Okay, so yeah, the majority of songs we sing in choir, we forget after a few months without practicing them.
But then there are those songs that you couldn't forget if your life depended on it.
For me, a couple of those songs have stuck with me for years now. One is "In Remembrance" by Jeffrey L. Ames; that song resonates very deeply with me for various reasons, and there's one line—Oh God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?—that I don't think I'll ever forget the vocal line to.
Another is "Spirit of Life" by Dr. Christopher Aspaas, with whom I had the pleasure of working in the Florida All-State Women's Choir a couple of years ago. He wrote that piece specifically for the Women's Choir to perform, and it was honestly quite an experience.
The last I can say for sure is "Homeward Bound" by Marta Keen, arr. Althouse, which I sang my junior year of high school. That song carries a strong nostalgia with it for me, as it signifies the beginning and ending of a lot of things in my high school career.
What about you guys? Any songs that are just incredibly important to you?
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Sleep by Eric Whitacre. I played the band version but then learned it was a chorale piece and went and listened to it and I love it.
As far as what I've performed, I would probably have to say Haydn's Little Organ Mass. Something about polyphonic music man. XD LOL -
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What I MEANT to say was: I adore Sleep as well! My high school choir did it my senior year, but we didn't end up singing it for evaluations (those darn sopranos not learning their parts
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I'd say Hallelujah from Shrek. It's beautiful. We just felt chills when we sang part if it a cappella.
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