I am passing along an article written by the newly elected president and CEO of Chorus America. I think it is very appropriate to our current situation. His feeling is that we, as chorus members, have a mission in this world … — Mark Dear choral community, This week, an election cycle which permeated our …
Antonio Vivaldi is now recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers. Born just a few years before the more famous Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel in 1678, his music has been well known in classical music circles since the middle of the 20th century. However, this prolific composer was a model for …
The theme of our concert, “The Definition of Beauty” comes from four Emily Dickinson poems on that theme. Each poem addresses a different aspect of Beauty, as Dickinson sees it. The songs in each section of the program reflect that aspect. Emily Dickinson’s poetry can be read in the program list. All of the music …
Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha This is the text of Brian Tate’s dance-like piece which Siskiyou Singers will be performing at our concerts May 4 and 5 at SOU Music Recital Hall. The text is usually translated: “Gone, gone, real gone, completely gone, Alleluia!” The idea that we would celebrate being gone, or everything …
Alice Parker was a leading figure of the rise of choral music throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first in America. She was born in Boston in 1925 and received her education in music at the New England Conservatory. As a right-hand person to Robert Shaw, the “dean of American choral music” and director …