Stick Time: Programming for Big Voices

One of the topics that has been discussed rather frequently in the Choral Journal of late is the issue of what to do with big voices in a choral ensemble.  Here’s a look at an ensemble of unquestionably large professional voices – the U.S. Navy Sea Chanters.  The conductor apparently does not attempt to shoehorn big voices into, say, Renaissance repertoire, but programs literature that highlights the skills of the singers involved.