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JENNIFER RODGERS

ACROSS THE WATER

SPRING AND SUMMER 2026

TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM IRELAND AND THE UNITED STATES

PERFORMANCES:

Thursday, May 14, Time TBD, St. Paul Episcopal Church, Marshalltown, IA

Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Collegiate Presbyterian Church

June 6 -15 Ireland Tour

LINK TO ACA REHEARSAL VIDEO YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

VOICE PARTS AND SPLITS ALPHABETICAL NEW as of 3/10/26

VOICE PARTS AND SPLITS BY SECTION NEW as of 3/10/26

STANDING ORDER CHARTS NEW as of 3/10/26

NOTE: Decisions about standing order for this concert have been incredibly complex and have taken a considerable amount of time! In general, the Ireland tour choir is in the center so they can hear the core sound that they will tour with. We will work out sight lines and spacing issues in rehearsal. I ask that the only issues you bring to me are if you do not have enough part support around you or do not have an accommodation that you need.

MUSIC, NOTES, AND PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS

NOW IN CONCERT ORDER!!

Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional, arr J. David Moore)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: Opening trio will be auditioned from members of the Ireland tour choir. Some A2 will join T1 in m. 42 (back to alto line in m. 43)

A Celtic Blessing (Liam Bates)

Rehearsal Recordings NEW 2/15/26

NOTES: For pages 1 - 4, all splits as marked. On page 5, sopranos and altos use 3-part split for mm. 36 through beat 2 of m. 39. Tenors and basses use 3-part split for beat 2 of m. 38 through beat 2 of m. 39. Tenors and basses also use 3-part split for last two notes. The soprano and alto split for page 6 (mm. 40-44) has a separate column on the splits list.

Song from the Road (Craig Hella Johnson)

Performance Recording

NOTES: Brief three and four part splits throughout!

Tenors and basses:
- 3-Part: mm. 43-45, mm. 52-54, mm. 58- 59 (beat 4), m. 68, m. 70, mm. 75 (beat 4) - 80, mm. 83 - 87 (beat 5) - then all tenors on tenor line and all basses on bass line to the end.
- 4-Part: mm. 46-47, m. 69, mm. 81-82
- Anyone who has a low D, use it in m. 88
Sopranos and altos:
- 3-Part: m. 51, m. 70, m. 72( beat 4) - 76, m. 97 (beats 3 and 4)
- Mm. 85 -87: 3-part split at m. 85, low part takes the tenor 1 notes for the last two beats of 87 and beats 1 - 4 of 88. Then low and middle parts stay on the alto line until beat 5 of m. 90.
- 4-Part: mm. 81 - 84

Walk a Mile (Pepper Choplin)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: 3-part splits used as follows:

Mm. 1 - 4 and mm. 21 - 24: 3-part split assignment for all voices
Mm. 60 - 74: tenors and basses move to 3-part split at downbeat of m. 60 with high and middle on the tenor line whether split or unison. Return to tenor/bass lines on the downbeat of m. 75 ("understand")
Mm. 62 - 74: sopranos and altos move to 3-part split for beat two of m. 62 and return to soprano/alto lines on the last eighth-note of m. 74.
Mm. 77-78: tenor and bass use 3-part split. Altos split A1/A2 for m. 78
Mm. 82: sopranos use S1/S2 split
Mm. 84 - 87: sopranos and altos use 3-part split with middle and low staying on alto line through m. 87.
Mm. 89-end: all parts use 3-part split from beat 2 of m. 89

The Road Home (Stephen Paulus)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES:

3-part split assignments used in the following places:
- m. 11, beat 3 for soprano and altos
- m. 19, all parts continuing to m. 20 for tenors and basses
- m. 39 for soprano and altos and m. 39 into the first beat of m. 40 for tenors and basses.
Last verse solo line (mm. 24- 41) will be Michael Londra
Basses - whoever has a low C for the end - use it!

Irish Heartbeat (Van Morrison, arr. Liam Bates)

Performance Recording (original performance of Van Morrison with the Chieftains)

Rehearsal Recordings may be provided by the arranger. We will see!

NOTES

Mouth Music (Dolores Keane/ John Faulkner)

Performance Recording - Keane and Faulkner original

Performance Recording - choral (after procession)

NOTES: All parts use the 3-part split voicing throughout. The SSA and TTB lines are exact parallels of each other.

Voice Dance (Greg Jasperse) - SSAA ONLY

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: We are usually in S1/S2/A1/A2 split throughout except for a repeated sequence of 4 measures where we will use the "Voice Dance" split that is a designated column in the Splits document. These measures are:

pick up to m. 9 through downbeat of m. 12
pick up to m. 25 through downbeat of m. 28
pick up to m. 57 through downbeat of m. 60

The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Sarah Quartel) - TTBB ONLY

Performance recording not available for TTBB version, but here is the SATB version

NOTES: Use the designated "Lake Isle" column in the Splits document

Shule Aroon (Ruth Elaine Schram)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: No splits. Language adjustments (from Michael) will be given in rehearsal

Out of Dazzling Darkness (Paul Flynn)

Performance Recording

NOTES:

Two places for word changes: mm. 22 - 24 replace "this Christmas Day" with "on us this day" and mm. 62 - 65 replace the word "stable" with the word "light."
Splits:
- mm. 6 - 11: 4-part split for tenors and basses
- mm. 14 -15: alto split
- mm. 22 - 25: 3-part split for altos and sopranos
- mm. 29 - 33 (beat 1): 3-part split for altos and sopranos
- mm. 36 - 37: 3-part split for altos and sopranos
- mm. 38 - 41: 3-part split for tenors and basses
- mm. 42 - 50: tenors and basses who are comfortable to sing the bass line, including the D in m. 49, sing bass. Others sing tenor with all baritones taking the T2 note in mm. 49-50. We'll balance it from there.
- mm. 45 - 51: 3-part split for sopranos and altos
- mm. 56 - 66: tenors and basses stay on your lines, splitting as marked.
- mm. 70-71: 3-part split for altos and sopranos
- mm. 78 - end: 3-part split for altos and sopranos
- Last measure: anyone with a low C sing it!

Adiemus (Karl Jenkins)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: A small group has been designated in the Splits document for soprano and alto voices and is used as follows:

Letter A - Small group on S1 line. All other sopranos on S2 and all other altos on the on the alto line.
Letter B - all sopranos on S1 OR S2 (they are the same)(, all altos on alto line.
Letter C, D, E, and repeat of A - small group on S1 line. All other sopranos on S2 and all other altos on the on the alto line.
Letter F - all sopranos on S1 OR S2 (they are the same)(, all altos on alto line.
Letter G to the end - Small group on S1 line. All other sopranos on S2 and all other altos on the on the alto line.

Somebody to Love (Freddy Mercury, arr. Liam Bates)

No Performance Recording available, but here is a little Queen for you!

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: Sopranos and altos use 3-part split wherever it says Sopranos divide

Parting Hand (William Walker)

Performance Recording

NOTES: We will sing this in the shape note tradition - singing the solfège syllable first (we'll practice that!) followed by the words. Then we will sing vs. 1, 2, and 4 - the words are in three different places on the page! The recordings available are all in live and boistrous shape-note conferences where this is a traditional parting song. Yes, we will practice a brassier timbre and free, more raw singing, and we will find a healthy and vibrant choral sound somewhere between a lofted sound and the ones that you hear on the recordings.

Parting Glass (Traditional, arr. Liam Bates)

Performance Recording

Rehearsal Recordings may be provided by the arranger. We will see!

NOTES: We will use a 3-Part split in the sopranos and altos any time Liam notes a soprano divide. Tenors and basses use a 3-part split for the last note. I do not know Liam's intentions for the solo lines yet.

Stand in That River (Moira Smiley)

Performance Recording - note that we will perform this in C Major and recordings vary between B and C Major

Rehearsal Recordings - NEW 2/15/26

NOTES:

Mm. 1-9 and the soprano line of mm. 68-81 and mm. 98- 113 will be duet/solo voices.
MM 68 - 81 all voices use the 3-part split assignment as follows: sopranos and altos on the A1/A2/T1 notes and tenors and basses on the T2/B1/B2 notes.
MM 98 - 113, sopranos on the alto 1 note, all altos on the alto 2 note.

Lately (Rachel Grace, arr. Liam Bates) - TOUR CHOIR ONLY

No Performance Recording available, but here is Rachel Grace with backup singers

Rehearsal Recordings

NOTES: Sopranos and altos use 3-part split wherever it says Sopranos divide

Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2, arr. Liam Bates) - LIKELY TOUR CHOIR ONLY

No Performance Recording available, but here is the original U2 video

Rehearsal Recordings - coming soon

NOTES:

Celtic Blessing_DEMO MIX

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