Altos - Listen to or download practice tracks
Practice tracks for Altos - Spring 2024
The Program for the WVC’s Spring 2024 Season
(Not in concert order)
Mass in the Time of War Franz Joseph Haydn
Old-Time Gospel Medley traditional, arr. by Ron De Fesi
Ride the Chariot arr. by William H. Smith
Porgy and Bess George Gershwin, arr. by Clay Warnick
Spiritual Medley arr. by Ron De Fesi
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, arr. by Ron De Fesi
Deep River arr. by Ron De Fesi
My Man's Gone Now George Gershwin, arr. by R. De Fesi
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Listen and sing along to these practice tracks:
Note: there are three tracks for Hallelujah: the track labeled "Alto Only" plays only the alto line of the song. This is good for leaning the notes as well as practicing the rhythms in this line. The track labeled "Alto" plays all four voices and the accompaniment, but with the alto line emphasized over the other lines. The track labeled "All Parts" plays the four voice tracks and accompaniment with no emphasized lines.
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Click here to sing along with YouTube videos of the song including (new) a video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Haydn Paukenmesse in a grand Bavarian abbey!
Click here to sing along to WVC performances of Porgy and Bess Medley from 2001 and from 2009 of Haydn's Mass in the Time of War and Ride the Chariot performed by the sopranos and altos at WVC's Spring 1997 Concert.
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Click on the movement title in the box below to listen to or download a practice track to play on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or make your own CDs: