Thank you so much for posting this! I auditioned for the Iowa All-State Chorus in 2004, 2005, and 2006, but never made it. Of all the pieces I learned, "Cloudburst" is one of my favorites.
I was in this choir!!! I made it in all 4 years! I'm only the second person from my school who did that. If you look right near the beginning, around the 1 minute mark, I'm in the black robe with a plain orange sash on both sides.
Really nice, congratulations. I sang this incredible piece last year with the Andalucian Young Choir in Spain (Joven Coro de Andalucía) and it was a great experience.
I saw this at the San Fransisco Heritage Festival, and might I say that even in this humble video I still feel like I'm being initiated into a cult while watching it. Seriously, it may sound amazing, but why do I feel so scared?
When I was in All-state in Nevada, we actually had Eric Whitacre come and direct the choir. It was AWESOME! He's really nice. He grew up in northern NV. He has some of the most unique and beautiful pieces I've ever heard.
Unique, Eric has a nice style definitely, but none of his pieces are unique from eachother. They all bear the same swells, harmonies, and overall tones.
I meant unique from the other choir stuff out there, not his own pieces. I have sung in many choirs and watched many choirs and he definitely stands out from the other composers right now.
I was actually honored to be a part of all three Whitacre pieces the Iowa All-State Honor Choir did and I absolutely love Whitacre... His work is truly amazing...
This song is absolutely incredible. Very challenging piece that takes an honors choir to perform, but the choir is too sizable, take it down to about 80, 90 peopole and you've got something :]
I agree, but I do think that in the case of this particular piece, the size of this group was perfect. Maybe I'm just weird though, I love being in huge groups like this. But for any other piece (except maybe O Fortuna), definately no more than 80-90 people in the group.
Since IA All State is always so excellent (and so huge and powerful), it's disappointing to see that this piece was not performed at its full potential. The tempo is a tad to pronounced throughout, and the climax of the entire 8-minute song (the explosive "MAAAAAAAH" at m. 76) is way, way, WAY too fast.
But the choir sounded heavenly, as it always does. And thank goodness IA All State does Whitacre music.
I think what's making it sound off is the choir size. It's hard to get the range of dynamics with a choir this large. Loud is easy, but soft if near impossible. When my choir did it we had 40-45 and that was perfect. This choir is an amazing to sing in.
Hey I watched your performance!!! So so so so so so so good! It has become one of my top choir favorites now. I love the intense harmonies and clashing and especially when the "storm" is at its peak. It was awesome.
Awesome job guy's and girl's. I really like this song and you all did a wonderful job! To all the people posting rude and harsh comments try to remember that these kids are ages 14-18, and will have access after high school to improve with higher quality vocal coaches.
I love this song but its a too fast for my taste in the beginning and at the cloudburst section i believe the tempo is quarter note=60 so its too fast but its very nice singing!!!
what a great song and a great job with it. glorious! i was kinda bothered by was her arm moving on the spoken soloists part and the male soloist's vowels were harsh. but grand
This is the best version I've found of this song besides the one on his CD. The only complaint I have is that I feel like the director took it too fast in certain spots and it took away some of the emotion.
i'm a governor's school choral student in NC this summer and we are doing this song for our next concert. After hearing your group perform this, I can not wait to sing it. You all are incredible!
i would be soo happy if our chorus could even close to live up to this...i love whitacre's work, complex chords, etc, and this song is so unique even for his work...and this version was just incredible
The chords at "Picos de Luz" or "Peaks of Light" are perfect. I can picture someone looking out their window right before a storm with the last peaks of sun going behind the clouds and hearing those chords. I'm from Iowa and tried out for the All-state last October but didn't make it. I'm trying out for the next three years though! I'm lucky to have a chance to be in this choir.
agreed, i saw the same performance as Stevtomato. Tis piece is amazing, but the performance i saw had greater contrast, most likely because it had slightly fewer members.
This is amazing, I just listened to this piece live, performed by the Elder Conservatorium Chorale (Adelaide) and it was so astonishing. I'd have to say the performance I watched did better at the Cloudburst section. More oomph, and ahem, a little girl was so startled she cried -_-
yea i just saw this at the Elder Con in Adelaide. they were incredible. i plan to go there one day but unfortunately my skills are limited to the piano.
sure i can sing, just not with that much talent! haha
i love this...:D:D:D i love how you all use the traditional robes for choir...most choirs now use only black dresses and tuxedos...which gives this group the ALL STAR image it deserves...great work
Keep in mind, music is extremely popular in Iowa -- at most schools, even jocks are in choir and/or instrumental music (often both). My high school had 650 students, and 110 in marching band, probably the same number in the various vocal ensembles...not much else to do in Iowa.
Just the Concert Choir at my high school this year had 118 students thats not including the other few hundred in the other two choirs... the midwest is known for its large music programs...my high school has the largest music program in the Big 9 so far...
NOT WAY TOO FAST!!! That is the correct speed for this piece. If you are performing the piece slower than this, then your choir is not performing the piece up to speed. CORRECT SPEED! GREAT JOB!
HEYYY Jo-Michael Schibbe was our choral director for GMEA All State Chorus 2007...and we sang Eric Whitacre's Sleep... what a coincidence that he directed in this performance too!
I agree with everyone else. WAY too effing fast. I'm not even in choral groups, but I've heard this song performed really well and like... LINGER ON THE CHORDS the chords are so beautiful. Let them be as orgasmic as they are.
They did an awesome job, and we also have to remember that they are high school students too - I love Eric Whitacre, he's such an odd man, with odd dreams that he puts in sheet music. He's brilliant, but he can drag things out sometimes, lol
WAAAAAAAY TOO FAST! I learned the music for that year and that sounds funny when it's too fast. What was he thinking? Overall nice tone, the first soloist sounds exactly like the college kids who sang it for the first session of Meistersinger All State Camp though... oh well. I recognize some of the people. Funny thing is that they are from my conference!
dude!!! i know some of those people. and person who was criticizing the performance . . . just enjoy the music, its up to the director's interpretation anyway. beautiful song
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too fast. the conductor obviously doesn't know what whitacre's about- savoring each chord and dissonance rather than speeding through the song. Nice dynamics, but I strongly disagree with the thunderclap- Opening palms? Kind of ruins it. THe soloists (other than the soprano) were kind of horrible too.
But overall, for an honor's choir it wasn't bad. I'm just saying there are things that could have been so much better. Other things are yucky.
This version of cloudburst moved me more than any other i have ever heard, despite the quickness in the cloudburst section, and i dont even sing, eric whitacre is amazing
eveything was going so well,,,why, oh why did the conductor have to take the actual coudburst, the climax of the piece, the part everyone waits for...so,,,damn...FAST! it ruined the whole thing for me.
I think, first and foremost, that it was much too fast. Also, the diction could have been improved. The spoken solo was intended for a male, and a female version of that solo decreases, in my opinion, the power of the piece. Nevertheless, her tone and expression were good. But overall, it was well done.
I was extremely impressed. The dynamics were amazing. My directors always tell us it is easy to be loud in a large choir, but being soft is another story. Great job!
k...well "leroythegreat2007" ever heard of no cares bout wut u have to say i've made the iowa allstate chorus all four years...and it rocks so u can shove ur f'd up comments up ur ass...no one cares
Very nice! A little too fast at parts, but I felt the blend and tone were great. Whitacre's music is exquisite, and very easy to screw up if a choir of ANY skill level isn't paying attention to each other and their director. This was great, considering the size of the choir and age of the singers.
I do think that this piece was performed too fast. In the section between the baritone soloist and the female Spanish-speaker, I think you could have paid a bit more attention to the dynamics. A bit more sensitivity in that section would have made it better.
Also, the forte "Ma-O" during the beginning of the storm was a bit comical. I think it would have made more sense to clap instead of popping your hands open. I could tell the singers weren't taking it seriously.
What were you listening to? You just don't know what you're talking about. You can't always hear the more intricate dynamics because it's just a youtube video.
really great performance...i sang this in high school, a couple of things i had to say: wish you could have worked on your spanish pronunciation, when the choir sang "MAO", it would have been better if you all clapped your hands together once as if making the sound of a big lightning bolt like it says in the vocal score, i guess the conductor didn't read the notes inside of it, and a tad too fast. but other than that awesome job!
just a note. no offense or anything, but pattern isn't everything. some of the best conductors hardly ever use a pattern. especially with a piece like this, it's more about directing expression than concise rythm.
This song should be sung aspirately and slower. Ti's a cloudburst, not a hurricane. TOO FAST. Nice soprano soloist. More emotion. I blame the director though, not the choir.
we just had all state auditions in storm lake yesterday. i made it. i am a two year all stater and i am a sophomore. i see my sister and 13 other people from my school. i was sitting in the front row for this concert. my dad is a band director and Mr. Hallberg is the orchistra chair
I Love this piece!!!!! My Choir is performing this at Caroling Competition. I hope to get the Soprano solo. The composer has written some amazing chords. I love the part where the basses start with "raices" and all of the parts follow. It is truly an outstanding composition!
Tears... E V E R Y TIME!!!!!
jarhead9887 3 months ago
I was a three year all stater...really wish I had tried out my freshman year! I LOVE the 2005 music!!!!!!!!
Finne116 5 months ago in playlist Iowa All-State Music
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My teacher told me about this choir and I'm going to try and get in next year, what are some pointers? I dream of being a part of this
HahaSukka 4 months ago
goosebumps!!
lauralei7 6 months ago
I didnt make Allstate that yr but I remember loving this song sooo much especially during camp at Wartburg College
Emaline90 9 months ago
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TheKosaka1 10 months ago
Too fast. But great voices.
MeowMix517 10 months ago
replay button = raped <3
BrittneyJo30 10 months ago
That was really good, but really fast...it didn't have any expression or feeling in it. Too metered.
Linkwiththesword 11 months ago
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I loved singing this in this choir. I was fortunate enough to make it all 4 years. Twas an awesome high school experience! Good song.
Dustinjvb 1 year ago
I loved singing this in this choir. I was fortunate enough to make it all 4 years. Fuckin awesome high school experience! Good song.
Dustinjvb 1 year ago
This is what I've always imagined how heaven would sound like(:
AspenAblaze 1 year ago
so unbelievably haunting and chilling to the bone
youthbowler12 1 year ago
I really wish they would have done it slower so the awesomeness would have lasted longer.
twitchie23 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I auditioned for the Iowa All-State Chorus in 2004, 2005, and 2006, but never made it. Of all the pieces I learned, "Cloudburst" is one of my favorites.
musicmajor023 2 years ago
Wow! That was awesome guys! Just beautiful...makes me think of music from the Lord of the Rings.
btexasjbc 2 years ago
we are singing this in our choir right now
cuddledvoncuddly 2 years ago
I was in this choir!!! I made it in all 4 years! I'm only the second person from my school who did that. If you look right near the beginning, around the 1 minute mark, I'm in the black robe with a plain orange sash on both sides.
aahwUNL11 2 years ago
what an idiot
rrrupert123 2 years ago
incredibile, stupendo, un opera d'arte----------I love this
tinadi58 2 years ago
gosh this is fantastic... i really really want to sing this someday
smallglassfrog 2 years ago
This size is INSANE!!! love this!
omegaweapon123 2 years ago
this is so cool!! i LOVE it!
KHkippen 2 years ago
We're actually doing this for our marching band show! it's been written for us to play!
ImDarkMagicianGirl 2 years ago
Really nice, congratulations. I sang this incredible piece last year with the Andalucian Young Choir in Spain (Joven Coro de Andalucía) and it was a great experience.
luisregidor 2 years ago
this is very good, the tempo was a litte fast my my liking but great nonetheless
AmericanBeauty317 2 years ago
I saw this at the San Fransisco Heritage Festival, and might I say that even in this humble video I still feel like I'm being initiated into a cult while watching it. Seriously, it may sound amazing, but why do I feel so scared?
Bub1029 2 years ago
how many people are in that daggum choir?!! because in tennessee allstate choirs-the max amount is like 275..!
n8terAde09 2 years ago
600ish
They always admit about 150 on each part.
steelvenom2003 2 years ago
That's what I'm going for this school year! I would love to make All State
MissCheerbeauty2 2 years ago
I Was In That Choir!!! It was so much fun and I couldn't believe how many amazing singers there were there!
thistleoffairyvalley 2 years ago
When I was in All-state in Nevada, we actually had Eric Whitacre come and direct the choir. It was AWESOME! He's really nice. He grew up in northern NV. He has some of the most unique and beautiful pieces I've ever heard.
rampantimagination 2 years ago
Unique, Eric has a nice style definitely, but none of his pieces are unique from eachother. They all bear the same swells, harmonies, and overall tones.
Bub1029 2 years ago
I meant unique from the other choir stuff out there, not his own pieces. I have sung in many choirs and watched many choirs and he definitely stands out from the other composers right now.
rampantimagination 2 years ago
i like this better than the band version
kawaiianimegirl11 2 years ago
omigawd, that is a HUGE choir. And this is a high school? How would you ever find that many people in a high school to be in choir?
PotatotheTraitor 2 years ago
It's high schools throughout Iowa that try out, not just one HS... I tried out that year, but didn't make :(
inappropriatelyme 2 years ago
'scuse my language but orgasm here.. and how do u direct a choir THAT HUGE?!?!?!
kixuloz 2 years ago
scuse my lanugage here but orgasm
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i love this song, but dont you think this version is a little too speeded up?
greyboxmania 2 years ago
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greyboxmania 2 years ago
I was actually honored to be a part of all three Whitacre pieces the Iowa All-State Honor Choir did and I absolutely love Whitacre... His work is truly amazing...
bennettkw19 2 years ago
favorite contemproy composer
kixuloz 2 years ago
and you guys really changed it in some parts like when you have your hands up there is suposed to be a huge clap of thunder. and it was really fast.
nikimagine 2 years ago
try singing this under the direction of the composer himself!
nikimagine 2 years ago
I think the choir's size actually makes this song sound better. You can hear the parts more clearly, and it sounds so powerful.
Likewhoachea 2 years ago
This song is absolutely incredible. Very challenging piece that takes an honors choir to perform, but the choir is too sizable, take it down to about 80, 90 peopole and you've got something :]
flamingwolf8794 3 years ago
I agree, but I do think that in the case of this particular piece, the size of this group was perfect. Maybe I'm just weird though, I love being in huge groups like this. But for any other piece (except maybe O Fortuna), definately no more than 80-90 people in the group.
Battury 2 years ago
Wow I heard this done in the High School Honor Band and it's amazing how similar they sound! Really a great performance...
iHeartRainbowFishes 3 years ago
wow thats alot of people haha
but that was pretty awesome haha
aznnGUITAARplaya 3 years ago
this song is so pretty but it was sung way to fast here.
Khawley09 3 years ago
ya'll sound pretty good but you all look so dead. this song is so full of life! lets see some of that.
composer4u 3 years ago
O_O Lotsa peeps xD They did very, very well, lotsa power, and solos were actually GREAT....
SanctusLumiere 3 years ago
i was in this choir! it was amazing! music is appreciated so more when it has to be sung!
tifferjeany624 3 years ago
i would kill to be part of such a large and powerfull choir
jhartman09 3 years ago
It's very cool to be a part of something so impressive.
tstep522 3 years ago
Since IA All State is always so excellent (and so huge and powerful), it's disappointing to see that this piece was not performed at its full potential. The tempo is a tad to pronounced throughout, and the climax of the entire 8-minute song (the explosive "MAAAAAAAH" at m. 76) is way, way, WAY too fast.
But the choir sounded heavenly, as it always does. And thank goodness IA All State does Whitacre music.
steelvenom2003 3 years ago
I think what's making it sound off is the choir size. It's hard to get the range of dynamics with a choir this large. Loud is easy, but soft if near impossible. When my choir did it we had 40-45 and that was perfect. This choir is an amazing to sing in.
tstep522 3 years ago
That may have a lot to do with it.
Even so, I think they did a better job with A Boy and a Girl.
Incidentally, does anyone know where I can find a recording of this choir doing Sleep in 2006?
steelvenom2003 3 years ago
Are they doing one Whitacre piece per year now, geeze.
tstep522 3 years ago
Oh my goodness its flattering you say that!
I was a part of the choir when we sang A Boy and a Girl. It was such a beautiful piece I fell in love with Whitacre.
I wish I could have been a part of this one as well, it is so capturing.
aikokoro1018 3 years ago
I deleted the video comment which I previously left up here, and re-uploaded the song in HD. Enjoy! :)
AdNoctum007 3 years ago
OMG they're powerful
Terrell7250 3 years ago
this is really good and a veryyy difficult song but this choir has no energy in there vowels
shaunwhitelvr11 3 years ago
The choir is too big for that.
tstep522 3 years ago
look at the size of the choir tho of course they should make such rediculous noise lol
skeenskeenjellybeean 3 years ago
This is really good.
CurlyGirl5562 3 years ago
Hey im in this one!
drumman875 3 years ago
Just started learning this for our next concert. Seems technically difficult but sounds amazing.
AnonymousSlayer 3 years ago
Fantastic...great basses
RipRomp 3 years ago 2
yay iowa allstate!! i wonder if i can see some of my friends *looks*
TykisTeez 3 years ago
my allstate for utah is doing this song and i am very excited. but this version made me cry. GREAT JOB! it was wonderful.
1l0v3qwerty 3 years ago
I can't wait to sing this for the concert! which county are you in?
Challenger2060 3 years ago
we're doing this for new york all-state. so excited!
JennaLeighhh 3 years ago
I'm going to new york all-state too. Can't wait!
fairyfriend99 3 years ago
We were wonderful too! All praises to Dr. Allred.
Creationwiz 3 years ago
Hey I watched your performance!!! So so so so so so so good! It has become one of my top choir favorites now. I love the intense harmonies and clashing and especially when the "storm" is at its peak. It was awesome.
soccerchic005 3 years ago
Damnit but whitacre's amazing and you did an incredible job interpreting it. Good job.
Badgerzilla 3 years ago
do you have the words to this? If so, could you post them. I love songs in different languages.
newdem08 3 years ago
Google is your friend mate! =D just google cloudburst whitacre text and you can even get the English translation of it.
stevtomato 3 years ago
I only know three of the words because I played a band version of this and there was a measure where we all whispered "La leu Via".
Sharmanator55 3 years ago
La lluvia* actually.
Spanish for, "the rain."
AnonymousSlayer 3 years ago
Awesome job guy's and girl's. I really like this song and you all did a wonderful job! To all the people posting rude and harsh comments try to remember that these kids are ages 14-18, and will have access after high school to improve with higher quality vocal coaches.
melbs30 3 years ago
I love this song but its a too fast for my taste in the beginning and at the cloudburst section i believe the tempo is quarter note=60 so its too fast but its very nice singing!!!
Pianoboi90 3 years ago
what a great song and a great job with it. glorious! i was kinda bothered by was her arm moving on the spoken soloists part and the male soloist's vowels were harsh. but grand
retoricalanswers 3 years ago
This is the best version I've found of this song besides the one on his CD. The only complaint I have is that I feel like the director took it too fast in certain spots and it took away some of the emotion.
bellefille327 3 years ago
i'm a governor's school choral student in NC this summer and we are doing this song for our next concert. After hearing your group perform this, I can not wait to sing it. You all are incredible!
ppennigar 3 years ago
i would be soo happy if our chorus could even close to live up to this...i love whitacre's work, complex chords, etc, and this song is so unique even for his work...and this version was just incredible
ColorfulEnigma13 3 years ago
Amazing. I absolutely loved this performance. I'm a big fan of Whitacre, and this did him justice!
firesparks 3 years ago
I hated this song. Bleh.
Sounds good though!
invisiblemystery 3 years ago
amazing!
SaxesSoFye 3 years ago
is that jo-michael scheibe conducting?
scamjack 3 years ago
Sure is =]
allstatereject 3 years ago
The chords at "Picos de Luz" or "Peaks of Light" are perfect. I can picture someone looking out their window right before a storm with the last peaks of sun going behind the clouds and hearing those chords. I'm from Iowa and tried out for the All-state last October but didn't make it. I'm trying out for the next three years though! I'm lucky to have a chance to be in this choir.
MidwestSingerDude 3 years ago
agreed, i saw the same performance as Stevtomato. Tis piece is amazing, but the performance i saw had greater contrast, most likely because it had slightly fewer members.
devilmak2000 3 years ago
This is amazing, I just listened to this piece live, performed by the Elder Conservatorium Chorale (Adelaide) and it was so astonishing. I'd have to say the performance I watched did better at the Cloudburst section. More oomph, and ahem, a little girl was so startled she cried -_-
But this is amazing! Love them robes =P
stevtomato 3 years ago
yea i just saw this at the Elder Con in Adelaide. they were incredible. i plan to go there one day but unfortunately my skills are limited to the piano.
sure i can sing, just not with that much talent! haha
xxx
aat5t56 3 years ago
lol ur in Adelaide too? Ru in Elder Con too? xD
stevtomato 3 years ago
Yeah i'm in Radelaide - not at the elder con tho. My bf is studying composition there and made me go to that thing - i'm super glad i went tho.
aat5t56 3 years ago
LOL I'm doing composition there too! Who's ur bf. I'm in 1st year though.
stevtomato 3 years ago
...DAAAAMN does everyone in Iowa wear robes???
renegade261 3 years ago
If music be the fruit of love
shmaitlyn 3 years ago
sing on till i am fill'd with joy!
tararep 3 years ago
It's "If music be the FOOD of love"
mmmmmthatsdelicious 3 years ago
dah! i got to sing this is carnegie hall!
rupert10 3 years ago
the blue knights drum corps is doing this song in their 2008 field show! its awesome!!!
blazerpride09 3 years ago
i love this...:D:D:D i love how you all use the traditional robes for choir...most choirs now use only black dresses and tuxedos...which gives this group the ALL STAR image it deserves...great work
spikebizkit 3 years ago
I agree, A little slower would really give it a better affect, but I love this song, you guys are awesome.
Chub234 3 years ago
I most say that the spanish pronuciation is extraordinary!!!!!!!! Felicidades!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Congrats)!!!!!!!!
xavi885 3 years ago
this song is sooooooo good. our advanced choir sang it at our concert at first presbyterian yesterday.
loxkegz 3 years ago
If you understood the lyrics you'd do it slower.
Elsupertonto 3 years ago
holy crap their all-state is HUGE! ours was like half that size
nbsuperstar08 3 years ago
Keep in mind, music is extremely popular in Iowa -- at most schools, even jocks are in choir and/or instrumental music (often both). My high school had 650 students, and 110 in marching band, probably the same number in the various vocal ensembles...not much else to do in Iowa.
blazerr 3 years ago
Just the Concert Choir at my high school this year had 118 students thats not including the other few hundred in the other two choirs... the midwest is known for its large music programs...my high school has the largest music program in the Big 9 so far...
necromanc1 3 years ago
Music is subjective art, henceforth, it is at the conductors discretion as to which "speed" (tempo; come on people) that the piece is performed.
HCChef85 3 years ago 2
Thank-you! I was waiting for someone to say that. :)
lildragongirl19 3 years ago
a little too fast [for me] at 1:30
my choir is singing this in our spring concert and it sounds soooo cool...LOVE eric whitacre!!!
very awesome job though =]
livelovelaugh27 3 years ago
WOW.
bbbiggs 3 years ago
Why does everyone want to take Whitacre's music like 10 times faster?!
BandNazi 3 years ago
yeah, way too fast toward the middle
pemchem 3 years ago
NOT WAY TOO FAST!!! That is the correct speed for this piece. If you are performing the piece slower than this, then your choir is not performing the piece up to speed. CORRECT SPEED! GREAT JOB!
dancerchick0990 3 years ago 2
One of my favourite choral pieces, yes, but much much too fast.
awkwardbarry 3 years ago
HEYYY Jo-Michael Schibbe was our choral director for GMEA All State Chorus 2007...and we sang Eric Whitacre's Sleep... what a coincidence that he directed in this performance too!
mzdsgg706 3 years ago
We're playing this in symphonic band. I personally don't like it.
riotgirl5675 3 years ago
I agree with everyone else. WAY too effing fast. I'm not even in choral groups, but I've heard this song performed really well and like... LINGER ON THE CHORDS the chords are so beautiful. Let them be as orgasmic as they are.
bagelfanatic 3 years ago
i almost started to cry when i heard that soloist at the beginning, that was amazing.
supb123 4 years ago
sooooo many people O__O!! they're mixed too!
Wow, and a high school accompanist! Impressive
They did an awesome job, and we also have to remember that they are high school students too - I love Eric Whitacre, he's such an odd man, with odd dreams that he puts in sheet music. He's brilliant, but he can drag things out sometimes, lol
wandongluv 4 years ago
WAAAAAAAY TOO FAST! I learned the music for that year and that sounds funny when it's too fast. What was he thinking? Overall nice tone, the first soloist sounds exactly like the college kids who sang it for the first session of Meistersinger All State Camp though... oh well. I recognize some of the people. Funny thing is that they are from my conference!
Jillysmurf 4 years ago
dude!!! i know some of those people. and person who was criticizing the performance . . . just enjoy the music, its up to the director's interpretation anyway. beautiful song
maxwindspeed 4 years ago
Very nice.
zaitht 4 years ago
REALLY AWESOME!!!!
Sdjjr87 4 years ago
eeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Das ist viel zu schnell! Whitacre wollte das nicht so. 1 Stern von mir!
simondrum88 4 years ago
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too fast. the conductor obviously doesn't know what whitacre's about- savoring each chord and dissonance rather than speeding through the song. Nice dynamics, but I strongly disagree with the thunderclap- Opening palms? Kind of ruins it. THe soloists (other than the soprano) were kind of horrible too.
But overall, for an honor's choir it wasn't bad. I'm just saying there are things that could have been so much better. Other things are yucky.
doormatttttttt 4 years ago
A little rushed, but very well done for a choir of that size. NJ all state tried foing water night and it was mediocre. This is superb.
doormatttttttt 4 years ago
I've always found eric whitacre's music to be very interesting. it's out there, but I like it. really cool piece
achinghunger15 4 years ago
Excellent job! Impressive honors choir.
smw100a 4 years ago
my brother was in this.
acnandgremlin2 4 years ago
This was so much more amazing in person
The Iowa All state choir is always amazing
Ritzbaybe214 4 years ago
almost as big as motab ;)
ebflip26 4 years ago
absolutely beautiful
akil13 4 years ago
the soloist in the beginning looks so happy to be there. lol
UCMsinger 4 years ago 2
by far the largest high school choir I've EVER seen in my life
XrunsXwithXscizzerzX 4 years ago
its not a high school choir, tard.
its a HONOR CHOIR FOR ALL OF IOWA
okibum14 4 years ago
I think XrunsXwithXscizzerzX meant that it's the largest combined group of high school vocalists.
BandNazi 4 years ago
HOLY COW that's the largest choir I've ever seen in my life!!!
BandNazi 4 years ago
Its not tard.
okibum14 4 years ago
And yes, okibum, it IS the largest choir that I (meaning MYSELF) have ever seen.
BandNazi 4 years ago
my bad i thought you were like xrunsxwithxscissorsx thinking its one high school choir
okibum14 4 years ago
whatsit with you and calling people tards? haha.
ColorfulEnigma13 3 years ago
This version of cloudburst moved me more than any other i have ever heard, despite the quickness in the cloudburst section, and i dont even sing, eric whitacre is amazing
portnoypetrucci 4 years ago
Wow, I love Eric Withacre's work. The first time I heard Cloudburst it blow me away to a lot of feelings.
And even when the conductor chage a little bit the climax in this performance, I think that it was one of the best I've had heard.
zozer2 4 years ago
eveything was going so well,,,why, oh why did the conductor have to take the actual coudburst, the climax of the piece, the part everyone waits for...so,,,damn...FAST! it ruined the whole thing for me.
GEF69 4 years ago
Woot i see the green, is that kennedy?
I think so. =] i might try out for all state next year.
<3
mega777 4 years ago
I think, first and foremost, that it was much too fast. Also, the diction could have been improved. The spoken solo was intended for a male, and a female version of that solo decreases, in my opinion, the power of the piece. Nevertheless, her tone and expression were good. But overall, it was well done.
smatsumoto90 4 years ago 2
I was extremely impressed. The dynamics were amazing. My directors always tell us it is easy to be loud in a large choir, but being soft is another story. Great job!
thepopetator 4 years ago
k...well "leroythegreat2007" ever heard of no cares bout wut u have to say i've made the iowa allstate chorus all four years...and it rocks so u can shove ur f'd up comments up ur ass...no one cares
Dustinjvb 4 years ago
Very nice! A little too fast at parts, but I felt the blend and tone were great. Whitacre's music is exquisite, and very easy to screw up if a choir of ANY skill level isn't paying attention to each other and their director. This was great, considering the size of the choir and age of the singers.
TheKnightWhoSaidNi 4 years ago
I do think that this piece was performed too fast. In the section between the baritone soloist and the female Spanish-speaker, I think you could have paid a bit more attention to the dynamics. A bit more sensitivity in that section would have made it better.
Also, the forte "Ma-O" during the beginning of the storm was a bit comical. I think it would have made more sense to clap instead of popping your hands open. I could tell the singers weren't taking it seriously.
Overall, good job. :)
SNbabe607 4 years ago
Amazing job, All-State. You've represented Iowa at its best!
mootz09 4 years ago
brilliant soloists...the choir has a whole could have been much better tho
the blend sucked
it WAS too fast
anyone ever heard of dynamics?
florida's all state is simply the best
leroythegreat2007 4 years ago
What were you listening to? You just don't know what you're talking about. You can't always hear the more intricate dynamics because it's just a youtube video.
StormaLorm 4 years ago
really great performance...i sang this in high school, a couple of things i had to say: wish you could have worked on your spanish pronunciation, when the choir sang "MAO", it would have been better if you all clapped your hands together once as if making the sound of a big lightning bolt like it says in the vocal score, i guess the conductor didn't read the notes inside of it, and a tad too fast. but other than that awesome job!
musiquedude235 4 years ago
I am not old enough to try out for this one but I did try out for opus but I didnt make it!! I got really mad
wildrose129 4 years ago
I agree the conductor has a horrible conducting pattern. My choir is competing in Hawaii in March and we are doing this piece.
GreenCardProductions 4 years ago
just a note. no offense or anything, but pattern isn't everything. some of the best conductors hardly ever use a pattern. especially with a piece like this, it's more about directing expression than concise rythm.
Hukijiwa 4 years ago
omg, beautiful piece.
nicely done.
i wish the sound quality was a little better, though...
whitacre's chord structures are intricate and delicately placed, it's hard to hear them with the sound this way.
but great job on the piece, absolutely amazing.
luxxy777 4 years ago
This song should be sung aspirately and slower. Ti's a cloudburst, not a hurricane. TOO FAST. Nice soprano soloist. More emotion. I blame the director though, not the choir.
thebadtenor 4 years ago
My girlfriend is the soprano soloist! It's an awesome song and I enjoyed seeing this.
jthoma11 4 years ago
we just had all state auditions in storm lake yesterday. i made it. i am a two year all stater and i am a sophomore. i see my sister and 13 other people from my school. i was sitting in the front row for this concert. my dad is a band director and Mr. Hallberg is the orchistra chair
theorderofone 4 years ago
Where are you from? I'm from storm lake and I made it.
StormaLorm 4 years ago
I was a member of the 1984 chorus Nice to see It sill making beautiful music!
Dean Johnson
Ankney
dbookin 4 years ago
I Love this piece!!!!! My Choir is performing this at Caroling Competition. I hope to get the Soprano solo. The composer has written some amazing chords. I love the part where the basses start with "raices" and all of the parts follow. It is truly an outstanding composition!
JennsRhapsody 4 years ago
nice
cool79606 4 years ago
Oh man.
I was in this! =]] I have been looking ALLLL Over for a video of it.
I love this song.
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