Welcome to choir practice!

Copies of the sheet music can be picked up at the rectory during office hours, from the choir area in church after Masses, or you can email Stephanie and she will email scanned copies to you.

Below are the guide tracks with which you can practice your part and eventually record yourself.  When you're ready to record, you will listen to your chosen track with earbuds on one device while you use another device to record yourself. (If you record video, we will use only the audio.) You can either record at home or Stephanie will record you in church.

To schedule a time to record in church, click here.

If recording yourself at home, you will then upload your video or audio file(s) to Stephanie via this link, which will also ask you a couple of simple questions. :)  We will then combine all the recordings into a choir. Magic!

Requests of those recording at home:

• Please make every effort to keep papers silent when recording. Microphones pick up that sound like CRAZY, and it is challenging and sometimes impossible to edit out.
• Record in a quiet place with no fans or breezes. Microphones also LOVE moving air.
• Record at least a few seconds before and after your sung part. (Don't cut off your voice at the beginning or end.)
• Have fun! Don't sweat over little boo-boos that will very likely blend. (The editor has the ability to do minor surgeries if need be.)

We would love to have all recordings submitted by March 22.

UPLOAD RECORDINGS HERE

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HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID, by Dan Schutte
Refrain is in unison; a few sopranos and tenors will add descant / echo after verse 3. We will sing four verses:

Verse 1: All in unison
Verse 2: Men in unison
Verse 3: Ladies in parts (soprano, alto I, alto II)
Verse 4: All -- men in unison, ladies in parts

Click on the links to listen and sing along while recording:

• All voices equal
• Soprano emphasis (with descant on refrain after v. 3) -- Sing with Pam
• Soprano emphasis (without descant -- just stay on melody on refrains) -- Sing with Pam
• Alto I emphasis -- Sing with Anne
• Alto II emphasis -- Sing with Stephanie
• Tenor emphasis (with descant / echo after v. 3) -- Sing with Dave
• Bass emphasis -- Sing with Gary

 

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EASTER ANTHEM, by Anne Herring
We will sing as written. Moves fast with lots of page flipping, so be ready!  :)

Click on the links to listen and sing along while recording:
 

• All voices equal
• Soprano -- Sing with Pam
• Alto -- Sing with Anne
• Tenor -- Sing with Dave
• Bass -- Sing with Gary

 

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MAJESTY, by Jack Hayford
We will sing as written.

Click on the links to listen and sing along while recording:
 

• All voices equal
• Soprano -- Sing with Pam
• Alto -- Sing with Stephanie
• Tenor -- Sing with Dave
• Bass -- Sing with Gary

 

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JESUS IS RISEN TODAY, by Kathleen Demny
Verse 1: All
Refrain 1: All (no descant)
Verse 2: Altos only
Refrain 2: All, with a few sopranos on descant II
Verse 3: Men only
Final refrain (we will not repeat as we have in the past): All, with a few sopranos on descant II and tenors on descant I

Click on the links to listen and sing along while recording:
 

• All parts together
• Soprano (with descant) -- Sing with Pam
• Soprano -- Sing with Pam
• Alto -- Sing with Anne
• Tenor -- Sing with Dave
• Bass -- Sing with Gary

Thank you to all who participated -- 17 of you!