Marina Alexander, conductor & composer
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Arcadian notes


​Greetings!
For each concert season, you will find various resources on this site and on this page to assist with our rehearsals, including links to PDFs of scores and audio/video of various works. Yet, most scores and links should now be accessed via the Chorale's Chorus Connection site.

PDFs (if available) are downloadable, and can be printed as you prefer.

Let's keep our joy alive---sing every day!

Marina

Also see these pages for helpful info
Resources
Vocal Warm-Ups

Welcome as Arcadian Chorale rehearses
for our 
Spring 2022 Program,
​
"MUSICAL PASSPORT!"

REPERTORY and RESOURCES for SPRING 2022

All available score PDFs and audio/video links for the pieces listed below
are now available at Arcadian Chorale's

Chorus Connection site.


After logging in, click on MUSIC, and then Spring 2022.

Clicking on each individual piece will display the FILES and LINKS available there.

AUDIO/VIDEO LINKS
REHEARSAL TRACKS -- please NOTE that you can make any video blow go into FULL SCREEN mode by clicking on the diagonal arrow in the lower right corner of the video.
To return to your normal screen, just hit the ESC key on your keyboard.

NOTE that the tempo is SLOWER than indicated in the score, to make it easier for practicing
​(but I kind of like it this way.....)

Swansea Town - arr. Gustav Holst
St. Charles Singers - Jeffrey Hunt, cond.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP4hrnCpzBw

North Dakota State Univ. Concert Choir - Jo Ann Miller, cond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI_h2hG-I8&t=2s​

Erev Shel Shoshanim - arr. Jack Klebanow
Messiah College Concert Choir - Linda Tedford, cond.
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI_h2hG-I8&t=2s
Here's a demo of the pronunciation of the Hebrew text:
INDIVIDUAL REHEARSAL TRACKS
SOPRANO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZJ7DHTGek

ALTO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ymjo9dhNA

TENOR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bpQmvwDfc

BASS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_2-ryhko5E


Artza Alinu - arr. Earlene Rentz
Audio only - NOTE: "Play" button is at bottom left of screen
www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=11198321&type=audio

Tumbalalaika - arr. Marina Alexander
alexander_arr-tumbalalaika.pdf
File Size: 137 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Arirang - arr. Hyo-Won Woo
Dolce Canto and Ansan City Choir - Dr. Park Shin-Hwa, conductor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg-Y-yUGfZQ​

Lovely live performance Suwon City Choir - Min In Ki, cond.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiJSoQ1GLos

Arirang - A full analysis of the piece:
the text, historical background, and the structure of this arrangement
​by Elizabeth Pauly

www.doctorlizmusic.com/mctcchoirs/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Arirang-analysis.pdf

Arirang​ - Pronunciation of Text
Text spoken by AhRam Lee

White Horses - Stephen Leek
National Taiwan Univ. Chorus -
Kuei-Jhu Chen, conductor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=muK6LHOJikA

2009l Taiwan National Youth Choir - 
Stephen Leek, conductor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hON4z-s3xY4

Indian Summer (from South Dakota Shadows) - Jackson Berkey
Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum - Almeda Berkey, Music Director
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QqaObic7KE


South Dakota Shadows was premièred in 1989 as a part of the centennial celebration of the statehood of South Dakota. In keeping with that celebration, all texts chosen for the work were by South Dakota writers, including Charles “Badger” Clark, South Dakota poet laureate. 
Indian Summer, like much of South Dakota Shadows, is set in a romantic choral style reminiscent of many late 19th c. Scandinavian composers. James Livingston's American Shadows CD program notes beautifully describe this work. He writes, "The sudden shifts of [South Dakota's] climate provide more opportunities for Indian Summer than any other region. This little meditation evokes the plains, where light transforms images, and an observer reaches instinctively for a hand. Touch defines the moment. Stone, water, golden sunlight, the sound of a crow draw together in a scene of unique human significance.".


T'Asteri tou Voria (The North Star) - arr. George Tsontakis
Here is a rendition of this song by two unaccompanied voices,
which will help you with pronunciation of the Greek text
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FAYBypVdY

Un Poquito Cantas - arr. Dave & Jean Perry
Video with scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNX162SjQnE

Misirlou - arr. Marina Alexander
Here is one of the very first recordings of Misirlou,
sung by Tetos Dimitriades (recorded 1927 in New York)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW6qGy3RtwY

Garbe Rame - Sheena Phillips
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/garbe-rame-dancing-with-gourds-sheet-music/19534497?aff_id=497843
Live performance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTbyMtA8Ysc

The Wide Dnieper - arr. Marina Alexander
This beautiful Ukrainian folk song is often considered a second national anthem.
NOTE: Once score below starts to play, you can ENLARGE it to FULL SCREEN by clicking on the arrow at the bottom left corner.
​To return to your normal screen, hit the ESCAPE (
ECS) key on your computer keyboard.

El Mar - Andrea Ramsay
Live performance - 
Shadow Creek HS - Poseidon Chorale
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot9urFLM7SE

Live performance - 
St. Mary's International Show Choir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ksYrUWmiVg

Malaika - Fadhilli William Mdawida/arr. Russell Robinson
Audio only - NOTE: "Play" button is at bottom left of screen
www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=11198327&type=audio

 Ederlezi - arr. Sam Burns
Live performance - 
Gurt Lush Choir with St Mary Redcliffe All-Star Orchestra & Youth Choir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtM-C5n_YcQ&list=PLyCbOs7sB3AoCTHjuZgfkF57zIdu-H92O

Loch Lomand - arr. David Lantz III
Audio only - NOTE: "Play" button is at bottom left of screen
www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10047648&type=audio

Live performance - 
Walsh University Chorale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6t_1FCVB_Y

Live performance - 
Mukwonago Area Community Choir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnrc4J2SeM
​

Boat on Tai Lake - arr. Reed Criddle
Audio only, with scrolling score - NOTE: "Play" button is at bottom left of screen
sbmp.com/STM.php?CatalogNumber=1161

For more info, please visit the web sites of Ms. Alexander's ensembles