CUC Members’ – Fall 2018 Learning Tracks

Added November 6

Make our garden grow Soprano 1

Make our garden grow soprano 2

Make our garden grow Alto 1

Make our garden grow Alto 2

Make our garden grow Tenor 1

Make our Garden grow Tenor 2

Make our garden grow Bass 1

Make our Garden grow Bass 2

The following are learning aids for bars 100-132 of the first movement of West Side Story.  The tempo is slowed down and not all of the dynamics are there but it should help with pitch in this tricky section.

WSS 100-132 Bass/Baritone

WSS 100-132 Tenor

WSS 100-132 Alto

WSS 100-132 2nd Soprano

WSS 100-132 Soprano

Here are aids for the 3^rd movement measure 208 -220 (ladies section)

WSS 3 208-220 Soprano

WSS3 208-220 Soprano 2

WSS 3 208-220 Alto

Here are aids for the men for movement 2 measures 9-29 (Maria section)

WSS 2 9-29 Tenor

WSS 2 9-29 Baritone

WSS2 9-29 Bass

Men ‘Cool’ section P. 38-42. (Note the software doesn’t swing very well but it gives you the pitches.)

Cool p38-42 Tenor

Cool p 38-42 Baritone

Cool P. 38-42 Bass

Happy practising.

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Mozart Vespers:

Or you could try this one http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Mozart_W_A/mozart_KV339_vespers.htm

Ave Verum full performance with pronunciation

Ave Verum (Soprano emphasized)  (note first note is wrong should be A not f#)

Ave Verum (Alto emphasized)

Ave Verum (Tenor emphasized)

Ave Verum (Bass emphasized)

Bernstein, incl West Side Story:

WSS (mov’t 1)

West side Story (mov’t 2)

WSS (mov’t 3)

WSS (mov’t 4)

Benedictus (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace) (National Youth Choir of Britain)

Make our Garden Grow (Bernstein from Candide)

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Here is a good overall guide for Latin diction that explains the main linguistic rules:

http://studylib.net/doc/7053265/a-latin-pronunciation-guide-for-singers