Elijah Rock

[SmallFryAmI]

I don't like how they said rock. They sing really bright, and the tenor's are really young and airy sounding. TERRIBLE VOWELS!! They should have trained the sopranos better for the high notes. Good solo though. Overall, thumbs down.

[ceceicey]

director jammin aint ya?? LOL cool beans song dude

[mrcoolguy2010]

oh lawd.

[wickedbrittany]

SO bright. eeek!

[iluvLBT]

really good!

one of my schools choirs sang this song and they had more movement and had a lot of fun with it

[keyoned11]

I Believe that they did good. All the other choirs on here are going to slow. They earned their superior. The director had it going on and she was directing. yall haters need to stop hating.

[SmallFryAmI]

@keyoned11 they aren't that great. our concert choir did this and it was done MUCH MUCH better.

[soccerpsycho20]

the bases are straining a lot through out the piece...

[jetson888]

I enjoyed listening to the piece... but im sorry... the conductor taught this piece horribly... the piece is all over the place... as well as her hands! I mean come on... the conductor receives a lot of low points here... but if anything that hurt the worst... was not keeping a slower tempo for those basses on the solo line! Lets savor the moment! and as far as the choir... good job i m sure you just performed as directed. eek :/

[xpowertumblerx]

the tenors pierce the OHHHHH in the beginning of the piece

it should be more round and have a more spooky tone

and a sffz woulda sounded nice

[teardropsrnng]

...um...the supranoes(including 2nd's) and the altos really need...no...all of you need to learn more control. you are just belting it out. the judges must have been feeling good that day or either crazy cause that doesnt deserve a superiour...srry for the truth..but you guys are horrid especial for your age. needs LOTS of work hun

[teardropsrnng]

but..you guys did do ..ok

oh and lobve the conductor!!!XDXDDDDD

[renethel]

what's really funny, teardropsrnng, is that you can't even spell and you have horrible grammer, yet you expect us to take you seriously.

Honestly, what is your musical background?

[walker0762]

good job

[walker0762]

nice job

[roguebl3]

Pretty good, guys. I did this in High school about ten yrs ago, and I have to say, it's really a feat to even attempt this. We got superiors at our State comp., and I will say, that the only thing I really found was at the "Hallelujah Jesus' " towards then end, it started getting rushed. It's really hard not to get caught up in the excitement of it, though. Good job, Keep singing!

[phatman0011]

The conducter has to work to hard to get it out of the singers. Plus there was so many people that were sticking out that it was crap. There should have not gave them a superior.

[crimsonpride08]

FINALLY! a conductor that will get into this song! i don't understand how directors can remain so composed in this song.

[XxdaretolovexX]

umm wth somebody kept sticking out reaaly badly lol. . check out JPS and Smoky Hill High version, now thts how u sing Elijah Rock.

[NettaNeji]

Lol, The conductor is getting all into the song look at how she is rocking.. they did a good job.

[GosfordAbercrombie]

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I love the squeal from the tenors when they first started singing!!!!! Funneh!!!!!!!

This is terrible!

[lavelle8686]

i agree! i think there is too much scooping in the song and it makes it sloopy . and its way flat and they are shaky, i dont know how they got superior! the only thing they did really was attack the song. Thats it!

[actionneko]

Why were your girls singing the tenor 1 part? You have WAAAY more guys than our choir too.

[enkiitu]

The conductor is a good dancer though. LOL

I like the way she dances.

[mybluecastle]

eeek!

[britishskater18]

Exactly.

Uhh...

[kittykat979]

uhh:(

[jojomusiclove09]

wow. ummm u guys r w/e.

messed up da whole song.

but da last part wusnt bad..

but dem basses r so bad. omg.

u guys r wack. our choir sounds

wayy better n different den dat.

wow yo. ya dissapoint me.

[boomboom2009]

i hope yall dont think dat yall sounded good cuz you didnt...

ii would u guys with a poor... str8 up bitches

[christy1692]

please they did sound very good

and they got a superior

so unless youre a judge with 20 years of

experience, and credentials from actual

schools, we dont give a dam what you say

[yungwill513]

go sopranos and basses!!!!!!!!

[FlySK3]

my skool choir is singing this and its WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY different.

[tjd89]

uhh.... in the beginning it sounded like all your altos had a cold or something. you need some work on tone quality, and i mean the entire choir, not just one section. lots of scooping which makes it sound corny. i could go down the list. you would be the joke of our state competition, (oregon) sorry. this needed so much more work.

[bmore2008]

This was terrible. Moses Hogan wouldnt be pleased with this mess.

[Jimmyjammerz]

There is a soprano Somewhere in there with a GORGEOUS voice! But she sticks out a lil to much.

[Sillyrin7]

listen to a real choir people...like Smoky Hill Symphonic Choir..they're WAY BETTER AT it they put this choir to effing shame.

[missDVM]

eeep! The males definately carried any tune in this poor version of Elijah Rock.  (no offence..but...) Oh, well. Sorry the only worthwhile part belonged to the deep voiced males... The rest need much, much work...

I agree the altos really entered the song horribly and dull.

The tenors did the same however.

Then, well, the sopranoes phbtt.

I give up.

Good job boys with deep voices.

Hey! That last Female solo "shout" was decent! That was nice!

[renethel]

i wish that everyone would stop butchering this video, but i have to say that you were the nicest about this video when it came to criticisms lol. I was the girl with the "shout" solo at the end. i'm glad that you thought it was decent b/c i woke up that morning feeling like i couldn't sing soprano lol.

[Lindseykins7]

tell it like it is sistah

[MzJaxin]

Sang this in high school like 12 years ago. :D Still love it!

[robrialeeandradaniel]

omg!! the altos sound horrible on the come on sister help me to pray part!! its supposed to be sung with soul and meaning they were looking as if they didn't care about the song at all!!

[guardcaptain0607]

Talk all the crap you want. Concert Choir still got a Superior rating. Just as they've been doing for years and years now. Call me crazy but, we must be doing something right :)

[Lindseykins7]

u guys r beastttt!

[Mezzamike]

What did you do to this song. The accents are totally wrong. What was going on in the soprano section?

At least the basses were ok. Muscled, but ok.

Sorry.

[volcomme9]

the girls on the right look like they arent enjoying it. =/?

[Kingk712]

From the perspective of someone in a professional choir and of a professional vocalist it wasn't horrible for a high school choir, but then again it wasn't good. Not much feeling, bad vowels, the notes were badly muscled, and in a one place it went flat. The tenors also got sucked into the soprano part.

[vkiernan]

it's not hard to get a superior.

[renethel]

that's only what you think.

[vkiernan]

I've gotten a superior with a group of 40.. 3 of them being guys... and the only tenor was fairly ill, fever and all... and still got a superior... it's very very easy to get a superior.

[vkiernan]

this was meant to be a reply to someone else's comment... but it showed up here, whatever.

[renethel]

they must have been very excellent to begin with.

[germankitty07]

pretty good, pretty close to what our choir did.ur high sopranos were shakier.. but good job! dont worry, my school has our fair share of crap talked on us because were a public school and we dont match up to the really good people.. but we did beat agnes dei in new york:)

<3

[mybluecastle]

You guys sang it like you were talking to someone--horrible vowels.

[jziphong]

this choir has a long way to go before becoming a prestigious choir. i recommend intensive vocal training sessions on all basic vocal techniques, with pitching taking precedence over the others.

[renethel]

dude, this is a public high school choir. it's NOT like we're a music based college choir where we study music theory and technique every day. We're not here to be a prestigious choir, and yet we still won SUPERIOR ratings! It wouldn't hurt to consider such things, b4 opening your mouth!

[stephpyle06]

It doesn't matter that you are a high school choir. If you are going to tackle pieces that college choirs do then you need to make sure that you CAN actually do them. My high school choir did college level pieces when I was in school but if we didn't sing them right my director cut them. Which is probably why we worked so hard to get them right

[renethel]

yes we tackled this piece and we SUCCEEDED. we recieved the majority of the awards offered for our school choirs that year. I personally don't care about what your high school did, but OUR high school earned SUPERIOR ratings and that's oviously an acheivement. I'm not here to have a dispute, but let our high school feel somewhat proud about our work! :)

[Dirtybirdz00]

I like the interpretation. I think slowing it down just a bit at times would have shown emphasis or even just variation. But overall.....amazing!

[malluj93]

yeahhhh..THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BEST CHOIR GROUP EVER!! WOOH!!!!!

[keithyluv]

that was good i herd adults that didnt sound that good on youtube but this was the best you tube elijah rock i ever herd but agape sings ti better

[trueaznsista]

...huh? punctuation could help.

[jziphong]

have you heard the ust version of the song? it will completely put this choir to shame...

[shanelei008]

c'mon man!?!?..this is just a hs choir..dang you!

[stephpyle06]

This is one of Moses Hogan's most difficult pieces. The way I see it if your choir can't handle it then they shouldn't try to do the song. No offense meant, I just think that if you are going to do difficult pieces make sure they are done right or don't do them at all.

[lindaarmenti]

Everytime I listen, I love it more and more.

You guys were GREAT!!!!!!!

YOU MADE WOODBRIDGE PROUD!!!!!!!!!!

[ihatefronc]

oh. my. god.

some much better then when our school did it. but it was a different version.

this one is awesomeeeee

[anusobanjo]

tho u were our rivals (which i still don't understand y since we came from the same district, lol), this is nice. props

[trueaznsista]

that was one of the best times i've had singing. ::tear:: haha.thanks for putting this up.

[1337evan]

that was so sick... Great bass singers! heheh.

[jziphong]

i hope you meant that as a sarcastic remark as the basses are off-pitch from the beginning and made the choir sang off-key throughout the entire song.

[1337evan]

uh dude. Shut up please? If you have nothing nice to say, dont say it. I hate trolls. And this comment was made such a long time ago. Im not a choral major but Im a instrumental major, but seriously, that was a very good rendition. So leave you flippin noob. I doubt you have your choral degree. Nuff Sed.

[psa1m]

they was awesome!

[guardcaptain0607]

OH ELIJAH!!!!!<333 hooray concert choir!!!