Song not chosen for its title or lyrical content but for its vocal range:

Carolyn Marra singing karaoke to Carole King's "You've Got a Friend." (Had the end of bronchitis when recording this, but wanted to start to sing after a bedridden month of not being able to sing at all.)

Recorded February 2, 2022. Home recording.

Carolyn's Karaoke 2/2/22 "You've Got A Friend" by Carole King

Song not chosen for its title or lyrical content but for its vocal range:

Carolyn Marra singing karaoke to Cass Elliot's (Mamas & Papas) "Dream a Little Dream of Me." (Had the end of bronchitis when recording this, but wanted to start to sing after a bedridden month of not being able to sing at all.)

Recorded February 2, 2022. Home recording.

Carolyn's Karaoke 2/2/22 "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas)

Singing with my son (Carolyn Marra and Greg Marra). Greg accompanying on piano. My apologies for our piano being so out of tune and for my thin upper voice! My voice is still recovering from over a month of bronchitis, now gone but having left some inflammatory effects for me to ease out of (my access to "head voice" temporarily blocked). Please accept my sheer joy of singing over any illusions of attempted perfection.

Recorded February 27, 2022. Home recording.

All That Is Hidden (cover version) - by Bernadette Farrell

Song: "Were You There"

Carolyn Marra, vocalist
(Husband) Bill Marra, organist

Text and music: Spiritual; *Old Plantation Hymns*, Boston, 1899.

Recorded May 4, 2022 in a church choir loft.

"Were You There"  - sung by Carolyn Marra

From the Badarak* (Armenian Sunday Mass) in the Armenian Catholic Rite, hosted by St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Queensborough, NY - March 2, 2014. A small choir this day - singing: James Najarian; my husband, Bill Marra; and myself. Rev. Thomas Garabedian, chanting from the altar. Our son, Gregory Marra, on organ.

"Amen, Hayr Yergnavor" ("Amen, Heavenly Father") at beginning; and "Hamenayni" ("In All Things") at 1:28.

*The Badarak of St. Ann's Armenian Catholic parish, coincidentally of the same name as the parish of this R. C. church which temporarily hosted our parish.

Excerpt (Armenian Catholic church choir) - March 2, 2014 (2/2)

Vocals:  Carolyn Marra & Gregory Marra (son, at age 14).  Organ:  Gregory Marra (same).  We switched harmonies:  I sang the alto line; Gregory sang the melody line.  Harmony is fascinating to me . . .  Really enjoyed singing this!  Home recording with pedal organ (at times you can hear the pedals being pressed); April 1, 2014.

Words of St. The­o­dulph of Or­le­ans (orig. Latin); music by Melchior Teschner (1600's).  Harmony by William H. Monk (1800's).

"All Glory, Laud, And Honor"

Practice session - Carolyn Marra singing "Edelweiss" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Piano: Carolyn Marra. This is the audio track of the video uploaded to my SunfireClassics channel. Recorded 2013.

"Edelweiss" (Vocal - cover version)

From NYC's Armenian Catholic Christmas Day Mass of 2012.  Our Armenian Catholic NYC parish of St. Ann's was hosted, at the time, by St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Queensborough, NY.

Conductor and leading male voice: Dr. Terenig Terjanian. (I'm the female voice in the choir with the deeper timbre.)

Armenian Catholic Bishop Manuel Batakian had requested that my husband accompany the NYC Armenian Catholic parish of St. Ann's on the organ, because it had lacked a steady organist. So, for several years, we attended the Armenian Catholic Mass in NYC. As of this Christmas Mass, 2012, my son began to accompany the Armenian Mass on the organ, his father/my husband sitting beside him on the organ bench.

[Video & details on my YouTube channel, Carolyn63, and on my SunfireClassics playlist, "Armenian music/musicians/events." (links included in my Profile, here).]

"Khorhoort Khorin"  - Entrance Chant (Armenian Catholic church choir) - Christmas 2012

Carolyn (myself) and Gregory Marra (my son, then age 13), vocals.  Gregory Marra (same), organ.  Home recording w/pedal organ; July 20, 2013.

"The Cry Of The Poor" (cover version) - by John Foley

"Edelweiss" (piano version) - By Richard Rodgers  & Oscar Hammerstein II

Experimenting finding my vocal range for singing contemporary songs.  I choose these songs not for the titles/composers or for the topics of the lyrics, but for the musical notes I feel best able to sing.   Can't believe my vocal place of comfort is this low . . . if only I could stop from laughing in the middle.
~ Carolyn

Recorded January 27, 2018.

Carolyn's Karaoke 1/27/18 "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond

This one's a real trip.  (It's the "whoa, whoa, whoa's" that get you.)

[Singing with the head voice -- the upper register.]

Recorded February 1, 2018.

Carolyn's Karaoke 2/1/18 "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" by Dionne Warwick

I sing what I feel vocally able to sing. I choose the contemporary songs by my ability to match their vocal ranges -- not by their titles or lyrical content.*

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*Except for one song which I selected for its Irish storyline: "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder?" (I chose to sing this with my daughter for the fun of it 😊).

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