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Home Recordings Despite Circuit Breaker restrictions, 149 choristers from the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Youth and Children’s Choir, and musicians from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra continued to create music in a virtual choir project. Here’s a peek into how the choruses recorded and put together Dick Lee’s We Will Get There! 1. Arrangement of We Will Get There Music Arranger, Gabriel Hoe, who is also the Children’s Choir’s rehearsal pianist, re-arranged the original score of We Will Get There for choir, with multiple voice parts. Arrangers are typically not involved in the performance of their own pieces, but Gabriel performed his own piano arrangement for this project! 2. Creation of the playback track Playback tracks of piano and vocal accompaniments with “beeps” were created for musicians and choristers to listen to while recording, so that everyone’s singing and recordings would be synchronised! 3. Creation of a recording guide In order for the submitted videos to look cohesive, the video team and choral managers created a recording guide for choristers to adhere to while recording.
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