Tuesday, June 18, 2024

GPGC Choir 2024!

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. Of course, we will not perform ALL of this material. We will learn it and then build our performance from these selections.

PART LINKS CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE VIDEO LISTING (bottom of the page).

2024 GPGC PERFORMANCE LITERATURE:
QUIET SEA by Jill Friedersdorf


YONDER COME DAY by Adam & Matt Podd

APPLE TREE by Katerina Gimon

CHANSON POUR LES PETIT by Jimmy Buffet





THE RIVER by Sally K. Albrecht

RIVER RUN FREE by Douglas E. Wagner

OVER THE SEA TO SKYE by Ruth Elaine Schram

TODAY'S HOPE by Jacob Narverud

LET THE RIVER RUN by Craig Hella Johnson

PART LINKS (Listed by SONG):

THE RIVER 

OVER THE SEA:

CHANSON: 


RIVER RUN FREE:

Thursday, June 16, 2022

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

IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN by Johnson

COMES THE RAIN WITH ME by Ginsberg

SHOSHONE LOVE SONG by Emerson

DORAJI arr. Snyder

SAKURA arr. Kesselman

2 SPANISH FOLK SONGS arr. Trinkley

SHUT DE DO arr. Fettke & Grassi

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN arr. Crocker

WELLERMAN arr. Tanner

THE BLESSING arr. Purifoy

RATTLESNAKE SKIPPING SONG
by Holman

CLOSER TO THE FLAME by Lantz

ALL THINGS BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL by Rutter

BRING US PEACE arr. Spevacek

GLORIA TIBI by Bernstein

WEST SIDE STORY Medley
arr. Thomas

TRADITIONAL DANCE SONG - TBD

STOPPING BY WOODS
IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

Friday, June 28, 2019

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

Friday, June 15, 2018

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






Saturday, July 8, 2017

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.)

Friday, June 16, 2017

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

Saturday, June 11, 2016

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

About Me

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My name is Colette. I have been married to Marcus for 23 years. We have 3 sons, 2 of which have Asperger's Syndrome. I have a BMEd and an MMEd in Music Education, special training in Kodaly, with 22 years experience. I also sing professionally. As a conductor & music director, I serve our community as the director of the Lake Charles Messiah Chorus and as the Director of Music at our local church. In my "spare" time, I enjoy nature, gardening, reading and music. My husband and I also serve on many committees including the Boy Scouts of America Troop #107.