Week 4: Friday, April 13, 2018 “She Who Makes Her Meaning Clear (Gamba Adisa)” by Joan Szymko Text by Audre Lorde SSAA div, hand percussion Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of MUSE: Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir, this song celebrates the amazing power that is present when we recognize our fears, and dare to overcome them. [Over […]
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One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 3: Friday, April 6, 2018 “Breakable” by Jenni Brandon Text by Annabelle Moseley SA, piano My intermediate college group* is singing this in our next concert, and they have fallen in love with it. (*small ensemble, all non-majors, rehearses ~90min/week. Many have some performance experience before joining, but not all.) The 2-part nature of […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 2: Friday, March 30, 2018 Hello and welcome back to the second installment of my weekly Women’s/Treble Chorus blog, here on Choralnet.org! Last week, I focused on What is a women’s/treble choir? Who sings in a women’s/treble choir? Why?. This week, I’d like to continue with that introduction, looking at the challenges conductors often […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 1: Friday, March 23, 2018 Hello and welcome to the first installment of my weekly Women’s/Treble Chorus blog, here on Choralnet.org! Starting in April, I plan to introduce a new repertoire selection with each post – focusing on subject matter, composer background, text source/author background, range, voicing, harmonic structure, form, rhythmic components, line independence, […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Don’t Waste My Time!
“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” Benjamin Franklin I am ticked this week for a number of reasons. My chamber choir is in the midst of their spring audition cycle and I have had two singers who wanted to audition for my choir blow me […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; # Women (And Men) Choral Conductors Too
“Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.” Queen Elizabeth I From the very beginning of writing my regular Blog, I have debated whether Choral Ethics should address sexual harassment issues. And almost from the beginning of my writing Choral Potpourri, […]