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Choralista: June 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Rather, a manifesto? This was originally part of a post on my. The original posting lost focus, so I decided to move this discussion over here. especially since I haven't posted anything here in quite some time. Well, certainly can't complain in the short term about State subsidization of classical music.). Labels: nature of choral music. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Classical choral music is a dying art-form.". What can be done? This blog should be m...
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Choralista: August 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Monday, August 4, 2008. Reprinted post: Richard Sparks on "Elitism" in choral music. Renowned choral conductor, Dr. Richard Sparks, makes some interesting comments on the negative connotations of "elitism" in classical music. With his permission, I am reprinting two of his recent posts on the subject from his blog,. Richard Sparks - Music, Conducting, Choirs. Monday July 28, 2008. Mark Swed, music reviewer for the LA Times, writes a great piece. I say it's time to reclaim t...
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Choralista: January 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Thursday, January 24, 2008. Wanted: Experienced vocalist with good typing skills. One of my choral groups is looking for ways to streamline the budget. We choristers are paid for our services; the organization certainly doesn’t want to give us a pay cut. It was proposed that the choristers take on more of the day to day business in order to give the business-folk more time and energy to secure the groups’ future. This proposal wasn’t outlandish for the group. Also, this gro...
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Choralista: Self-expression and the concert experience
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Thursday, October 25, 2007. Self-expression and the concert experience. A few posts ago. I observed that a cappella. Music is much more popular today than classical choral music, and asked why. I strongly believe that individual audience members feel better able to express themselves at the former than the latter, and, again, that the fundamental issue lies beyond the popular roots of a cappella. During the event. While concert etiquette still applies in popular music p...
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Choralista: Why care?
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Friday, October 19, 2007. If we were to succeed in raising all of the external support necessary to produce a concert, the ghost of Adam Smith would still whisper in my ear, "Why go through all the effort if no one is going to consume your product? In less technocratic terms, why put on a performance if no one out there wants to share in the experience? An empty house is emotionally devastating and demoralizing. What are we trying to do? For those reasons, I wrote a book wh...
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August | 2013 | For Love of the Art
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For Love of the Art. Musings of a Choir Director. Archive for August, 2013. How I Spent My Summer Vacation. On August 7, 2013 by Mark Tuning. We returned Sunday evening from a two week road trip. Unfortunately, one of our UUCC kids came down sick during the Sunday worship service, so the UUCC arranged to put us all up in a motel in Dallas while she recovered. We set out for home Monday morning. Over the course of the next week:. Toured the Anasazi ruins at Aztec, NM. Crossed the southern portion of the G...
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Choralista: A Dilettante Invasion? Rather, a manifesto?
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Rather, a manifesto? This was originally part of a post on my. The original posting lost focus, so I decided to move this discussion over here. especially since I haven't posted anything here in quite some time. Well, certainly can't complain in the short term about State subsidization of classical music.). Labels: nature of choral music. June 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM. As another data point, I'm a fulltime musician who's *never* had this kind of negative ...
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May | 2014 | For Love of the Art
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For Love of the Art. Musings of a Choir Director. Archive for May, 2014. On May 1, 2014 by Mark Tuning. I don’t use this blog *nearly* enough! Now, this in no way is meant to downgrade the importance of the ink. In fact, without a thorough knowledge of the ink, the Music *cannot* come out. Precision is extremely important, but it is in service to the Music. Without precision, there can be no Music. But precision alone is not Music. It is sounds created in a precise way. On the importance of showing up.
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March | 2013 | For Love of the Art
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For Love of the Art. Musings of a Choir Director. Archive for March, 2013. For the Love of the Art. On March 22, 2013 by Mark Tuning. My choristers would probably tell you that I’ve been a bit of a broken record. It goes like this:. Of paramount importance to me is the need to strive for choral excellence. But why? Why this seemingly obsessive need to be with a group of people striving together for musical excellence? 8221;) and the paycheck. It somehow left me empty. Why do I do this? As singers, we hav...
