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Tracy Wong
Tracy Wong Series
Sehati (Practice Tracks)
An uplifting piece that is rooted in acceptance and belonging.
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Sehati (One Heart)
Download audio practice tracks for Tracy Wong’s “Sehati (One Heart)” for SATB, piano, and percussion.
Includes full access for 1-50 singers. These tracks are sold in batches of 50, so please round up the number of singers in your group to the nearest multiple of 50. Example: 42 singers = Qty. of 50 in your cart.
Because of the cultural content of my music, I manage all aspects of the recording and production of learning tracks of my music, and I am delighted to have Graphite be the distributor of these learning tracks. I take pride in doing my best to make sure that these are representative of me and are “ethically-sourced”. This means that the audio recordings and learning tracks for my own music would be edited and/or recorded by choral musicians who speak the language(s) I set music to, and have the lived experience of the culture which I do my best to honour through my music. These musicians are paid for their time, experience, skill, and artistry. I also commit 10% of income earned from my choral works, learning resources, and workshops on Malaysian-themed choral/vocal/composition/music towards funding Malaysian artists and music educators I collaborate with on current and future artistic & educational initiatives.
All purchases will have a packet of audio tracks (the various part-dominant tracks, full mixed track, pronunciation guide).
About the tracks:
- These rehearsal tracks are recordings of my own voice, singing all vocal parts. I have designed them (with the help of my friend in Singapore, Cherie Chai) for the benefit of distant / isolated singing in your personal spaces, and to encourage independent learning. These audio tracks work best with earphones / headphones on.
- These tracks would provide the pronunciation, style, and tone that is appropriate for the performance of this piece.
- The tracks are professionally mixed so singers are ensured high quality audio recordings to support their learning!
Important licensing & purchasing terms: The purchase of this resource allows your choral organization to distribute it to your singers and staff for their own learning at any time, but not to be duplicated, edited in any way, and/or shared beyond the organization.
Thank you for supporting ethical consumption of self-published music!
Tracy Wong
Composer’s Notes
Sehati = One Heart
Sehati is an uplifting piece that is rooted in acceptance and belonging. It also humbly captures my gratitude and love for the choral community, a sanctuary for many. The music features the weaving of Malay folk elements into the contemporary Western choral setting. Small musical references of the popular Malay folk song Geylang Sipaku Geylang can be heard in sections of the piece. The words pulang bersama-sama (from the same folk song) encourage listeners to “come home” to a community that is “still here, together.”
The driving triplet rhythm is inspired by the contemporary style of joget, a popular and fast-paced Malay dance/music. The English and Malay text is co-written by Mohd. Fairuz bin Mohd. Tauhid and I, and represents the two languages that we were formally taught in Malaysian schools.
My heartfelt appreciation goes to RESOUND Choir and Thomas Burton, their Artistic Director, for commissioning this choral piece!
– Tracy Wong, December 2021
Text
Sepakat bertepuk, serentak menyanyi
Nyanyi bersama-sama
Pulang
Setia, sehati, di sini
Oh satu serasi, sejambak hati
Pulang marilah pulang
Pulang bersama-sama
Melangkah bersama-sama
-Mohd Fairuz bin Mohd Tauhid (b. 1982)
Translation:
Clapping together, singing as one
Singing together
Still here, together
Come home
Always, one heart, here
Oh one and harmonious, a bouquet of hearts
Still here, together
Come home
Come home together
Walking together
Mohd Fairuz bin Mohd Tauhid (b. 1982) is a choreographer, dancer, singer-songwriter, and performance artist. Currently based in Malaysia, Fairuz regularly choreographs for TV, film productions, and nation-wide advertisements. His career on the performance stage includes leading roles in multiple Malaysian musical productions (eg. Puteri Gunung Ledang, The Musical, P. Ramlee, The Musical). His exploration in the world of song writing is based on, and inspired by movement, choreography, and his viewpoint on the world of dance in Malaysia. This can be heard in his self-released songs (available on iTunes and Spotify): TARIKU (My Dance), JOGETKU (My Joget), Ikutiku (Follow Me), and Zapinku (My Zapin).
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