High School Symphonic Choir Essay

The New Jersey Chamber Singers and the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Symphonic Choir performed a choral concert, Psalms from Age to Age, located at The Presbyterian Church of Toms River. This performance by both of these choirs was impressive, as well as organized due to the talent and easy flow between each song. This performance was in a beautiful church with stained glass windows; the windows provided a sense of colorful light inside of the church, which I loved. The inside of the church was a great temperature and the seating was comfortable. The church is old; therefore, the seating is also old, but there were cushions on the pews, making it relaxing. Also, the majority of the audience was older men and women. Overall, there was a decent amount of people in the audience, yet it was not too crowded and everyone in the audience was very polite. Psalms from Age to Age was performed by two different chorale groups; the New Jersey Chamber Singers, featuring the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Symphonic Choir. The New Jersey Chamber Singers is a small vocal chamber ensemble of the Jersey Shore, founded in 1978. It is under the direction of Reid Masters, who attended Westminster Choir College, leaving with a Bachelor in Music and a Master of Music degree in Sacred Music. The Bridgewater-Raritan Symphonic Choir is …show more content…
This is a homophonic chorale work that has a timbre featuring a piano and all four vocal parts- soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. It was performed by both the Chamber Singers and the high school symphonic choir. This piece has a conjunct melody and a consonant harmony. There are many crescendos and decrescendos, it includes legato notes, and the meter is quadruple. Additionally, the tonality is major, the tempo is adagio, and the dynamics are piano. “Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren” made me feel relaxed and happy since it was a mellow