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2020 SEASON - Hello? It's me, the Universe.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

We started to work on this song in the last rehearsal before social restrictions were enforced. We'd like you to keep working on learning your parts for this and let us know how you're going with it at the next catch up.

Vocal tracks and music, plus a youtube clip of the song bing performed are below:

 

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Performance

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Performance

Bridge Over Troubled Water Track Soprano

Voice Track - Soprano

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Voice Track Alto

Voice Track - Alto

Bridge Over Trouble Water - Voice Track Baritone

Voice Track - Baritone

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Sheet Music

Words and music by Paul Simon. Arr. Kirby Shaw

Lovely Blue Sky Recording

Please find the Lovely Blue Sky Resources below.

Lovely Blue Sky - Final Track

Lovely Blue Sky Spotify Mix

Lovely Blue Sky - Backing Track

Lovely Blue Sky Backing Track

Lovely Blue Sky Voice Track Soprano

Voice Track - Soprano

Lovely Blue Sky Voice Track Alto

Voice Track - Alto

Lovely Blue Sky Voice Track Tenor

Voice Track - Tenor

Lovely Blue Sky Voice Track Bass

Voice Track - Bass

Lovely Day Mashup - Sheet Music

Arr. Peter J. Casey

Voctave Virtual Choir resources

AVC SINGS WITH VOCTAVE

Well-known a cappella group Voctave are inviting singers around the world to be involved in their next virtual choir! We have decided that this would be a perfect thing to do as part of AVC so that we can stay singing and connected, and continue to make art in this weird world. The song is one of our favs, You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hansen.

We know that lots of families are overwhelmed with homeschooling and working from home, so there’s absolutely no pressure to do this! Please opt in if you want to, and let us know if you do. Rachel will be recording her part to include, I wonder if we can convince Paul to have a go…

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:

All the learning materials are below.

Choose and learn your part using the rehearsal tracks and then record as per the instructions. Let us know if you need help with that!

We have until Friday 1 May to upload the tracks.

Let us know if you need help with making this happen 🙂

REHEARSAL TRACKS

Sheet Music

Alto Only | Alto with piano

Baritone only | Baritone with piano

Bass only | Bass with piano

Soprano 1 only | Soprano 1 with piano

Soprano 2 only | Soprano 2 with piano

Tenor only | Tenor with Piano

Full piano

Full mix

 

Week 5 Notes

Good evening, Rabble! Thanks for a LOUD but productive rehearsal.

It was so great to welcome Liam and Fearghus tonight. We're so excited to have them with us!

The backing tracks for World In Union and We Are Australian are available below. As we don't have a lot of rehearsal time before our performance, it's important that you listen to the tracks and practise in your own time.

Practise hard, we want these sounding totally fab next week.

P&R

World In Union - Backing Track

World In Union - Backing Track - MP3

We Are Australian - Backing Track

We Are Australian Backing Track - MP3

World In Union - Sheet Music

w. Gustav Holst & Charlie Skarbek, arr. Soweto Gospel Choir

I Am Australian - Sheet Music

w. Bruce Woodley AO & Dobe Newton. arr. Steven Hodgson & Alex Garsden

Week 4 Notes

Here's the playlist for Hello? It's me, the Universe.

Please listen to it a couple of times before next rehearsal and let us know if you have any trouble accessing the songs.

CLICK HERE FOR THE HIMTU PLAYLIST

Or use the player below:

Week 2 Notes

There was some great work at this week's rehearsal but still too much talking!

Remember the Big Nib Marker Expectations:

Minimise chatter | Concentrate and listenFeel the loveTake notes | Be respectful | Take responsibility for your work

Social Gathering

Due to popular demand we'd like to hold a social gathering - details TBA.

Participation isn't compulsory but we'd love to see all come along.

Prep for Week 3

Practice all the songs that we went over at the rehearsal:

  • You're the Voice
  • Wake Up
  • Sound of Silence
  • Don't Stop Me Now
  • I Sing the Body Electric

All the resources you should need are available now.

 

You're the Voice - Sheet Music

By Keith Reid, Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder. Arr. Kirby Shaw

You're the Voice - Backing Track (instrumental)

You're the Voice - Show Backing Track MP3

Wake Up - Sheet Music

By RICHARD PARRY, TIM KINGSBURY, REGINE CHASSAGNE and WIN BUTLER

Wake Up - Backing Track (instrumental)

Show Backing Track - Wake Up - MP3

Wake Up - Performed by Arcade Fire

Spotify Track Wake Up - Performed by Arcade Fire

Sound of Silence - Sheet Music

By Paul Simon | As recorded by Pentatonix

Sound of Silence - Backing Track (Instrumental)

Backing Track - Sound of Silence - MP3

Sound of Silence - Performed by Pentatonix

Spotify Track Sound of Silence - Performed by Pentatonix

Don't Stop Me Now - Sheet Music

By Freddie Mercury | Arr. Mark A. Brymer

Don't Stop Me Now - Performed by Queen

Spotify Track Don't Stop Me Now - Performed by Queen

I Sing The Body Electric - Sheet Music

Music - Michael Gore | Lyrics - Dean Pitchford | Arr. Ed Lojeski

I Sing The Body Electric – Performed by PLHS Combined Choirs

WELCOME TO 2020!

It was so great to see everybody back for the new year and to welcome our new faces!

Below is the sheet music for the three songs we covered at rehearsal as well as the YouTube clip of the performance of The Body Electric performed by PLHS Combined Choirs.

This is a pretty straight-laced version of the song. Our version is going to be so funktastic it'll move into a house at number 1 Funk Street.

I Sing The Body Electric - Sheet Music

Music - Michael Gore | Lyrics - Dean Pitchford | Arr. Ed Lojeski

Don't Stop Me Now - Sheet Music

By Freddie Mercury | Arr. Mark A. Brymer

Sound of Silence - Sheet Music

By Paul Simon | As recorded by Pentatonix

I Sing The Body Electric – Performed by PLHS Combined Choirs

2019 SEASON -- STILL, WE RISE

Word Crimes

We will be learning a new song for The ACT Writers Centre end of year party on 5 December.

Below is the original recording and the lyrics. Please familiarise yourself with them before Wednesday's rehearsal.

 

Word Crimes

Backing Track

Word Crimes

Original Song

Word Crimes Lyrics

by Weird Al Yankovic

DOWNLOAD LYRICS PDF

Everybody shut up

Everyone listen up (Hey, hey, hey... hey, hey, hey... hey, hey, hey)

 

If you can't write in the proper way

If you don't know how to conjugate

Maybe you flunked that class

And maybe now you find

That people mock you online

 

Okay now here's the deal, I'll try to educate ya

Gonna familiarise you with the nomenclature

You'll learn the definitions of nouns and prepositions

Literacy's your mission

 

And that's why we think it's a good time

To learn some grammar (what)

Now did I stammer?

Work on that grammar

You should know when it's less or it's fewer

Like people who were

Never raised in a sewer

I hate these word crimes

Like "I could care less"

That means you do care

At least a little

Because you’re writers

You'd better slow down and use the right pronoun

Show the world you're no clown

 

Say you got an I-T followed by apostrophe S

Now, what does that mean?

You would not use "it's" in this case as a possessive (no no no)

It's a contraction (yeah yeah yeah)

What's a contraction?

"Well, it's the shortening of a word or group of words by omission of a sound or letter"

 

Okay now here's some notes:

Syntax you're always manglin'

No "x" in espresso

Your participle's danglin'

But I don't want your drama

If you really wanna, leave out that Oxford comma

 

Just keep in mind that be, see, are, you...

Are words, not letters

Get it together, use your spell checker

You should never

Write words using numbers

Unless you're seven, or your name is Prince

I hate these word crimes

You really need a full-time proofreader

I’ll put out some feelers

‘Cause, you should hire

Some cunning linguist

To help you distinguish what is proper English

 

One thing I ask of you

The time to learn your homophones is past due

Learn to diagram a sentence too

Always say "to whom"; don't ever say "to who"

And listen up when I tell you this

I hope you never use quotation marks for emphasis

You finished second grade; I hope you can tell

If you're doing good or doing well

Better figure out the difference

Irony is not coincidence

And I thought that you'd gotten it through your skull

'Bout what's figurative and what's literal

Oh, but just now (just now) you said (you said)

You "literally couldn't get out of bed" (what)

That really makes me wanna literally

Bang the wall with my pedantic head

 

I read your e-mail (yeah yeah)

It's quite apparent your grammar's errant

You're incoherent

Saw your blog post (hey hey)

I'm enthusiastic

That was sarcastic... (aw psych!) it's not fantastic

I hate these word crimes

Your prose has hope we

know you don’t only write in Emoji

You're not a lost cause

Go back to high school, or maybe pre-school

We know you’re no fool

 

Never mind, I give up

Really now, I give up

(Hey hey hey)

(Hey hey hey)

(Go away)

ADDITIONAL Still, We Rise Backing Tracks

We now have all the backing tracks from Alex. Please download and listen to them below.

Also, there are two vocal tracks for you to help you for My Shot (Rise Up) and Malala.

12 - Prayer of the Children

Backing Track

06 - RISE UP (MY SHOT)

Backing Track

07 - MALALA

Backing Track

08 - SEEDS OF CHANGE

Backing Track

10A - WHY WE BUILD THE WALL

Backing Track

10 Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Backing Track

06 - RISE UP - Vocal Track

Backing Track

07 - MALALA - Vocal Track

Backing Track

03 - Still I Rise Poem Backing

Backing Track

09 - HYMN

Backing Track

Still, We Rise Backing Tracks

Download or listen to the tracks below.

Rise Up (My Shot) lyrics and track

Rise up
If you livin' on your knees, you rise up
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
When are folks like me and you gonna rise up?
Every city, every hood, we need to rise up
All my soldiers, what's good? We need to rise up
We ain't got no other choice, we need to rise up
Rise up!

Rise Up (My Shot) Spotify Track

Performed by Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, Nate Ruess, The Roots

01 - WAKE UP

Backing Track

04 - BEDS ARE BURNING

Backing Track

13 - YOU WILL BE FOUND

Backing Track

15 - YOU'RE THE VOICE

Backing Track

02 - MAD WORLD

Backing Track

11 - SOUNDS OF SILENCE

Backing Track

14 - LANTERNS

Backing Track

Week 7

See below for the link to Why We Build the Wall.

 

Why We Build the Wall

Original Broadway Cast Recording

FEARLESS

Thanks for your great work last night as we unveiled our song 'Fearless' for the Fearless Comedy Gala.

This is AVC's first major performance and we want it to be amazing! So... you WILL need to practise the song outside of our Wednesday rehearsals.

Remember the comedy from this song comes from the deadpan delivery of young people singing outrageous things. Deadpan doesn't mean robotic, it means serious, no smiles, like you're singing the national anthem. There's passion and belief, but it's not over the top.

Please also remember to keep this song under wraps. We want the whole audience to be surprised (including your parents).

Below are some resources to help you practice. We've included the sheet music as well as some backing tracks with the parts separated to help you along.

 

Fearless - Sheet Music

by Peter J Casey

Fearless - Piano Only

Midi Backing Track

Fearless - Alto and Piano

Midi Backing Track

Fearless - Bass and Piano

Midi Backing Track

Fearless - Soprano and Piano

Midi Backing Track

Fearless - Tenor and Piano

Midi Backing Track

Week 5-6

Dear AVC Performers!

Thanks for a great week 5 rehearsal everyone.

AGT Mashup - Backing Track

Midi Backing Track

AGT Mashup

Voice Track - Soprano

AGT Mashup

Voice Track - Alto

AGT Mashup

Voice Track - Tenor

AGT Mashup

Voice Track - Bass

Lovely Day Mashup - Sheet Music

Arr. Peter J. Casey

Mr Blue Sky

Performed by ELO

Lovely Day

Performed by Bill Withers

Best Day of My Life

Performed by American Authors

White Winter Hymnal

Performed by Pentatonix

Week 3

Dear AVC Performers!

Thanks for a great week 2 rehearsal. It was great to see you all together for the first time. Please familiarise yourself with the Spotify tracks and sheet music below and come prepared next week.

I Know Where I've Been

From Hairspray performed by Queen Latifah

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Written and performed by Coldplay

I Know Where I've Been - Sheet Music

Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scot Wittman, Arr. Mac Huff

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor Arr. Roger Emerson

Blame It On The Boogie - Sheet Music

Words & Music by Michael Jackson-Clark, David Jackson-Rich, Thomas Meyer, Elmar Krohn and Hans Kampschroer Arr. Mac Huff

You Will Be Found - Sheet Music

by Justin Paul and Benj Pasek Arr. Mac Huff

2018 SEASON

Week 8

Royals

Backing Track

Stand By Me

Backing Track

Week 6

Hi Team,

Absolutely fabulous rehearsal last night! Thank you all for working so hard, and for being ready to give each other feedback and work together to make AVC the amazing thing it is!

For next rehearsal:

  • please learn Seasons of Love off by heart, and focus on your pitch. Sing to the backing track which is linked below.
  • Practise Royals without music
  • Practise Stand by Me

Busking Songs:

  • Royals
  • Stand by Me
  • Pokarekare Ana
  • Seasons of Love
  • Life Support

Please bring any polished items like duets we could include in the busking song set list.

Can't wait for next Wednesday!

Rachel and Paul

Seasons of Love

Backing Track

Pokarekare Ana

Performed by Aotearoa Maori Chorale

Composer-in-Residence Chloe Sinclair joins us for rehearsal 6

Week 5

Dear AVC Performers!

How amazing is the video that Paul made? I think it captures not only your amazing sound, but how much fun we have had working together so far. When I saw it for the first time, I (Rachel) cried. We're so proud of you all. If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch it below.

This week is shaping up to be a big one! We will be starting one of your suggestions - The Longest Time. Check out the Spotify link below, and please download or print the music.

Our two goals for this term are the recording, and busking. We're excited to let you know that we have locked some dates in!

The recording will be held on Sun 2 December, 9.45am to 12.30pm, at SilverSun Pictures in Watson. We will be recording the parts separately, but would like everyone to be there to drink in the whole experience!

Busking - we'd like to do this the following weekend on Saturday 8 December in the morning. We'll be going into the city at a few locations.

What we need you to do - please let us know that you can make it to both gigs.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Rachel and Paul

Stand by Me

Performed by The Kingdom Choir

Stand by Me - Sheet Music

By Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Ben E. King

The Longest Time

Performed by Billy Joel

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor

Royals - Sheet Music

Words and Music by Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor

The Longest Time - Sheet Music

By Billy Joel, arr. Deke Sharon & Anne Raugh

Secret for the Mad - Lyrics

By Dodie Clarke

Pōkarekare Ana - Lyrics

Traditional

Secret for the Mad

Performed by Dodie

Seasons of Love Video

Week 4

Fabulous rehearsal last week - so great to have Connor there, and to keep up the amazing work we've been doing. Paul and I are so excited to see AVC becoming a reality, and whenever we hear you we know there's huge things in store!

We're close to finalising the recording date, and we'll keep you posted. Studio time will be so awesome!

Tomorrow Paul and I would like to have a little time of reflection, so please come prepared to talk about:

  • Things to keep
    Things to change
    Your ultimate song wish.

Here are the lyrics to Pokarekare Ana, and a little translation. Looking forward to teaching you the next bit tomorrow.

Pōkarekare ana, ngā wai o Waiapu
Whiti atu koe hine, marino ana e.
E hine e, hoki mai ra
Ka mate ahau i te aroha e.
They are agitated
the waters of Waiapu,
But when you cross over girl
they will be calm.
Oh girl
return to me,
I could die
of love for you.

Week 3

Thanks for a great second rehearsal on Wednesday. Just like our pots of sunflowers, AVC is growing as a group and we sense great things for AVC!
Could you please do the following for next week:

  • Listen to Secret for the Mad
  • Learn Seasons of Love off by heart
  • Practise Royals
  • Practise You Will Be Found
  • Listen to Somebody to Love (Glee Version)

Because of the issues with sheet music last week, we've made that available for download here as well. So, if you need to reprint it, feel free.
We're coming at our repertoire fast and furious, but with our goals in mind - the recording, and busking in December. You guys are sounding fabulous and I'm loving the teamwork I am seeing in rehearsal.

Looking forward to welcoming Connor on Wednesday!

Somebody to Love - Sheet Music

Words & Music by Freddie Mercury

Somebody to Love

Performed by Cast of Glee

Secret for the Mad

Performed by Dodie

Week 3

Thanks for a great second rehearsal on Wednesday. Just like our pots of sunflowers, AVC is growing as a group and we sense great things for AVC!
Could you please do the following for next week:

  • Listen to Secret for the Mad
  • Learn Seasons of Love off by heart
  • Practise Royals
  • Practise You Will Be Found
  • Listen to Somebody to Love (Glee Version)

Because of the issues with sheet music last week, we've made that available for download here as well. So, if you need to reprint it, feel free.
We're coming at our repertoire fast and furious, but with our goals in mind - the recording, and busking in December. You guys are sounding fabulous and I'm loving the teamwork I am seeing in rehearsal.

Looking forward to welcoming Connor on Wednesday!

Somebody to Love - Sheet Music

Words & Music by Freddie Mercury

Somebody to Love

Performed by Cast of Glee

Secret for the Mad

Performed by Dodie

Week 2

What a wonderful first rehearsal last week. We were so excited when we heard you sing together—what a fabulous sound! Those of you who knew each other already made the others so welcome. Thank you!

And how excited is Rachel about watering!?!

Below are some links to some songs on Spotify. Have a listen to them and familiarise yourselves with the music and lyrics.

Secret for the Mad

Performed by Dodie

Life Support

Performed by Cast of Rent

Below are the links to the backing tracks we used in Week 1. Use these to practice with before the next rehearsal.

Seasons of Love

Backing Track

You Will Be Found

Backing Track

Week 1

Please download the music below in preparation for the first rehearsal.

You Will Be Found

By Justin Paul & Benj Pasek arr. Mac Huff

Royals

By Joel Little & Ella Yellich-O'Conner arr. Roger Emerson

Touch The Sky

By Alexander L. Mandel & Mark Andrews arr. Mac Huff

Seasons of Love

By Johnathan Larson arr. Mac Huff