<div dir="ltr">Below is the email I sent last September when we first worked on Sing Gently. It includes a link to practice tracks. <div>Practice tracks for Gift to Sing should be ready next week sometime.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><div dir="ltr">Hello!<br><div><br></div><div><div>If anyone wishes to practice/sing along with the song "Sing Gently" which we worked on tonight, here is a link where you can find practice tracks featuring each part:</div><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ericwhitacre/sets/eric-whitacres-virtual-choir-6-sing-gently" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/ericwhitacre/sets/eric-whitacres-virtual-choir-6-sing-gently</a></div><div><br></div><div>The tracks each have all the parts, but they make individual ones louder so you can practice your own part, hearing other parts in the background.</div><div> </div><div>The attached picture is a screen shot of what the page will look like. Scroll down until you see what you see here. When you first open the page it might automatically start playing the complete version. If so, to get to your part, first click pause either at the top of the page or where the first arrow and circle are, then click play in the area next to the part you want to highlight. (as an example, I have circled the area to click for the tenor part.)</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_krqhkv2i0" alt="sing gently screenshot.png" width="412" height="230" style="outline:0px"></div></div><div><br></div><div>And here is the video Eric Whitacre made of this song in the Spring of 2020.</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InULYfJHKI0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InULYfJHKI0</a><br></div><div>It's a 10 minute video although the song is only 3 minutes--the rest is the credits of all 17,000 singers scrolling through!</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to go down the Eric Whitacre rabbit hole, here is the Ted talk he gave over 10 years ago, where he talks about the origin of the virtual choir. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NENlXsW4pM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NENlXsW4pM</a></div><div>Back then it was new and exotic--now of course they are depressingly commonplace!</div><div><br></div><div>And I apologize, I called him an English composer, but he is very American (although he is now based in England.). I find him so fascinating--handsome, charismatic, more the impression of a celebrity pop star, but his music is so so beautiful, deep and sensitive.</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy!</div><div>Donia</div><div><br></div></div>
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