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Choir

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Students coming to Friday local GBT class can also join us for choir. We meet from 12:30 to 2:00 on Fridays. Our first semester performance is the last Friday of January. Our second semester performance is at the fling recital.

All choir students need to download Finale Notepad in order to practice at home. It can be downloaded here and costs $10. The finale version can easily be used to practice your part with by opening the instrument list and removing are adding various parts to practice either with or against. You can find finale tutorials on youtube.com by doing a search for "finale notepad tutorial".

If you are new to choir, the most difficult challenge that you may face is learning to sing on pitch. One nice way to practice this skill at home is singing for a tuner. There are a number of inexpensive tuners available on the Internet. A simple version can be found at here, however, my favorite is called gstring tuner and is available through the android marketplace for free. Once you have a tuner, try playing a series of notes such as a,b,c,d,e on piano or some other instrument and then try singing them and see if the tuner says you got the pitches correct. It can be very challenging because the tuners are very precise, but the more you work at it, the better you will become at holding your pitch.

The songs we will first be working on in choir are the following. Please see our musical resources page for the music for each piece.

Fall 2009
Palestrina - Jesu, rex admirabilis; Palestrina - Sicut Cervus; William Byrd - Mass for three voices - Kyrie - 1; Mozart - Ave verum corpus; Bach - Matthaus Passion - 3. Choral - Herzliebster Jesu; Orlando di Lasso - Jubilate Deo; Dies Irae - Mozart

Spring 2010
Star Spangled Banner; Hymns - What a Friend We Have in Jesus ; Vois Sur Ton Chemin - Rameau; Caresse sur l'Ocean - Rameau; Gloria - Vivaldi

Fall 2010
Josquin Des Prez - El Grillo; Hinrichs - Greek Alphabet Song; Josquin Des Prez - Mille Regretz;
J.S.Bach - Choral Nr. 10- St. Matthew Passion; Gloria from Missa Kenya

Spring 2011
Palestrina - Sicut Cervus; Orlando di Lasso - Jubilate Deo; Ave Verum Corpus - William Byrd; He Shall Purify - Handel; Hallelujah Chorus - Handel

Fall 2011
Gloria - Vivaldi
    Piano- Ashley;Violin (Clarinet 1)- Christopher; Violin (Clarinet 2)- David ;Viola (Alto Sax 1)- Jonathan; Viola (Alto Sax 2);  Cello (Baritone) Alyssa- ;Bass- ;Flute- Vicki
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel
    Piano- Ashley; Flute- Vicki ;Violin 1 - Christopher; Violin 2 - David  ;Viola- Jonathan Cello- Alyssa; Bassoon- Jeff
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
    Piano- ;Flute (Oboe)- Vicki ;Violin (Flute)- Christopher/David  ;Viola (Clarinet)- Jonathan Cello (Bassoon)- Alyssa
Ave verum corpus - Mozart
    Piano- ;Flute (Violin)- Vicki;Violin1 - Christopher; Violin 2 - David  ;Viola- Jonathan Cello (Bass)- Alyssa
Sicut Cervus - Palestrina
Von Himmel Hoch- Bach