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This will be a really nice change of pace for us. Don’t panic, it’s not too difficult to learn. The difficulty will lie in the dissonances that derive from singing the 3 parts of the canon together. When it’s right, it’s quite magical. I’ve included clicks in (hopefully) appropriate places to help you count the … Read more
Sorry I hadn’t gotten this one up before now. We must have done it back in the day before the website. But better late than never. Apologies, too, that this has no individual score parts. You’ll have to struggle along with all three together. But I did give you individual audio parts to listen to while … Read more
Carol has handily revamped some of the SAB writing in this arrangement and I have redone the audio files to keep up with the slightly more modern website. Hope this helps. Here is a printable copy of The Virgin Mary for you to download and print. The audio files are a bit under tempo to … Read more
Here’s one of the all time greats of English folk music. From Wikipedia: The lyrics are first found in publications as far back as 1787. A broadside in the Bodleian Library, Oxford dates from about 1803. Early editions are often referred to as “The Lamenting Maid” or “The Lovesick Maid”. It was only with William … Read more
Welcome back, everyone! And a special welcome to any newbies coming aboard. We’re beginning with a lovely arrangement of the Sine Nomine arranged by Vaughan Williams. Here are the parts for those of you who wish to get in a bit of advanced study before Thursday night. 3-Parts – SAB Audio Soprano Part – Audio Alto … Read more
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) was an English composer and organist at Chichester Cathedral. He wrote mostly vocal music, including many madrigals. The Oxford Book of English Madrigals has more songs by Weelkes than any other composer. For a church organist he appears to have been quite an unruly character. In spite of that, he remained in … Read more
Hi Gang, We have here a fun arrangement of Singing in the Rain, written by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed. Remember when you’re learning this that the quavers are sung in a swing rhythm––not as straight quavers. Listen to the audio and you’ll see what I mean. We can talk about this more when … Read more
Greetings, Voiceworkers! We’re tackling Wolfie Amadeus this week, so have a look and a listen and a sing through, if you have a few moments to spare. It’s not long but it is in Italian and presents some challenges vocally. I’ve put the Italian and its English translation at the bottom of this post. Note: … Read more
Greeting music lovers, It’s time to shiver through a sweet and lively yet wintery new piece. Aside from posting the graphics of the sheet music and the audio parts for you to listen to, I will also post PDFs of the sheet music (find links below parts) so you can download the lot and print … Read more
Here’s a lovely and varied arrangement of Good King Wenceslas for us to warble through. There are key changes aplenty and everyone gets a shot at the melody which gets tossed recklessly––sorry, I meant artfully––back and forth. Audio for all 3 parts: Audio for all Soprano: Audio for all Alto: Audio for all Baritone: