Lineage (SSA Choir) - By Andrea Ramsey

[@sophiahansen1289]

As an alto, I LOVE this song

[@vivian448]

we get to sing this and the alto 2 part is lovely oh my god

[@lauraelizabeth9465]

My school choir sung this MPA and got a superior with it

[@aryannam.6857]

I adore this song and I’m also an alto 2

[@vivian448]

Aryanna M. alto 2s rise upp

[@aryannam.6857]

Vivian Yessir!

[@dongpyoisababy3232]

I was alto 2 when I sang this I’m now alto 1

[@fionablackburn5012]

I talked with Andrea about the low key and she insisted that the group for whom she was writing it, wanted it set low. I told her that for a teenaged choir, we took it up a minor third; it worked brilliantly and Andrea said - GREAT! I have no compunction about changing the key if it suits the choir, makes it better for the singers technically, and keeps the timbre of the piece appropriate. Start on middle C (C4) and hear how the sops soar up to F5 - gorgeous!

[@quartzzz6409]

We are doing this song at my high school with the same key. I'm an alto and absolutely love the key of this.

[@lovelyyoonmin5642]

same are you alto 1 or 2

[@jadenhexheart298]

Same! We had to make another group for alto 2s, since only four of us can reach the low notes; including me.

[@happy74827]

Same also, I’m soprano 2

[@ladiebraden1012]

8th grade and my choir teacher is forcing us to sing this song

[@amayacarranza7929]

7th grade and were doing it in choir I’m soprano 2

[@Al-kr8oh]

This is definitely an alto powerhouse song! I loved singing it!

[@ghastlyghostsalot]

SO EXCITED TO SING THIS IN CHOIR THIS YEAR.

[@dongpyoisababy3232]

I haven’t listened to this since I was in 8th grade when we did this in choir and now it was in my recommended 2 years later

[@tsionfitsum4464]

i like your pfp btw😛😛

[@emmielougoddard7584]

My Granddaughter sang this with Senior choir. It is Beautiful.

[@e.anelson6853]

Doing this for region this year. Yea this is the perfect alto song and ok first listen it’s gonna be awesome.

[@hooman9554]

YOU TOO!! Region 23??

[@ozzyb1995]

My choir is singing this at Femfest (a girls-only concert), and this is an amazing song! Us altos never have songs that we can sing without straining our voices, but this is the first!

[@ajs4807]

Me too, actually. In two days and I'm so excited

[@ozzyb1995]

It’s so cool, am I right? Our choir teacher is a little biased towards sopranos, but this song works for all of us!

[@ajs4807]

Definitely! Some music she's made us sing completely strained our voices (she's a soprano) but this is great

[@alyciajones8259]

I've had the privilege of skype calling Andrea Ramsey with my chorale class. We are performing her song "A Letter From A Girl To The World" and it's an absolutely beautiful song. She's an amazing person, singer, and composer, and I'm grateful that I have the experience of singing one of her pieces in concert as well as getting a chance to sing it for her as well and having her tell us what she wanted from that piece as well as giving us pointers. Amazingly talented and a very amazing person overall.

[@juliakoehler9255]

Ali Wali DUDE HIGHSCHOOL DISTRICTS IS SINGING THIS SONG WHERE IM AT AND YOURE SO RIGHT I absolutely love that song

[@Osephinejay]

Ali Wali That sounds like an amazing opportunity! Was she nice?

[@alyciajones8259]

Awkward Julia I really enjoyed performing it and all the women in the audience were very moved and enjoyed it as well!

[@alyciajones8259]

Osephinejay she was very nice! She sung a little of it for us and she's a very talented alto. Very beautiful voice! She also has a great sense of humor!

[@Osephinejay]

Ali Wali I would have imagined her more as a soprano 2. But now that I think of it, she must be a fantastic alto.

[@yesenabelen_]

Everyone in my choir hates this song😂 i absolutely love it

[@DragonTail77]

Everyone in my choir vibed to this song, we sing it for fun

[@taylanharris736]

I loved this song when we did this. Mostly cause I’m an alto and it was easy

[@lollypoplex0510]

This is our song and my choir loves it lol

[@joriannekeim3755]

💜💜💜

[@raya534]

my whole choir loves this song what the heck

[@oliviaj8095]

we’re doing this song at my school and i’m a soprano two and i absolutely love it

[@edance1920]

olivia j Same here but I’m just a soprano

[@kathleenelizabeth9531]

I loved singing this in my choir days, sang it on the year I graduated as well. May plan to sing this in or after the funeral of my grandma when it inevitably comes by.

[@aetherfurystudios4645]

singing this in choir at the moment and im so exited to perform it at our concert :D its a beautiful song and the drum and sand blocks make it soooo much better

[@fabiananelson4057]

we are singing this Saturday..... i LOVES IT

[@lillth9292]

Fabiana Nelson we are singing it my choir too.. it's truly inspirational and amazing.

[@just_luna409]

Singing sop2 for MPA this year on march 5 and im in LOVE with this piece

[@SHARIrudd]

I Love this. Sang it in Choir. Makes me think of my really strong grand mother’s.

[@chsweryx]

This week we are doing this song an my whole choir loves it I most definitely love it 🤎

[@wolfbloodx4576]

We're singing this song at my High school and we love it!!!! So gorgeous

[@monicanichols3730]

i am a second soprano singing this with my high school choir!! love it!

[@rocannotsee6691]

am an Alto 2 in this song, always excited to sing this !!

[@mossybiscuit4226]

I sang this at a choral festival and it was by far my favorite piece

[@lollypoplex0510]

Favorite song as an alto my choir always Beggs to sings this first every class period

[@kaylabear4696]

We did this at my school one time and I was one of the sopranos

[@emmma_k_2121]

We are singing this in my choir and I am the highest. I love this song so much

[@juliakoehler9255]

Can I just say that this is absolutely beautiful???

[@minnystrawb8453]

We're singing this in my choir, but even the soprano one part is too low for me...

[@thirtysicksquad4967]

How Lovely is Thy Rose same:/

[@mriley7110]

How Lovely is Thy Rose, we're doing this song in my choir. I love it!!! It's so different and unique.

[@DragonTail77]

Orchid Arts same

[@celery3226]

I love this song, i sang it for all county today

[@oreonunya3025]

2024 and we are going sing this song in my choir 🫣👀. I am a soprano 1 and LOOOVE this

[@itzme706]

as an alto i loved this song we practiced for months and then covid hit, our first performance was cancelled hours before because of it

[@sammie5904]

I’m alto in my school ITS SO GOOD I CANT 🤤🤤💕

[@tatianapizana]

I had to sing this to get into a region choir and OH MY GOD it was stressful to learn but its a really beautiful song.

[@angelavillalobos9796]

We are singing this song in my choir and I love it I’m a soprano 1

[@lilzgalarza9773]

alto power >>>

[@maryelizabethgreeley9651]

Word is that the Central High School Choir, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be performing this lovely piece of music in Chicago during the week of March 21st. (Tentatively: at the WIllis Tower, Lincoln Park Zoo, Field Museum, and Glen Bard East High School) Check them out on Facebook under Central High Music Department. Central High School is one of the oldest continuously operating schools in the country, a magnet school for top students in the city of Philadelphia, one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

[@gottalovesummer9676]

I have to sing this song in my youth choir

[@siya5414]

This was published on my birthday :)

[@Touj-jp2dt]

This sounds really good at 2x speed.

[@dimaiapearce4553]

Where doing this in chorus middle school

[@madisonrenee4299]

sang this song at contest and our choir got a 1 it was epic

[@ptheorist4670]

I hope I don't come off as hateful saying this, but I find a bit of fault in the ending of the poem. The whole song talks about how women of previous generations were strong, physically and mentally, despite the (implied here) misogynistic circumstances they grew up under. Then the ending comes, and the singer (presumably a woman of a later generation) laments that she's not as strong... why? Because she has many more choices for work, being able to choose between physical and mental work, because she's being more and more respected and faces less discrimination than the women in previous generations did? If anything, it should have been a lesson that would help the young woman eliminate the negative thoughts the still-present misogyny instilled in her, as she would think "My grandmother wouldn't be as respected as a human being as I am - yet she could still kick butt, fend for herself and her family and still have a bright mind." What's more inspiring? For her to lament how "weak" she is due to the less unbalanced gender gap, or for her to roll up her sleeve and say "We can do it!" ?

[@emberblack8706]

Yes!! Thank you. The song is so beautiful and empowering of all the hardship women have faced, and then the end completely shames and puts down women of today. Such a disgrace, and unempowering thing to do. Very disappointed looking back now.

[@camryndennis6116]

My middle school is doing this song. I sing soprano 2

[@alexanderthegreat8696]

Be coming back from MPA like.

[@treyerny3140]

This is giving me Coven vibes (American Horror Story)

[@beking1997]

Does anyone know what choir is singing this in the video?

[@HalLeonardChoral]

We produced this demo at Aire Born studio in Indianapolis with producer Max Murphy.

[@hooman9554]

Tmea region 23 treble

[@ginadavis5187]

;)

[@thelast.rose.ofsummer]

As if it's bad enough having to sing down to a G in contemporary pieces, but an F? I can barely hit that.

[@HalLeonardChoral]

We do have a new version that is raised up a whole step for the reasons you mentioned: www.halleonard.com/product/48024532/lineage

[@thelast.rose.ofsummer]

@@HalLeonardChoral That's still too low. Sopranos shouldn't be made to sing below a Bb in choir.