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IT IS HAPPINESS

CARNEGIE HALL - MIDAMERICA PRODUCTIONS - MAY 2026

 

This page will be a collection of resources for many choirs and singers gathering together in New York City from May 21-25 for the Carnegie Hall premiere of Joan Szymko's It is Happiness. 

 

Performance:​ Sunday, May 24, 2026 8:30 p.m.

Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York

New England Symphonic Ensemble

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LINK TO DETAILED RESIDENCY SCHEDULE

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LINK TO PERFORMANCE RECORDING

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VOICE PARTS AND SPLITS​

Note: this document has the splits for independent and ISU singers.

Those with participating choirs will get their split assignments from their director.

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SPLIT NOTES

This work uses two, three, and four-part splits and you should know your assignment for all of those from your director or from the splits document linked above. Here are some details:

Movement One

  • mm. 17-34: 3-Part

  • mm. 35-40: 4-Part with A1/A2 on the bottom line (this may be different than the rehearsal recording)

  • mm. 41-50: 3-Part

  • mm. 51-65: 2-Part (soprano/alto)

  • mm. 66-end: 3-Part (low voices start). In mm. 120-123, 157-158 and 169-172, middle part uses their 2-Part split with sopranos on the top note and altos on the bottom note.

 

Movement Two

  • mm. 1-14: 2-Part

  • mm. 15-19: 4-Part

  • mm. 20-24: 2-Part

  • mm. 36-75: 2-Part (most in unison, splitting into 2-Part when two notes. Small notes in m. 65-66 are optional for altos who feel uncomfortable in that range.

  • mm. 76-78: 4-Part

  • mm. 84-93: 2-Part (but it is unison)

  • mm. 96-107: 3-Part

  • mm. 108-116 (beat 3): 2-Part (in octaves)

  • mm. 116 (beat 4)-end: 4-Part

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Movement Three

  • mm. 1-99: 3-Part

    • Letter A - low voices start and middle voices enter at the pick up to m. 32

    • Letter D - low voices start and both high and middle voices enter at m. 92, then split on that line in m. 98.

  • mm. 100-105: 2-Part (but it is unison)

  • mm. 109-end: 3-Part

    • m. 109, both high and middle voices sing the top line then split to their own staves in m. 110.

    • mm. 114-116  and mm. 120, middle part uses their 2-Part split with sopranos on the top note and altos on the bottom note.

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REHEARSAL RECORDINGS

Link to YouTube Playlist with all recordings

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Movement 1 - The Summer Day

​Notes: Begin in your 3-part split assignment

Movement 2 - Sunrise

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Movement 3 - Wild Geese

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