Chorus rehearsals will resume on Thursday, Jan. 12th from 3:40-4:40
Save the date!
Spring Chorus & Instrumental Music Concert will be on Wednesday May 23rd at 7 pm. Students should arrive by 6:30 pm and come to the music room for warm-ups. Our school band will be performing on the same night. Students who are also in instrumental music will quickly warm up with chorus and then go to the staff lounge at 6:45 pm to warm up with their instruments.
Also, here is a reminder about concert dress (for both sets of performers):
Boys: Black pants
Black socks and shoes
White shirt (no designs, please!)
Girls: Black pants or skirt
Black socks and shoes (any tights should be skin toned or dark)
White shirt or blouse (no designs, please!)
Practice Parts (click on titles to hear practice recordings)
The Road to Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=jlcdYp8MzkE
Road to Freedom-solo harmony part & ending
(for ALL 8 soloists)
Promised Land
Part 1:
Brother, sister, lend an ear. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
Troubles soon will disappear. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
When I reach it there will be love and happiness awaitin’ for me.
Come along and you will see! I’m headin for the promised land.
I’ll be singin’ freedom’s song. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
That’s the place where I belong. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
I’ll get there one day I know; now I’ve started I’m a rarin’ to go
where the milk and honey flow. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
Oh, listen, don’t you hear that trumpet, sounding forth the call? Oh, children, won’t you rise and follow one and all?
Better days are now in view, I’m headin’ for the promised land.
All my dreams are comin’ true. I’m headin’ for the promised land.
Want to leave the past behind, face the future with a hopeful mind.
Peace and joy I’ll surely find, I’m headin’ for the promised land.
Part 2:
Brother, sister, lend an ear, for soon our troubles all will disappear.
One day there’s bound to be great love for you and me,Just wait and see!
I’m headin’ for the promised land.
I’ll be singing freedom’s song. I want to find the place where I belong;
It’s waitin’ there, I know, where milk and honey flowSo there I’ll go,
I’m headin’ for the promised land.
Oh, listen, don’t you hear that trumpet, sounding forth the call? Oh, children, won’t you rise and follow one and all?
Better days are now in view, and all the dreams I dreamed are comin’ true
I’ll leave the past behind and keep a hopeful mind for joy I’ll find.
I’m headin’ for the promised land
Headin’ for the Promised land! (2x) yeah! (whispered)
Answer to a Child's Question
Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,
The Linnet and Thrush say, "I love and I love!"
In the winter they're silent—the wind is so strong;
What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song.
But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather,
And singing, and loving—all come back together.
But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love,
The green fields below her, the blue sky above,
That she sings, and she sings; and forever sings she—
"I love my Love, and my Love loves me!"
Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,
The Linnet and Thrush in the sky up above.
In the winter they're silent—the wind is so strong;
What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song.
But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather,
And singing, and loving—all come back together.
But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love,
The green fields below her, the blue sky above,
That she sings, and she sings; and forever sings she—
"I love my Love, and my Love loves me!"
But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love,
The green fields below her, the blue sky above,
That she sings, and she sings; and forever sings she—
"I love my Love, and my Love loves me!"
Oo-----
Solfegge Suite:
Listen to performance of this song
Form A B A C A B (key change) A’ coda
A section:
So so so , do do do, mi mi mi, so so so
Fa mi fa mi re do re do ti la ti la so
So so so , do do do, mi mi mi, so so so
Fa mi fa mi re do re do ti so la ti do do do (repeat)
B section:
Re re re re, re la ti do ti la so
Re re re re , re ri mi fi so so so
Re re re re , re la ti do ti la so
Re re re re, re ri mi fi so, fi so, fi so fi so fi so (whee!)
C Section:
mi la mi, do re mi re do ti la la la
MI LA MI, do re mi re do ti la!
mi la mi, do re mi re do ti la la la
MI LA MI, do re mi re mi fi so so so
Re fa re, do so do
Ti LA---- so fa mi re do ti la so!
Coda:
So so so, do do do, mi mi mi, so so so
Fa mi fa mi re do ti,
So fa so fa mi re do
La so la so fa mi fa mi re do re do ti so la ti do
SO SO SO SO
So fi so la so fi so la
So fi so la (6x) so fa mi re DO DO DO!
Siyahamba
Melody (Blue Folders) Harmony(Green Folders)
Zulu
Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos',
Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos'.
Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos',
Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos'.
Siyahamba, siyahamba, Ooh, Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos'.
Siyahamba, siyahamba, Ooh, Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos'
English
We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, we are marching, ooh, We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, we are marching, ooh, We are marching in the light of God