I disagree. It's exceptionally good. There are some sections they could improve on, especially with the men.

If you weren't so hypercritical, you would actually be able to enjoy it.

[asinasis107]

@Yessacmidnight I'm not hypercritical, I did enjoy it . . . when I was singing it with my college choir. But this was especially awful in comparison. It was just bad if I didn't compare it to us.

[Yessacmidnight]

@asinasis107 Dude, when I was in 8th grade, my choir sung most of the songs from Les Miserables. Totally not something 8th graders are capable of singing. But it was the most fun I've ever had with a choir before, and quite possibly one of the most valuable aspects of my whole choir career.

It's not about maturity or age, it's about the enjoyment of the experience, and the emotion that goes into making the music.

[asinasis107]

@Yessacmidnight That's only part of being a choir. The other part is being able to grow in your music and having the maturity to handle complex pieces of music. Having fun just doesn't make a good choir. If that's all it took, then most good choirs would be awful. You can't make music unless you're enjoying yourself, but you also can't make exceptional sound if your voice can't handle it. I would simply cry if I saw a bunch of middle school brats trying to sing something like this.

[Yessacmidnight]

@asinasis107 To be quite honest, it's not about sounding good. It's learning music, and learning how to read and comprehend it. Thats what teachers are paid to teach. Not to "Sing gud." And the students that join join because they love making music, and they love putting emotion into it. Not to get handed music that is for kids grades and grades lower than them, and not be expected of their teachers to be able to do better

Teachers need to push their students, give them the best. Not the average

[Tiffmidon]

@asinasis107 i'm singing this in my highschool choir.. i thought this performance was good.. just they're not loud enough.

[asinasis107]

@Tiffmidon This performance was out of tune. A lot. They weren't vocally ready for a piece of this complexity.

[s2broadwaybabys2]

@asinasis107 it is definitely not a college level song. maybe high school at the highest

[asinasis107]

@s2broadwaybabys2 It is a college level song because high schoolers are too immature. There is no way for this song to be sung properly by anyone whose voice is still maturing.

[menacingsprite]

@grace9012 I was a soprano one when I was in high school and the trick is to make sure you practice and warm up or you will hurt your voice. The worst thing you can do is look up when trying to hit those high notes or like annetgleek said it will come out like a squeak and very sharp. (It sounds horrible cause this girl in our choir who was loud always did that)

[jimi9012]

can anyone giver ma advice on how to sing the really high note for soprano 1?

[moviesbyzach]

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[moviesbyzach]

is that phs

[grace9012]

im also singing this in choir. im in 7th grade right now. i have the soprano part and i have trouble singing the high G. anyone have any advice?

[annetgleek]

@grace9012 make sure you keep the back of your throat open, and sing very warmly so it doesnt come out like a squeak/ sharp. and if you cant get that try to sing nasily, but work on getting the sound more warm. good luck!

[asinasis107]

@grace9012 here's more advice. This is a college level song. Tell you're teacher that you're group is too young to handle it.

[DeathNote24x7]

haha im singing this song for chorus

[XxKrazyatNightxX]

ooo i love this song! it reminds me so much of a pirate shanty when we work on it in choir haha :) i can't wait to sing it at my concert!

[TheDingo7103]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!!! This is my favorite song we get to sing in choir!

[everlastingdooms]

anyone now where i can find a place to download this song or something??? i sang this in grade 7 choir & i love it.

[summerlover2010]

were singing this in choir too

[awesomeaaron15]

im singing this song in my school for chorous now

[peyy10]

i had to sing this for choir. beautiful.

[MelloYello707]

I'm playing this at Ruth Eckard Hall! I'm the violinist.

[lizdiazbookieboo]

we did this in like 7th grade for All County Chours. This was my favorite song. It was so pretty ;)

[sammsaysYOHO]

we are doing it for festival; i love this song though(:

[kitten123t]

i sang this i kno EVRY SINGLE STINKIN WORD but i love the song

[bigwillwill6]

its not that hard i had to sing it and i was in 7th grade it turned out to be really cool sounding

[TheMaker13]

yeah. there is a group at my school doing this. they are all male and it is incredible. it's a very select group, so clearly the best of the best are singing it

[veerlejemima101]

We're singing this for Music Festival, its so pretty...but HARD!

[kitten123t]

kinda im doing this too

[jubilantvoz4]

this song is better done in TTBB. you can hear the overtones better. for a fine arts school, I find this recording pretty disappointing

[liveasoccerlife22]

we're doing this in choir too, it doesn't sound as good as this, only because we have aton of other freshman that cant hit high notes or havent hit puberty yet :P

[bubbleonthebeach]

we're doing this in chourus. not that it sounds bad but i really think we sound better... :P

[kitten123t]

same lol

[luigind123]

It's sounds as smooth as the rivers when you get to the "Dreamers, Lovers" part! I just love it! In fact, a lot of this song is very smooth the way you guys sing it! This really amazes me! Wish it was a tad louder (Stupid YouTube reducing quality)

[kitten123t]

im doing this song in choir and its slower lol

[bunnylauryn]

we r singing this im my choir

[kitten123t]

same

[greekfox32]

i'm singing this is choir i love it!!

[kitten123t]

SAME!!!! i <3 it too

[gingerelicutter]

I am in a 4-6th grade choir, and we are singing this. Beautiful.

[kitten123t]

same

[AC101xyz]

Itz a gr8 song, were singing it tomorrow at our concert. The drums and instruments over power the singing too much. We have a violinist, thats it.

[nelsonbre99]

I like it, but i really wish that the choir had more of a balanced sound.

[BirdsongVids]

The flute part is so beautiful, and the 3/4 change makes me shiver :) Can't wait to do this in chorus.

[BriSparkles667]

heh im singing this in chorus, but ours sounds just a little diff.

[lininsley11]

i have to sing this in chior

[crazyperson113]

Beautiful. Very Pretty. I especially like the addition of the flute.