By far my favorite song I've ever sang in choir. It's so powerful that it makes me feel in awe every time I hear it, no matter how often I hear it.

We sing this song every year at the final concert and this is my choir directors last year after 13 years. I'm crying already. The story behind this song is heartbreaking one too. A school had no choir program and someone came and made an amazing one out of nothing, then in a shooting the teacher was killed. This was for the teacher. My teacher tells us the story every year....

“Let music never die in me, forever let my spirit sing” - such an amazing lyric. Did this for PMEA 2016, one of my favorite pieces ever

Our choir sang this in a Cathedral in New York City. I don't think any of us realized how beautiful this song is until our voices echoed through the halls at 2:43. Almost every one of us had tears coming down our faces during that moment. Very, very powerful song with so many memories.

I got to sing this under the direction of Jospeh Martin (the composer) himself while he accompanied. It was amazing

Wow, I miss choir

My choir did this and if we sounded half as good as that I’d be happy

I’ve performed this song twice. Once during my sophomore year of high school with my favorite music teacher I’ve ever had. A year later, that teacher left, but I passed my audition to get into a county-wide choir concert, and we performed this song again. I remember being so excited because this was by far my favorite piece we had ever done with him. I’ll never forget this song.

this is really quite well done. The best version, I think. So often, the beginning is over-directed, and the accompanist is following rather than leading. Wonderfully accompanied here, however. I think the blend is magnificent, especially in the beginning harmonies. Here, the singers and accompaniment outshine the director, which is as it should be, as it means he's already put in his work. The musicians have command of this piece, without a doubt. Thank you!

I sang this song my sophomore year of high school and we performed it with the entire music department at the high school. Whenever I hear this it gives me chills. What a piece.

I get emotional every time I hear this song, it's just so beautiful and it holds a special place in me.

I recently sang this for regional choir. Gave me butterflies, and even cried a little. It is a very powerful song

Awake my soul and sing. Shouting Loud Of He:(the Lord Our God: And ,Father !

This was the concert that I got in trouble for wearing a red flower in my hair lol

We will be singing this amazing piece with my choir in a few days. This will be our first concert after a year and a half break, because of the damn pandemic and this is the perfect song as a come back anthem! You sang it perfectly, good job guys. Never let the music die in you! Greetings from Johns Creek Chorale, GA.

Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of this performance, I love this song so much and I love to see that people care about this piece and choirs in general 🙂

If anyone from Taft stumbles across this, I miss you guys.

I sang this song at my last chorus concert in high school and I remember crying when I performed it and I honestly forgot about his piece until I rediscovered it years later and it makes me sob even more now, especially knowing how it feels to be on a stage bearing your soul with this beautiful artwork and leaving an audience moved and in awe. Theres nothing like it and I will cherish those memories 💙

I sang this as a soprano 1 in the Arizona Southeast Regional Choir this year. One of my favorite pieces I've ever done in choir ❤️

Dr. Andrew Crow is one of the most artistic and tasteful conductors of choirs I have ever had the honor of singing with. He is special...

As a BSU Concert Choir alum, I am SO proud of the amazing sound that I'm hearing coming from this group. My fondest memories from college were concerts and rehearsals with the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir. Treasure these times in your life. They won't last forever. So glad to have the chance to sing with such talented musicians!

preformed it at my junior year mosaic concert with all music groups, band, orchestra, choirs, so amazing. literally chills and sobbed. as a soprano one that high note at the end just gets me 😩

was supposed to do this song with a county choir before ms. corona decided otherwise. the story behind this song is so sad and this song just makes me so emotional. wish i was able to perform this with my choir in front of an audience

Welcome Ball State University! Blessings!

I had the opportunity to sing this with the high school choir in middle school, to this day this piece brings chills down my spine.

holy WOW. CHILLS EVERY TIME.

We did this song when I was in high school, 15? years ago. It still gives me goosebumps. Such a stunning piece.

Takes me back to Junior year of high school. Miss my high school choir so much. Remember how much focus and emotion I had during this piece. Happy to have found a video that is similar to what my choir sounded like.

My all-time favorite song my HS chamber choir ever sang. BEAUTIFULLY done!

Thank you for the memories. Great song

We performed this every year at a county wide choral festival and this year was my last year. this song holds so much meaning to me and it makes me soooo emotional. i love it and i will miss high school choir so much. #tenorsquad

Our choir sang this, I sang soprano 1

I sang this wayyyy back in 2004 with my high school select choir. We traveled a lot and participated in competitions. I remember we got gold with distinction. This has always been my favorite peice to sing. Such a powerful peice!

My school's director decided that our all male high school choir will be singing this... RIP

In my choir we hit the “no alleluia” a lot better then the sopranos and I’m a tenor

Watching in 2022, remembering the goosebumps from performing this song with my old high school choir. Such a powerful piece!

I was getting really in to this and then someone sneezed at 3:10 and it broke my musical concentration. Lol.

The District 4 PMEA choir had performed this song, it's is absolutely beuatiful! I love the lyrics, "Let music never die in me, forever let my spirit sing" is one of the best lines ever. and the imagery of desperity of life without music and how music in life brings everything alive and makes it beautiful, is just so wonderful.

Good lord it will be 15 yrs ago In march 2020 when I sang this my Jr.Yr in Choir....

My director has taught for 30 years and the last 20 this song has been preformed. Its so amazing.

I love this song so much, it is my favorite song I've ever sang in choir, but covid took our opportunity to perform it in spring 2020. I am so sad that I never got to perform this song in a choir, and I hope I can someday.

I dream that we are. Silence. Freed!

I sang this as a high school senior. Best fall concert.

Really moved by the sacred harmonic!

I go to a choir camp at my state university, we did this two years ago and I just fall in love with this song over and over the more I listen to it

One of my fave all region songs 2009

Just beautiful.

This is the grand finale song and every spring concert every year this will be the first time I’m going to a spring concert as an alumni and has been thinking about the song so thankful to find this video

Favorite song in choir. Powerful

I sang this with Eastern US Music Camp in summer of 2013. This song made me finally decide to study music in college, even though I was apprehensive about it beforehand.

Sang this song quite a few times. It always felt wonderfull

my favorite choral director just gave us this song today. im very excited to begin singing this, it is the most beautiful piece ive ever heard.

Beautiful! Still my favorite song we ever performed in Chorale from 2004-2008

i can NOT wait to perform this in a few months…

We sang this for our spring concert. Perfect for us since we weren't able to have an in-person concert for two concerts

FINALLY a choir that leans into those dissonant chords before resolving them

I used to sing this with a Men's Chorus some years ago, but the end of this gave me chills. Love this piece by Mr. Joe Martin.

This is my showchoirs ballad for our 2021-22 show, i cannot wait for our first actually run through

Beautiful.. well done !

We are singing this song for our next concert and I really love this piece

I love this song my choir is going to sing it and I'm so excited!!!😁✌

Our highschool director is retiring this year and this is our last song we will sing. This was his first and now last song he will ever teach.... I'm not crying I don't know what you mean...

I'm singing this in my middle school choir and personality it's one of my favorite songs we are singing ^^

i just sang this for PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) Honors Choir as a Sop 1, and it was absolutely my favorite piece in the concert, especially measures 50-60 :)

no alleluia brings tears every single time

what i would give to sing this song for my senior year that i lost to covid ❤️❤️

welp my middle school is gonna be doing this with a highschool I'm screwed, pray for me

“Let music never die in me” ❤

Favorite chorus song ever

I love this this song! And you all do it so well!

We are singing this so choir rn and I’m tenor 1 it’s so hard it’s up there

We’re singing this in a choir concert soon, it’s an amazing song!!

We just finished performing this song. It is such a magnificent piece.

This was kind of our signature song in my hs choir. Quite the workout

I cri evry tim

Our choir sung this for festival (LGPE) and got all ones 🥳

Very well done! Very good choir, pianist and conductor!!! Thank you for posting, can anyone please name the composer, publisher and publishing-number? Would like to perform this great composition even in Germany. Thanks!

It is by far one of the better songs I have learned to sing. That group (in my opinion was off) but not by much. I'll see if I can find a download of our good sofing it. I swear it sounds so much better.

Chills

Who elses choir teacher stretched the last note just for fun and made you all purple and gasping for air an1 hour before performing

When my choir did this, I would go so hard at the end (as a soprano 1) that I’d get lightheaded lol

i was supposed to sing this for my choirs concert this year but it got cancelled :(

Out highschool dos that for our choir back in 06 and personally I think we sounded better. I heard a few individuals come in early on he second verse. But still all around a good job.

4:00-4:55is the best part of the song

2:25 on 😭😭😭

Does anyone know who the conductor is? I’m a current bsu mused major and we’re doing this song again.

2:35

I remember in the middle of my choir concert a girl decided it was okay to talk and it was heared by everyone, ruining the whole event. Fucking asshole, she ended up being kicked for the rest of year.

Belford + Loeb = Donnie

this was so fast

3:09 someone es sick

Samohi 2005

they did better than my chior xD

The ONLY reason this piece is not lasting the test of time is because every choir who sings it, sings it way too slow. It's taxing on the both singer and listener.

Stupid smart phone doesn't keep up with what I type.

nice tone but needs better diction (shadow vowels). choirs should be 60%men 40% women. a few voices stick out. 3 in men and 6 in women. no muicallity. OMEA rating 2 i would give.

Disappointing and mechanical