LACC, Developing Artistry for the Young Singer

Here’s to Song
Developing Artistry for the Young Singer
American Choral Directors Association Western Division Conference
Friday, February 26, 2016 | 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Apprentice & Intermediate Choirs
Conductors - Anne Tomlinson, Mandy Brigham, Diana Landis
Pianists - Mitsuko Morikawa, Jahyeong Jackie Koo
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OUR MISSION
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus provides choral music education of the highest quality to young people who
represent richly diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
The program ignites a love of singing and nurtures the full expression of each individual’s potential for artistic
and personal excellence through the collaborative experience of choral music performance.
Through the beauty of inspired and joyful singing, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus brings the transformative
power of music to communities throughout Southern California, the nation and the world.
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OUR BIOGRAPHY
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, widely recognized for its agile
bel canto sound and artistic excellence, has been lauded as
“hauntingly beautiful” (Los Angeles Times), “astonishingly
polished” (Performances Magazine), “extraordinary in its
abilities” (Culture Spot LA), and “one of the world’s foremost
children’s choirs” (Pasadena Star News). Founded in 1986
and led by Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson since 1996,
LACC is celebrating its 30th Anniversary Season. It performs
with such leading organizations as LA Opera, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles
Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena
Symphony and POPS, Calder Quartet, Jacaranda and MUSE/
IQUE. The chorus serves more than 400 children ages 6 to
18 from 50 communities across Los Angeles in six choirs –
Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Young Men’s Ensemble,
Intermediate Choir, Apprentice Choir and Preparatory
Choir – and a First Experiences in Singing program and
First Experiences in Choral Singing Ensemble for ages 6-9.
LACC, recipient of Chorus America’s 2014 Margaret Hillis
Award for Choral Excellence, the nation’s highest choral
honor, has toured North and South America, Africa, China,
Cuba, Australia and Europe. It appears on the Los Angeles
Master Chorale’s critically acclaimed Decca recording A
Good Understanding, and Plácido Domingo’s Deutsche
Grammophon recording Amore Infinito (“Infinite Love”).
The subject of a trilogy of documentaries by Academy Award®winning filmmaker Freida Mock, LACC is featured in the
Academy Award®-nominated Sing!, about a year in the life of
the choir; Sing Opera!, documenting the production of the
LACC-commissioned family opera Keepers of the Night; and
Sing China!, chronicling its groundbreaking tour to China
prior to the Beijing Olympics. LACC has performed with
John Mayer on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” and was featured
on PBS’s “Great Performances,” BBC Radio and Public Radio
International’s nationally syndicated show “From the Top,”
among other credits.
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OUR CONDUCTORS
Anne Tomlinson
Artistic Director
Mandy Brigham
Associate Artistic Director
Diana Landis
Apprentice Choir Director
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OUR CHORISTERS
INTERMEDIATE CHOIR
Najya Abdi
Zahrah Abdi*
Alejandra Ayala
Gabriela Ayala
Katherine Besch*
Audrey Bland*
Isabella Bonfante
Violet Bretz*
Erin Buchanan*
Leonie Casper*
Maria Chatila*
Selina Cho*
Lucinda Clark*
Sophia Clem-Whiting*
Mateo Coleman
David Contreras
Aiden Correnti
Alianne Crockett*
Thompson Crockett
Aleina Cummings
Joseph David
Sarah Decker*
Claire Denault
Andrew Deschenes
Mwï Epalle*
Anika Erickson*
APPRENTICE CHOIR
Hannah Forster
Kristin Haegelin*
Charlotte Hart
Aria Haver-Hill*
Willa Hawthorne
Clara Henriod
Karina Ho*
Anadelia Hunt*
Eliza Jacobs
Amy Joo*
Clara Kakuk*
Lily Keating
Gwenyth Kim*
Sophie Kim*
Ashlinn Kingston*
Rachel Knell
Kendal Kully*
Madeleine Kwei*
Ruby Lam*
Beckett Ledahl
Sophie Lin*
Rachel Loh*
Charles Luke
Micah Luna
Maggie MacKenzie
Lars Martin
Gracie Modean
Hunter Modean
Amelia Monsour
Liana Morrissey*
Kelsey Mumford*
Angeline Nim
Mia Patzakis*
Shelby Perez*
Bianca Ramirez
Anya Raygor*
Sofia Roberts
Joseph Sanok
Isabella Sawoski
Amelia Seropian
Maya Silverman*
Madison Spitzer
Brandon Takahashi
Elise Tervalon*
Carmela VargasvonBreymann
Caitlin Wu*
Jessica Yang*
Mateo Ahmad
Jemma Ancui Lawler
Victoria Barry
Amelie Besch
Andrew Bigelow
Ian Bogue
Elisa Booth
Finn Brakeley
Sydney Brakeley
Hannah Cahalan
Taryn Chadwick
Natalie Chan
Sean Chan
Nitya Chawla
Isabel Cucchiaro
Anne-Elizabeth Debreu
Rachel DeMerit
Lauren DuBria
T. Quinn Fagan
Atziri Fernandez
Finley Flanagan
Anna Fratto
Sophi Gilbert
Sophia Goretsky
Cathryn Guthrie
Alejandra Hampton
Mariacatherine Hampton
Aidan Helgeson
Nikki Hensley
Sara Hightower
Eileen Jung
Dahlia Kasson
Ian Kim
Lola Kim
Kennedy King
Joshua Lee
Joshua Li
Phoebe Li
Ryan Liddy
Emily Manookian
Natalia Mathias
Caius McGlothlin
Gavon Muraoka
Esme Nix
Charlotte O’Brien
Aidan O’Connor
Clara Pierce
Ethan Ramillano
Elena Ruiz
Esme Salzman
Alina Sanok
Mary-Katherine Seley
Leah Taylor
Brendan Terry
Emma Tio
Vivian Tullis
Dove Williams
Michelle Wong
Lyric Woo
Rachel Yang
Olivia Yochim
Anna Yoo
Ty Young
Ava Zhang
*Advanced Intermediate Choir
Girls’ Ensemble
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OUR ARTISTIC GOALS
Preparatory Choir
Preparatory Choir introduces singers to the joy of expressive singing in an ensemble. It emphasizes education and development, with 2-3 presentations a season for family and friends.
Preparatory Choir introduces singers to:
• Bel canto vocal production with emphasis
on breathing and breath management
o Vocal freedom and development of ease in head voice
o Vowel shaping and placement
o Development of tone with beauty of color from middle C to E (10th higher)
• Choral singing facility including blend and
unification of vowels
• Effective communication of text
• Development of identity as an ensemble
and esprit de corps
• Choral rehearsal and performance decorum
• Listening skills to develop fine intonation
• One to two additional languages
• Beginning musicianship skills
REPERTOIRE
Includes unison masterworks, arts songs, folk songs, and rounds
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OUR ARTISTIC GOALS
Apprentice Choir
Apprentice Choir seeks to sustain and nurture the joy of expressive singing in an ensemble.
It places emphasis on education and development, with opportunities to perform in LACC
self-produced and community outreach concerts.
Apprentice Choir seeks to develop:
REPERTOIRE
• Beautiful head tone based on bel canto
technique adapted for ages 9-12
• Acute choral listening skills focusing on
beautiful choral blend
• Comfort in an expanded range: middle
C to F (11th higher)
• Choral rehearsal decorum and
professional performance decorum
• Acute pitch sense
• Confidence and poise among members
of the ensemble
• Resonant vowels & communicative
consonant production
• Phrasing, text sensitivity, some dynamic
contrast
Apprentice Choir will support:
• Musicianship skills development
• Individual vocal development
• Esprit de corps
• Parental understanding and support for
objectives
• Selected to build vocal and choral
skills for this stage of development
• Selected from the breadth of
the Western canon, both sacred
and secular; authentic global
folk repertoire; American folk
songs; gospel and jazz; newly
commissioned works for LACC
• Includes 2-3 languages in the fall
and 3 in the spring (fall preferably
Latin, Italian)
• Emphasis on fine unison singing;
some 2-part
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OUR ARTISTIC GOALS
Intermediate Choir
Intermediate Choir seeks to sustain and nurture the joy of expressive singing in an ensemble.
It places emphasis on education and development with increased opportunities to perform in
LACC self-produced concerts and a limited number of performances with artistic partners.
Intermediate Choir seeks to develop
and secure:
• Beautiful head tone based on bel canto
technique adapted for ages 10-16,
expanding the color of the voice adding
some chest resonance
• Comfort in an expanded range: A below
middle C to A two octaves higher
• Fine intonation
• Resonant, unified vowels and
communicative, stylistically sensitive
consonant production
Building on the foundation from
Apprentice Choir, Intermediate Choir
seeks to continue to develop:
Intermediate Choir will support:
• Phrasing, text sensitivity, and expanded
dynamic contrast
• Individual vocal development, encouraging each unique voice
• Acute choral listening skills focusing on
beautiful choral blend and balance of
parts
REPERTOIRE
• Choral rehearsal decorum and
professional rehearsal decorum
• Confidence and poise among members
of the ensemble
• Esprit de corps
• Parental understanding and support for
objectives
• Musicianship skills development
• Selected to build vocal and choral skills
for this stage of development
• Selected from breadth of Western canon,
both sacred and secular; authentic global
folk repertoire; American folk songs;
gospel and jazz; newly commissioned
works for LACC
• Includes 3-4 languages in spring and fall
• Continued emphasis on fine unison
singing; 2- and 3-part singing
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VOCAL RANGES
The vocal ranges shown in Examples 3.9-3.14 are designed for
consideration when choosing song literature for the grades indicated.
The tessituras given are the comfort zones in which the majority of
pitches should be written. These ranges and tessituras do not follow
the trend of lowering song ranges. Rather, the limited vocal range
in the primary grades is gradually raised and lowered until a full two
ocataves is used in the sixth grade. This is, of course, based upon the
assumption that the three-reigster concept and the necessary vocal
techniques are taught in order to permit students to learn to sing an
ever-expanding range throughout the elementary grades.
From Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth H. Phillips, p. 59-60
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WHERE TO BEGIN WITH
THE YOUNGEST SINGERS
Identify your goals and use them as the basis of all that you do
Choristers will
Develop an elementary
understanding of posture and
breathing
Become comfortable in head
voice
Understand a simple model for
vocal production:
Develop understanding of
vowel formation
breath, space, aim
(Wendy Caldwell)
“Good posture, proper breath support, and pure
vowel sounds are the fundamentals upon which a
beautiful choral tone is built.”
-Jean Bartle
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WHERE TO BEGIN WITH
THE YOUNGEST SINGERS
Strategies for working toward goals
Organization: develop a
routine that ensures that
choristers will be ready to
work and learn
Structure a warm-up
that addresses goals and
includes
• stretching
• posture
• breathing/breath
connection
• phonation (head voice)
• vocalization
• vowels
• tuning
Select repertoire with
your goals in mind that
will engage choristers and
contribute to their vocal
development
• see Repertoire Selection
• Have a few rounds
that you use throughout the season/year
• Choose a few more
pieces than you need;
allows flexibility to see
what works well
Encourage careful
listening
Begin using solfege with
youngest singers
Encourage choristers to engage with text
Take time to discuss
text; give choristers the
opportunity to contribute
and discuss their ideas
We’re telling a story - what How will your facial
words would you use to
expression be instrumental
describe the feelings this
in telling the story?
story evokes?
Use older singers as mentors
Be flexible and keep it moving! Have fun!
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THE UNCERTAIN SINGER
INTRODUCTION
Definition of The Uncertain Singer
Can every child learn to sing in tune?
REASONS FOR INABILITY TO MATCH PITCH
Inexperience and lack of exposure
Inattentive to pitch - ability to listen,
focus on pitch has not been developed
Lack of readiness, maturity - both innate
and learned
Poor modeling, uncertainty of who to
emulate, how, what is appropriate
Physiological
Gender bias
• Impaired hearing
• Vocal damage
Coordination
Lack of motivation and interest
• Coordinate what they hear with the
ability to reproduce those sounds
accurately
• Child may be able to match pitch on a
neutral syllable or vocalise, but unable to
incorporate text
• Stimulating, positive, safe environment
• Energy high, activities interesting
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THE UNCERTAIN SINGER
SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES
Start Young
• Provide many opportunites to explore the various ways
to use the voice
• Devote a few moments to matching pitch each time you
see the children
• Give children many opportunites to vocalise or sing
individually, in pairs, in small groups, adding one at a
time
• Employ many opportunites to listen to each other,
encourage one another, build camaraderie as singers
• Demonstrate the difference between singing voice and
speaking voice
• Talk about seeking what is beautiful. Identify and
encourage something beautifully done when you observe
it (posture, a sound, etc.)
• Seize the teachable moment! Be flexible.
Older Children
• Again, provide many opportunites to sing individually, in
pairs (with another student or with you), in small groups
• Work to establish an environment in which it is safe to
try; teach that trying is part of the learning experience
• Work with small groups frequently. Use this time to
practice listening and matching. Give them opportunities
to evaluate.
• Find or create informal opportunities to validate,
encourage, build camaraderie as often as possible
• Set aside time to work individually with interested
students
• Assign a child “homework”: to experiment with and
become comfortable in the upper part of voice
• Assign a “buddy” who is a confident singer to work with
a child when you’re not there
• Do much singing without the piano
• Use your imagination, experiment, have fun!
IDEAS
for managing uncertain singers in various choral situations
• Determine your philosophy and how you’ll work within it
• Practice times
• Seating
• Waiting list - helps determine who is determined!
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DEVELOPING MUSICAL INDEPENDENCE
The more the merrier, but less connected
GOAL
To keep each singer constantly committed to learning
To keep each singer constantly assessing self and choir
TONE OF THE REHEARSAL
Process towards greater beauty
Acceptance of each person’s ability
Encouragement of each person’s gift
Spirit of always growing and developing our skills
Build confidence while developing a community of trust and sensitivity
PROCEDURES
Rhythmic score learning
• All or one clap
• Half the choir claps every other measure
• Row by row
• Make up groups from color of clothes, hair
color, eye color, dog lovers, cat lovers, etc.
• Isolate harder passages and have a chorister
prepared to teach others
• Have pianist play both ways-which is correct?
• Every other measure silent
• Clap with no conductor-they are responsible
to keep the beat
Note Learning
• Down the row solfege syllables written in score
• Identify easier passages and ask for volunteer
• Allow for failure-compliment what was correct.
• Ask group if correct: if so, applause; if not,
who could do it, then those two people
sing it together
• Solo volunteers
• Small group volunteers; then add a few more
• Boys, girls
• By grade
• Limited use of the piano
Part-singing
• Sectional rehearsals
• Small group rehearsals
• Student-led sectional rehearsals by section
leaders
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22 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL REHEARSALS*
Dr. Sharon J. Paul, Robert M. Trotter Chair of Music, Director of Choral Activites, University of Oregon
Look at the performers when giving instructions
and corrections, not at the music stand. Look at
your singers while they are singing for these most
common physical signs of problems: Poor posture,
tension in jaw, tension in tongue, tension in lips,
clavicular breathing, singing with absolutely
no expression, wrinkled forehead, bulging neck
muscles or tendons, flushed face.
Eye contact will help you know if your singers are
lost or understanding you. Always use your eyes
in rehearsal - visual cues can tell you about wrong
notes, breathing, distractions, etc.
Know when you stop, exactly what you are going
to say and where you will start again. Don’t fumble
through score.
Don’t give long instructions or corrections while
the choir is singing.
Give instructions from general to specific: “Page
5, second system, third measure, first beat,
sopranos...” Teach your singers to do the same
when they ask questions.
In announcing where to resume, take them with
you: “Count with me after letter G, one, two,
three, etc.”
When you ask a choir to repeat/rehearse a few
measures again, be sure to tell them why and give
them a goal to acheive.
Repetition with variation is a key to successful
rehearsing. Keep everyone busy all of the time.
Pace quickly and expect your singers to follow the
logic of your work.
Work from positive reinforcement as much as
possible.
Allow for variety and spontaneity into your
rehearsal. Have a rehearsal plan but be flexible.
Discover your own nervous habits and avoid
them.
Rehearse instead of talking and don’t give too
much information at one time. Reinforce small
concepts.
General rule is to go from the known to the
unknown and leave the rehearsal with a positive
feeling.
Set up basic rehearsal procedures to which your
singers are expected to respond in every rehearsal:
pencil, prompt, etc.
Encourage your performers to respond more
to your physical gestures than to your verbal
instructions. Try leading large portions of your
rehearsal without speaking at all, or with minimal
verbal instruction.
Where much is demanded much is achieved.
Expect an exciting rehearsal.
Energy! Your choir will mirror your energy and
attitude.
Don’t mouth the words all of the time.
Vary your environment: change standing
positions, who stands before the choir, stand in
a circle, try a stairwell, different rows come out
front to listen, front row becomes back row,
spread way out, etc.
Vary your rehearsal approach - don’t alwyas start
from the beginning of the piece and work through
to the end.
Teach the ensemble to trust the prepartory gesture.
Trust your choir!
*Used with permission. Excerpted from upcoming publication
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REPERTOIRE SELECTION
PHILOSOPHY
Each work to be sung will be worthy of the children. The text and musical
composition will develop children’s understanding of life, offering vital, creative ways in which to express truths. Masterworks, folksongs, spirituals, jazz,
and gospel works will enhance the singers’ understanding with artistic and
emotional integrity.
TEXT
• Only the best will do!
• Last a lifetime
• Sung in original language when
possible
KNOWING YOUR ENSEMBLE
• Balance of difficulty levels
• Build on strengths-strengthen
weaknesses
MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
• Finely crafted
• Wedded to text
• Interesting - rhythmically,
harmonically, melodically
INNOVATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS
BALANCING YOUR CURRICULUM
Opportunity to:
• teach vocal development
• teach choral skills
• teach global understanding
• teach (music) history
• express a variety of emotions
EDUCATING YOUR LISTENER/
BALANCING YOUR PROGRAM
• Thematic program
• Program notes
• Spoken comments
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REPERTOIRE SELECTION CHART
Composer
Title
Season
Period
Key
Meter
Tempo
Language
Instruments/Difficulty
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REPERTOIRE LIST
Preparatory Choir (2011-2016)
2015–2016 SEASON
2014–2015 SEASON
2013–2014 SEASON
2012–2013 SEASON
2011–2012 SEASON
An Acre of Land
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Autumn Song
Traditional
Allein Gott from Two German Chorales
Nikolaus Decius
Andrew Mine, Jasper Mine
Moravian Carol, arr. Phyllis Tate
Allein Gott from Two German Chorales
arr. Rebecca te Velde
Andrew Mine, Jasper Mine
Moravian Carol, arr. Phyllis Tate
Andrew Mine, Jasper Mine
Moravian Carol, arr. Phyllis Tate
Alleluia
18th century anon. Bambalele Traditional South African Xhosa Song
Birds are Singing
Eleanor Daley
Autumn Song
Traditional
El Quelele California Folksong
Birds are Singing
Eleanor Daley
Begone, Dull Care from Friday Afternoons
Benjamin Britten
Dormi, Dormi
Italian Carol, arr. Mary Goetze
Begone, Dull Care from Friday Afternoons
Benjamin Britten
Goin’ to Boston American Folksong, arr. McRae
Come with Hearts and Voices Sounding
J.S. Bach
Come Worship God this Holy Day
Michael Bedford
Dowidzenia
Andrea Schafer
Birds are Singing
Eleanor Daley
I’s the B’ye
Newfoundland Folksong, arr. McRae
Conditur Kirie
Pammelia 1609
Dowidzenia
Andrea Schafer
J’aime La Galette
French Folksong, arr. Boshkoff
The Cuckoo
Charles V. Stanford
La Paloma se Fue
Puerto Rican Folksong, arr. Jimenez
The Cricket
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Ferry Me Across the Water
Lyn Williams, text Christina Rosetti
La Paloma Se Fue
Puerto Rican Folksong, arr. Jimenez
La Paloma se Fue
Puerto Rican Folksong, arr. Jimenez
Lachend Cesar Bresgen
Derrie Ding, Ding, Dasson
Melismata 1611
La Paloma se Fue
Puerto Rican Folksong, arr. Jimenez
Offertory for Pentecost
Robert Hobby
Lachend
Cesar Bresgen
The Pasture
Daniel Kallman
The Echo Child Randall Thompson
Lachend
Cesar Bresgen
Pie Jesu Tom Shelton
Land of the Silver Birch
Canadian Folksong, arr. Don Razey
To Music
German Chorale, arr. Brigham
Fais do-do
French Folksong
Little Boats
Irish Melody, arr. Herbert Hughes
Some One Came Knocking
Randall Thompson
Lullaby, Oh Lullaby!
Gerald Finzi
Welcome Here
arr. Robert Hugh
La cloche
French Round
Marienwurmchen
German Folksong, arr. Mary Goetze
The Cuckoo German Song; arr. Charles V. Stanford
Pie Jesu
Tom Shelton
The Wind B. Wayne Bisbee
Lachend
Cesar Bresgen
My Heart Rejoices in the Lord
John Homan
Vine and Fig Tree
Israeli round
S’vi von
Traditional Chanukah Song
Offertory for Pentacost Robert Hobby
Long Ago in Bethlehem
Moravian Carol, arr. Phyllis Tate
The Path to the Moon
Eric Thiman, text Madeline Thomas
To Music
Betty Bertaux
Our Gallant Ship
Susan Brumfield
A New Year Caro from Friday Afternoons Benjamin Britten
Provatakia
Greek Folksong
You Shall Have a Song Harriet Ziegenhals
Písnicka o vrabci Petr Eben
Une Poule Blanche
French Children’s Song,
arr. Sheila Donahue
Shalom, Chaverim
Israeli Round
Some One Randall Thompson
There was a Man of Newington from
Friday Afternoons
Benjamin Britten
To Music
German Chorale, arr. Brigham
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REPERTOIRE LIST
Apprentice Choir (2011-2016)
2015–2016 SEASON
2014–2015 SEASON
2013–2014 SEASON
2012–2013 SEASON
2011–2012 SEASON
Amen Shem Nora
Shephardic Song
A La Puerta del Cielo
arr. Melissa Roth
Be we Merry in this Feast
William Mathias
The Angel Gabriel
Basque Carol, arr. John Howell
Amavolovolo
Traditional Zulu, arr. de Beer
All Glory Be to God on High from
Two German Chorales
Nikolaus Decius
An den Mond
Franz Schubert
The Birds
Benjamin Britten
Al Shlosha D’Varim (combined)
Alan Naplan
Art Thou Troubled?
G.F. Handel
Bee! I’m Expecting You
Emma Lou Diemer
The Cuckoo Carol
Edmund Walters
Ave Maria
Gabriel Fauré
The Birds
Eleanor Daley
A Christmas Lullaby
Nick Strimple
Einini
Gaelic Folk Song
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Janet Galván
Bist du Bei Mir
J. S. Bach
A Cuckoo Flew Out of the Wood
B. Wayne Bisbee
Friendship Song
Czech Canon, arr. Rao
Friday Afternoons
Benjamin Britten
Ca’ The Yowes
Scottish Folksong, arr. Mary Goetze
Here’s To Song
Allister MacGillavray
The Gnat’s Wedding from
Two Folksongs from Terezin
ed. Nick Strimple
Begone, Dull Care from Friday Afternoons
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Janet Galván
Cuckoo
El Noi de la Mare
Catalonian Carol
Fuyu No Uta
Japanese Folksong, arr. Rachel Stenson
Ferry Me Across the Water
Lyn Williams
A Great Big Sea
Newfoundland Folksong arr. Lori Anne Dolloff
He Came Down
Traditional Cameroon, arr. Grundahl
Here’s to Song
Allister MacGillavray
I Saw Three Ship
English Carol, arr. Craig Curry
Hine Ma Tov
Allan Naplan
I Will Bring You Brooches
Ruth Boshkoff
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata #147
J.S. Bach
L’dor vador
Meir Finkelstein, arr. Thompson
Seal Lullaby
Ruth Boshkoff
My Heart’s in the Highlands
B. Wayne Bisbee
Sing We Joy
attributed to King Henry VIII
Shalom, Friends
Lee Kessleman
Singabahambayo
South African Freedom Song
Snih
Peter Eben
Solstice
Randal Thompson
Spirits Douglas Beam
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Traditional French Carol
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Janet Galván
Fuyu no uta
Japanese Folksong, arr. Rachel Stenson
Hallelu
Stephen Paulus
I Will Bring You Brooches
Ruth Boshkoff
Jubilate Deo
Michael Praetorius, arr. Doreen Rao
Kuwa Furaha
Jim Papoulis
Menina Me Da Sua Mão
Brazilian Folksong, arr. Brad and Lucy Green
Panis Angelicus
Caesar Franck
Path to the Moon
Eric Thiman
Personent Hodie from Dancing Day
John Rutter
Sail Away
Malcolm Dalglish
Shojojee
Japanese Folksong, arr. B. Wayne Bisbee
Stopping By Woods
Vera Kistler, text Robert Frost
I Heard a Bird Sing David Montoya
Jesus bleibet meine Freude
J.S. Bach
L’dor vador
Finkelstein, arr. Thompson
Mary’s Little Boy Child
Jester Hairston, arr. Shields
The Merry, Merry Heart
Stephen Foster, arr. Aamot
Now I Walk in Beauty
Cherokee Hymn
Pie Jesu from Requiem Mass
Gabriel Fauré
The Vowel Owl (LACC commission)
Peter Knell
Wake Every Breath
William Billings
When All the World is Full of Snow
David Montoya
You Shall Have a Song
Harriet Ziegenhals
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Have You Seen a White Lily Grow?
anon., text by Ben Jonson
I’m Gonna’ Wait on the Lord
Spiritual, arr. Dandridge/Tomlinson
Joulupuu on Rakennettu
Finnish Carol, arr. Charles Collins
L’chi lach
Friedman/Ramos
Le Papillion
E. Chaussons
Little Lamb from The Mass for Children
John Rutter
Marienwürmchen
Johannes Brahms
Písnicka o vrabci Peter Eben
Sandmännchen
Johannes Brahms
Tanzun und Springen
Hans Leo Hassler
The Singers
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Spring
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Welcome Yule!
Eric Gritton
Benjamin Britten
Three Domincan Folksongs
Francisco Nuñez
To Music
arr. Bertaux/Brigham
To Music
German Chorale, arr. Brigham
Velvet Shoes
Randall Thompson
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Vera Kistler
Sumer is i’cumin in
Traditional English round
To Music
Betty Bertaux
Tum Balalaika
arr. Jay Broeker
There Really be a Morning?
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REPERTOIRE LIST
Intermediate Choir (2011-2016)
2015–2016 SEASON
2014–2015 SEASON
2013–2014 SEASON
2012–2013 SEASON
2011–2012 SEASON
A la Claire Fontaine
French-Canadian Folksong, arr. Eleanor Daley
Be Like the Bird
Abbie Betinis
A la Claire Fontaine
French-Canadian Folksong, arr. Eleanor Daley
Ain’t a That Good News
Spiritual, arr. Mark Patterson
Amavolovolo
Traditional Zulu, arr. de Beer
Art Thou Troubled
George F.Handel
The Boatmen’s Dance
arr. Copland Be we Merry in this Feast
William Mathias
Al Shlosha D’Varim
Alan Naplan
Benedictus
Jacobus Gallus
Be Like the Bird Abbie Betinis
Carol of the Field Mice
Brian Holmes
The Corn Song
Gustav von Holst
Amavolovolo
Traditional Zulu, arr. de Beer
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Traditional French Carol, arr. Schultz
Amen Shem Nora
Shephardic Song
Chauntecleere
David Brunner
Cornish Wassail
English trad., arr. Bertaux
Canticle to the Spirit
EleanorDaley
Canticle to the Spirit
Eleanor Daley
Bashana Haba’a
Nurit Hirsh
Cry Out with Joy
Christopher Walker
Corpus Christi Carol
Benjamin Britten
Here’s to Song
Allister MacGillavray
The Birds
Eleanor Daley
Here’s to Song
Allister MacGillavray
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Ralph Vaughan Williams
In Thee is Gladness fromTwo German Chorales
Giovanni Gastoldi, arr. Rebecca te Velde
Bist du bei mir
J.S. Bach
Hine Ma Tov
Neil Ginsberg
I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
Paul Bouman
Mayim
E. Amiran, arr. Shields
Every Time I feel the Spirit
Reginald Unterseher
Ich Jauchze, Duet from Cantata No. 15
J.S. Bach I’m Goin’ Up A Yonder
Walter Hawkins
Nova! Nova!
15th c. English Carol
In Thee is Gladness fromTwo German Chorales
Giovanni Gastoldi, arr. Rebecca te Velde
La Violette
Acadian Folksong arr. Brumfield
I’m Gonna Wait on the Lord
Spiritual, arr. Dandridge
Oh, What a Beautiful City
Spiritual, arr. Wagner
Kling GlÖckchen
Traditional German Carol, arr. Theron Kirk
Now I Walk in Beauty
Cherokee Hymn
Ich Jauchze, Duet from Cantata No. 15
J.S. Bach Oro Mo Bhaidin
Irish Folksong, arr. Boshkoff
Laudamus te
Antoinio Vivaldi
O Magnum Mysterium
I. Antognini
La Bonne Nouvelle
French Carol, arr. Robert Sieving
Quittez, Pasteurs
French Carol, arr. Bacon
Personent Hodie from Dancing Day
John Rutter
L’dor vador
Finkelstein, arr. Thompson
Non Nobis, Domine
William Byrd
Revecy venir du printemp
Claude Le Jeune
Sail Away
Malcolm Dalglish
Mary’s Little Boy Child
Jester Hairston, arr. Shields
Personent Hodie
arr. Bertaux
Sing We Joy
attributed to King Henry VIII
Tervetuloa
Finnish Folksong
Rejoice, My Friend
19th c. American tune, arr. Bertaux
Sesere Eeye
Traditional Australian Song
Singabahambayo
South African Freedom Song
Thula Klizeo
Josepht Shabalala, arr. Leanne Macdonnel
This Little Light of Mine
arr. Harris
Sing dem Herrn
Michael Praetorius
Spirits Douglas Beam
Wake Every Breath
William Billings
Under the Greenwood Tree
Sir David Willcocks, text Shakespeare
The Dark Softly Falling
Austrian Carol, arr. Ziegenhals
Tanzen und Springen
Hans Leo Hassler
Three Quotes by Mark Twain
Andrea Ramsey
The Dark Softly Falling
arr. Ziegenhals
Ej, Lasko, Lasko
Moravian Folksong arr. Cerny
El Noi de la Mare
Catalonian Carol
Fancie
Benjamin Britten
To Music
German Chorale, arr. Brigham
Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
Michael Praetorius
He Came Down
Traditional Cameroon, arr. Grundahl
In Thee is Gladness from Two German Chorales
Giovanni Gastoldi, arr. te Velde
L’dor vador
Meir Finkelstein, arr. Thompson
La Violette
Acadian Folk Song, arr. Brumfield
Lulle, Lullay Appalachian Carol, Niles
Non Nobis, Domine
William Byrd
Nous n’irons plus au bois French Folk Song, arr. Emerson
O Praise Him!
William Krape
Orpheus with his Lute Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sing Dem Herrn
Praetorius, arr. Walter DePue
Spirits Douglas Beam
Sumer is i’cumin in
Traditional English round
Vine and Fig Tree
Round
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SUGGESTED RESOURCES
for Conductors and Teachers of Children’s Choirs
A Helen Kemp Portrait DVD
Chorister’s Guild
CGDVD1
Cantabile
A Manual about Beautiful Singing for Singers,
Teachers of Singing, and Choral Directors
Katharine Rundus
Pavane Publishing
2009
ISBN 978-1-934596-0306
Sound Advice
Jean Ashworth Bartle
Oxford Press
2003
ISBN 0-19-514178-4
Teaching Kids to Sing
Kenneth H Phillips
Schirmer Books
1992
ISBN 0-02-871795-3
Educating Young Singers
A Choral Resource for Teacher-Conductors
Mary Goetze, Angela Broeker, Ruth Boshkoff
Mj Associates
2009
ISBN 978-0-9791159-5-0
The Structures and Movement of Breathing
A Primer for Choirs and Choruses
Barbara Conable
GIA Publications, Inc.
2000
ISBN 1-57999-099-1
Innocent Sounds
Building Choral Tone and Artistry in Your Children’s Choir
Marie Stultz
Morningstar Music Publishers
1999
ISBN 0-944529-30-5
Vocal Wisdom
G. B. Lamperti
Transcribed by William Earl Brown
Taplinger Publishing Co.
1931
ISBN 0-8008-8023-4 paper
Lifeline for Children’s Choir Directors
Jean Ashworth Bartle
Gordon V Thompson Music
1988
ISBN 0-7715-7250-6
We Will Sing!
Doreen Rao
Boosey and Hawkes
1993
ISBN 0-0913932-50-7
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
This is an endless resource, which can offer wonderful
models, ideas, and distract you from your work!
The Indianapolis Children’s Chorus has a number of
videos demonstrating their warmups and rehearsal
techniques.
DICTION RESOURCES
International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
Joan Wall
Pst…Inc
1989
ISBN 1-877761-50-8
Diction for Singers
Joan Wall
Pst…Inc
1990
ISBN 1-877761-51-6
The Singers Manual of English Diction
Madeleine Marshall
Schirmer Books
1953
ISBN 0-02-871100-9
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Mahler Symphony No. 3
MASTERCLASS: SHUFFLE Concert
La Bohème
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
March 3, 4, & 5, 2016 | 8 PM
April 2, 2016 | 4 PM
May 14, 19, 25, & 28, 2016 | 7:30 PM
March 6 , 2016 | 2 PM
Info: lachildrenschorus.org
May 22, 2016 | 2 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Opera
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Tickets: laphil.com
Tickets: laopera.com
Gala Bel Canto
30th Anniversary Season Spring Concert
LACC Auditions
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
First United Methodist Church
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Honoring John Williams, Eileen and Ken
May 7, 2016 | 7 PM
June 2-5, 2016 | By Appointment
Leech, Rebecca Thompson
Tickets: lachildrenschorus.org/spring
Treble Choirs Auditions; Ages 8-12
March 16, 2016 | 6 PM
Info: lachildrenschorus.org/audition
Info: galabelcanto.com
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