FHS Choir Prayer of the Children

[GreenCoffinsStudios]

I kind of like this version. I hear what everyone's saying about how it's supposed to be a soft song and it's supposed to be pleading, but this is a song painting a picture of war and hate, not just sadness and grief. I loved the "Jesus help me"'s, they sounded like you really were crying out for rescue.

[swimcutiejocluvron]

Beautiful!!

[WriterElle]

For those who feel this arrangement lacked emotion, I feel compelled to mention: I was in the audience for this performance. Many people--in the audience AND in the choir--were moved to tears, myself included. Even if the choir members did not all feel it individually/ unanimously, I believe that as a whole, the emotion was present. Perhaps you had to be there.

[RealityCek]

despite any crap you guys are getting, this is great

[BrookeXoXo112]

The childrens voices have to be my favorite part, I've never heard this arrangement before. But overall, your choir did wonderfully =]

[benbenstone21]

@BrookeXoXo112 No children were used they were highschool girls

[BrookeXoXo112]

I love this song, My womens choir sang it in high school. I love your entire approach to it with the intro and the slide show.

But you guys are missing the biggest thing that MAKES this song.

emotion. feeling.

There is no feeling, your just singing words.

This slide show would have been so effective in touching people had the choir just obtained a sense of sadness, and emotion.

[kimpelpins36]

okay how about this, if you're high school's choir can't exceed this performance and/or you have the population of chicago or some other form of suburban population to your school's benefit, then you have nothing to say.

thank you. :-)

[sslbrowneyes]

i was in cranston east choir and sung this song i miss it >>> but i am a soprano 1

[medkiffj]

the basses are swallowing their sound. what i mean is they are trying to lift their palette and overcompensating

[goodgirl12344321]

my choir sang this. you guys did a VERY excellent job. this song can be advanced if approached correctly. i loved the approach this choir took. the aggressive view was very nice, and i loved the mens voices. great job.

[melbella16]

I am singing this song in choir right now, and while this group sounds great, they sound to harsh for the song. Obviously they know what this song means and why it was written. the way they deliver the song is to demanding and severe.

[compton9991]

I don't like the men, they have their voice so drawn back in their thought they are smothering the song. =[

[gonaners16]

mmmmm my favorite part of FHS... Choir... <3

[emilyfeisterTM]

the icelandic section was great. i admired the child-like voices used to interpret the prayer. it was amazing at the "angry guns" part is had a marching feeling like the army. and i loved the closed mouth sound at the "woh" section at the end of each woh. also the "crying jesus help me" at the end i loved the dramatic pause

to emphasize the emphasis of the prayer.

the director defintely knew what he was doing. 10 thumbs up!

[emilyfeisterTM]

excellent for a high school choir.

i'm impressed :)

[AwsomeRockstar]

They men sang too hard for my tastes.... At times they were on the borderline, if not shouting.

But the blending was amazing.

[ohboo2006]

Not great. I am really not impressed. Tone quality isn't fantastic (in the back of the throat) and it is really shouty. I don't like this performance.

[Twilightlver]

wow. That was amazing!! You guys are very talented. It gave me chills.

[Nekohooch20]

You who were in the choir brought the perfect emotion to this song.This is a song of heartbreak & saddness,of children wishing someone in the world would help them.There is a hint of Hope included in the song,the hope that all children seem to inherently have,but even the word choice in the song show how much emotion HAS to be in this song.Without the emotion that the singer puts in it, it is just a bunch of words and lines.Words such as "shattered" & "pleading" can't be used without emotion.

[jamison850]

i'm not wild about the tone of this choir, but i like the "oo"s at the begining with the speaking over it. cool effect

[Skysinger23]

this song STILL gives me chills...even after I've heard it how many times I've heard it this past year. Fantastic job all of you :) way to put your souls into it.

[aleiyaladido]

wow...goosebumps...I'm doing this in my choir and I think it's really going to help me to put myself into this if you know what i mean, because of the explanation at the beginning. thnaks =)

[mirron09]

Like the accelerando after Very nice and the gradioso(sp?) is excellent...

[harringaj]

also i like the voice intro at the beginning, that was cool. i knew the story, but i liked the soft singing background and the explanation. thank you for your video

[harringaj]

you sound really good. you really do. i can tell that you have some really strong singers in your group, but what i think makes or breaks this song is sensitivity. i liked the dynamics, which is half of it, but i felt that you were being too strong on the words. you were good on the pitches, and had good harmonies, but if you could try to be more sensitive to the lyrics i think it would add more to your performance

[ucantmakeme]

I like it heavy. I think it made it sound more like they were mad at that point...but then they got sad and reflective again. You know?

[brentm2day]

This song moves me to want to make a difference in a child's life. I'm sure God will one day ask all of us if we served his children.

[Tabz16]

i love this song

we are singing this song in chorus right now =-]

[ashleighthinksalot]

WOW! were singing this this year in my madrigal group....i wish we sounded like this. amazing!

[greendayroxursoxoff]

i really like this, you guys did great. I wish my choir director would let us do this one

[ChadSabin]

As one of the singers who sang this very song in this choir. We did a great job I think and we sang it knowing the story which you can really tell! I loved this song.....

[adrianna008]

well thank you ....it touches my heart-and you did a great job...lets me know the "invisible children" that i try to help aren't being forgotten :)

[sunshineof91]

i remember this from a couple years ago. i almost cried =(

[pyroessence]

Note this was also recorded from over 200ft away. Hence the excess noise.

[audy3009]

for those who said we "attacked" this let me clarify since i was in this choir...we sang it as if the children who died were to sing it...all the pain and anger they must of felt...but thank you for noticing the more assertive approach

[pyroessence]

this is too true!

Well said audy

[Shaymarie87]

@audy3009 I think you guys did a great job. My high school men's choir also sang this song. You sang it as it should have been sung. Great job!

[LadyAllrin]

wow the women don't sound like they are in high school.

[singndance4evr]

your high school choir is exceptional. thank you for the performance :)

[georgiegurl]

veryyy nicely done.. although there is a bit of contradiction-- the song is talking about the children in ex yugoslavia, not africa...

vocals still very beautiful though :)

[zxflam22]

you dont get it..

we took it as all children of the world

[gettalong123]

very good for a HS choir!

[bridgette1091]

i agree that this song was "attacked" it sounds so angry, but in reality it's supposed to be pleading.

[Molliepet]

Beautifully done!

[ImaCoach]

Overall, a good job FHS Choir! I especially liked the 4-part womens' 2nd verse. The mens' section has a couple "heros," standing out a bit too much. The quietness in the beginning, while the narrator speaks was GREAT! Keep up the good work and keep singin!

[Bcomethemusic]

Is this FHS from Tampa or Orlando, Florida?

[christilea08]

Illinois.

[OnePieceAnimefan]

I think that you guys attack this song, and go too fast, it has to be slower and it had to be beautiful. Feel for those children.

[HEROE4EVER]

awesome job! this song is very touching to begin with and the intro explained alot behind

the making of this well written song. great job and great vid

[8Checkmate]

Very well done! I love the use of the intro humms :D especially considering it's important to express the story behind it. Did you guys actually have a different arrangement or was the separation of the male/female parts your choice? GJ nonetheless (like the slideshow).

[zxflam22]

we arranged it

[EilerGrey]

wow. I love our version of this. rock on tyro.

[coeha]

mmmm. I miss it! I love this song soo much!