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Concert Preparation Tools

A central location for resources to help you prepare for upcoming concerts. Be sure to check back regularly for updates.

Upcoming Concerts

The Music of James Horner (Oct. 5-7, 2018)

  • Avatar piano vocal score
  • Braveheart notes
  • Braveheart end credits video clip
  • Hymn to the Sea piano vocal score

Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (Nov. 23-25)

  • ​Awaiting repertoire

Holiday Pops (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)

  • ​Awaiting repertoire

Handel's Messiah (Dec. 12-16)

  • Marked Scores & Sit/Stand Markings (rev. 2017)
  • 2016 Movement List
  • Sit/Stand Markings
  • Bass & Tenor notes for p. 298 ("Amen")
  • VoiceParts.com (for help with your individual part)
  • ​Score: Handel Messiah, Barenreiter, HWV 56, BA 4012b, English only (should you wish to purchase your own copy)

TPSC YouTube Playlist

TPSC Playlist - The concert master often maintains a YouTube playlist of upcoming pieces we are doing.  The link is currently not working, but we will get it up and running when we are able.

Please check back regularly for updates, and feel free to make recommendations.

Past Repertoire

Arvo Part, "In Principio"
  • Pronunciation & translation (and a splash of history)
  • Soprano Parts | Alto Parts | Tenor Parts | Bass Parts
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
  • ​​Pronunciation & Translation
  • Top 10 German Pronunciation Rules
  • Literary Analysis
  • Director Markings​ (revised fall 2018)
  • Score: Beethoven 9th, Vocal Score, Edition Peters 2227 (should you wish to purchase your own copy)
  • Kasper's Additional Markings​
Handel's Messiah
  • Marked Scores & Sit/Stand Markings (2017)
  • 2016 Movement List
  • Sit/Stand Markings
  • Bass & Tenor notes for p. 298 ("Amen")
  • VoiceParts.com (for help with your individual part)
  • ​Score: Handel Messiah, Barenreiter, HWV 56, BA 4012b, English only (should you wish to purchase your own copy)
Orff's Carmina Burana
  • Carmina Burana IPA
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
  • Symphony of Psalms score markings:
    Movement 1
    Movement 2
    Movement 3a
    Movement 3b
  • YouTube video folder of recordings of past performances
  • VoiceParts.com (for help with your individual part)
Mozart Requiem
  • Measure numbering (revisions to Movement 1 on pg. 6)
  • Score markings:
    No, 1 (Requiem & Kyrie) | No. 2 (Dies Irae) | No. 4 (Rex Tremendae) | No. 6 (Confutatis) | No. 7 (Lacrymosa) |
    No. 8 (Domine Jesu) | No. 9 (Hostias) | No. 10 (Sanctus) | No. 12a (Agnus Dei) | No. 12b (Agnus Dei)
  • Pronunciation & translation
Verdi Reqeuiem
  • Cyberbass.com Learning Tool for Verdi Requiem
Wagner's "ARRIVAL of the GUESTS" from Tannhäuser
  • Pronunciation & translation
  • Cleaner Wagner score (volunteered by Peter Kyhn)
  • Playlist with individual parts
Austria & Poland
​Logistics
  • Final Itinerary
  • Calendar​ with Schedule
VIenna Repertoire
  • YouTube Playlist
  • Mozart Requiem (see Past Concerts section)
  • Poulenc's Gloria
​Salzburg Repertoire
  • ​Soprano: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp0ry4d4TReLGjt5JiDzqNu
  • Alto: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pon0FjMQMgZSZfAtU6SHGRf
  • Tenor: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp4kfhZv5mlHdOy0JqGM5zv
  • Bass: ​https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pocd2VdvphPEMX9gmLnMQ-o
Telemann (Poland)
  • MP3 files
  • See also Salzburg Repertoire (sans Ascendit Deus)

Returning Music

All music must be returned to Diane VanDyke by no later than July 5. Read here for more information.
Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone
  • 12-Group Roster
  • Score Markings
  • Additional Markings
  • Part Learning Videos (because Tom is amazing):
    • No 1, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poRRkzvdLi11MJERHUOvg2j
                Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7ponSD1BQQd-pK7W-lUAJ1Oc
                Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prg5Kxc1VhFxpKRCWMMa_nI
    • No 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqIqfG75oEBRwOyqe-Bj762
    • No 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7po5DITI0zij6GzrKdyugM__
    • No 4: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poFAHCRLkGihMsWbiG3_l5R
    • No 5: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqxGjVBrt-ljOpEQBhzLaOy
    • No 6: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7po15ggOSYyScc7FU9z0W2LF
    • No 7: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pq0WfAlBlfIev-VJtX8uxiK
    • No 8: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prCGTJMtWSjMIPURbURejmO
    • No 9: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7ppzHYX4YyN1uolI_t45BPPg
    • No 10: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqMR6fiAigtK-YqMCe6f0bh
    • No 11: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqWoqa1ziU6WoKTQS-u3VIb
    • No 12: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pr6LiiEPix9RwvM1Hu9OE6F
    • No 13: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prJmyRMUdDBC5Ww04T029f0
    • No 14, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp7XA2UWVBgvFrlsVWPn8e9
                  Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqlAOk7Kgq6Uvg0rFD6rHBD
    • No 15: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7proODrd3iqV9BPrkY8vHWx2
    • No 16, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poZGNuu5p67tBc9ga9ryobX
                  Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqyYXvgJjLQYy5ztxHO0D5H
                  Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poqfzgUnZXndxVoiBMjSp8W
                  Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqv4yMwCECHuLdN1_x7eF2H

HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER OF SECRETS
  • Tom's marked score
  • Final Roster
  • ​Sits & Stands
Videos to help with part learning:
  • No 01: 2M1B - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prA_OVa9YYOH3r5X1CsQ-f2
  • ​No 02: 3M3 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqk1M0flTnwQLCQPkDwsGER
  • No 03: 4M2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poAPCy6C8jU6b2AUH5tkXq-
  • No 04: 4M3 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prln6WjJwM9Fsi7dfwTvQEO
  • No 05: 5M6 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pr_1ntEVOxjwmgRFhVmjjxT
  • No 06: 6M2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp17uwPC2jDqqjM9aUw_JUV
  • No 07: 7M6 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pq_5ZtByPxUygNEDhDtERxD
  • No 08: 8M2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pod_KKjWdOqMcpr3UgmErAr
  • No 09: 8M2B - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pohR-48uI6iYDK7uwcZ9LfL
  • No 10: 8M5 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poPAuL6Bs_9eBhmqzPXAAWY
  • No 11: 9M2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7ppTH2MyTPicwuORkWlLRuYo
solo Concert Repertoire 2018
   Repertoire: 
  • Requiem, by Durufle (w/ organ)
    -   Pronunciation and Translation
    -   1. Introit
    -   2. Kyrie
    -   3. Domine Jesu
    -   4. Sanctus
    -   5. Pie Jesu
    -   6. Agnus Dei
    -   7. Lux Aeterna
    -   8. Libera Me
    -   9. In Paradisium
  • Two selections from Deus judicium tuum, by Telemann (with organ)
    -   No. 1: Deus judicium tuum
    -   No. 3: Et dominabitur
  • Locus iste, by Bruckner (unaccompanied)
  • Caritas et Amor, by Stroope (w/ piano)
  • Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, by Parker (unaccompanied)
  • Even When He Is Silent, by Arnesen (unaccompanied)
  • Sit Down, Servant, by Gibbs (unaccompanied)
  • Two selections from Candide, by Bernstein (w/ piano)
    -   Make Our Garden Grow
    -   
    Best of All Possible Worlds
  • Additional voice part assistance: 
    Sop 1
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prsJkZE9gmwEebe-fWdkTvp
     
    Sop 2
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7prHKRFIlJpUg1F_xYggHdkL
     
    Alto 1
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp-FoUnbBrmkViuEB38qiHt
     
    Alto 2
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7ppJTbCC352GPfcC_HUDorx9
     
    Tenor 1
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pp93EqgMNRdWcManjMLP3Bv
     
    Tenor 2
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7pqdewvT6omJY8RykCjCfu1u
     
    Bass 1
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7poiKT7EaWtHwnzlQ3WF4drE
     
    Bass 2
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhF9K_OJe7povUScPGLyQ_fx667rRPTc8


Brahms requiem
  • Marked score
  • Translation & pronunciation
  • Terms
  • Biblical verses used in the text
  • Tito has agreed to allow us to stand and sit as seen in this video of a performance conducted by Herbert Blomstedt: https://youtu.be/dJelOS-fjrY. (This also is a recording recommend by Tito for tempo and interpretation, so worth a listen.)
  • Sit & stand markings

Music Library

​Friendly notes from our music librarians:
  • Music is provided by The Phoenix Symphony. 
  • Please use pencil only, do not 3 hole punch, and protect it from spills. 
  • All music is due immediately after the last concert of each run. 
  • Here is a handy link to check the librarians' music distribution list outlining what music has been issued or returned:
    ​https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qNDKtHBW-yiRaE34xnLyCF8DWOsaLTSNbLmlTA-zlM/edit?usp=sharing
  • If you are not singing in a concert for which you already received music, please mail to the music librarian:
          Diane VanDyke
          4228 West Hatcher Road
          Phoenix AZ 85051

Questions?  Contact Diane at dianevandyke2@gmail.com or 623-696-7344

Purchasing Music

If you are interested in purchasing your own copies of the music TPSC will be performing, they can be ordered at Central Music or at online distributors like Sheet Music Plus:
  • Central Music: 5038 N Central Ave | Phoenix, AZ 85012 | (602) 274-6532
  • www.sheetmusicplus.com
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