JOY NEVER LEAVES - Christopher Harris, Alto Rehearsal Track

0:05 measure 1 (intro)
0:51 measure 20 (1 measure before Verse 1, Phrase B)
1:20 measure 30 (1 measure before Verse 1, Phrase C)
2:10 measure 43 (2 beats before Verse 2, Phrase A)
3:36 measure 62 (5 beats before Verse 5, Phrase A)
4:12 measure 76 (2 beats before Final Tag)
JOY NEVER LEAVES, by Christopher Harris
Alto Rehearsal Track, with Metronome
Key: (kind of...) F Major, Db Major
Voice: Alto
Range: Bb3 - C5
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CONDUCTOR'S REHEARSAL NOTES:
• Joy Never Leaves is composed by Texas native Dr. Christopher Harris. This piece celebrates homorhythmic singing featuring lush chords enhanced through the use of inversions and extensions. What I would most focus on is being a good listener as you sing - always adjusting to my (the conductor’s) expectations on balance, tone, and timbre.
• Be aware of the pitfalls of singing in “American” English. In order to tune chords and achieve the brilliant overtones we hope to create, pure vowels are essential. The important thing is not to let fat-tongue consonants (l, r, th, etc.) influence your vowels. And sustain the primary vowel of a diphthong to only give the hint of the 2nd vowel as you release.
• Danger diction words:
• I (diphthong)
• Full (watch l)
• Tears (watch r)
• Of ('uh' should have some height)
• Joy (diphthong)
• That (1 syllable) [æ]
• Well (watch l)
• Flow (diphthong)
• Carry (watch r)
• Life (diphthong)
• Anew ['uh' nyu’]
• Hand (1 syllable) [æ]
• Ours (think hours)
• Could (color with [u])
• Birthed (watch r, th)
• From ('uh' should have some height)
• Love ('uh' should have some height)
• Sustains (diphthong)
• Does ('uh' should have some height)
• Which [hwIch]
• Now (diphthong)
• Prayer (watch r’s)
• If you’re already an “overdoer” please don’t make your vowels affected by over-brightening or swallowing the sound. Ask your director if you’re not sure. But if you don’t usually think about these diction concepts, then it would probably benefit you to work with your directors on this.
• m. 18 - S/T off on beat 3; A/B off on the and of beat 2
• m. 27 - Alto lift on beat 2
• m. 33 - All no breath
• m. 76 - All lift at comma
• m. 78 - S/T off on beat 3; A/B off on the and of beat 2
INSTRUCTIONS/ERRATA:
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