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All songsGrade 4 Mixed Chorus list
Mixed ChorusGrade 4(SATB) (opt oboe & violin) (accomp)Code 40488

How Can I Keep from Singing

Davis · Birnamwood Publications

Performances102011–2026
Schools9
Avg concert1.201 is best
Straight ones80%8 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 4 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2011.

<1%of 5,112 performances

10 of this piece vs 5,102 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Rockwall High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Bushland High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Caprock High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • ED: Robert Vela HSavg 1.01×
  • Klein Cain High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Martin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Reagan HSavg 1.01×
  • Robert Vela High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • O Sing Joyfully — BattenGr 5 · avg 1.52×
  • Yo le Canto Todo el Dia — BrunnerGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Agnus Dei — PorterfieldGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Daemon Irrepit Callidus — OrbanGr 5 · avg 2.01×
  • Exultate Deo — ScarlattiGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Exultate Justi — ViadanaGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Gloria (From Heiligmesse) — HaydnGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Gloria in Excelsis Deo — VivaldiGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 10 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026ED: Robert Vela HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Gloria (from Heiligmesse) (SATB) (Latin) (accomp) — Haydn/Woodman/Leavitt
  • The Word Was God (SSAATTBB) (a cappella) — Powell
Kenneth RivensVarsity11
2026Martin High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Let the Music Fill Your Soul — Narverud
  • Jubilate Deo — Halmos
Christy DickersonNon Varsity11
2021Klein Cain High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Musicks Empire from Triptych — Pfautsch
  • Zum Gali (Dance the Hora!) — Anon. or Trad./Goldman
Austin DeanVarsity11
2021Robert Vela High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Gloria in Excelsis Deo (keyboard) (accomp) — Vivaldi/Thomas
  • Agnus Dei (Latin) (a cappella) — Porterfield
Kenneth RivensNon Varsity11
2021Rockwall High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Exultate Justi (a cappella) — Viadana
  • J`Entends Le Moulin (French) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Patriquin
Leia BrowningVarsity11
2018Caprock High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • I Thank You God (a cappella) — Pfautsch
  • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) (accomp) — Brunner
Andrea CruzVarsity11
2017Bushland High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Daemon Irrepit Callidus — Orban/
  • Ubi caritas (SATTBB) (Latin) — Durufle/
Stormie AllardVarsity21
2014Rockwall High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • O Sing Joyfully (SATB) — Batten/
  • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) — Brunner/
Leia BrowningVarsity12
2012South Garland HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • O Sing Joyfully — Batten/
  • Muie Rendera — Fonseca/
Leia BrowningVarsity23
2011Reagan HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Exultate Deo (Latin) — Scarlatti/Agey
  • Lux Aurumque (SATB) — Whitacre
Jo Scurlock-DillardVarsity11

  • ED: Robert Vela HS

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kenneth Rivens

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gloria (from Heiligmesse) (SATB) (Latin) (accomp) — Haydn/Woodman/Leavitt
    • The Word Was God (SSAATTBB) (a cappella) — Powell

  • Martin High School

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Christy Dickerson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Let the Music Fill Your Soul — Narverud
    • Jubilate Deo — Halmos

  • Klein Cain High School

    2021 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Austin Dean

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Musicks Empire from Triptych — Pfautsch
    • Zum Gali (Dance the Hora!) — Anon. or Trad./Goldman

  • Robert Vela High School

    2021 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kenneth Rivens

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gloria in Excelsis Deo (keyboard) (accomp) — Vivaldi/Thomas
    • Agnus Dei (Latin) (a cappella) — Porterfield

  • Rockwall High School

    2021 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Leia Browning

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Exultate Justi (a cappella) — Viadana
    • J`Entends Le Moulin (French) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Patriquin

  • Caprock High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Andrea Cruz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • I Thank You God (a cappella) — Pfautsch
    • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) (accomp) — Brunner

  • Bushland High School

    2017 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Stormie Allard

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Daemon Irrepit Callidus — Orban/
    • Ubi caritas (SATTBB) (Latin) — Durufle/

  • Rockwall High School

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Leia Browning

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • O Sing Joyfully (SATB) — Batten/
    • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) — Brunner/

  • South Garland HS

    2012 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Leia Browning

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • O Sing Joyfully — Batten/
    • Muie Rendera — Fonseca/

  • Reagan HS

    2011 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jo Scurlock-Dillard

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Exultate Deo (Latin) — Scarlatti/Agey
    • Lux Aurumque (SATB) — Whitacre