Choir

poem by E.E. Cummings. The beauty of this piece lays in three different places, E.E. Cummings poetry, Whitacre’s interpretation of the these words, and the performance of the choir which is influenced by the particular director. I have personally worked on and performed this choral arrangement in the past with my own choir director, though for the purpose…

Unitarian Church and back in Lesotho. First, I will introduce the readers to Alex Pollard, a choir member with cerebral palsy. [1] Second, I will present a Basotho women’s choir during a harvest season. [2] Third, I will share my adventures in a local choir. Finally, I will cast a reflection about these settings in relation to my perceived notion of polyphony. Contrary to my belief that singing in a choir emulates harmony, Alex Pollard’s…

A nervous young boy glanced down at his choir notes again. Mr. Moses Reed waved his baton in the air and started the piece with the star bassist, a tall and broad shouldered senior with a deep voice that put either fear or warmth in the pit of anyone’s stomach. Bass members added to the deep note and Mr. Reed motioned to the rest of the choir boys. As the music flowed freely, the boy became more and more nervous. This was his ticket to being in with the cool music kids and getting Mr. Reed…

The songs I choose are Drupad Indian music; Georgian chanting; troubadour music; Handel: Messiah, Hallejuah Chorus; Bob Dylan, Like The Rolling Stone; Glass: koyaanisqatsi section and John Luther Adams: The Light that fills the world The Dhrupad music is chanting Vedic hymns and mantras. In the background there is string instrument playing in lower sound than the chanting completing it. It can be used as prayer, meditation and yoga. The Georgian Chant is liturgical music chanted in the church…

It’s an artistic medium in which the human body is used to express visually. There are many genres of dance, just like how there’s horror and romantic genres in music or film. Each dance genre can correspond to a period of time, gender, religion or musical tune. Within dance we have multiple occupations and purposes. Everything and everyone experiences different levels and variety of dances; even our eyes “dance” as we read words on the covers of magazines. There are many factors that determine…

Brown attended I.C. Norcom High School, previously known as High Street School, which was a legally segregated school in Portsmouth, Virginia. While in high school, she would tell her family that she was going to choir practice and sneak out to perform at USO clubs at the nearby naval bases. Despite being caught by her father, due to him attending one of the clubs and seeing her on stage, she persisted with her dreams and continued to performed on the military circuit…

scenes, but, it was a very well orchestrated play, with well casted people and had very smooth transitions even though there wasn’t a curtain. The cast was huge, so great was need for voices that they had to hire a local choir to sing with them. The first scene is when you see the choir coming to and sing and take their place on the “pews.” They stay there for the entirety of the show. Chris place the Archdeacon Frollo and was a very enthusiastic character. His voice was so strong and pure he…

Born in August 22, 1862 in Saint Germain En Laye, France, Claude Debussy was not known for having the greatest beginning to an exciting life. But while his family did not have a lot of money, they were still able to understand his amazing talent with a piano and by the age of 7 he was in Piano lessons. At the age of 10 or 11 Debussy had entered into the Paris Conservatoire, within his time there his instructors and his fellow students were awed by his obvious talent but often found his musical…

I can still clearly recall the first time I walked through the double doors that led to the spacious choir room. I remember walking in and admiring the many trophies and state championships that sat on the various cabinets along the outskirts of the room. For me, the decision to continue choir was a tough one. I mean afterall, in order to be academically competitive in this day in age, you need to load as many AP courses as possible into your schedule right? It became abundantly clear that I…

Choir has been a very opening experience for me. When I was little I was extremely shy and would be scared to really to period because I felt like they were always judging every single word that came out of my mouth. I didn't like to participate in any school activities because I was such an introvert, but throughout elementary and middle school the only thing I participated in and actually enjoyed was choir. The very few friends that I had were in choir because that is where I spent most of my…