SUMMER 2022 - WELCOME!

 Hello GPGC Students and Parents!

Welcome to the GPGC CHOIR BLOG!

I will use this blog to post recordings of our PERFORMANCE MATERIAL for our END OF SESSION CONCERT in July. Please use these links to aid you in the learning process. 
I may also post articles, links, videos, etc. that pertain to the subjects we broach in class. It is my hope that we can learn together. Of course, we will not perform ALL of this material. We will learn it and then build our performance from these selections.

2022 GPGC PERFORMANCE LITERATURE:

ELIJAH ROCK! arr. Emerson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSUgpJHLdDc

IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN by Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gmon_CSg1M

COMES THE RAIN WITH ME by Ginsberg

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10089769E&type=audio

SHOSHONE LOVE SONG by Emerson

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=1816149&type=audio

DORAJI arr. Snyder

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10067088E&type=audio

SAKURA arr. Kesselman

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10910959&type=audio

2 SPANISH FOLK SONGS arr. Trinkley

https://www.brileemusic.com/bl607-two-spanish-folksongs.html

SHUT DE DO arr. Fettke & Grassi

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10305353&type=audio

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN arr. Crocker

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10455952&type=audio

WELLERMAN arr. Tanner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8tAyecj2g

THE BLESSING arr. Purifoy

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10070823&type=audio

RATTLESNAKE SKIPPING SONG by Holman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPIvIQv5-4

CLOSER TO THE FLAME by Lantz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjjoP4JG2E

ALL THINGS BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL by Rutter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShpRCvU_bxM

BRING US PEACE arr. Spevacek

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10089726&type=audio

GLORIA TIBI by Bernstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS_Aoq4wb0

WEST SIDE STORY Medley arr. Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcNjDCKcD0&list=PLzwGzaGGm2ArzN_s_zdUSxGCg2AsIlfS4

TRADITIONAL DANCE SONG - TBD

STOPPING BY WOODS
IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

SUMMER 2019

Hi Everyone!
Welcome back to GPGC for the summer of 2019!
Listed below are the selections for performance that may be used for the Choral Program. The "theme" this year is: "THE GREATEST SHOW." Listening/rehearsal links are provided.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

Ruben's Train Traditional (arr. by Carter)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=3282092

Circus Band by Charles Ives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZmLilBGpw

Counterpoint of the Animals by Adriano Banchieri (arr. Robinson)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=3283504

Can-Can by Jacques Offenbach (arr. Eschliman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oywp_OtpLc0

I Will Fly by Tom Shelton
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=11100093

Closer to the Flame by David Lantz III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHSmBFt_Amk

Amanti Costanti by W. A. Mozart (arr. Liebergen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML_r2aY_Nk4

I Love My Love by G. T. Holst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubk7f0d80P8

A Million Dreams by Pasek & Paul (arr. Huff)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10972658

The Greatest Show by Pasek & Paul (arr. Brymer)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10843654

Stairway to Heaven by Page & Plant (arr. Cleave)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10453515

Stopping by Woods arr. Crews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7c5c5DHGDc

The Impossible Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow&t=132s

SUMMER 2018

Welcome EVERYONE to the 2018 GPGC SINGS BLOG!

Welcome back to the returning GPGC Choir members and Welcome to all of our new GPGC Choir members.

Welcome, also, to any alumni who have joined us.

Below is listed the proposed repertoire for the 2018 Summer Program. As this year marks the 60th anniversary of GPGC, most of these selections were submitted by alumni as some of their most memorable choral pieces performed with the GPGC CHOIR. The program will be taken from the songs below, but that does not mean that ALL of the songs will be performed.

SONG LIST:

COME YE SONS OF ART (Purcell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-1oIxzFJOs

MON, COEUR SE RECOMMEND A VOUS (deLassus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rmjqIPxAz0

HALLELUJAH from "MESSIAH" (Handel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU

JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING (Bach)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWc

GLORIA (Vivaldi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhhYIZJj6rk

LAUDATE DOMINUM (Mozart)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9rvyvssvuI

KYRIE from "MASS IN G" (Schubert)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j20hysVNyOE

O FORTUNA from "CARMINA BURANA" (Orff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5b7tgkdFH0

FINALE from "GONDOLIERS" (Gilbert & Sullivan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYISI1lPHGs

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH (Rutter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTvAnkNijIc

RHYTHM OF LIFE (COLEMAN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVs_s1IbrU

RATTLESNAKE SKIPPING SONG (Holman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPIvIQv5-4

KRISTALLNACHT (Ramsey)

CLOTHES OF HEAVEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osckKRPds-Q

SCARBOROUGH FAIR / SOUNDS OF SILENCE (arr. Kern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUAoHO3fArU

VINCENT (arr. Emerson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp__5hlAbN0

FIRE & RAIN (arr. Gilpin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdxNYZiMFm8

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (arr. Brymer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsUinERFqmc

TRADITIONAL SONGS:

STOPPING BY WOODS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7c5c5DHGDc

IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow

GERSHWIN POLL

In reference to the poll tot he right.....please listen to the 2 Gershwin links before voting. If we perform I GOT RHYTHM, then SUMMERTIME will be performed as solos. If SUMMERTIME is chosen, we will not perform I GOT RHYTHM.(This poll is not the ONLY means by which this decision will be made.)

The Summer of 2017

This summer, the GPGC Choir Program theme will be AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
Here is a list of music with listening links:

American Folk Songs
Ruben's Train (arr. Carter)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=3282092

The Water Is Wide (arr. Zaninelli)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIp16sfPI50

Deer Chase (arr. Luboff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJayvy-CYvE

Cape Cod Chantey (arr. Julseth-Heinrich)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgbvP37_JQQ

Simple Gifts (Copland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWN-Te59trs

I Bought Me A Cat (Copland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzFD4whab9s

Native American Folk Song
Shoshone Love Song  (Emerson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTacrAwclwQ

African American Spirituals
The Battle of Jericho (arr. Hogan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7fLAwzVxY

Steal Away (arr. Hogan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TkerI71I0

Concert Literature
With A Lily In Your Hand (Whitacre)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=1949130

Glow (Whitacre)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10558643

Music's Echo (Gilpin)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10453990

Gloria Tibi (Bernstein)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS_Aoq4wb0

Broadway
West Side Story Medley (Bernstein)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPK_FcUhtUY

I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVP0AOa9dM

Summertime (Gershwin)
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=3300673

Rock
Don't Stop Believin' (Journey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWMYGLxSWPM

Africa (Toto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw

Rock Lobster (B-52s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkzvM7Skxg

Traditional
Stopping By Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSeSCR3Qr4w

Impossible Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow

The Summer of 2016

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to another fun-filled summer with the Governor's Program for Gifted Children!

We started classes this past week and I am delighted to say that we have 62 students in choir!! WOOOWHOOO!!!!
The students have been sorted into their respective houses....ummmmm.....I mean voice sections....and have begun learning their warm-up and ear training exercises, as well as, some of their performance material! They already sound great!! We have some wonderfully talented students this summer!!!!

In light of the musical being produced this summer, the Theme of our Choir Concert will be:
A British Invasion
All of the music performed will have connections to England. This means anything from Tallis to Bowie.....from Morley to Queen!

To those of you that are currently participating in the choir this summer (or those of you who are interested in the performance literature), I will be adding rehearsal links to the right very soon...so check back often.

Have a great summer!!!
Colette Tanner

Movie Music Links

Here are a few other movie links for our current performance literature:

O FORTUNA: from EXCALIBUR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1MuvvS_xSw

DOUBLE TROUBLE: from HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2xfpoQx6oI

Barber ADAGIO FOR STRINGS: from THE ELEPHANT MAN and from PLATOON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECVh1dRsZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQeLQURNuw

FLOWER DUET: from AVATAR (also used in BABE and LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1pIqEgrKsE

Mozart's DIES IRAE: from X-MEN 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLOMdddg11A

REFLECTION: from MULAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ4zTXHqGBw

Grease Medley:
Summer Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8orR1oK6Kk
Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDxpCycGsVI
Ending Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYK5jBEUWJk

SONG OF THE LONELY MOUNTAIN: from THE HOBBIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBuPDHFGEdI

AVE VERUM CORPUS: from I AM DAVID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK26zrvWnn0

STOPPING BY WOODS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRehXKXgxeA

THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM: from MAN OF LA MANCHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6TKdQNFTiU