Video Information

• Choir: Matthew Curtis - Choral Tracks
• Piece: Let's sing, it's Spring!
• Composer:  David Rain
• Voices:  SATB with divisi
• Sheet Music:   www.leadingnote.com/produ...  
• Genres: A cappella, Classical, Contemporary
• "Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws."
  
  I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant,...  more"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws."
  
  I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun intended, to be a musical lark, great fun for a choir to sing, rolling Rs like crazy, with no holding back.
  
  NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group them together into a choral suite that I have called "The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite."
  
  "Let's sing, it's Spring!", with its rousing coda section, works perfectly as the closing number of this suite.
  
  Also of note, in early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted.
  
  "Let's sing, it's Spring!" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful.
  
  As always, comments are welcomed. Email me at rain@magma.ca, if you'd like more info.
  
  I would also like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years.
  
  And I would also like to acknowledge my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less