Are You Proud of Me?: PianoTrax Digital Audio Download

Burrows writes choral music that serves festival and contest settings without sacrificing musicality or emotional authenticity. This piece gives your singers a recorded accompaniment that supports learning while letting the voices remain the focal point, exactly what student ensembles need when stakes matter.

The piece carries warmth and directness in its musical gesture, inviting singers into a lyrical landscape without excessive technical demands. It balances accessibility with enough harmonic and melodic interest to reward careful listening and engaged performance.

This recording suits middle school and high school choirs preparing for festival competition or concert performance. It works equally well for groups that read music independently and those building confidence with supported accompaniment.

• Balance the recorded accompaniment at rehearsal so singers must still project their parts clearly; save full mix levels for dress rehearsal and performance.
• Use the accompaniment track during early section rehearsals to lock pitches and rhythm patterns before requesting singers memorize.
• Test audio playback and cuing in your actual performance space; digital files can sound different across venues, so plan your setup ahead.

Schedule this for a spring festival or end-of-year concert where it can anchor a set of contrasting styles. The accompaniment gives your ensemble security in performance, freeing them to focus on diction, blend, and emotional delivery rather than pitch survival.

• Singing with recorded accompaniment and maintaining independence from the track
• Expressive phrasing over a steady harmonic foundation
• Blending multiple vocal lines within a supported harmonic texture