CGE230 The Old Mill - Kenneth Riggs

Rigg's intriguing setting of this poignant, reflective poem by Thomas Dunn English features an accompaniment that emulates flowing water and the turning of the mill wheel. The minor mode and 6/8 pulse effectively establish the mood for this haunting piece which will provide a unique contrast for your concert or festival programming needs.
Voicing: SATB
Arranged by: Kenneth Riggs
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[@Dragonspirit223]

I sang this song for my choir, definitely my favorite song so far.

[@jk5846]

I did this song in my freshman year of high school, I loved it so much

[@chiccen8674]

My 7th grade did this and it’s still my favorite overall

[@nicoleboatwright2190]

I want to sing it so badly, but I know the class I'm in is definitely not ready for it

[@colinf3963]

@@nicoleboatwright2190 it is a somewhat advanced song but any choir at or above the level of a decent middle school choir should be able to do great things with it

[@ees3155]

same it's sooo pretty, we're doing it for 8th grade choir

[@dasaf.2382]

From the souls of nervous chorus students, thank you!

[@sophia_61]

Your welcome✨

[@TheShiningLunaEclipse]

No problem!

[@gabbyleach7436]

I love how the piano part is pretty much the same throughout, going up and down constantly, representing the wheel turning. Nice touch

[@blindvision4703]

Wait, OP roses? I don’t know if that’s true or not, but that is a nice detail to notice. Kind of like the theme throughout “satisfied“ and Hamilton represents the rigid, unyielding obligations to family honor, which is also a play off of, the court progression from the intro song and “my shot,” among others.

[@Singing_angel15]

I was about to cry when our ensemble was singing it, such a beautiful yet sad story😭💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@arts.all.i.got.4727]

We are singing this in my school choir. It gives me chills. :)

[@irisirisirisirisirisiris]

sang this years ago in 8th grade, i'm a rising junior in college now :") still think about this song often

[@Cindy-tv8vf]

HERE from the brow of the hill I look, Through a lattice of boughs and leaves, On the old gray mill with its gambrel roof, And the moss on its rotting eaves. I hear the clatter that jars its walls, And the rushing water’s sound, And I see the black floats rise and fall As the wheel goes slowly round. I rode there often when I was young, With my grist on the horse before, And talked with Nelly, the miller’s girl, As I waited my turn at the door; And while she tossed her ringlets brown, And flirted and chatted so free, The wheel might stop or the wheel might go, It was all the same to me. ’T is twenty years since last I stood On the spot where I stand to-day, And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead, And the mill and I are gray. But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck, To our fortune of toil are bound; And the man goes, and the stream flows, And the wheel moves slowly round.

[@AverageJoe_flips]

Our school recently did this piece, and it has to be my favorite piece we've done all year.

[@TheNutshaq]

I was fortunate enough to sing in Mr. Riggs’ choirs for 2 years, he is an amazing teacher and an incredible composer

[@Coledman]

Such beautiful voices, this chior did such a beautiful, wonderful, amazing work turning a sad story into an amazing song

[@masondanskin7012]

I agree

[@cararosievods8864]

We're starting to learn this piece, and I love it so much. I hope our choir can sound as good as this! Its such a sad story... ;-;

[@leslie5764]

“And the mill and I are gray.” That hits so hard, and I’m not even 18 yet 💀

[@shuffle2220]

I remember singing this song in eighth grade. At a choir event, since the next group performing was late, my choir just randomly started singing this. No conductor or anything. It was awesome

[@ghosttrainertjo-o5467]

My junior year we got this song, practiced it for three classes, then school was cut because of COVID. The next year we finally got to perform it and it's been my favourite song ever since. Now that I'm out of school I'm actually really sad that I can't sing songs like this with others. :-( But I guess I should be happy about being able to perform this beautiful song at least once.

[@fergus92727]

Me who’s doing it in 7th

[@DannyLindsey938]

This song is a staple at my school and we do it every year we can by the time I graduate I’m probably going to have sang all the parts in concert

[@Tritanaa]

Hey Altos we have moving notes! :D

[@The_cozygamer_offical]

A beautiful song about love and loss with the feeling of being sad and happy at the same time

[@shrimp5278]

My chorus was supposed to sing this for our spring concert. Due to COVID it was cancelled but I really hope we can try again this next year.

[@Ari-hc1vr]

I hope you were able to! I loved singing this song. It's beautiful.

[@alyssarivera3714]

We just got this song in chorus TWO count 'em TWO days ago and I already love this song and know like half the words 😂😂😂

[@despa2336]

I did this back in 7th grade, still my favorite piece ever. Such a beautiful song

[@rainingruby9353]

Mr. Riggs is one of the choir teachers at my school, it was super cool to find out he wrote this song :3 I really enjoyed singing it with my choir 😁

[@ChoristersGuild]

You should let him know about this video! We love having him as one of our composers!

[@rainingruby9353]

@@ChoristersGuild Of course, I'll do that :)

[@DestinyBSeanightcore]

Love this song so much ❤❤ in my school choir we are singing this song at our upcoming spring performance in May ❤❤

[@sethdove8847]

Singing this in Concert Choir

[@LightGlitcher]

Seth Dove I sang this in Chorus 1

[@evildoritoman4472]

I sang this for my choir (although it was only SAB and not SATB) and oml it was BEAUTIFUL. I would put the youtube link here, but they took it off of youtube because something went wrong :(

[@leonie364.]

We're singing this in choir and I love it!

[@cojiro9616]

Sang this song years ago and still can't get it out of my head! My all time favorite choral piece.

[@JuliaDouglasLove]

I often come back to this video. This is my favorite song I ever did in all my 5 years of choir, I adored my conductor and I have such good memories from this class. ❤️

[@aleshasorenson3925]

This is my favorite choir song of all time. It’s such a beautiful song to perform

[@spvcekitt3305]

Sang this song in Honor's Choir earlier this year. I fell in love with it!

[@br1lliantplanets643]

We’re singing it for our concert next week, this is my favorite song.

[@abc11645]

So far in my school choir this is my favorite piece of music... kinda haunting, all-around amazing!

[@faithhuisman5073]

We're doing this for our concert tonight :)

[@jessicapeets6429]

i never sang this in school but im so glad i found it-- definitely suggesting this to my choir teacher, i got chills!

[@marissa5278]

im singing this with my senior choir and it's actually my fav thing ever it's so beautiful

[@vulture6087]

Last year my choir sang this song and got superior because of it absolutely love this song

[@kaleiahp7599]

We’ve been working on this and I can’t wait to preform this

[@CLPD02]

I have to sing a song for us and I get goosebumps every time I hear it

[@CLPD02]

I meant I have to sing this song in choir and I get goosebumps every time I hear it 😂

[@Zmrt457]

I sang it in my high school chorus in 2016 and it was by far our favorite piece

[@Yourdudechris]

We did this at Sig Rogich Middle School and this is the BEST song we have done in the three years I have been there

[@colinf3963]

Hey same. I'm in rogich concert choir. What part are you?

[@ThunderbirdC1958]

Singing this as a bass in my choir was an experience, made my hairs stand up each time

[@dylanrice251]

I just sang this with my choir at a concert last week and this was my favorite of all the songs we sang.

[@onefreshboi]

we're doing this in my school choir this year and im so happy we're doing it my senior year such a good song

[@lavi_kiwi9972]

We are doing this for a Choir Contest, it’s so beautiful, I-

[@dragnsmeldy3566]

Me and my choir are going to be performing this song, which I love so much, and I cannot stop listening to these beautiful videos.

[@_That_one_guy]

Thank you

[@jasperinooo]

we're doin g this in choir. LOVE IT. except in SAB not SATB

[@daizgames6635]

same, whenever I'm in class and only hear one voice at 1:50 I get thrown off because I listen to this so often lol! Me and my tenor friend would joke about how the teacher basically said "you know what, you guys can go fuck yourselves actually" when she bought SAB. Thanks to COVID our class is so small we don't even HAVE a bass anymore! Sorry, I just wanna ramble about this song IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!!!

[@puppypaws2858]

We sang this on Ash Wednesday

[@britgou8015]

Thank you so much for this wonderful piece that we are learning to perform. It really touches my hart. One of my favorits!

[@Shchdhcjehzhfjdjvi]

Good to know pretty much every other choir is learning this song

[@PuppetBoy.]

Sang this in my chior during my freshman year. Still a huge favorite of mine. ♡♡

[@alisonbarlow7836]

I had Mr. Riggs as a choir teacher when I was in high school and I sang this song while in high school and he was my teacher.

[@vee2384]

My choir is doing this, and honestly I love this song. It’s my favorite so far.

[@mariah8924]

1:01 😍

[@wesleypools8900]

Our choir teacher Paul Putnam will be known as a good friend a good teacher and a mentor. Thank you Putnam

[@hannahharolds3974]

I love this song! I am singing this in choir. My choir got gold ranking in Nationals so I am so excited to see what we can do with song! Thank you!

[@quip1575]

Learning this piece, it sound great.

[@daisye7786]

probably my favorite choir song we've ever done, thanks for posting this!

[@bluejwolf8698]

I sang this 2 years ago for the all state process. I still the music on me

[@Lordestroyer]

What a beautiful song. I did 4 years in show choir back in 86-90. My youngest daughter just did this song. I was jealous.

[@ChoristersGuild]

Music lives on!

[@zigg8798]

My choirs did this. It's one of my favorites

[@muffin8437]

I’m singing this in chorus at this moment and I love the accompaniment and the story this story tells.

[@bencs6248]

I am to what school?

[@andrewevans8615]

This song is great, it has a great accompaniment too

[@noahklauser]

Favorite piece I’ve ever gotten to do

[@MrGumby385]

Wow…this is beautiful.

[@korosenai-chan6558]

I’m doing this for TMEA I’m here to practice

[@darkaura8466]

I absolutely love this song. This song is one of my favorite songs I've done apart from another one that I did

[@Megannn_Yes]

I absolutely love this song, I also sung it in choir.

[@joshthebaptist1270]

So many mementoes from freshman year thanks 🙏🏾

[@Chairoum]

did this song for my 8th grade year of choir, even as a senior it's still one of my favorite songs ever

[@Melanie_15Bombastic]

We are learning this song, and it makes me remember all the happy moments of my animals, and my dog died recently and it makes me remember him. Overall this is a good song

[@spacebread7]

My ensemble is singing this piece this year and it's one of my favorites that I've ever performed

[@michaelrowell-guillermo1309]

This song is stuck in my head i hear it when im sailing the sea in sea of thieves

[@sav_just_yaps]

We’re singing this song in chorus rn and I love it, so pretty :)

[@carringtondavis1418]

I love that all of us in the comments are choir kids who sang this 😂❤️

[@mrx8320]

I just noticed this is 2 years old and the creator hearts every comment, also thanks I like this song and need to practice it for choir

[@ChoristersGuild]

And we won't stop now

[@kevinbrock4891]

Bro I learned this in 7 grade and now I’m in freshman year and I still love it

[@gurogoth]

Was gonna sing this for our spring concert before covid cancelled everything I still love the song and still have my part memorized by heart ❤

[@blindvision4703]

I sang the song in middle school. Beautiful use of F sharp minor/a major, depending on how you think of it. Maybe Sing For Serenity Virtual Choir will pick it up. I’ve filled it to the believer. God bless.

[@kreesaisbury197]

My chior group is learning this rn and it's such a beautiful song I can't wait to sing it for festival!

[@masondanskin7012]

My favorite song in choir

[@friedchicken8876]

This song is so beautiful twt

[@Jalana-kc9bu]

Im singing this in a school concert in March, I'm so excited! Wish me luck!

[@bencs6248]

Wait so am I but for highschool hbu

[@Jalana-kc9bu]

@bencs6248 I'm in high-school too lmao

[@bencs6248]

We might be singing at the same school

[@Jalana-kc9bu]

@@bencs6248 what school do you go to?

[@bencs6248]

​​@Jalana-kc9bu enfleild highschool. Sorry it took so long to reply I had a lot of projects

[@auggieluvsyou]

sung this in my show choir for reflections, amazing.

[@ChoristersGuild]

Thank you!! :)

[@alaynahaw8873]

this song gives me chills everytime i sing it in my choir.

[@林家瑜維華]

I love it

[@SavedRickAstley]

never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna run around and desert you

[@nijaking8629]

Sang this for honors, was going to do it for our concert 5 months ago but school was cancelled the day before

[@lilwhambam5461]

We're just doing this one I absolutely love the bass part we get to sing

[@criminalmindsjunkie_]

I’m pretty sure my choir class is doing this for state festivals this year

[@Potatoes-and-Turtles]

I sang this song for my choir this year but let's be honest this was so much nicer to listen to cause it wasn't recorded on a phone these are quality mikes.

[@Italiakay]

I have this song for choir 8th grade, we do well and I love it I'm the alto witch is like the very cool echo

[@timberly4309]

this was my first song I sung jn a high-school chpir, and I was only in 7th grade and I was very nervous but this definitely got my confidence in singing up and it's my favorite song I've sung

[@vekomavich4013]

Thompson Jr High School’s Class of 2026 Choir loves this song.

[@danieldavila699]

It's a great song to sing in choir

[@emmadeloff9200]

My choir was supposed to sing this, but our teacher never really had us practice it. 😕

[@lulup3052]

I've sang this song for the 2 years I've been in highschool so far but the upperclassmen say that they sang it their freshmen year too It's kind of overplayed in our choir

[@doozywoozymusic1091]

my choir is doing this piece, its so pretty

[@benbrinkmann6201]

JR Gerrits concert choir 17-18 gang

[@shotaaizawa9706]

I just song this at school

[@Mhilu]

I come from my chorus room.

[@namjoonsbitch8943]

This was my favorite song that we sang in my high school choir. I miss our teacher, she was the best. This song really made me cry when we first started learning it.