This blog is the second part of a post I started yesterday. Since it is that time of the year when we take stock of our yearly efforts, I was interested in the blogs that inspired ChoralNet members to respond. This is what I found. As of December 13, 2011 there were thirty blogs […]
Calgary Video of Singing Tweets Viral
Try hot yoga! Or a nose hat! Calgary Philharmonic Chorus has a big hit this winter – singing Tweets about how to keep warm! When I first saw it, there were 20,000 hits and that has turned into 56,459 at the time I posted this on 12/13/2011. This from the Calgary Herald: […]
John Cage will snap you out of that holiday feeling
Joshua Bronfman pointed me to this site that featured “Aria” by John Cage:
American Women Feature Vocal Fry Frequently
Remember this from Vocal Pedagogy class? From ScienceMag.Org: A curious vocal pattern has crept into the speech of young adult women who speak American English: low, creaky vibrations, also called vocal fry. Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style. […]
He Shall Feed His Flock
First, Mr. Bean conducts some Christmas carols: More beauty for the season:
Nine Hundred Real Men Sing
An amazing number of men, nine hundred strong, singing at the University of Oklahoma’s football stadium. This picture is from the event last week. However, here are a few words from the organizers back in 2007: “The purpose of the whole event is to encourage young men to sing, to show them that other […]