Choruses
YMC has three choruses, tailored to age and level of challenge desired:
musicus: one who plays or sings music — musician
musicum: pl. musicus
Now award-winning!
YMC took silver at the
Golden Gate International Choral Festival!
Videos
June 4, 2022
in-person concert!
How Can I Keep From Singing
December 17, 2022
Wintertide
A Musicum
Esterházy – Harmonia Coelestis
arr. Audrey Snyder – Il est né le divin enfant
Mac Huff – Happy Hanukkah, My Friend
Emmerson – Hot Chocolate
B Musicum
McKelvey – Deck the Halls in 7/8
Praetorius – Sing dem Herrn
Rutter – Mary's Lullaby
Collegium Musicum
arr. Jansson – Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Bartók – Madárdal
Monteverdi – Lasciatemi Morire
Kodály – Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Big Sing
Gustaf Nordqvist – Jul, Jul, Strälande Jul
May 13, 2023
Here's to Song
A Musicum
Alleluia (Cherubini)
Peter Piper (Lon Berry)
Duetto di Due Gatti (Rossini)
A and B Musicum
Goin Up a Yonder (Walter Hawkins)
B Musicum
Campfire Song (Bardós)
Collegium Musicum
Warrior (Baryluk)
Sea Wind (Marvit and Collegium)
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Dana Dana (Bardós)
Big Sing
Here's to Song (MagGillivray arr. Lydia Adams):
Let's get YMC on the map!
Please help us send representatives of Young Musicians Chorus to the Golden Gate International Choral Festival this summer! We've raised about $800 so far, and have about $6700 to go. Donations can be made via PayPal at info@ymchorus.org. Thank you!!!
Big Sing
Good Cheer – arr. Audry Snyder
A Musicum
Humpty Dumpty – Jean and Dave Perry
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep – arr. Betty Bertaux
Kusimama – Jim Papoulis
B Musicum
Venga Nel Nostro Coro – Scarlatti
O Magnum Mysterium – Ramos
Amani – Papoulis ed. Nuñez
(special inside look! Rehearsing Amani in solfège)
Collegium Musicum
Três Cantos Kraó dos Indos Nativos – Leite (assisted by B Musicum)
Teomehe-laul – Tormis
Tourdion – Attaignant
Stand Up – Erivo arr. Douglas
Dana-dana – Lajos Bardós
Big Sing
How Can I Keep From Singing – Lowry arr. Hugh/Seeger/Marvit
December 18, 2021
in-person concert!
One Voice
A Musicum
Es wird scho glei dumpa and Jabberwocky
B Musicum
Farfallina and I've Been in the Storm So Long
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Collegium Musicum
O Magnum, Mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Viva la Musica – Iván Erőd
Ave Verum Corpus – W.A. Mozart
Tungare – Stephen Leek
Veni, Veni Emmanuel – Z. Kodály
Big Sing
N.B. No pitches were digitally tuned. What you hear are the genuine kids.
Audio handling:
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syncing up the voices
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balancing the voices
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removing random noises
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occasional reverb
At the height of the pandemic...
We refused to be silenced. Three semesters were spent holding choral rehearsals online. YMC takes great pride in its amazing kids and they, in turn, take great pride in the remarkable music they created:
June 27, 2020
online concert
Bartók to Bohemian Rhapsody!
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A Musicum
1 Ich will den Herrn loben (Telemann)
2 Antiphonal Kyrie (Thrift)
B Musicum
3 Bring Me Little Water, Silvy (Leadbelly, arr. Smiley/Marvit
4 Hymne à la Nuit (Rameau, arr. Grundahl)
Collegium Musicum
5 Madárdal (Bartók) – behind the scenes: learning video!
6 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
7 Warrior (Baryluk/Wyrd Sisters)
Big Sing
8 Down in the River to Pray (arr. Wittig)
FULL CONCERT (edited to remove, amoung other things, the profanity-laced moment when I realized I'd sent out the link incorrectly)
December 31, 2020
online concert
The Storm Is Passing Over
And a playlist is here.
A Musicum
1. A la Nanita Nana (arr. David Eddleman)
2. Here In My House (Aline Shader)
B Musicum
3. Water Under Snow (Henri Wassman)
4. Carol of the Bells (Leontovych)
Collegium Musicum
5. Lullay My Liking (Holst)
6. Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd-Webber)
7. The Storm Is Passing Over (arr. Barbara Baker)
8. Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (Pergolesi)
9. Stabat Mater: Amen (to be played immediately after 8)
Big Sings
10. Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan/arr. Len Thomas) -- NEW and IMPROVED: now with the correct link!
11. Shut de Do (Stonehill/arr. Gilpin)
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May 29, 2021
online concert
01 (A) Away From the Roll of the Sea – arr. S Calvert
02 (C) Come Again – Dowland
03 (B) Sailors Prayer – Kesselman
04 (B) Gift to Sing – arr. Rollo Dilworth
05 (A) Carry Me Home – arr. JA Shafferman
06 (C) Since You're Not Here – Troy Robertson
07 (C) Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo
08 (TUTTI) Light of a Clear Blue Morning – Dolly Parton arr. Wailin' Jennys
Collegium Musicum
B Musicum
(B Musicum is too new to have many live recordings, but here are a couple B Musicum songs plus some early Collegium recordings that are the sorts of pieces we'll be doing.)
A Musicum
Big Sings