A Jubilant Song by Norman Della Jollo

University of Illinois Concert Choir 11/08/2008

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jubilant
• song
• university
• illinois
• concert
• choir

[pianist1972]

Each to his own, but with the exception of the middle section, this piece is about visceral and rhythmic energy, and the acc. should reinforce that. At no point is the score marked legato or cantabile for the piano. The piano part needs to be articulated crisply to cut through the thick choral writing. There is really nothing subtle about it.

[lfulord]

@pianist1972 Agreed, sir. This piano play did a fantastic job. (wink, wink) His use of dynamics inpired the singers and if you actually watch him, he is playing with much passion. It's all about interpretation. And I the "robotic" was a crisp marcatto interpretation.

[HPpotterpal]

My high-school choir is singing this song tomorrow in ISMA large group competition and.... Wow. You guys did amazing. As good as our chior is, you guys did it exactly as it SHOULD sound. I wish we sounded like that. We're close we just can't get soft enoug on the "listen, listen, listen, LISTEN!" part and we never get loud enough on the fourth "listen" in that section. You guys do it perfectly at 6:00-6:05.

Good Job.

[lfulord]

Hope you guys did well at the competition. We have a great conductor. This is a great song just to listen to. Thanks for the encouragement.

[Gwendapanda]

i think DGS SC did better <3

[raryan2]

@tcman10 Historically, the University of Illinois Concert Choir rarely ever performed without music. It was part of the tradition of the group. Some prefer to have their music memorized and to perform without it...however, when you have a concert such as this that had 15+ songs programmed...it was nice to have the ability to have the music in front of you.

[moekayyali]

I love this song. I sang it for my sophomore year in Oklahoma All-State choir, and it was my favorite.

[bluepink96]

we are singing this song in my highschool chorus

[tcman10]

That was awesome! We're doing this song for our District Music Contest. My HIGH SCHOOL choir can do this without music though.

[3Dmidori]

Jesus H. Shut up and enjoy the music; stop comparing it to other choirs. I, for one, love this performance.

We're doing this for our MPA! Wish us luck!

[InyshMad]

did this a few years ago in our highschool choir. it sucked to memorize such a long song, but it still sounded awesome :) great video!

[zephyr2050]

Check out UCLA's performance of it! It's far more energetic and brilliant!

[singspiel18]

Good for you guys. This is a very very difficult piece. I performed it when I was in college, only I was the accompanist. Very hard song. Nice job.

[LaGwenie]

My high school choir learned this song in about 3 weeks - we were terrible compared to this! How beautiful! You are all wonderful!