Course curriculum

  • 1

    MEET YOUR CRGW DIRECTORS

    • Introducing Lonnie Norwood - Co-Director of CRGC

    • Jacqueline Larry - Co-Director of CRGC
  • 2

    MONTHLY ZOOM REHEARSAL LINK

    • ZOOM w/ChicaGO REACH Gospel Choir

    • REHEARSAL CALENDAR
  • 3

    PAST ZOOM REHEARSAL RECORDINGS

    • Rehearsal 11/07/20 (Marvelous Things, 99 1/2, Lily in the Valley)

    • Rehearsal 11/21/20 PART 1 (Week 1 Review, I'm a Soldier, Better is One Day)

    • Rehearsal 11/21/20 PART 2 (Better is One Day, The Lord is My Shepherd reading)

    • CRGC Rehearsal 3 12/05/20 Pt. 1 - Glenn Burleigh's Born to Die (Christmas Cantata)

    • CRGC Rehearsal 3 12/05/20 Pt. 2 - Glenn Burleigh's Born to Die (Christmas Cantata)

    • Rehearsal 4 Pt. 1 - We're Blessed, Afehyia Pa

    • Rehearsal 4 12/12/20 Pt. 2

    • Rehearsal 6 Pt. 1

    • Rehearsal 6 Pt. 2

    • Rehearsal 8 Pt. 1 (Lord, Help Me to Hold Out, Psalm 91)

    • Rehearsal 8 Pt. 2

    • Rehearsal 9 (Pioneering Women in Gospel, Pt. 1 w/ Lonnie - Lucie Campbell, Mattie Moss Clark)

    • Rehearsal 10 (Pioneering Women in Gospel, Pt. 2 w/ Jackie - Margaret Pleasant Douroux)

    • Rehearsal 11 - More on The Clark Family, "Hallelujah" and "Expect Your Miracle"

    • Rehearsal 12 - HYMN CHOIRS - "Dat Mornin' Train" & Song Review (Psalm 91, Lord Help Me to Hold Out, I'm a Soldier

    • Rehearsal 13 - REVIEW for Final Showcase
  • 4

    WEEK 1

    • Warm Up - Marvelous Things

    • Warm Up - Marvelous Things (SATB w Tenor/Alto split)

    • Warm Up - Marvelous Things (SATB)

    • 99 1/2 - By Dorothy Love Coates

    • LILY IN THE VALLEY
  • 5

    WEEK 2

    • We're Blessed (F. Hammond) - Warm up exercise

    • I'm A Soldier (In the Army of the Lord)

    • Better is One Day (T. McLaughlin Arr.) - Warm up exercise

    • The Lord is My Shepherd (C. Houston)
  • 6

    WEEKS 3 & 4 GOSPEL CHRISTMAS CANTATAS & OTHER WORKS

    • GLENN BURLEIGH'S BORN TO DIE | Opus 25 | Christmas Cantata

    • Glenn Burleigh's Biography

    • Afehyia Pa (A Conversation with Emmanuel Appiah)

    • Afeyhia Pa sung example (Traditional)

    • Afehyia Pa (Vincent Osafo Sekyere & Josephine Adjare)

    • Afehyia Pa (Twi Language Coaching with Emmanuel Appiah)

    • **UPDATED** Afehyia Pa Lyrics, Reference Recordings, & CRGC Practice Tracks
  • 7

    WEEK 5

    • Copy of The Lord is My Shepherd (C. Houston)

    • THE VOICES OF EAST HARLEM - RIGHT ON BE FREE
  • 8

    WEEKS 6 & 7

    • CHurch Vernacular (A little fun activity)

    • Lord, Help Me to Hold Out (James Cleveland)
  • 9

    WEEK 8 - Psalm 91, Holy, Holy

    • PSALM 91 (Doretha Wade-Wilkerson)

    • Holy, Holy (Richard Smallwood) *PARTS ARE UP NOW!*

    • *UPDATED SCORE* Psalm 91 - Wade-Wilkerson/Arr. Norwood
  • 10

    WEEKS 9-11 - Pioneering Women in Gospel Music

    • The Musical Legacy of Lucie E. Campbell (music collection)

    • The Musical Legacy of Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (Listening examples)

    • If It Had Not Been (For the Lord On My Side) (Sheet music)

    • Give Me A Clean Heart - Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (Sheet Music)

    • If It Had Not Been - Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (lyrics only)

    • Give Me A Clean Heart - Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (lyrics only)

    • Give Me A Clean Heart - Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (Practice Tracks)

    • The Musical Legacy of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark

    • Hallelujah (Clark)

    • Elbertina "Twinkie" Clark-Terell "Let Everything That Hath Breath"

    • Elbertine "Twinkie" Clark - Expect Your Miracle

    • More Listening Examples of Twinkie Clark's Work
  • 11

    WEEK 12 - The Prayer Band/Hymn Choir

    • That Mornin' Train & Heaven Is My Home
  • 12

    SPIRITUALS, GOSPEL HYMNS, & QUARTET MUSIC

    • A SINGING STREAM Pt. 1

    • A SINGING STREAM Pt. 2
  • 13

    ChicaGO REACH Choir Project

    • Dat Mornin' Train

    • LILY IN THE VALLEY

    • I'm A Soldier (In the Army of the Lord)

    • Psalm 91

    • Lord, Help Me To Hold Out

    • RIGHT ON BE FREE

    • Expect A Miracle (Clark Sisters)

    • Marvelous Things
  • 14

    GO REACH FINALE

    • CRGC Finale Video - Sunday, June 6, 2021 (Edited, music videos only)

    • Downloadable Songs from Finale!