UNT A Cappella Choir: Shenandoah

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  • Shenandoah.....................................Traditional American Folk Song
    arr. 1975 James Erb (1926-2014)
    UNT A Cappella Choir
    Allen Hightower, conductor
    Recorded live April 12, 2018
    Winspear Hall, College of Music
    University of North Texas
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 214

  • @AbnerIMAlvarado
    @AbnerIMAlvarado 2 роки тому +40

    This is by far the best rendition of this arrangement. I cry every time I listen to it.

  • @peteshour768
    @peteshour768 8 місяців тому +15

    A love for a woman that could never be. A heart broken that could never heal.

  • @dmo-h4s
    @dmo-h4s 8 місяців тому +13

    we song this in high school .. its been almost 40 years.... .. it just came into my mind and i had to hear it. it was so beautiful and touching then.. and still beautiful now.

  • @GreenYoshi3881
    @GreenYoshi3881 3 місяці тому +9

    I miss my high school choir so much 😢❤

  • @larryc3860
    @larryc3860 Рік тому +18

    The UNT Music department is recognized internationally as one of the best, especially the Jazz Band ensemble....their performances are always moving and beautiful.......I am proud to be an alumnus.....

  • @CraigBryant28
    @CraigBryant28 5 місяців тому +6

    Years ago, I worked for a local cable company in southern California and we videotaped a choral concert by a prominent high school in the area. They performed this song as part of their show. It is the one song that has stuck with me since then. Simply beautiful.

  • @Jeff.Frye-Zelno
    @Jeff.Frye-Zelno Рік тому +17

    One of the “cleanest” performances and interpretation of this work. Simply exemplary.

  • @dogmombailey6910
    @dogmombailey6910 6 років тому +58

    Beautifully performed. My favorite arrangement; you can almost see the water flowing.

  • @voro5527
    @voro5527 3 роки тому +14

    You can hear the river rolling

  • @geniuscoffeeboi
    @geniuscoffeeboi Рік тому +15

    I sang the exact same arrangement in a choir over years, and even if it was a pain to study, it sounded so good our conductor regularly shed tears during rehearsals and concerts.

  • @shanlialikhani1165
    @shanlialikhani1165 5 років тому +442

    Play this at my funeral and ill wake up and shed a tear

    • @marijackson3707
      @marijackson3707 4 роки тому +6

      😂😂😂 I love this

    • @edwinzaid810
      @edwinzaid810 3 роки тому

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    • @chasearjun2744
      @chasearjun2744 3 роки тому

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      @remingtonbjorn6794 3 роки тому

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    • @zachariahmarcellus8456
      @zachariahmarcellus8456 3 роки тому

      @Edwin Zaid yup, have been using Flixzone for since december myself =)

  • @GaryWells-sr2rf
    @GaryWells-sr2rf Місяць тому +1

    My wife and I sang this in choir in 1973 at State. We came in third, but we felt we won! Absolutely beautiful arrangement! ❤❤

  • @dracwb
    @dracwb 2 роки тому +28

    I sang this same version in high school at a music festival. Funny how you can remember something so vividly from 1992 or 1993....

    • @prometheusfallen
      @prometheusfallen Рік тому +2

      Same. Class of '92 here.

    • @kevinm6790
      @kevinm6790 Рік тому +1

      I sang it at a festival 10 years earlier. Love this arrangement!

    • @edgarwalker6049
      @edgarwalker6049 Рік тому +1

      Same I sang this in high school

  • @thewhoman5390
    @thewhoman5390 2 роки тому +18

    all of bass singers know that sometimes notes are more important than words and these guys get that😂

  • @andresferrari5859
    @andresferrari5859 10 місяців тому +2

    I love this song and this rendition is beautifully preformed. My love of this song comes from my own history with it when I was a young man and a member of the Massachusetts All State Choir. We performed it in Boston Symphony Hall to a full house in the spring of 1970.

  • @wizardzcoast
    @wizardzcoast 2 роки тому +6

    We are singing this in our choir class and just hearing us all harmonize for the first time is so beautiful

  • @brookesea4610
    @brookesea4610 3 роки тому +6

    If you were trying to make us cry, mission accomplished- in the most beautiful and uplifting way possible.

  • @2handnation
    @2handnation Рік тому +3

    i remember singing this my freshman year of high school. this song is truly a masterpiece and one of the top songs I have ever sang in my long choir career by far.

  • @note4katie
    @note4katie 2 роки тому +9

    I’ve played this song in numerous ensembles throughout my high school and college careers. It’s my very favorite song and I sang it to my daughter as a lullaby every night when she was a baby. This brings back so many memories and makes me weepy. Beautiful performance.

    • @nathanzacharias3580
      @nathanzacharias3580 8 місяців тому +1

      i was only in choir for one year in high school so i could go on the choir trip and i am not a good vocalist. but we performed this and i really loved it. 15 years later, it knocks my 7 month old son to sleep every time 🙂

  • @davidlwebb324
    @davidlwebb324 Рік тому +5

    Your blend is astounding. Great voices. A wonderful piece of music. Thank you.

  • @pedrospohr
    @pedrospohr Рік тому +2

    Absolutely astonishing!!!What a peace and what a choir. Southern Brazil hugs for all of you.

  • @hanarfianarbi
    @hanarfianarbi 3 роки тому +3

    I wanna tell the universe that they should all listen to your voice right now ❤️

  • @craigwestbrook8932
    @craigwestbrook8932 3 роки тому +3

    This song takes me back to my a capella choir at Red Mountain High. Such wonderful memories ❤

  • @Oopth11
    @Oopth11 Місяць тому

    Discovered this song after losing someone close and it was and still is my go to solace ! So beautifully performed and damn near perfect! Bless this lot !🙏

  • @Cosmic_Dreamer_
    @Cosmic_Dreamer_ 3 роки тому +3

    I remember singing this exact piece freshman year. It really took me back

  • @theconnoisseur3762
    @theconnoisseur3762 2 роки тому +12

    This song single-handedly made me drive 11 hours to Virginia and embark on a 3 day hike in Shenandoah park

    • @jonathandoyle3481
      @jonathandoyle3481 2 роки тому +1

      I feel the same way! Thankfully, after many years far distant, I live a bit closer now. Definitely on the near term list for a trip. I will put on headphones and listen to this gorgeous performance while standing at the banks.

    • @87edrag
      @87edrag 2 роки тому

      that's really cool

    • @dabearcub
      @dabearcub 2 роки тому

      I loved hearing that!

  • @ellie9380
    @ellie9380 3 роки тому +6

    We were supposed to sing this for our choir concert in the spring, before it was cancelled for COVID. just being a bit nostalgic :) (also this is absolutely lovely)

  • @JoanSénéchal
    @JoanSénéchal 4 дні тому

    Quelle magnifique interprétation! Une pièce beaucoup plus difficile à chanter qu'elle n'en a l'air, mais ici rendue à la perfection et avec la fluidité d'une rivière qui coule son chemin... Merci!

  • @annaraab8853
    @annaraab8853 6 місяців тому +1

    This has been one of my favorite songs. It never fails to leave me boo hooin. Every time.

  • @FontrellaCole
    @FontrellaCole Рік тому +2

    Beautiful! I have always loved this song. Remember singing this piece in high school ❤

    • @woodenseagull1899
      @woodenseagull1899 Рік тому

      It is a most haunting piece of music. As an Englishman , who has never been to America. This sums-up to me the birth of of a young vibrant nation that; inspite of its faults, contributes so much to the world . I do have an affinity to America. More so , then Europe. Then I did live in England during WW2....

  • @minimezzo88
    @minimezzo88 Рік тому +1

    The unison at the end = exquisite

  • @gailwilliams2678
    @gailwilliams2678 2 роки тому +1

    I first heard this James Erb arrangement in a recording/video of the Choir of the West made at Pacific Lutheran University in the 1960s. It is stunningly beautiful. The UNTC choir performs it perfectly. Thank you.

  • @mayram2013
    @mayram2013 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful, just how I remembered it when i was in choir!

  • @ThomasWackerOlpe
    @ThomasWackerOlpe 4 роки тому +8

    Very nice. I sang this song years ago with a male choire :)

  • @sovietkid7511
    @sovietkid7511 Рік тому +3

    This song goes hard

  • @deathwitheponine
    @deathwitheponine 2 роки тому +1

    Perfection. My HS select choir rehearsed this song many many times, but never got it polished enough for performance. I've been looking for an arrangement close to the one we tried to sing and this is it. Finally, after 22 long years, my searching is done. Thank you so much.

  • @adamrose6194
    @adamrose6194 Рік тому +2

    It saddens me that these songs are not taught as much as they used to be

  • @lindahoward6596
    @lindahoward6596 4 роки тому +2

    My favorite song, sung SO beautifully. Thank you!

  • @AanSihotang
    @AanSihotang 4 роки тому +10

    So blended

  • @No_name4321
    @No_name4321 4 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful arrangement, wonderful singers too.

  • @rubenpanob8036
    @rubenpanob8036 4 роки тому +3

    beautiful

  • @michaelhanian2809
    @michaelhanian2809 Місяць тому

    Beautiful!!!

  • @patrickhoughton2554
    @patrickhoughton2554 3 роки тому +1

    Superb performance of this great American song

  • @arikvejil2163
    @arikvejil2163 3 роки тому +2

    Hauntingly ❤️💕❤️ Beautiful

  • @LadyDontTekNo1
    @LadyDontTekNo1 3 роки тому +2

    The superior arrangement! All others pale in comparison. I remember choking back tears while performing this in my HS choir.

  • @transam337
    @transam337 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome! Simply Beautiful!

  • @nicolecolson182
    @nicolecolson182 3 роки тому +2

    Sang this exact arrangement with the Keene (NH) High School a cappella choir under the great Jean Nelson. Never forgot it.

  • @wemontana6399
    @wemontana6399 2 роки тому +1

    This is most excellent in so many ways! Thanks!

  • @keihin72
    @keihin72 4 роки тому +4

    This is very softly amazing 🙏🎼💖

  • @songhyonchoi9988
    @songhyonchoi9988 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful harmony...

  • @kimnelson9910
    @kimnelson9910 Рік тому +1

    great touching harmonies

  • @elliess8242
    @elliess8242 3 роки тому +1

    My favorite song I've ever sung with a choir

  • @orioncruz
    @orioncruz 10 місяців тому

    My Favourit Music!
    BRAVÍSSIMO 🙌🙏🙌🇧🇷
    Thanks for This special Moment!
    ❤🙏🇧🇷

  • @JeremiahNettles
    @JeremiahNettles 9 місяців тому

    I always love hearing this song.

  • @elizabethallemong6951
    @elizabethallemong6951 2 роки тому +1

    Love this performance!!

  • @janarthurlee8702
    @janarthurlee8702 Рік тому

    I too cherish singing this in choir back in high school… ❤

  • @yoredlodge1977
    @yoredlodge1977 Рік тому

    The University of North Texas Choir tributes the souls we have cherished and the souls we may soon come to know.

  • @marisr15
    @marisr15 6 місяців тому

    Brilliant job! This brings back so many memories from High school! 👏 👏

  • @Kathy90277
    @Kathy90277 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful just beautiful.

  • @lynnplumbley210
    @lynnplumbley210 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful!! I love this piece. Not sure what year it was but one of the choirs I sang in did this piece as SAA. Absolutely gorgeous music from this choir...and A Cappella!! Bravo!!!

  • @brandeeverett5747
    @brandeeverett5747 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful performance! Beautiful,

  • @adamrose6194
    @adamrose6194 Рік тому

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @KarenErskine
    @KarenErskine 8 місяців тому

    Stunning. Absolutely one of my favorite pieces:)

  • @joannehoyak8675
    @joannehoyak8675 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful--perfect restraint.

  • @kencabler7309
    @kencabler7309 5 місяців тому

    A beautiful rendition of this and a stunning performance! I would love to have the lyrics of this one. This piece is unique in that you rarely hear the same lyrics. If someone would be so kind as to print the lyrics I would be most grateful. Excellent work, Univerisity of North Texas A Cappella Choir and Director Hightower!!! Most excellent indeed!!

  • @janerikjohansson3758
    @janerikjohansson3758 9 місяців тому

    So wonderful.

  • @felistashao8972
    @felistashao8972 2 місяці тому

    🎼💕Nec to song 🥰shenando💕🎼

  • @minipritch4324
    @minipritch4324 Рік тому

    This makes me think about the music auditions that I’ve had to do which almost always have this song

  • @ayashajones3183
    @ayashajones3183 Місяць тому

    We used to sing this in high school chorus

  • @linguist90
    @linguist90 Рік тому

    Gorgeous performance.

  • @kyhwai
    @kyhwai Рік тому

    Love this arrangement the one and the only one

  • @bluej6127
    @bluej6127 Рік тому

    This is the best shanedoah I've ever heard. ❤️

  • @msdonohoe
    @msdonohoe 4 роки тому +7

    This is how it's done......

    • @williamlansdon3531
      @williamlansdon3531 4 роки тому +1

      Did this song in high school, both in Iowa City and at International School (Hamburg) honor choir in London, way back in the 80s. Beautiful, beautiful version. Thank you for the nostalgia.

  • @DJDJ-ed7xx
    @DJDJ-ed7xx 2 роки тому +1

    WELL DONE!!!!

  • @jamesharnish4120
    @jamesharnish4120 2 роки тому

    I will always choose Shenandoah for its' simplicity and beauty.

  • @curtwalton7284
    @curtwalton7284 4 роки тому +3

    Perfect!

  • @antoniocarrillotundidorcar8242
    @antoniocarrillotundidorcar8242 3 роки тому +1

    ¡Qué barbaridad! Realmente fabuloso.

  • @jamesanthony897
    @jamesanthony897 3 роки тому

    Beautiful! Magnificent!

  • @davidbasden5700
    @davidbasden5700 6 років тому +3

    Lovely!

  • @michaelhight1404
    @michaelhight1404 5 років тому +1

    Fabulous!

  • @janebethshimon
    @janebethshimon 3 роки тому

    Amazing.

  • @davidpostma9862
    @davidpostma9862 6 місяців тому

    Oh is this nice!

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon 2 роки тому

    my alma mater turning in an amazing performance (as I knew they would)

  • @phebeewhite1889
    @phebeewhite1889 3 роки тому

    This was beautiful!

  • @kenb3552
    @kenb3552 4 роки тому

    Excellent!

  • @mangatsika
    @mangatsika Рік тому +1

    A Capella choirs >>>

  • @hyjynxproductionsltd.8932
    @hyjynxproductionsltd.8932 2 роки тому

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @harmonicavillain
    @harmonicavillain 2 роки тому

    아름다워

  • @derekpalmermadden543
    @derekpalmermadden543 2 роки тому

    This reminds me of a great cowboy movie I saw when I was a child…. But I just can’t recall the name…

  • @CherylSllane
    @CherylSllane Рік тому

    We did this in school.

  • @stevekdaniel
    @stevekdaniel 8 місяців тому

    😭😭😭❤️🔥

  • @hmackie6823
    @hmackie6823 2 роки тому

    this is exactly what I came for

  • @jooosiaaas
    @jooosiaaas 2 місяці тому

    O shenandoah 😔

  • @ROWDYN8TION1519
    @ROWDYN8TION1519 2 роки тому

    I was practicing this song and had a really loud voice crack, never recovered btw

  • @kendallwatkins450
    @kendallwatkins450 4 роки тому +4

    1:30

  • @kassamarvin
    @kassamarvin 2 роки тому

    🥰

  • @pokeysdad17
    @pokeysdad17 2 роки тому

    question. when a choir sings like this, is there any rhyme or reason concerning who stands next to whom?

  • @jimj7871
    @jimj7871 3 роки тому

    "Texans always move them". Robert E Lee

  • @squeezemyparticiple
    @squeezemyparticiple 3 роки тому

    Very beautiful, but the consonants could definitely have used more attention in the beginning.

  • @WahabShafi-bu5cu
    @WahabShafi-bu5cu Рік тому

    First time i earn in 1993 former USA President SIR RICHARD NIXON funerel