Sopranos - Listen to or download practice tracks
Practice tracks for Sopranos - 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 four tracks for Hallelujah. The track labeled "S1 Only" plays only the 1st soprano line of the song, while "S2 only" plays the 2nd soprano line. These are good for learning the notes as well as practicing the rhythms in the soprano line. The track labeled "Soprano" plays all vocal lines and the accompaniment, but with both soprano lines emphasized over the other lines. The track labeled "All Parts" plays all the vocal tracks and accompaniment with no emphasized lines.
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Click here to sing along with YouTube videos of the songs including (new) a video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Haydn Paukenmesse in a grand Bavarian abbey!
Click here to sing along to a WVC performance 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 download a practice track to play on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or make your own CDs: