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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: 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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Bear Who Loves Opera: March 2009

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Bear Who Loves Opera. Opera blog by opera novice. as a way of learning more about the opera world. Friday, 6 March 2009. Bear Notes: Partenope on the Radio. Another chance to hear Theater an der Wien's production of Partenope - apparently it was on the radio last weekend which I foolishly missed. Anyway I have been given a reprieve and I can get to hear it online at Radio 4 in the Netherlands. Theater An Der Wien. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bear Notes: Partenope on the Radio. Sing to your heart's content.

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The Last Debate: God's Promises & Our Expectations

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Arise, shine, for your light has come. Tuesday, December 20, 2011. God's Promises and Our Expectations. The Gospel appointed for the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year* (Lectionary Year B) was Luke's tale of the Annunciation, the Archangel Gabriel's visit to young Mary to announce that she will conceive a child by the Holy Spirit. What must Mary have imagined that would look like? What must that have been like for her faith? Or, perhaps, did she feel a sense of frustration and resentment? It was probably ...

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The Last Debate: Having Trouble With Genesis

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Arise, shine, for your light has come. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Having Trouble With Genesis. No profound insights or conclusions here, just something that I noticed recently that has been nagging at me. The Old Testament readings appointed for the Daily Office in Year 2 begin with Genesis so that by the time we get to the end of Lent we are reading about the plagues in Egypt and, in the first week of Easter, the story of the Exodus. What if there is only one righteous person in Sodom? And, even if that ...

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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: 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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The Last Debate: May 2011

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Arise, shine, for your light has come. Monday, May 30, 2011. O Judge of the nations, we remember before you with grateful hearts the men and women of our country who in the day of decision ventured much for the liberties we now enjoy. Grant that we may not rest until all the people of this land share the benefits of true freedom and gladly accept its disciplines. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year 1. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 43:1-12, 27-32;. The gist o...