Concert and Treble Choristers Library Concert Practice Notes
Circle Chant Linda Hirschhorn (b. 1968) Be sure the text is correctly memorized. Practice tall vowels and avoiding strong ‘r’ sounds. Remember, we either pronounce ‘r’ as ‘uh’ or make a ‘d’ sound.
Give up the World Arr. Lena McLin (b. 1928) Review and secure memory.
Ukraine Anthem (Lament for Mariupol’) Arr. Andrew Lawrence-King (b. 1959) Practice pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPQd-0n_V4. One word in the second line of text doesn’t match but this will help with general pronunciation. This recording uses the same text and will help with learning the melody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgViS4Rpf8
Šče ne vmerla Ukrajiny i slava, i volia. Still surviving Ukraine, its glory, and its freedom Šče nam, brattia molodiji, usmichnet́sia dolia. Still for brothers all good fellows, luck on us is smiling.
Zhynut́ naši vorižeńky, jak rosa na sonci, Vanquish’d are our enemies as dew goes with the sunshine, Zapanujem i my, brattia, u svojij storonci. We will live too, my dear brothers free in our own country. Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu, Souls and bodies dedicated to preserve our freedom, I pokažem, ščo my, brattia, kozaćkoho rodu. We will prove that we are, brothers, made of cossack iron.
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies (Sing-along) Samuel Augustus Ward (1848-1903) Work to memorize text.
Whistle a Happy Tune Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Arr. John Leavitt (b. 1956) Work on memorizing. Here is a recording to help: https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=11001619&type=audio
Whistling tutorial: https://youtu.be/XKfTTHqbk-4 There are other tutorials on the internet that may be helpful.
