[MusicTlk] Accessible Score for Handel's Messiah

[Mx. Tarren van Ettinger]

Hi there Chris,
I used this channel’s guides for Elijah, and they helped me a lot. Here’s
their Messiah recordings. They don’t say which score they used, but I think
the edition difference would mostly matter for pagination and maybe a few
small elements. I’m not sure what part you sing, so here’s both tenor and
bass:
Tenor:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE334014CAEB6B944&si=Kja_oXzKC_LNoL7O
Bass:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0876C398293A7706&si=88nfdH_2psTIEIof


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On Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 20:39 Andrew Vega via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> Speaking from experience of currently being in a choir, I unfortunately
> don’t have many suggestions for braille scores, since I mostly have mine
> electronic or prefer to just use lyric sheets with tonal matching.
>
> As far as the part recoding goes, have you brought this up with the
> director yet? They should be able to help you get one recorded as
> reasonable accommodation, but some directors are different and may not be
> willing to do this. It’s definitely worth trying, if you haven’t already,
> since it should t take them more then a few minutes to prepare even
> something as simple as recording it on their phone and sending it to you.
>
> Those are my only suggestions at the moment. Good luck in your performance!
>
> Kind Regards,
> Andrew Vega
>
> Sent from Gmail Mobile
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM Chris Nusbaum via MusicTlk <
> musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> > I've been invited to participate in a new community choir that is
> > performing a "Messiah Sing," which as I understand it is a performance of
> > Handel's "Messiah" where the audience is invited to sing with the choir
> in
> > the choral pieces. I would love to do it, but at this time I don't know
> > where I'm going to get the music. The director has specified that she
> wants
> > everyone to have the Watkins-Shaw edition of the score, though I don't
> know
> > what separates that edition from any other version of the score. I
> checked
> > today and it's not available on BARD. Does anyone have any ideas on
> where I
> > can get the music either in Braille or in individual voice part
> recordings?
> > I'd prefer having both, but will take the recordings if Braille isn't
> > available. Unfortunately, they only have 3 rehearsals scheduled and we're
> > expected to come to the first rehearsal with music prepared, so recording
> > the part at the rehearsal doesn't seem to be an option here.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your ideas!
> > Chris Nusbaum
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