Fern Hill Study Parts - Yippee! - Sept. 5, 2017


Great News!

Study parts for John Corigliano's Fern Hill are available on Youtube.
Once on the Youtube link, scroll down to find your voice part etc. (Thank you, Marie Schafle.)
Please take advantage of this amazing study tool before our September 11th rehearsal.

You'll also find them on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify etc. 

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