When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
I much prefer this to the smooth, overly produced Pentatonix cover version. These girls obviously worked very hard to master singing while doing the movements. They are kids and not professional so good job!!! And way to go Fleet Foxes for creating this piece of whimsy.
1.They need to work on staying together in the choreography 2.They need to learn how to all sing together (Sinpranos!) 3. Smile and look at the director or it just looks like you dont care
Juliet yep but in the music industry you don’t get any wear with off tune parts! With constructive criticism they’ll learn and be the best they can be on the stage 😃
Very nicely performed! Loved hearing and seeing this teacher prepare the students for this difficult composition. My...this brought back my memories of participating in 7th grade girls chorus. Thank you!!
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 i’m not saying they shouldn’t be criticized i’m saying that if people are ONLY criticizing them it’s not a good feeling as a singer and it’s pretty discouraging. they probably know their vowels weren’t the best or whatnot. they have an instructor to tell them that.
@@carolineguzman6741, well, obviously he didn't fix the problem. Sometimes directors miss things that others catch, and sometimes they have to prioritize certain aspects of a performance over others. Also, people don't have to give you praise every time they correct a mistake you made. As a performer, you learn that critism is to help you, not hurt your feelings. It isn't like people are coming at them and saying they sound absolutely terrible and have no talent. People said work on tone and synchronization. That isn't mean. Why would that hurt their feelings?
This song gives me two thoughts. 1. Someone singing this to their kid before bedtime, and, the next day, the kid saying he had a nightmare about it. 2. Someone telling a shrink about having nightmares about the song, and the shrink telling him he's been listening to it too many times, and he's losing his head.
Literally every comment is about how they need to blend or how terrible they are but you have to remember that they are not a professional choir! They are kids cut them some slack. Girls you did wonderful keep up the good work.
They did great, it's the director that sucks he should have never given them this song their voices aren't mature enough for it. As much as they might have tried they would have never been able to sing this song well
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
1. You guys need to blend more 2. You need to keep eye contact with your instructor 3. Facial expressions need work 4. Find the RIGHT TUNE!!! 5. Work on your crescendo!!!!!! I sorry I just had to say all that!
@@zombicat8556, they are muscisians. They need to accept constructive criticisms. This is a hard song for a middle school choir, but as someone who has been in choir for years, I can tell you that even in terms of being in middle school, that was not up to par with getting a Superior on the performance.
A few things (no criticism btw just tips as a middle school choir kid) 1 . Vowels, open your jaw wider on certain vowels, and dont focus so much on the consonants. 2. Blending! Blending is very important to being a choir! Choir is about working together and using all of your unique voices combined to make a masterpiece! Unless you are doing a solo, dont go in your own direction! You have 2 ears and one mouth! Focus more on the people around you to learn to blend with your peers! Remember, it isnt a competition! Work together, itll sound 10 times better! 3. Volume (crescendos and decrescendos)! Use different dynamics to make the song have more feeling and emotion! When the song is intense, use forte (very loud) and when the song is calm and maybe telling a story before the chorus, use piano (quiet). It all depends on the emotion, feeling, mood, or tone of the part of the song youre singing! 4. Expression! Look ahead and smile! 5. Stay stilll! Dont fidget or fix your hair or dress! Its very distracting and it looks unorganized! Stay still until you get off stage, then you can move as much as you want! 6. Last thing! When you need to hit higher notes, open your mouth wider, when you need to hit lower notes, keep the back of your throat open but dont open your mouth as much! Itll help with the sound and blending as well! 7. Lastly! Have fun! Choir is a great way to express emotions and feelings, and its a great teambuilding task, so you might as well have fun with it! Pointers! The higher notes, like "And i turned round and there you GO! And micheal you would FALL!..." sounded amazing! You really got up there and hit those high notes like a champ! Great job! Most of you seemed to have so much fun! Im glad you guys are having fun doing choir! Lastly, you have amazing forte's! You guys can all get really loud and still sound like youre actually singing! Great job! Keep at it! Love the work! Merry christmas! Happy holidays! ❤🎉
just a reminder to people being overly critic about the kids, Fleet Foxes sampled this in their last record Crack-Up. The guys that created the song thought this version was good enough to be on their record, so chill the fuck up
they weren't ready for this song, not saying that Middle School choirs can't be good enough to sing this properly but this choir definitely wasn't ready for winter white hymnal. Honestly the director is only harming these girls by giving them a super hard song like this. It won't help them improve it'll just make them struggle and learn things the wrong way. I don't know why he had them doing the hand claps either, it just distracted them. They might have been better if they were able to focus on the actual singing
I’ve been in choir for years now and they did pretty well compared to some others I’ve seen it sounds like it’s their first concert so I’m not gonna hate for being jittery but they need to stop fidgeting it’s extremely distracting and takes away from the song they also need to be in time with eachother during the choreography they were all over the place and I couldn’t focus at all the also need to blend their voices you hear the different sections and tbh they were a little pitchy not gonna lie but they’re a choir not sections of one they need to be able to blend their voices as one but other than that it was ok
Honestly they did great for what they were given, but I don't know why their director had them singing this song. As you said they are going through puberty their voices aren't ready for a song like this. It would have been more constructive than harmful for the girls and sounded nicer if he'd picked a song that matched their current voices
I understand what you guys are saying. They do need to blend their voices, and since there going through puberty, it's hard to do that. As a girl who goes to the rated best music school in the tri state area( I'm in middle school btw) its easy for me to do it, because I've been practicing since I was in 1st grade. For them it might not be. I think that their doing good for what they were handed, and I think they, with practice, can get a whole lot better
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
Nice job, but standing changing the sound of the lap slapping and makes it more difficult due to the increased distance. You did great despite that issue.
Pretty dresses, and what's nice is that those dresses work will all body types. My daughter's middle school never had uniform dresses, it was deemed too expensive and too hard to maintain. Only when she got to high school did they have matching outfits, and even in the first year only the select ensembles had matching outfits. The presentation was OK. I didn't mind the singing, but the clapping/finger snapping choreography should have been left out, or modified to something less complicated. The beginning was weird, I can only imagine that the kids were nervous and this was a way for the choir director to put them at ease. Even so, that is not something that I've ever seen in my daughter's middle school concerts, nor when I sang in middle school (junior high back then).
Keep your energy the WHOLE song, once you start the “ooos” you do not sound happy or pretty!! Also don’t pick at your ear while doing the clapping sequence 🤦🏽♀️
needs better blending, more facial expression, and if you raise your soft palette more and use more diction your sound will be less juvenile which would help tons.
They should have warmed up befor they got on stage this looks like practice and no one has *REAL* talent it sounds like talking god julliard come help them (Julliard is a music school for the best of the best)
The song is by Fleet Foxes, Pentatonix just performed a cover.
Fair point
@@Evan-dc4dz Pentatonix doesn't own choreography for that, they took it from the original composition of the song
Thank you. Good god the original is so much better.
The only reason it says fleet foxes/ pentatonix is because the song is by fleet foxes but they used pentatonix choreography
Geez there's a lot of criticism on here for a middle school choir. I think they did a great job.
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
me too
White winter hymnal is one of my all time favourites. You guys absolutely smashed it, your version is mesmerising! 🤩🤩🤩
I much prefer this to the smooth, overly produced Pentatonix cover version. These girls obviously worked very hard to master singing while doing the movements. They are kids and not professional so good job!!! And way to go Fleet Foxes for creating this piece of whimsy.
1.They need to work on staying together in the choreography
2.They need to learn how to all sing together (Sinpranos!)
3. Smile and look at the director or it just looks like you dont care
Crazi iFunny *Sopranos
Hey at least they did it well and plus they like middle schoolers what do you expect them to be perfect?
Lol sinpranos
They need to blend their voices more...this song is very difficult and easy to get off tune in it....other than that it’s pretty good
For heaven's sake 😕, their middle school kids!!!!
Juliet yep but in the music industry you don’t get any wear with off tune parts! With constructive criticism they’ll learn and be the best they can be on the stage 😃
@@juliet5114 and they did great!! im just giving a bit of advice :))
@@dontbedumb7027 yeah!!
Very nicely performed! Loved hearing and seeing this teacher prepare the students for this difficult composition. My...this brought back my memories of participating in 7th grade girls chorus. Thank you!!
There voices are good, it sounds weird because there are not supposed to be this many people for this song
guys these are MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, they aren’t going to sound the best just leave them alone
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 i’m not saying they shouldn’t be criticized i’m saying that if people are ONLY criticizing them it’s not a good feeling as a singer and it’s pretty discouraging. they probably know their vowels weren’t the best or whatnot. they have an instructor to tell them that.
@@carolineguzman6741, well, obviously he didn't fix the problem. Sometimes directors miss things that others catch, and sometimes they have to prioritize certain aspects of a performance over others. Also, people don't have to give you praise every time they correct a mistake you made. As a performer, you learn that critism is to help you, not hurt your feelings. It isn't like people are coming at them and saying they sound absolutely terrible and have no talent. People said work on tone and synchronization. That isn't mean. Why would that hurt their feelings?
That was GREAT 👍
This song gives me two thoughts.
1. Someone singing this to their kid before bedtime, and, the next day, the kid saying he had a nightmare about it.
2. Someone telling a shrink about having nightmares about the song, and the shrink telling him he's been listening to it too many times, and he's losing his head.
The video starts at 1:20 😂
“I was following the aaa”
Bravo Bravo les filles c'est génial, merveilleux MERCI from Paris
Literally every comment is about how they need to blend or how terrible they are but you have to remember that they are not a professional choir! They are kids cut them some slack. Girls you did wonderful keep up the good work.
They did great, it's the director that sucks he should have never given them this song their voices aren't mature enough for it. As much as they might have tried they would have never been able to sing this song well
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
1. You guys need to blend more
2. You need to keep eye contact with your instructor
3. Facial expressions need work
4. Find the RIGHT TUNE!!!
5. Work on your crescendo!!!!!!
I sorry I just had to say all that!
they’re like in middle school , leave them alone they’re not gonna be professionals
@@zombicat8556, they are muscisians. They need to accept constructive criticisms. This is a hard song for a middle school choir, but as someone who has been in choir for years, I can tell you that even in terms of being in middle school, that was not up to par with getting a Superior on the performance.
Is this a thing, like do choirs do warm ups on stage during a concert???
I never have
No
Stop saying it’s not pentatonix. They used the patting that pentatonix did.(I know that the song is originally by fleet foxes)
Charlie Della but aren't they doing the pentatonix arrangement?
Pentatonix doesn't own the patting somebody else did it first. Pentatonix get's the reputation for it because Pentatonix is more popular
Blend...
A few things (no criticism btw just tips as a middle school choir kid)
1 . Vowels, open your jaw wider on certain vowels, and dont focus so much on the consonants.
2. Blending! Blending is very important to being a choir! Choir is about working together and using all of your unique voices combined to make a masterpiece! Unless you are doing a solo, dont go in your own direction! You have 2 ears and one mouth! Focus more on the people around you to learn to blend with your peers! Remember, it isnt a competition! Work together, itll sound 10 times better!
3. Volume (crescendos and decrescendos)! Use different dynamics to make the song have more feeling and emotion! When the song is intense, use forte (very loud) and when the song is calm and maybe telling a story before the chorus, use piano (quiet). It all depends on the emotion, feeling, mood, or tone of the part of the song youre singing!
4. Expression! Look ahead and smile!
5. Stay stilll! Dont fidget or fix your hair or dress! Its very distracting and it looks unorganized! Stay still until you get off stage, then you can move as much as you want!
6. Last thing! When you need to hit higher notes, open your mouth wider, when you need to hit lower notes, keep the back of your throat open but dont open your mouth as much! Itll help with the sound and blending as well!
7. Lastly! Have fun! Choir is a great way to express emotions and feelings, and its a great teambuilding task, so you might as well have fun with it!
Pointers! The higher notes, like "And i turned round and there you GO! And micheal you would FALL!..." sounded amazing! You really got up there and hit those high notes like a champ! Great job!
Most of you seemed to have so much fun! Im glad you guys are having fun doing choir!
Lastly, you have amazing forte's! You guys can all get really loud and still sound like youre actually singing! Great job!
Keep at it! Love the work! Merry christmas! Happy holidays! ❤🎉
Lovely but they should have been sitting down for the hand parts
TONE!
They need the blend...
Girls you are amazing. Always. Run.
just a reminder to people being overly critic about the kids, Fleet Foxes sampled this in their last record Crack-Up. The guys that created the song thought this version was good enough to be on their record, so chill the fuck up
Prayers
Iconic
Nice
They really need to work on blending, and not looking dead
Well, let's see your video rendition
It's fleet foxes damnit
OH HELL HAH
They were extremely flat and were kind of screaming they need a lot of work
they weren't ready for this song, not saying that Middle School choirs can't be good enough to sing this properly but this choir definitely wasn't ready for winter white hymnal. Honestly the director is only harming these girls by giving them a super hard song like this. It won't help them improve it'll just make them struggle and learn things the wrong way. I don't know why he had them doing the hand claps either, it just distracted them. They might have been better if they were able to focus on the actual singing
I’ve been in choir for years now and they did pretty well compared to some others I’ve seen it sounds like it’s their first concert so I’m not gonna hate for being jittery but they need to stop fidgeting it’s extremely distracting and takes away from the song they also need to be in time with eachother during the choreography they were all over the place and I couldn’t focus at all the also need to blend their voices you hear the different sections and tbh they were a little pitchy not gonna lie but they’re a choir not sections of one they need to be able to blend their voices as one but other than that it was ok
Y'all are being too harsh. These are probably middle school kids. Their voices are being butchered by puberty itself lol
Honestly they did great for what they were given, but I don't know why their director had them singing this song. As you said they are going through puberty their voices aren't ready for a song like this. It would have been more constructive than harmful for the girls and sounded nicer if he'd picked a song that matched their current voices
I understand what you guys are saying. They do need to blend their voices, and since there going through puberty, it's hard to do that. As a girl who goes to the rated best music school in the tri state area( I'm in middle school btw) its easy for me to do it, because I've been practicing since I was in 1st grade. For them it might not be. I think that their doing good for what they were handed, and I think they, with practice, can get a whole lot better
When I was in middle school, my choir got criticism too. It helps you learn how to be a better musician. They are performers, so they should be used to it. People can’t sugar coat everything all the time. Telling them to blend better is going to help them be better next time.
That was so pitchy. They really need work
Yep
there was probably a nicer way to say that but yes i agree
They need to open there mouths and lift their soft pallet.
They need to stop fidgeting.
Blend thi voice
Nice job, but standing changing the sound of the lap slapping and makes it more difficult due to the increased distance. You did great despite that issue.
Fantastic love it great performance well done should be on Britain’s got talent
A1brickkie OoF nope 😂😂 there are many things that they need to fix
Pretty dresses, and what's nice is that those dresses work will all body types. My daughter's middle school never had uniform dresses, it was deemed too expensive and too hard to maintain. Only when she got to high school did they have matching outfits, and even in the first year only the select ensembles had matching outfits.
The presentation was OK. I didn't mind the singing, but the clapping/finger snapping choreography should have been left out, or modified to something less complicated. The beginning was weird, I can only imagine that the kids were nervous and this was a way for the choir director to put them at ease. Even so, that is not something that I've ever seen in my daughter's middle school concerts, nor when I sang in middle school (junior high back then).
I’m sorry I’m a chorus snob
Ariel Robinson HAHA I can relate so much to this I’m pointing out every little thing
Ariel Robinson
It’s ok
It was good but it’s sounds better when at the beginning you do the clap as well just saying my choir did it
Keep your energy the WHOLE song, once you start the “ooos” you do not sound happy or pretty!! Also don’t pick at your ear while doing the clapping sequence 🤦🏽♀️
R’s ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS
Ariel Robinson SO ARE S’s!!
Ariel Robinson a n d E ' s
There’s a girl who needs to learn how to put her hair back
needs better blending, more facial expression, and if you raise your soft palette more and use more diction your sound will be less juvenile which would help tons.
They should have warmed up befor they got on stage this looks like practice and no one has *REAL* talent it sounds like talking god julliard come help them
(Julliard is a music school for the best of the best)