Stick Time: Clever Concert Presentation

The addition of sound effect and movement is a good way to enliven a choral concert.  In our current media-driven world where we are all bombarded by non-stop video images (TV screens in the grocery store!? Please.), people seem a little uneasy when they are challenged to contemplate music without a visual component.  I hold my breath every time I watch a choir start moving or clapping, though, because the addition of these components usually comes at the expense of the musical performance.  Not so here.  This choir performs Rossini with clever effect and moment yet does not rush, lose blend or balance, or fail to remain focused.