This week’s program is the last in our series on the various parts of the mass. We are going to listen to settings of the Pie Jesu and Lux Aeterna from the Requiem Mass or Mass for the Departed. It being All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2 respectively I […]
Search Results for: choir
Two new choral anthems from Augsburg Fortress by Thomas Keesecker
Augsburg Fortress has just released two new anthems of mine. Jesus Said, Come Follow Me is for SATB voices a cappella and oboe. It was the runner-up finalist in the recent National Lutheran Choir Choral Composition Contest. http://store.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/17110/Jesus-Said-Come-Follow-Me Oh, Love, How Deep is for SATB and organ. http://store.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/17111/Oh-Love-How-Deep
San Gabriel Valley Choral Company Welcomes Interim Director Alexander Ruggieri (Monrovia, CA)
The San Gabriel Valley Choral Company is pleased to welcome Interim Director, Alexander Ruggieri. Mr. Ruggieri is an experienced conductor of both choral and instrumental ensembles, with degrees from the University of Southern California and Wayne State University (Detroit). He has studied with such noted teachers as Charles Hirt, Valter Poole, Gustav Meier, Hans Beer […]
Stick Time: Scariest Piece?
In trying to find a little something spooky for Halloween, I occurred that scariest piece of music I ever conducted (on a Halloween, oddly enough) was the Thomas Tallis “Spem in Alium,” a monolithic 40-voice “motet” scored for eight choirs of five voices each set in a score that stands two feet tall. Don’t misunderstand […]
Choral Caffeine: The Fork in the Tuning Road
The piece starts. The choir is singing in G major. All is well. Somewhere in the B section you feel your back stiffen as the key slides down to the key of G-‘not-quite-flat-but-it-sure-ain’t-G-anymore.’ Then comes the modulation to the dominant, which is supposed to be D. But because the choir is well below G […]
Choral Caffeine: Is This a Dirty Word?
I’m going to say what is for many in the choral profession, a dirty word. Brace yourselves. Jazz. I guarantee that a lot of folks instantly clicked away. If you are still here, then take just a few seconds to consider what James McCullough has to say in his article, "To Jazz […]