Composed and Performed y NHCS th Grade Classes Classroom Cantatas Neighorhood House Charter School Immigration: Coming to America Cantata Singers, 2012 can ta ta singers
IMMIGRATION: COMING TO AMERICA ritten and performed y THE FOURTH GRADE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL SPRING 2012
Aout Classroom Cantatas These to cantatas ere ritten and performed y the Neighorhood House Charter School th Grade classes as part of Classroom Cantatas, an educational program of Cantata Singers. Working ith musicians from Cantata Singers in eekly sessions, the students sang together, discussed the components of song riting, and met in small groups to rite ne songs. The groups then learned each other s songs and rehearsed them, resulting in a ne cantata, a collection of songs on one topic. The students performed their cantata for other participating uran Boston schools on a field trip to Roland Hayes School of Music in Roxury here all the cantatas ere recorded and put on CD for each student. By performing their cantata for their families, school community and other participating schools, the students experienced the unique accomplishment of sharing original ork ith an audience. Each student receives a souvenir copy of this piano-vocal score. ABOUT CANTATA SINGERS David Hoose, Music Director Jeffry George, Executive Director Jessica Goodyear, General Manager Roert Pape, Development Director Joshua Taylor, Education Coordinator 161 First Street, Suite 20 Camridge, MA 0212 ph: 617-868-5885; fax: 617-868-772 The Cantata Singers as founded in 196 to present hat as then a long-neglected repertoire, the cantatas of J.S. Bach. Since that time, the group has expanded its repertoire to include choral orks from the seventeenth century to the present day. The Cantata Singers recordings and performances can e heard regularly on local and national pulic radio. For much more aout Cantata Singers, visit our esite:.cantatasingers.org. CLASSROOM CANTATAS AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS KEVIN ANDREWS, HEADMASTER KAREN BAKEN, MUSIC SPECIALIST CARA MCCARTHY, JESSICA ADELMAN AND ALEX BAUGHER, FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS JOSH TAYLOR, KUMI DONAGHUE, KAY PATTERSON-SHAW AND DANIEL ROSENSWEIG, CLASSROOM CANTATAS TEACHING ARTISTS 2012 Cantata Singers
Immigration: Coming to America A Cantata in To Parts Written y Ms Baugher, Ms McCarthy and Ms Adelman s Fourth Grades Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester, MA Spring 2012 Ellis Island Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Poland (Helen Cohen) Russia (Celia Adler) Hungary (Lazarus Salamon) Angel Island It Was on the Day A Long Way to America Tice I Have Passed Living Aay from Home
Text from Island, auth. Lai, Lim, Yung ƒ Moderato q = 120 It Was On The Day... Music y Cam, Deorah, Mairead, Kayla and Jaelyn Ms McCarthy and Ms Adelman's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Kay Patterson-Sha, Cantata Singers It as on the.. day 5.. day.. day that the ea -ver, ea - ver mai -den, mai -den, 9 met the co - U herd. F I. ate ind. and tas-ted aves 2012 Cantata Singers
It Was on the Day p. 2 15 for. more than ten-ty days, ten-ty days, ten-ty days..... 20 f For - tu - nate -ly, I ar-rived safe-ly I ar-rived safe-ly.... 2.. I ar-rived safe-ly on the A - mer -i - can con - ti - nent!
A Long Way to America Text from Island, auth. Lai, Lim, Yung Voice Piano Music y Anthony, Eliah, Kadian, Tyia and Maura Ms McCarthy and Ms Adelman's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Daniel Rosenseig, Cantata Singers I oard-ed the 6 6. steam-ship for A - mer - i -. ca Time fle 11 11 like a shoot - ing ar - ro. 2012 Cantata Singers
A Long Way to America p. 2 16 16. Sev -eral months have e - lapsed 21 21. Still I'm.. at the e-gin -ning, e - gin-ning of the. 26 26 road. My heart rit. is.. U ner - vous ith an - ti - ci - pa - tion. U U
Tice I Have Passed Text from Island, auth. Lai, Lim, Yung Voice. Music y Aliyah, Erica, Sophie, Tylen, and Winston Ms McCarthy and Ms Adelman's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School ith Josh Taylor, Cantata Singers..... Tice I.. have passed.. through the lue. oc - ean. Piano 7... 7 Ex - pe - ri -enced the ind and dust of our-ney... 12. 12 In a eak coun - try, e must all oin to - ge - ther.. 2012 Cantata Singers
Tice I Have Passed p. 2 17.. 17. in ur. - gent ef - fort. It de-pends on all of us to 22 22 roll ack. J the i-ld a -ves.. J
Text from Island, auth. Lai, Lim, Yung Voice Piano Andante P Living Aay From Home F F. Liv-ing a-ay from home e -lic-its a hun-dred fee-lings. My chest is filled ithsa -sa-sa-sad-ness Music y Joel, Nahom, Aine, Jade and Angelis Ms McCarthy and Ms. Adelman's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester, MA ith Kumi Donaghue, Cantata Singers and (spoken) an-ger... > >. ~~ Night and day, I ~~. f >. ~~ > sit.... For - tu-na - te -ly, I have a nov - el.... 2012 Cantata Singers
. as my com-pan - ion. Living Aay p. 2 P I ust rite these fe.. lines to.. dim. fading... ex -. press. What is on my mind...
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Text y Emma Lazarus Voice dolce F Music By Tmari, Max, Kiandra, Haley and Breann Ms. Baugher's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Kay Patterson-Sha, Cantata Singers. Give me your ti - red your Piano 6 p. poor,. J. F. poor. J.. J... J.. J. p your 6. J.. J.. J.. J.. J. 11 hud - dled mas-ses year-ning to reathe. free, F. free 11. J.. J.. J.. J.. J. 2012 Cantata Singers
Give me your tired... p. 2 16. f 16. J.. J. The. J. retch - ed. J. 20. 20 re - fuse of your tee -ming. J.. J.. J. shore. J. shore. J.. J. 26. F. Send these the home-less, temp - est toss'd to me 26.. J...... J.
Give me your tired... p. p Girls: I lift my lamp e - side the gold - en..... J. J. J. J. J. 8. F.. 8 door,. J. (All:) door. J....
Helen Cohen (Poland) Text from I Was Dreaming to Come to America, ed. Virginia Lalor Voice Smoothly h = 80 Music y Eva, Davida, Aaron, Jerry and Michael Ms. Baugher's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Josh Taylor, Cantata Singers Piano I as dre-aming to come to A - Tom Toms 6 T.T. 6 6 me - ri - ca. And, and, and... 2012 Cantata Singers
Helen Cohen p. 2 T.T. 11 11 11 I as n drea-ming, n and my. dream. came true. 17 con rio. T.T. 17 17 When.. I came here, I as in a dif -ferent orld..
Helen Cohen p. 22 T.T. 22 22 It as so qui -et it as peace - ful. 28 rit. to end 28 I as drea-ming to come to A - me - ri - ca... T.T. 28
Text from I Was Dreaming to Come to America, ed. Virginia Lalor Voice Piano. P Celia Adler (Russia).. Music y Sean, Brandon, Kiana, Shea and Danielle Ms. Baugher's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Daniel Rosenseig, Cantata Singers. My 8 8 8. as. - ket my lit - tle 8 8. as. -. ket.... That's.. all. I 6 8 6 8 6 8.. had ith.. me. My moth - er ~~~~~ ~~~~~ 17 17 gave me a sand-ich, sand-ich, and I had. one. change of. clothes... 2012 Cantata Singers
Celia Adler (Russia) 2 2. That's hat I. rought from.. U Eu - rope... U. U U.
Text from I Was Dreaming to Come to America, ed. Virginia Lalor Voice Piano. r F %.. Lazarus Salamon (Hungary) Andante ~~~~.. Music y Henry, Kymani, Kiva, Ariel and Megan Ms Baugher's th Grade Neighorhood House Charter School, Dorchester MA ith Kumi Donaghue, Cantata Singers. r. And. r this is the on - ly coun - try Whereyou're not a stran - ger, not a stran - ger, Be- > f >. F.. > >. f F J cause e are all stran-gers, all stran-gers,it's on-ly a mat-ter of time, ho J (spoken) got here first, 2012 Cantata Singers
Lazarus Salamon p.2. r Fine r D.S. al Fine It's on - ly a mat -ter of time. And r. r