finally! a youtube video in which the choir sings this piece *up to speed*. I love Caldwell and Ivory's arrangement, but nothing kills it faster than a conductor plodding along.
This group did a really good job. I have to agree with tizzy12234 about the ending. The choir I was in did this song and we modified the end. Our conductor said it was because we didn't have the same size as the group it was written for. Which, while true, I don't think was the only reason for the change.
And as for the whole race thing. Yes it's going to sound different coming out of a bunch of classically trained white girls, but to insult that is rather prejudiced don't you think?
Really? Is it that hard to memorize a song that's 2 minutes long? My choir's doing this song and 1. We can't use the music in the performance and 2. We already have it memorized. Plus I think the ending sounds really stupid (the way it's written not how you sang it, you guys sounded pretty good).
What's up with the binders? I HATE that about choirs, when they can't memorize their music. This isn't even a hard song to memorize! My choir's doing it for our winter concert. A month in, we ditched the sheet music. You can't get a feel for the music if just from the sheet music. You have to work without it to get perceive the meaning of the song.
@AlyxArsenic They might have had a very large program. Maybe they didn't have a lot of time to prepare. You have to understand that not every one is so perfect at memorization as your choir.
@AlyxArsenic maybe they hadn't had the piece for very long. im in this choir now and we're doing this song but we just started it last week and the concert is the week we get back from break which is 2 weeks from today so essentially, we've had 3 rehearsals and we have 3 rehearsals until we have to perform this song.
i agree on the ending. Even up to this concert i definitely had mixed feelings about it, but watching it again it sounds a lot better than i thought it did on stage. hooray hoorah for JMU-WC!
My choir is singing this song and I think the end sounds like a mess! You guys did it exactly right i just hate how the ending was written. grrr... haha great job
actually you can, but nevertheless, that's what the conductor is for. Not to just stand there and wave arms, but to interpret the music. Like I said, check out ames's works. the composer provides the directions, and the conductor should be able to interpret them. The problem lies in the fact that a lot of conductors don't know about that down home black chuch (notice i didn't say "church") feel. I used to think like you do.
I'm sure your opinion my be valid in some realm but I know black church music and often what classically eurocentrically trained musicians who are not steeped in the black traidtion preceive as a gospel feel is always far from correct. Its not just the conductor who has to interpret but its the musicians and singers as well and some things can only be expressed by experience.
everything that you are arguing is easily fixed with a conductor who has been around the block, and who knows how to get what he wants across to his singers. Jester Hairston once said "you can't sing legato with the slave master beatin on your back" when talking about teaching spirituals. Same thing with this gospel music on paper, the black church sound can be put on paper, the experience cannot, and I think you are mixing the two up.
Jester Hairston was BLACK!!! autentic blues jazz or gospel is not a sheet music type of music and takes more than just a conductor reading notes to express it. Try having a white conductor teach a meter to a white choir and it will sound crazy.
case in point, clearly those black women on the Disney's Hercules soundtrack were not singing about God, they were singing about greek mythology, but i can still cut my step to that music.
they really had a very nice dynamic range... and the 1st sopranos did a very nice job up on top... and they got the clapping at the end! Way to Geaux!
finally! a youtube video in which the choir sings this piece *up to speed*. I love Caldwell and Ivory's arrangement, but nothing kills it faster than a conductor plodding along.
ss74656 2 months ago
vowels could be better .. other than that, profound job ..
JustBeingMys3lf 2 months ago
This group did a really good job. I have to agree with tizzy12234 about the ending. The choir I was in did this song and we modified the end. Our conductor said it was because we didn't have the same size as the group it was written for. Which, while true, I don't think was the only reason for the change.
And as for the whole race thing. Yes it's going to sound different coming out of a bunch of classically trained white girls, but to insult that is rather prejudiced don't you think?
shoove001 1 year ago
Really? Is it that hard to memorize a song that's 2 minutes long? My choir's doing this song and 1. We can't use the music in the performance and 2. We already have it memorized. Plus I think the ending sounds really stupid (the way it's written not how you sang it, you guys sounded pretty good).
tizzy12234 2 years ago
What's up with the binders? I HATE that about choirs, when they can't memorize their music. This isn't even a hard song to memorize! My choir's doing it for our winter concert. A month in, we ditched the sheet music. You can't get a feel for the music if just from the sheet music. You have to work without it to get perceive the meaning of the song.
AlyxArsenic 2 years ago 4
@AlyxArsenic They might have had a very large program. Maybe they didn't have a lot of time to prepare. You have to understand that not every one is so perfect at memorization as your choir.
lllllAnonymouslllll 1 year ago
@AlyxArsenic maybe they hadn't had the piece for very long. im in this choir now and we're doing this song but we just started it last week and the concert is the week we get back from break which is 2 weeks from today so essentially, we've had 3 rehearsals and we have 3 rehearsals until we have to perform this song.
nerdface92 1 year ago
@AlyxArsenic Forget you and your bitchin'. You have no idea of the circumstances, so just STFU...
bangwezl 1 year ago
i'm singing this tonight with my choir. all the key changes are so hard! you sounded AMAZING though
singyourX3out 3 years ago
omg they are great! i have a concert next week for eau gallie and were not that good!
SugarRacer222 3 years ago
My school song this last year.
Great job !!!
This is my shit !!!
Passionist2 3 years ago
i agree on the ending. Even up to this concert i definitely had mixed feelings about it, but watching it again it sounds a lot better than i thought it did on stage. hooray hoorah for JMU-WC!
rubyslippers 3 years ago
Wow!!
My choir is doing this song right now but we only have like 8 people on it. I would love to have this many people doing it!
AmericanStuntKids 3 years ago
AMAZING!
I did this last year, and you guys are so much better.
I had a love/hate relationship with the rounds at the end, haha.
ritalinnn 3 years ago 2
My choir is singing this song and I think the end sounds like a mess! You guys did it exactly right i just hate how the ending was written. grrr... haha great job
singtome612 4 years ago 2
the ending is horrible because the arranger was trying to imitate a black gospel choir and that is not something that can be done from sheet music.
loaactnow 3 years ago
actually it can be. Ever hear "Let Everything that hath Breath" by Jeffery Ames, or "Rejoice!" by the same composer? Check it out.
blasianFMA 3 years ago
you cannot get a sense of groove from sheet music. does not work totally different style of music.
loaactnow 3 years ago
actually you can, but nevertheless, that's what the conductor is for. Not to just stand there and wave arms, but to interpret the music. Like I said, check out ames's works. the composer provides the directions, and the conductor should be able to interpret them. The problem lies in the fact that a lot of conductors don't know about that down home black chuch (notice i didn't say "church") feel. I used to think like you do.
blasianFMA 3 years ago
I'm sure your opinion my be valid in some realm but I know black church music and often what classically eurocentrically trained musicians who are not steeped in the black traidtion preceive as a gospel feel is always far from correct. Its not just the conductor who has to interpret but its the musicians and singers as well and some things can only be expressed by experience.
loaactnow 3 years ago
everything that you are arguing is easily fixed with a conductor who has been around the block, and who knows how to get what he wants across to his singers. Jester Hairston once said "you can't sing legato with the slave master beatin on your back" when talking about teaching spirituals. Same thing with this gospel music on paper, the black church sound can be put on paper, the experience cannot, and I think you are mixing the two up.
blasianFMA 3 years ago
Jester Hairston was BLACK!!! autentic blues jazz or gospel is not a sheet music type of music and takes more than just a conductor reading notes to express it. Try having a white conductor teach a meter to a white choir and it will sound crazy.
loaactnow 3 years ago
1. I know Hairston was BLACK, hence I used him in my example.
2. In regards to you saying "Try having a white conductor teach a meter to a white choir and it will sound crazy." I ask "what?"
blasianFMA 3 years ago
I know he was black, that's why i used him in my example. And what do you mean "teach a meter to a white choir"?
blasianFMA 3 years ago
case in point, clearly those black women on the Disney's Hercules soundtrack were not singing about God, they were singing about greek mythology, but i can still cut my step to that music.
blasianFMA 3 years ago
Kekelllllllll.... eu ouvi a sua voz... é a mais linda!!!
wlprwell 4 years ago
they really had a very nice dynamic range... and the 1st sopranos did a very nice job up on top... and they got the clapping at the end! Way to Geaux!
bjsVideos 4 years ago
my school's treble choir is doing this song. this choir is really good. I hope we sound as good as them. :)
ayyjayen 4 years ago
the girl in the front row... 3rd from the right... gorgeous
antheta253 4 years ago