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Beginners Chorus
Mullinax
5/17/19
Performance Evaluation
I participated in the chorus concert titled “Our World, Our time, Our song.” This took
place on May 16th, 2019. Heritage and Wakefield high schools got together to perform and
create beautiful music. This was the last chorus concert for this semester and for some, the last
one they will ever do. Emotions were a big part of this performance because of this and it poured
through ever performance done. The concert as a whole was done very well and brought tears to
All the songs of the concert were really strong, but there was one that shined out above
all. The strongest song of the night was definitely “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” words and
music by Paul Simon and arranged by Kirby Shaw. This was the most up-beat song we sang all
together and very clear everyone really got into it. The dynamics of the piece were performed
perfectly as well as the blended harmony that took this song to the next level. Having said that
this was performed by a high school choir, I feel as though it sounded very professional.
There was some songs that needed a little more attention and were on the more weaker
side. The weakest song was “A Legacy of a Life,” with text and music by Greg Gilpin. This
piece was performed by Heritage Singers. Although I really enjoyed the song itself, it could have
been performed much better. I could only hear Courtney’s voice the whole time. As beautiful as
her voice may be, there was no blend between parts and sounded very choppy. It sounded like
there was only one soprano voice that did not mix with the other parts, but actually out sang
them. It sounded a little like it should have been a solo instead of a song performed by a chorus.
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Beginners Chorus
Mullinax
5/17/19
The one thing I mentioned earlier, but will mention again is the emotions that were put
into this concert. What I enjoyed most about this concert is how moving it was. Unison did an
outstanding job at doing this. They really conveyed the artists messages through each song that
was performed. An example of their strongest song was “Please Stay” with music and text by
Jake Runestad. This song arrose many emotions from the audience and the singers themselves.
The best addition to this song was the speaking parts in this song. Each singer stated a reason
why they wanted someone to “stay.” This made so many people really reflect and think about the
My mom was the only member of my family that attended this concert. She was very
impressed with how good a high school chorus could be. She said that “This is Me” performed
by Unison was the weakest song because it is such a hard song to master. She said the strongest
song was “Bridge over Troubled Water,” which I definitely agree with. After speaking to
multiple class mates, I had many people tell me they felt really good about this concert and said
Overall, this concert was by far a great success. This concert had beautiful music in the
beautiful Wakefield Barn. The singers that are graduating will be greatly missed. We set them
free and said our “farewells.” I am hoping the next concert will be filled with emotions and great