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Resources for the Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation Choir Of One Sort.
Please do not distribute this page's address outside of our CUUC Music list. Thank you!
-Dick (250-220-6117)


For Cabaret April 26, 2011

All Ye Who Music Love

(do not print this out or redistribute... We have copies for everyone, I will bring them Sunday
All Ye Who Music Love.pdf

By Breath

Score of chorus
By Breath.pdf

Ordinary Miracle (soloists needed!) (and maybe an instrumentalist for 4-bar solo)

Here's one recording with lyrics on-screen:
YouTube clip
... and another with lyrics in the "description" (click the box that's below the "Like" "Add to", etc. buttons to show it)
YouTube clip

For March 6, 2011 Service 

Bismillah

Score (if possible, please print a copy for yourself)
Bismillah.pdf

Henay Matov

Score (if possible, please print a copy for yourself)
Henay Mah Tov.pdf

MP3 of Gettin' Higher Choir's excellent rendition:
Henay Matov.mp3

Other hymns from the teal book (audio can be found at this new location:)

http://www.uua.org/publications/music/singingjourney/52328.shtml

#1012 When I am Frightened [easy, sweet unison piece]
#1028 The Fire of Commitment [one of the peppy 5/4 tunes]
#1052 The Oneness of Everything [a longish anthem: over 3m30s as written]
#1068 Rising Green [a new one on me, looks straightforward]
 

For the other parts of the service, from the grey book:

#332 Perfect singer [an unusual melody by Bartók, should be good with Kim's help!]
#170 We are a gentle angry people [an easy unison piece]



For December 12, 2010 Service
(practicing this on the 5th, too)

Now I Walk (Statelily) In (Simplified) Beauty (full choir)

Score (don't worry about printing, I'll print a bunch per page)
Now I Walk In Beauty - Simpler.pdf
 Synthesized rehearsal track:
Now I Walk In Beauty - Simpler.mp3

Ordinary Miracle (soloists needed!) (and maybe an instrumentalist for 4-bar solo)

Here's one recording with lyrics on-screen:
YouTube clip
... and another with lyrics in the "description" (click the box that's below the "Like" "Add to", etc. buttons to show it)
YouTube clip


For December 5, 2010 Service

Score for Hymn 174:

O Earth, You Are Surpassing Fair.pdf

Synthesized rehearsal track:

O Earth, You Are Surpassing Fair.mp3

For November 21, 2010 Service

Just the scores in PDF form:

Reverence.pdf - one tune on one page
In the Name - By Breath.pdf - two tunes ("In the Name of All That Is" and "By Breath") on one page

Synthesized audio of the "By Breath" chorus arrangement:

By Breath.mp3



Reverence
by Carolyn McDade
(Web page for Album)

We'll work at this Sunday morning
Recording:
We may get one, maybe not!
Score:
Reverence.pdf

In the Name of All That Is
by Jan Novotka

Full choir and congregation together, harmonies welcome!

Audio sample:
iTunes website link
Dick's transcription, with all lyrics:
In the Name of All That Is.pdf
Synthesized audio of this arrangement:
In the Name of All That Is.mp3




By Breath
by Sara Thomsen

Looking for soloists for verses! Everyone in on the chorus...
Any instrumentalists interested?

Original recording:
YouTube link

Lyrics:
By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (x2)

The air that is my breath is the air that you are breathing
And the air that is your breath is the air that I am breathing
The wind rising in my breast is the wind from the east, from the west
From the north, from the south, breathing in, breathing out.

By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (x2)

The water that is my blood, my sweat, tears from crying
Is the water that is your blood, your sweat, tears from crying
And the rising of the tide is in our veins and in the ocean wide
We are in the rising stream, rushing river, running stream

By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (x2)

The earth is dust, the earth is clay, flow’ers blossoming and fading
We are dust and we are clay, we are blossoming and fading
Every color, every sound, every place is holy ground
Oh, every living thing, can you hear it laugh? Can you hear it sing?

By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (x2)

The fire in my heart, my soul flame burning
Is the fire in your heart, your soul flame burning
We are Spirit burning bright, by the light of day, in the dark of night
We are shining like the sun, and like the moon, like the Holy One

By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (x4)

By breath.

Dick's transcription of the chorus, with harmonies:
By Breath.pdf
Synthesized audio of this arrangement:
By Breath.mp3

For November 14, 2010 Service

PDF of hymn book pages (15.5 MB) captured by Amanda
Hymns 2010-11-14 Gray.pdf


For Robert's Celebration of Life, November 7, 2010, 2pm


My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
by Robbie Burns
(Wikipedia entry)

Recording of Richard Morrison, Scottish baritone
(we sing two semitones down from him, and of the two verses he does, we repeat his first one twice):
YouTube clip
Dick's arrangement for voices (for second verse!):
Red, Red Rose - Choir.pdf
Synthesized audio of this arrangement:
Red, Red Rose - Choir.mp3

Northwest Passage
by Stan Rogers
(Wikipedia entry)

The folk singers may invite people to sing the chorus, so you may want to have a listen:
YouTube clip


Avatar Service Music Stuff

Becoming One of "The People", Becoming One with Neytiri

Original Soundtrack (we go up to about 2:08):
YouTube clip with better audio
YouTube clip with nice pictures
Dick's Tidy Arrangement for voices:
Becoming One - Choir.pdf
(Our early arrangement) Piano score, scribbled up:
Becoming One - Piano edit.pdf
Recording of us at CUUC (3:04, music starts at 0:58):
Becoming One... - CUUC 2010.mp3

I See You (scores handed out... contact me if you need one!)

Original Soundtrack, up two semitones
(our key, but some rhythms are not the same as ours!):
I See You (Full, Up 2).mp3
Dick's Rehearsal Track for getting our tricky rhythms:
I See You Rehearsal.mp3
Recording of us at CUUC (4:14):
I See You - CUUC 2010.mp3
About our arrangement (click "Sample Audio" for excerpt):
Hal Leonard Music page
Original Soundtrack, original key:
YouTube clip


Thank you all!
-Dick