Mixed ChorusGrade 5(SATB) (divisi) (descant) (a cappella)Code 30809

How Can I Keep from Singing

Lowry · arranged by Thomas · Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Performances82011–2022

Schools8

Avg concert1.751 is best

Straight ones50%4 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

Concert
Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 5 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2011.

<1%of 3,982 performances

5 of this piece vs 3,977 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Big Spring HSavg 1.01×
Clear Lake High Schoolavg 1.01×
Columbia High Schoolavg 2.01×
Coronado High Schoolavg 1.01×
Dumas High Schoolavg 2.01×
Medina Valley MSavg 2.01×
Ridgeview Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
Texas Leadership Charter Academy MSavg 4.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Blackbird's Courting Song (From Folk Song Trilogy) — Anon. or Trad.Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Anon. or Trad.Gr 1 · avg 4.01×
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit — Anon. or Trad.Treble Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
I Will Forever Sing — MarcelloGr 3 · avg 2.01×
Nine Hundred Miles — Anon. or Trad.Treble Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
O Vos Omnes — JuneauTreble Chorus · Gr 3 · avg 1.01×
Sound the Trumpet — PurcellTreble Chorus · Gr 3 · avg 1.01×
The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God — HaydnGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 8 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2022	Clear Lake High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Werfet Panier Auf Im Lande (11891) (German) (a cappella) — Telemann/Kaplan What Sweeter Music (11953) (keyboard) (accomp) — Rutter	Jade Blakey	Varsity	1	1
2022	Coronado High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	The Heavens Are Telling the Glory Of God (15081) (sop tenor bass soli) (accomp) — Haydn/Rutter Blackbirds Courting Song (from Folk Song Trilogy) (15086) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Mabry	John Clay Vandertulip	Varsity	1	1
2018	Columbia High SchoolAAAA	Mixed Chorus	I Will Forever Sing (SAB) (keyboard) (accomp) — Marcello/James Gentle Annie (keyboard) (accomp) — Foster/Elliot	Kathryn Cockrell	Varsity	2	3
2017	Medina Valley MSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit — Townsend Nine Hundred Miles — Miller	Julie Nixon	Non Varsity	2	4
2015	Dumas High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Vamuvamba (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Mganga Let Down The Bars O Death — Barber	Jerelyn Atchison	Varsity	2	1
2014	Ridgeview Middle SchoolCCC	Treble Chorus	The Poet Sings — Stroope My Mountain Home — Dewitt	Marvin Goad	Varsity	1	3
2012	Texas Leadership Charter Academy MSC	Mixed Chorus	All Ye the Music Makers (from Three New Madrigals) (SAB) — Althouse/ Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (SAB) — Anon. or Trad./Emerson	Katie Robyn	Non Varsity	4	5
2011	Big Spring HSAAA	Treble Chorus	Sound the Trumpet (SA) — Purcell/Herrmann/Erb O Vos Omnes (Latin) (SSAA) — Juneau	Anna Obrien	Varsity	1	1

Clear Lake High School
2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jade Blakey
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Werfet Panier Auf Im Lande (11891) (German) (a cappella) — Telemann/Kaplan
- What Sweeter Music (11953) (keyboard) (accomp) — Rutter
Coronado High School
2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
John Clay Vandertulip
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Heavens Are Telling the Glory Of God (15081) (sop tenor bass soli) (accomp) — Haydn/Rutter
- Blackbirds Courting Song (from Folk Song Trilogy) (15086) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Mabry
Columbia High School
2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Kathryn Cockrell
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- I Will Forever Sing (SAB) (keyboard) (accomp) — Marcello/James
- Gentle Annie (keyboard) (accomp) — Foster/Elliot
Medina Valley MS
2017 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Julie Nixon
Concert2SR4
Performed with
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit — Townsend
- Nine Hundred Miles — Miller
Dumas High School
2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jerelyn Atchison
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Vamuvamba (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Mganga
- Let Down The Bars O Death — Barber
Ridgeview Middle School
2014 · Treble Chorus · CCC · Varsity
Marvin Goad
Concert1SR3
Performed with
- The Poet Sings — Stroope
- My Mountain Home — Dewitt
Texas Leadership Charter Academy MS
2012 · Mixed Chorus · C · Non Varsity
Katie Robyn
Concert4SR5
Performed with
- All Ye the Music Makers (from Three New Madrigals) (SAB) — Althouse/
- Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (SAB) — Anon. or Trad./Emerson
Big Spring HS
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAA · Varsity
Anna Obrien
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sound the Trumpet (SA) — Purcell/Herrmann/Erb
- O Vos Omnes (Latin) (SSAA) — Juneau

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