I don't understand why we even bother anymore. There's no hope of ever surpassing the glorious perfection that is "The Awakening". Art has reached its limit. You can all go home now.

@Wizard__OW

7 жыл бұрын

Niq Dzisaljsfdbnla O Fortuna will always be my favorite, but everyone has their own musical opinion. I'm sure there's someone out there who will try to say 90s Rap is better than this. *shrug*

@maryqualls5086

6 жыл бұрын

Niq Dzisaljsfdbnla 😂😂 I only laugh 'cause it's true.

@joshywashy3453

5 жыл бұрын

Nick Dziwanowski I beg to differ, haha.

@bigmike676767

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

Sang this in my choir, an absolutely beautiful piece.

Can we all appreciate their diction when they sing "awake, awake" when they actually complete the word and you hear the k... this is definitely one of my favorite pieces of choral music .

This song reminds me of my choir director and brings me to tears every single time i hear it because the memory of him is so prominent. He made me the man I am today.

@_prestonmarx

8 ай бұрын

Joseph Martin composed this piece in honor of his choir teacher who was murdered the day before a concert. Martin was to be the accompanying as a high schooler. This piece most definitely goes out to finding and holding on to music throughout hardship.

My advanced men's choir got to sing this for our choir competition in my junior year in 2015. It is one of my most treasured songs to this day.

I had the honor of performing this piece in 2007 at high school All State -- under the baton of the author Joseph Martin. A fantastic, very emotional experience, I can tell you that. Without a doubt the most favored memory of my choral career.

this piece is challenging, emotionally and vocally. I sang this in high school In 2005. I'm glad I can listen to it now!!! dream the dream and make the piper play!!!

Beautifully performed! The Cache Valley Men's Chorus (based out of Logan, UT) performed this throughout the '22-'23 season! It was absolutely an audience favorite!

There was a Nebraska Mens choir festival where they got several guys and around 300 men sang this song

My CHS men chorale sang this in 96-97. Man we worked hard that song. Hadn't heard this song in years. Surprised i remembered so many words. Definitely remembered our dynamics and punctuations. Great job!

@noahhewett6294

4 жыл бұрын

what does chs stand for?

The GMCSF(South Florida) is performing this next week... it is by far my favorite of the whole show.

Daniel Solberg is one of the finest accompanists in Atlanta.

I love the blend. From my experience, most choruses have trouble with the mix between first and second tenors, but you guys rocked it.

This song is just absolutely wonderful.. I am currently in a high school a cappella and last april we went to carnegie hall to perform..sadly we didnt do this piece but we did sang a song called jen te le moulin and i think we did good..in my opinion i think the tenor part was a bit off but overall the song is great.

Amazing song!!

My high school choir is doing this now for UIL. Love the awaKE endings. If there is one criticism I can make it would be the choir choir is staccato when doing their consonants. Also that ending was borderline “Broadway style” (I’m not sure if everyone calls it that, but that’s what my choir director calls when you take a breath before the very last note of the song and leave a GAINT break between the second to last and last notes)

Thank you to CuteZeta1920, and the reason we didn't do the SILENT was because someone would always chuckle and ruin it so he decided to just take it all together.

Amazing!

The accompanist looks like Tom Hanks

Where tf are my tenor 1s at

@obi1748

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Rowzee haha Rt

@benji0514

6 жыл бұрын

true

@austingabriel4727

5 жыл бұрын

honestly

@tonyshih1170

4 жыл бұрын

So true

@dominiqueguyton9450

4 жыл бұрын

Im so glad I seen this comment.....i couldnt be the only one to hear that there is no differentiating in parts.....also no difference in the volume of the piece. Dont get me wrong....it sounds beautiful but of what is expected of a high schools mens chorus. Not a bad thing...just it is what it is. Good rich tone tho!

my high school choir was amazing doing this. you all did great. wish we heard more of the high notes..

doing it again this year....yeah ...it takes so much not to laugh at "silent"

Holy I was waiting for that ending for the 1st Tenors on that A, so flat. 😣

its supposed to sound wrong and strange at one point. he was correct the whole time

I know exactly what youre talking about. I sang this at Hanna high during the texas all state choir tryouts. And we tore this piece up. I cant believe this is what Georgia's All state sounds like. Texas district and region choirs could smoke this one lol.

@bigmike676767

2 жыл бұрын

EASILY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ This was the piece that set us apart for tmea at Baytown sterling! One of the people on the committee came to visit us to hear us sing it live.

@GtrMstr977 we did this song at my school it was so much fun :)

add dynamics to it!!

They need more dramatic dynamics. They sound like they are trapped in a box dynamic wise. They need to over emphasize their dynamics to get the full emotional effect of the music. Their consonants and vowel shape is brilliant. Need more bass entrance, a little less tenor overall. Otherwise, a decent mens chorus.

Conroe high school 96 97.

Wow im impressed. If I can say just a few things to improve on. Your overall sound as a choir is very good, however your attacks and releases were, at times, not entirely together. Also when I sing, (especially this song) i get very emotional and i think showing a little emotion when singing is important. Your diction was very impressive so keep that up. Overall a very great performance. Thank you for sharing!!

i think

no emotion...sing it to its potential.

The pianist did a very good job, but the choir seemed to make some small mistakes that combined make this performance an average one.

@johnlhkember5381

6 жыл бұрын

Red river valley

The Awakening Stoney Creek High, Put that in your search bar

some of the bigger notes were not carried out all the way

What happen to the "G" of the 1st tenors? WTF! I like the soli deo part though c",)

I had him as a teacher in high school. Good musician, not such a great human being

@jonathanward1992 Coudnt agree more the first time we did that silent we did stop laughing for about 20 minutes

Definitely not meant for an all men’s chorus :/

@bigmike676767

2 жыл бұрын

It's way better with an all men's chorus. The mixed version sucks

@stupidtaurus6039

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigmike676767 lol ok

not sure what that has to do with anything, or what that's supposed to mean? But anyway, I wasn't meaning to say they were bad or anything. I realize it sounded that way though. I like this, but I just thought our version of the song was better.

the American "r"s ruin the mood for me.

@soggyslopster6800

7 жыл бұрын

Kirk R shut up Kirk. Get out of here you L7 weenie

@dachauroad4517

6 жыл бұрын

the only real "r" there is...

@NemoTheGinge12 it just feels a little ridiculous is all

They sound good... but they don't have enough emotion in their voices :/

Turtle creek chorale, does this song WAY better! There's just NOT enough passion or emotion in your singing. Y'all did a good job tho! Just not my favorite!

How is it difficult to not laugh at silent? I don't find it very funny.

where the heart to this song!!?!?!?! Hanna High School in a small town in deep south Texas did it better

lol I think my high school does it better than these guys. If not than definitely the pianist. xP

Great song. But this choir seems a bit bored performing such a emotional song.