Work with your singers for a tall, open sound on all of the pieces.
Work for a warm, rounded oo sound.
All Primary singers should sing Part I on "Teach Me Your Way".
On "Everywhere I Go" primaries should take Part II starting at measure 45.
Please have any Junior child that sings the harmony part for any of the anthems sing harmony for all anthems that have a second part:
Part I on "Everywhere I Go"
Part II on "Teach Me Your Way"
Part II on "Walk In The Light"
Part II on "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring"
The part on the lower staff on "Prayer Litany"
For those choirs that learn both parts, please have more singers learn the harmony to compensate for those choirs that will be singing melody only. Also, if possible, please have entire choirs learn the harmony parts so we can have balanced parts at the Festival.
Prayer Litany (Kemp)–Juniors only
End of meas. 4 – breath No breath in 9 – careful of the c on peace
Don’t make it an s – watch director for the c
Measure 21 – marking on ha – tred
Measure 25 – hope Let the music ‘dance’ through this section
Measure 35 – marking on dark – ness
Measure 38 – joy Continue to ‘dance’ expressively
Measure 49 – observe the change in tempo
Careful at 55 where the eighth note maintains the 88 tempo marking
Measure 59 – back to the original tempo
Tempo will pull back at 66
Careful of the diphthong on Joy, measure 68
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) – Juniors only
Please sing the English only.
Make sure that all singers know and understand all of the text
Each four measure phrase will need to rise and fall as a rainbow
Careful of the sixteenth note sections
The piece is not over until the accompaniment reaches the end
Practice standing very still until the end
Walk In The Light (Thomas) – Juniors only
Slight break for the "t" after We’ll walk in the light
Clean consonant action throughout
Both parts are needed at meas. 51
Work for the gospel feel in this piece
Everywhere I Go (Sleeth) – all singers
Phrasing for the main theme is 2 measures (6), 2 measures (8), 3 measures (11)
At measure 20: breath &ndash end of 21, breath &ndash end of 24, carry over at 25/26
Part II: Meas. 45 &ndash continue the same breathing sequence as above
Part I: Meas. 45 &ndash same sequence as above meas 45- 59
Meas. 61: breath middle of 64, middle of 68
No breath end of 70 – carry through 72, breathe in 75
Both parts &ndash carry through 77 to the end
Near/clear/where/Lord, etc. &ndash No r’s &ndash use the uh sound
Night/Sight/I &ndash AH(ee) sound
Text needs clean consonants
This is a prayer &ndash mf marking throughout &ndash let the melodic line be musical
Teach Me Your Way (Shaw) – all singers
Observe breath marks as per the publication
Careful of the R in your and Lord
Clean, articulated consonants throughout
Feel the tempo in ‘one’
He Comes! (Bedford) – Primaries only
Nice tall, open mouths make this a beautiful piece
Watch carefully for the tiny ‘s’at the end of comes
No ‘r’ in Lord
Ho sAHnna – tall AH sound
For Things that I Do Wrong, O Lord (Bedford) – Primaries only