Practice | RiverChor

Rehearsal Schedule for Spring 2023
Mondays, 7-9pm Janaury 16 – April 24, in the Great Hall at 1st Presbyterian Church.
Saturday, April 29, 9-11am, at Zion Lutheran Church for final rehearsal.
Sunday, April 30, Call time is 1:00 pm, Concert is at 2:00 pm at Zion

Tips for practicing Choral Music on your own: https://doreenfryling.org/2015/09/15/practicing-choral-music-ten-ideas-for-the-singer-who-doesnt-think-they-can-practice-on-their-own/

Click the links to go to the YouTube Video for the song. Sometimes there are ads, if it really bothers you, there are numerous adblocking plugins for desktop, and browser apps for mobile.

The full playlist is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpneJsRvychR2KeUuv0FE0KDOrhz69P5q (The Billings and Barber will play the whole thing, so note the times to start).

You can change the speed on YouTube videos and it does not change the pitch. Click the Gear icon on the video, select speed, and you can pull it down to 75% or 50% to work out tricky bits.

David’s Lamentation – William Billings

Sol-Fa version

Start at 2:55

David’s Lamentation Parts Tracks (note, these repeat many more times than we will, hence the ‘could be a virus’ warning because the files are big. )
Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/19f_H297FAoTCGr5UXEeGlpffeuIUykcU/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mrFko7hJKVa64LzTh-677SPUF6AFP0sl/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bA_oL1OJSjBuKPqqyySihQe0f17DC2Xe/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5a3GMVFEMxgoqB6j4c_mvd5QBj5y1Ug/view?usp=sharing

Anthony O’Daly – Samuel Barber

Start at 2:26

Anthony O Daly Parts Tracks
Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N35Katyi2qfypPt_Amc3EqFpKQ19yHPA/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybgglJxKnqjAEGFREH1FFHsO5T7fBhl5/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/14UNwjSVqeJTvRdWrprH62WyffYyzNpYl/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JbhRYXX-tLgEaPQBE2bevy18IEpZmIfe/view?usp=sharing

Regina Coeli (KV 276) – W. A. Mozart

Regina Coeli Parts Tracks
Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O758ch4bfdo1G-CrLvvFa5hG-uiiUkwf/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T0BhYSNb1lyymyLNo8_yfZhkQYO1YvIW/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/14SfRLXuB2YKYMw85bVIXmhjQXPV0N2o6/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfmNkx06-x3zYpQfifCI9No__QlivpNV/view?usp=sharing

You may prefer the format on CyberBass, you can change the speed and create loops if you want to hear a particular section over again. Please note that there are TWO Regina Coelis on that page, you want the one at the bottom of the page beneath the play control area, K276. (See screenshot above.) https://www.cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Mozart_W_A/mozart_KV127_regina_coeli.htm

Regina Coeli
Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia. For He whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia.
[Iam] Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. [Now] has risen, as He said, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia.

The Road Home – Stephen Paulus

The Road Home Parts (Links are now fixed!)
Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tAP7L7SNevnPsiPGFM9h8tO5KYvtqViS/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_vnraswpr7a61B-anXpYLPFcfsOrvjDK/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssYlSdHIDJsr8bCsBM_0V9FnD7_N_4YR/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTBJ8zhakSoMf6hhAr7NxSLL-vSZB1Ei/view?usp=sharing
Soprano SOLO w/vs 3 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H2dH9xLVq4XnESP2CqbumFjA6Q5QQcL/view?usp=sharing

Lamentations of Jeremiah – Z. Randall Stroope

Lamentations of Jeremiah Parts Tracks
Soprano 1 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ltTaxSmmFMiPsx-eI7v-ojUWsq5Yv5cA/view?usp=sharing
Soprano 2 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uFrDWNzp7FdNkhZ8mQHBQOB_61rwrxfK/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ykfx8fNc777s513jYUygGw9I9UBmuCEb/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXzrT7fDVWiU4AjK_FVmadpQq1ZDhNXF/view?usp=sharing
Baritone – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_qJ7292gH7Ej0UZdg5qNt87ASJjn3FzW/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XjKphgsVzjk09LhRESVpUz0FDcs3lubr/view?usp=sharing

How Can I Keep From Singing – arr. Taylor Davis

How Can I Keep From Singing Parts Tracks
Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R5lGSHuNbZtooVpN5yIafwVWWyFxTixX/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ySKMifTo_UYZigFlNApq_a6rgFFfD6a_/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YwIUAxOkwLYW_tZFez6pOX26wTu9WAlT/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n9Y0ttBd_TEFizOrbCz_cgU6eihTRvjN/view?usp=sharing

“Saul” by Egil Hovland (1924-2013)

Parts tracks for Saul
Soprano 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11GNk9i90s7aBKzcp_q_156vgI9lcENQe/view?usp=sharing
Soprano 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14zvpm4rU4bgHl3h9T1-mj1dMNKcGDGqV/view?usp=sharing
Alto 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PjOe35PWt8Jo8IrZGibbpqzQFogJ8JtZ/view?usp=sharing
Alto 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13PR8-gI0IZQ80nfjkpoit6lLniff5YuA/view?usp=sharing
Tenor 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NeSV1_eWNNQJMJYEbaFJxMsIbX8URy9I/view?usp=sharing
Tenor 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UNd17bgkpz53Xoci4cWla9TnddYIJuwf/view?usp=sharing
Baritone: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hhXoMo0tBc68LbmlNSh0f4dGPKohXtOT/view?usp=sharing
Bass: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-IXhdj3k9C1QMW0kVd0Q1yaPNbkpR-wK/view?usp=sharing

Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren – Johannes Brahms

Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren Parts Tracks

All – German Pronunciation – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RmRrvjBBShsETf0sG7BoJk5CXXwDWD_J/view?usp=sharing

Soprano – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bje4gDM83K2n9SMCvDoo0b2Mf_pMt-23/view?usp=sharing
Alto – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOphdrR0gfnftydPaDW3_Zq-US6KKxEU/view?usp=sharing
Tenor – https://drive.google.com/file/d/19SXw9jkRv_RuXy5NQGqlt97nc-DKA4Tb/view?usp=sharing
Bass – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3yh9a1OsyzwAxnOFIllY3xcY5MSz3Th/view?usp=sharing

Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauren mit Trauren,
sei stille, wie Gott es fügt,
so sei vergnügt mein Wille!
Was willst du heute sorgen auf morgen?
Der Eine steht allem für,
der gibt auch dir das Deine.
Sei nur in allem Handel ohn Wandel,
steh feste, was Gott beschleußt,
das ist und heißt das Beste.
Amen.

Do not be sorrowful or regretful;
Be calm, as God has ordained,
and thus my will shall be content.
What do you want to worry about from day to day?
There is One who stands above all
who gives you, too, what is yours.
Only be steadfast in all you do,
stand firm; what God has decided,
that is and must be the best.
Amen

Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie by Lead Belly-arr. Robert Jones