Does performing chant intimidate you? We all learned about how to "read" chant notation in Music History class but few of us can pick up a Liber Usualis and perform chant with any confidence. I found these videos yesterday – and I think they help us get over our inhibitions to performing this […]
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A Must See: Music Painting
Celebrating creativity wherever we find it: <p><a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com/17951191″ href=”http://vimeo.com/17951191″>MUSIC PAINTING – Glocal Sound – Matteo Negrin</a> from <a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com/user5512945″ href=”http://vimeo.com/user5512945″>Smile Lab</a> on <a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com” href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
MPR: ChoralQuest – New Music For Kids
St. Paul, Minn. — This year the American Composers Forum began a new choral commissioning program called ChoralQuest. Stephen Paulus was one of the first composers to participate. He spent part of this school year with the Oak Grove Singers of Oak Grove Middle School in Bloomington and their director Bryan Blessing. The fruit of […]
Video Art Based On Choral Music: Clychau Aberdyfi yn Ffwrnais
Clychau Aberdyfi by Hywel Girl’s Choir on a Decca Junior gramophone next to the Einion stream behind Graig Chapel Furnace. Clychau Aberdyfi yn Ffwrnais from jacob whittaker on Vimeo. Presumably the significance of the stream is that Clychau Aberdyfi (“The Bells of Aberdovey”) is a folk song about a submerged kingdom whose bells can be heard […]
“Music kept me alive.”
Lara Patriquin (daughter of Donald) sent me this video – it is a testament to the power of a choir to bring people together for a common purpose:
Audition for Schola cantorum on Hudson
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000217 EndHTML:0000018818 StartFragment:0000004538 EndFragment:0000018782 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/deborahking/Desktop/ChoralNetAudition2011%20Folder/ChoralNetAudition2011.docx Audition for Schola Cantorum on Hudson Date: June 23, 2011 by Gordon King Primary performance locations: Lower Manhattan (Village) and Montclair, NJ Primary rehearsal location: four blocks from Journal Square PATH (Jersey City) Web page: http://ScholaOnHudson.org Schola Cantorum on Hudson seeks talented singers to fill positions within […]