Handouts available at: http://TopherKeene.com/professional-development
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-qYocnA9U
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CatN74VbAKE
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsKfqHF_nsE
Want your singers to "read music" but don't know where to start? Worried that teaching literacy will take away from concert preparation time? Want to get away from note-plunking and rote learning? You will leave this session ready to teach all your singers to be literate musicians. This hands-on workshop will cover the basics of the Movable Do system of Solfège (including hand-signs) and how to structure your teaching to mirror the way we learn spoken language. In only a few minutes per rehearsal your singers can begin learning repertoire without piano and develop better leadership, intonation and understanding.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsKfqHF_nsE
Sheet Music: http://choirunlimited.com/alice-b-dearden-1/the-huron-carol-alice-b-dearden-kegkn
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Performed with the Fountain of the Sun Retirement Community Chorus 12/07/2017 (Thursday Evening)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4CHNFwExw
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Fountain of the Sun Retirement Community Chorus
Topher Keene, Director
Mary Wagner, Accompanist
2019 Christmas Concert, Wednesday December 4th Evening Show
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnNqr-JyNUg
LW 361 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me v. 1-4
1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure:
Cleanse me from its guilt and pow'r.
2 Not the labors of my hands
Can fulfill thy law's demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and thou alone.
3 Nothing in my hand I bring;
Simply to thy cross I cling.
Naked, come to thee for dress;
Helpless, look to thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d0rb4pNxPs
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LW 036 Of The Father's Love Begotten
1 Of the Father's love begotten
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending he,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see
Evermore and evermore.
2 Oh, that birth forever blessed,
When the virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bore the Savior of our race,
And the babe, the world's Redeemer,
First revealed his sacred face
Evermore and evermore.
3 This is he whom seers in old time
Chanted of with one accord,
Whom the voices of the prophets
Promised in their faithful word;
Now he shines, the long-expected;
Let creation praise its Lord
Evermore and evermore.
4 Let the heights of heav'n adore him;
Angel hosts, his praises sing:
Pow'rs, dominions, bow before him
And extol our God and King;
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Ev'ry voice in concert ring
Evermore and evermore.
5 Christ, to you, with God the Father
And the Spirit, there shall be
Hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
And the shout of jubilee:
Honor, glory, and dominion
And eternal victory
Evermore and evermore!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z67j0XzdFJg
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Sheet Music: http://choirunlimited.com/michael-payen/silent-night-michael-payen-2gxfh
Fountain of the Sun Community Chorus 2018 Christmas Concert (Wednesday Evening
) 12/05/2018
Topher Keene, Conductor
Mary Wagner, Accompanist
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaEbbBtGzzY
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LW 279 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds vs. 1-7
1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
And drives away all fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole
And calms the heart's unrest;
It's manna to the hungry soul
And to the weary, rest.
3 Dear name! The rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never-failing treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace.
4 By you my prayers acceptance gain
Although with sin defiled.
The devil charges me in vain,
And God calls me his child.
5 O Jesus, shepherd, guardian, friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Lord, my life, my way, my end,
Accept the praise I bring.
6 I praise in weakness from afar--
How cold my warmest thought!
But when I see you as you are,
I'll praise you as I ought.
7 Till then I would your love proclaim
With ev'ry fleeting breath;
And may the music of your name
Refresh my soul in death!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5HPWlOjGU