The actual “awakening” part in the song is not appreciated enough. It truly embodies the essence of acceptance and moving forward.

I got to participate in this 300 person choir. One of the most memorable musical experiences I have ever had. So powerful.

@scmontgomery

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It changes you.

@kelliemeiwes2598

3 жыл бұрын

I agree James. We sang this in high school 20+ years ago and it still gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.

@halleystar33

2 ай бұрын

When it comes to me I have to block out the rest of my evening 😢

The story behind Joe Martin writting this will bring tears to your eyes too. He wrote it in honor of his music teacher who was murdered the day before a school concert. Joe was the HS accompanist. He went home after rehersal, the next morning, his father came into his room in tears and told him what had happened. Thus the line, "No Hallelujah, Not one hosanna, no song of love, no lullaby".. The Awake part is to remember to let music LIVE no matter what!! There wasn't a dry eye after that.

@sambridges6081

Жыл бұрын

That's so sad..

We're singing this song at my high school and our director is inviting 12 years worth of alumni to make a point to not cut the choir at our school. Thankfully I'm a senior but I couldn't imagine my life without choir. Being to all the festivals, and the fact that I've been in chorus for 8 years of my life makes this song even more impactful.

@Cosmicgirl1111

7 жыл бұрын

Zeak1199 Best of luck to you all, let Music live!.

@KP-ej7gc

7 жыл бұрын

Zeak1199 Let us know how it goes!

@corpcjgomez

6 жыл бұрын

Every choir should perform this once. Joseph Martin wrote something that changes lives and moves everyone. Awake! Awake! Let Music Live!

@jerwheel

2 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@MNBluestater

5 ай бұрын

I hope he was successful!!!

This is my favorite choral piece I have ever sang. After performing it I was emotionally drained and it took me on a roller coaster while singing it. It brought so much expression out of me and I felt as if I was really telling the story the composer was trying to convey. The meaning behind this song is so heartfelt and powerful, I wish more people knew about it.

@2387Praise

3 жыл бұрын

That happened to me too. I sang this song in high school. This song put us in 1st place. We competed in Canada. That day was so rememberable. I can’t get through this song without crying or tearing up. It’s absolutely beautiful. 💖😭🥰

@abbeyjeaan

3 жыл бұрын

@@2387Praise your reply to a comment a made 5 years ago brought back allll those feelings 😌

The meaning behind this song, as Joseph Martin himself told us, is the experience he had with his junior high school music teacher dying after resurrecting music at that school. Such a beautiful song, loved every moment of performing it with Joseph Martin himself.

@NeliusSan

9 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, man.

@soundwavelistener

9 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Martinez Its more gruesome than that, A man on drugs came into the school and amputated all her limbs and then killed her

@mxboxlocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@soundwavelistener really? i thought they were just shot.

@annabellelovely4967

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my God , what a nightmare!

literally the greatest moment in the history of all music....i burst into tears singing that part. Just hit so damn hard

@johnbarton1842

2 жыл бұрын

Oh please?

This song will always be my most favorite one I've sang in high school 😭

I still get the shakes at no alleluias oh my gosh it is such great music

I dreamed a dream, a silent dream of a land not far away where no bird sang, no steeples rang, and teardrops fell like rain. I dreamed a dream; a silent dream. I dreamed a dream of a land so filled with pride that every song, both weak and strong, withered and died. I dreamed a dream No hallelujah; not one hosanna! No song of love, no lullaby. And no choir sang to change the world. No pipers played, no dancers twirled. I dreamed a dream; a silent dream. Awake, awake! Soli deo gloria! Awake, Awake! Awake my soul and sing, the time for praise has come. The silence of the night has passed, a new day has begun! Let music never die in me; forever let my spirit sing! Wherever emptiness is found let there be joy and glorious sound. Let music never die in me; forever let my spirit sing! Let all our voices join as one to praise the giver of the sun! Awake, awake! Let music live!

@DeathcrudeCommentary

9 жыл бұрын

I miss choir

@NeliusSan

9 жыл бұрын

***** So do I. It was more than just a school thing. I imagine the way I felt about it was the same way the sports players felt about their teams. There was so much love for what we did as well as each other.

@DeathcrudeCommentary

9 жыл бұрын

Shawn Lovett I even went to college for vocal education. But nowadays i dont even sing or play anymore. Its truly sad :(

@geneostenkamp1967

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@isaacsgap4407

4 жыл бұрын

I am about to sing this for the first time in 3 weeks I honestly love this piece and i’m studying this so i can be mentally prepared for the beauty of this song.

I have sang in every choir from church to national level, and this is by far the best piece to ever leave my lips. A must sing for all those with a passion for the vocal arts. Video cannot begin to do it justice, but this comes close.

I would have done absolutely anything to have been there for this performance. This video, and this song, gives me chills and makes me cry every single time. This is beautiful.

@Josreason

3 жыл бұрын

Kansas City, March 2008 (in the snow)

My choir sang this in high school. Even with just a piano accompanying us, it was still, by far, the best song we ever performed and my favorite song we ever sang. It still moves me to this day, and I always come back to this video when I want to hear the song again because it’s my favorite performance of the song. I wish we could have had a full orchestral backing!

I remember seeing this in competition in 2000, and that exact moment, "No Hallelujah" immediately brought tears to my eyes. Have never forgotten how that moment made me feel.

Wow, when I sang this song with my high school choir, I got shivers every time we practiced. And of course when we performed it, I had to fight back my tears ^.^ But now I can't even imagine singing it with an orchestra. I'd be a sobbing mess. Truly special, so original and imaginative.

One of the most beautiful & soul shaking pieces of sound ever written in my opinion. 💖

This is a song that every advanced choir should have the chance to perform. It's quite beautiful and moving to be a part of it.

My mom doesn't like me singing so I didn't get to join a choir in college (even though I had auditioned and got myself a music scholarship), so when our 3 highschool merged choir sang this with a really amazing guest conductor I had to fight off tears. It was my swan sang for choral singing, reflecting my sentiments towards music. She can never take it away from me even if I have to submit stuff to KZread in secret. Let music never die in me.

Singing this in A Cappella and it's everyone's favorite. Gives me chills every time.

I WAS IN THIS VIDEO!

@abbykittle5058

3 жыл бұрын

Here I am tears streaming down my face on Thanksgiving. lol Wonderful job to you and the rest of the ensemble! I sang this in high school and it's my favorite song I've ever sung in choir both high school and college. Well done!

Absolutely cannot wait to perform this with my choir. Too bad we don't have an orchestra to accompany us, just a piano! But this never fails to bring me to tears, thanks for uploading this!!

this is the reason i get up every day and do what i do. AMAZING. lol( i was even there! sitting next to the camera guy!you can hear me say that this was the best concert of my life)

when the applause is over a minute long

I just listened to this for the first time in too many years. I'd forgotten just how much I love this song!!

I had the privilege of singing this with the 2016 All-State Men's Choir. Gorgeous. Chills every time

I had to sing this my freshman year in high school. This is absolutely remarkable

@jwowboyz

9 жыл бұрын

Aspen Deperalta Got to ;)

2:54 gives me chills every time! we sang this song at my school last year...hearing ourselves gave us chills up and down our spines.

I actually played this Sophomore year in highschool in my orchestra class. :D Memories!

@lillyadrian9590

7 жыл бұрын

same! i played it in my junior year of high school with a chorus too and it was really amazing :')

14 years later, this song still takes me on the same cathartic roller coaster as the day I first learned it, maybe even increasing potency over the years. I still cry at "no hallelujah..." and shed tears of joy at "let music live!" every time. Absolutely phenomenal music and performance.

I remember singing this in NJ All State Choir 2006 and when we finally got to rehearse it with the orchestra we all started crying. So moving and one of my favorite choral pieces

I recently had the opportunity to sing this song for the first time in over 10 years with my fraternity brothers in a men's choir at our national convention! After everything that has happened over the past few years and after personally not singing during that time, this song really hits hard. It's one of my all time favorites! Hail Sinfonia!

This was one of my very good friend's favorite songs. She died in a car accident the summer before our senior year. We sang this in her honor. You did an exquisite job with this song. It reminds me of what a beautiful soul she had. Thank you for executing this song with feeling and doing it so well

I sang this in high school choir. This is my favorite choir song of all time. Just love it

We sang this for state festival in highschool, graduated 2018. My choir director passed away in October. At her memorial, old and new choir students of hers throughout the years were invited to sing this song in her memory, which was one of the heaviest but uniting feelings. She made such a difference in so many kids lives, she was so loved. Rest in peace, Cate 🙏🏻

Every year all the choirs at my school sing this and everyone ends up crying

I was apart of this choir!!! We rocked this concert and it was an opportunity of a lifetime! I wish I could be there with all these wonderful people again!!

A world with out Music is my personal HELL. I simply could not live without music. Whether classical, jazz, blues, rock, or what have you. Without music in life, it's not living.

I remember doing this piece my senior year in high school and our only accompaniment was a piano. Makes quite a difference when its a full orchestra. Absolutely astounding. Let music live!

we're singing this for a concert in high school, hard not to cry lmao

There is something about this song, I can't say what excatly but...it rings true in my heart ever since i sang it in A'capella in high school. I just wish i had the copy from my school to listen to as well. with the full orchestra it blew my mind away. Let music NEVER die in my heart and soul, i don't know what i'd do without it.

Every year at my High School we sing a mass choirs the night the seniors leave at the final concert. Last year my freshman year we sang this and it was so beautifull 250 + people singing it every single one being like family to me. And singing this song and watching the seniors go was so hard but an experience I will never forget. This was done beautifully bravo!!!!!

My school has one concert a year where the orchestras, band, and choirs all combine to play together. This is one of the songs we are playing and I can only hope we have half this much power in our sound. Truly amazing.

ABSOLUTELY ENCHANTING. I REMEMBER SINGING THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS JUST AS CAPTIVATING NOW AS IT WAS BACK THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm an eighth grader and every year, the eighth grade choir students from all the middle schools in the district and the high school choir students sing a song together at the whole district concert and we're singing this. It's the only song I've ever liked, and it's so beautiful. It gives me chills every single time I sing it.

I love this song me and my choir are singing it in a week!!!

"Let Music Never Die in Me, Forever Let My Spirit Sing!" That line is going to be the basis for my tattoo.

Performed this in high school in Texas, and after 10 years I still know every word and note- one of the most amazing choral pieces ever and a phenomenal performance by the vocalists and instrumentalists! Great job guys!

I was in this group on the front row right behind the pianist. I enjoyed this experience so much. SWACDA 2008 in Kansas City and it was snowing!

I have to sing this song in 3 days for my choir concert. This is an amazing song and Im glad to sing it.

Sung this my Senior year at Ware Co. High. 2010. Love this song. Gave me chills just listening to it.

My choir sang this song in one of the biggest churches in New York City, Riverside church. The judge was moved to tears on how good a group of high school students performed it.

Wow... this is such a stunning rendition of The Awakening! I fell in love with this song when I sang it in high school, and this is by far my favorite version that I've found online thus far. Gave me so many chills; this blew me away!

Dr. Ehly is so amazing. I'm watching this again 6 months after performing this in Carnegie Hall. Still that good.

Dr. Eph Ehly! That man is insane! In a good way! I got to sing under him once back in college, and he was electrifying. Gorgeous performance of a gorgeous song. The orchestra's a great touch.

BRAVO BRAVO!!! ENCORE!! I sang this song 10 years ago and i think it's THE best song ever written!! It's especially beautiful with full orchestra. I've never heard it with orchestra before!! amazing!!! Awake, awake my soul and sing! The time for praise has come!

This is such a beautiful song. We sang it last year and I always watch recordings on KZread to help calm down :)

My choir director who met the composer of this song sang this in a 350 person all men's choir and now he's having our 20 person choir sing it for our spring concert. When I heard the back story to this song, listening to it made the emotion feel much stronger and I hope we can pull it off. We have a good bass line but only two really loud tenors including me. Of course it will not have the same effect as a small highschool choir but I hope it will still make a statement. I'm really excited to try it though.

I sang this in choir years and years ago and this brought back beautiful memories for me.

Wonderful! My daughters high school choir sang this for district contest and received all 1+'s from the judges. Brought tears to the the director when they sang and all the parents in attendance.

this gave me chills, i have a tear in my eye and a great urge to applaud :')

The quality on this isn't great, but I've yet to find a recording that has more power at 2:55 than this one does.

@MikkiConnie

10 жыл бұрын

The quality's not that bad, but I agree with you on 2:55. I'd never heard this with orchestra before... Powerful!

@MikkiConnie

10 жыл бұрын

Also great at 4:25

I sang this song in 6th grade. This is my favorite song that I have ever done in choir and this choir was amazing. I really wish that I could go back and sing this song again.

I don't get goosebumps when I hear this song - I cry. Profusely. Every time. One of my school's Choirs sang this at competition, and I've thought of this as the most beautiful song in the world since. It also symbolizes my turning point, when I realized how powerful music is and how much a part of me it is.

This performance made me cry. Completely fantastic. We sang this my junior year in high school in an attempt to prevent our music program from being cut. Unfortunately this year, two years later they decided to cut yet another music teacher from our district. Save the arts in our schools!

i remember doing this song in 8th grade. was the last song with my choir director. will always be my favorite song of all time. its just beautiful and amazing.

Absolutely amazing!!! My favorite piece I have ever preformed. I would have loved to been in the crowd!

Beautiful. I love this song, and hearing it with an orchestra is a real treat. Brings back high school memories.

We sang this song for the 2010-2011 All District choir..... I cried during the performance. The words are so thought-inspiring. I love the beauty of the piece ♥

I sang this in high school, and I loved what we did with it, but all we had was a piano to back us up. The orchestra definitely adds to the piece. The performance was wonderful! This song is just so beautiful.

I'm singing this in my Madrigals choir now. This arrangement was absolutely beautiful! I can't imagine what it would sound like in person let alone preforming with this amazing choir..

We sing this in choir every year and it is my absolute favourite song of any set we've ever done

We're singing this in our choir in my high school. It's really hard to sing, but it's the most beautiful piece I've ever sang.

Yes! I found it. I sang this song in high song and I still remember it!

this is possibly the most beautiful and most amazing song ever. for those of us with a burning passion for music and a love of great compositions. it is songs like this that make one love music soo much

The last time I sang this was with the Covington Conyers Choral Guild back in the 90's. It's 2017 and it still brings tears whenever I listen or sing along.

@pjee1163

5 жыл бұрын

I too sang it with CCCG with Roger Waters and Joseph Martin some years after you did. Glorious piece, isn't it?

I sang this back in 2007 it still gives me goose bumps when I hear it

At my school the plains men group that I'm in is singing this song and so far we are doing so well at singing it I give myself chills

I remember when my high school performanced this song. It was Chamber and Madrigal Choirs. It was stunning...they sounded so wonderful!! T.T From PCEP Choirs in Michigan.

I sang this at a music camp back in 2001 and still love this song.

Favorite part while listening and preforming this: No hallelujah! Not one hosanna. No song of love...no lullaby. Chills every time. I love the chord progression there.

My high school sang this last year for competition and it was AMAZING!!! I love in this version that they also have the band playing... It makes it that much cooler!!!

We sang this song in my choir one day just to see if we all liked it. turns out were not going to sing it... but now it's stuck in my head and I'm obsessed with it.

"i think this is the best concert that i've seen...ever" lol good job guy at the end

Inserting ads into the middle of the climax of a musical piece should be defined as a war crime

i'm a tenor in the High School Concert Choir at Aurora Christian, and we did this song for the ACSI festival. it was amaizing. its my favorite song that we did. and we get to do it again for our spring concert. Awesome job! you guys sang and played great!

I sang this song in my high school choir. It is an amazing song especially when we asked to sing it every time it sat in our folders and we had class.

I love this song. Me and my choir sang it at my old school. It was my favorite song.

Loved singing this with the chorus in high school! Powerful music!

I heard this song performed my a SATB choir with piano accompaniment... and I was absolutely blown away to hear this orchestra and choir version... Amazing work.

My high school now sings this song at every last concert of the year, and Alumni are invited to come up and sing it as well... it's a great tradition piece. =)

I remember the time i sang this with the New Jersey All-State. It was probably one of the most amazing musical moments of my life. I love this song, and this recording takes me back. Bravo!

Before the piece even started, I was impressed. Just the sheer number of performers was amazing. Then the choir opened their mouths, and I was blown away.

at 2:55 I got chills and I NEVER get chills. well done Lee's Summit. This was extraordinary. Thank you for your gift of powerful emotion (which is lacking today). Keep it up!!!

I've never cried this much in my life... AMAZING! I sang this my sophmore year, I never felt better.

We had artists painting musical designs, dancers choreographed to the song dancing, and our best ensembles preforming the song, AND had all the other fine art students piled in, all wearing a shirt saying "strong arts builds strong schools" in front of all the board of education of georgia to convince them to keep the fine arts in our schools. there wasn't a dry eye to be seen. I still get chills every time I even remember this song, and I've sung it on 3 different occasions.

I can't stop listening to it! We're singing this in our high school choir.

I performed this song in choir back in high school, haven't heard it since, and the no hallelujah not one hosannah part still brings tears to the corners of my eyes and a shiver down my spine. twice as much with the orchestra. beautiful, simply beautiful.

Revisiting this song years later, because my high school chorus teacher just unexpectedly passed away last month. My school did this song 2 years ago and brought me to tears every time. Music will always live in me because of my amazing teacher. RIP Mr.Boyer.

Just this past school year for our Senior concert, we had the honor of performing this song and also Lamentations of Jeremiah. Not only did we get to perform in the newly finishes perfoming arts center at our school, but we had all choir students 8th-12th grade perform on one stage, and being a senior, this piece being performed brought tears to my eyes, knowing that so many students are dedicated to music. It had to of been the most beautiful choir concert I've been a part of. I miss choir 😭😭😭

I’m currently learning this song and was looking for some videos to help with some parts I have trouble with, and found how beautiful this song truly is.