Samohi Chorale . Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst

Santa Monica High School Chorale singing Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst with 120 singers. This is a recored performence is at the Spring Choral Concert in 2005. Under the conduction of Christopher Rhodes.

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[azncribbininnj]

We did this song last year. I don't like this version for many reasons. There's too many people. My chorus has only 40 members and like 12 were boys. The Spanish-speaking solo could have been more Spanish.. xD. It felt like it was being rushed. The men in this song overpower the women. The bells thing was cute, but when the people put their arms up, I was like wtf? I'm not getting the effect of rain. 4/10.

[OceanKid]

I loved it when I sang it with this choir...felt FULL. But in the music it says to do the arm movements and all that stuff...love this song.

[allstatereject]

When we performed it, we performed it with 600

It was the most amazing thing I've ever been a part of, and the most amazing thing the audience had heard.

This isn't too many people at all.

[OceanKid]

omg...i wanna be in that!

[ilikeyoface88]

This was nicely done. Long pause between male solos. Not choirs fault though. That's all up to the director. Went a tad flat during "picos de luz. "Went a little sharp during "Dime? Tierra que mada" Sops vowels :-/ little work. AMAZING JOB locking chords. I'm impressed.

[OceanKid]

actually the male who did the solo...decided to have that pause...which to me felt like FOREVER.

[tiggerclr]

While I am the first to admit that this is not a definitive or flawless performance, that is not the point of my job. These are high school students, not professionals. I find it disheartening that some feel the need to criticize so definitively based upon such an informal recording. Every choir situation is unique and everybody does it differently. Choir is not a competition. Why take away others' joy in what they have chosen to share? Art is subjective; take what you like and move on.

[pandaheero]

OMG WE ARE ON YOUTUBE I DIDNT KNOW!!!! lol Man this was so long ago... So many memories <3

[kwest2468]

i can't wait till we sing this song for our concert i was just wondering why they have books with the worlds. Your speaking part sounded a lot lighter than ours. our bass sounded so demonic but not in a bad way. Also i think my choir director saw this erformance or one where they starting standing at the MAH-O part but i don't think we're going to do it.

[squashems]

whoever filmed this didn't do such a hot job, but I think that this recording of the group is fantastic! I give kudos to everyone

[wsandvik]

LOL @ :27 somebody smokes too much!

[blairerox]

its true that they are highschool students but to be in chorale as they are they should be very much flawless...

[thatkidfrankie]

YES!!! Mr Rhodes always knows what to say...

good job rhodes!

[superpiccchick]

lol. i love how it skipped the soprano solo! HAHAHA. I think this is a great performance. Dynamically interesting, well-balanced for the most part. There are some many recordings of this that SUCK (too fast, too loud). This has expression and interest. Wonderful job.

[UCMsinger]

I am right. the tempo is wrong, music in hand, and the emotion is not there. there is talent, just not the right direction. I am a huge fan and I think this is ok for a highschool but there just needs to be the visual effect but you could not learn the spanish.

[bullcross]

really enjoyed this , thank you for posting :)