Choirs

unfortunately unknown, however that is not to suggest that conductors and their gestures don’t make a difference. Gumm (2012) suggests that musicians actually synchronize more accurately in performance with an expressive conductor. Acklin (2009) notes that choirs perform with better precision without a conductor than with a strictly metric conductor (p. 26). Although research is limited in regards to the influence a conductor has over ensemble sound, it is comforting to know that this phenomenon is not just

Show Choir Learning Design Information Project Title: Show Choir Developer(s): Amy Hanson Development Date: 06/15/1998 Revised By: Amy Hanson Revision Date: 10/19/1998 Organization: Shawano-Gresham School District Department: music Instructional Area: Music & Arts Instructional Level: 6-8 Total Credits: 0 Target Population 6th-8th grade students Course Description Show Choir is an elective class that integrates choreography

Mozart’s Requiem The concert this year took place on Saturday March 15, 2014 at Hall Auditorium at 7:30 PM. It was called Mozart’s Requiem. Before the Requiem there was a brief piece titled The Strauss Serenade. The Miami University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ricardo Averbach, the Chamber Singers conducted by William Bausano, and the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Jeremy D. Jones performed the Requiem. The main similarity between Requiem, Opera and Oratorio is that they are all complex works

Opportunities don’t really come knocking in the small, corn-filled state of Iowa, but for Heartland Youth Choir 's top chamber choir they did. We had an opportunity this year to go to New York and sing in a choir festival at Carnegie Hall. For me this was a huge deal! to be singing on the very stage where The Beatles have sang meant the world to me, and I was going to have fun with it. It was the middle of June when we left. We were all riding on a bus to our first destination, Indiana. There we

spark notes, in reality 90% of choir kids are theater geeks and really want to help train their voices, while in glee it seems like they just sing then go to the Gym. Show choir is so much more than just busting out in song; it’s about making friendship doing something you really love to do and to make a lasting impression on someone’s life. If we continue to let glee gives us the idea of what show choir is, then the real show choir world will fall into a myth. Show choir is a lifestyle to most it

Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Present Ghost : Come in, Scrooge! Come in! Come in and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the likes of me before? Scrooge : Never. Ghost : Have never walked forth with my elder brothers? Scrooge : I don't think that I have. You have many brothers? Ghost : More than 1,800. 1,842, to be exact. Scrooge : I see you wear a scabbard, but no sword. Ghost : Indeed. Peace on Earth. Good

A chorus is defined by Merriam Webster's Dictionary as,¨something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons.¨ The idea behind a chorus is that all of these voices, when used together, can make a much more beautiful work of art. The use of different pitches and tones within this chorus creates music with depth and more emotion. However, for Anthony Walton, a chorus has a slightly different meaning. Within his narrative, Mississippi, he allocates an entire chapter

Musical conductors are individuals that help direct a musical performance. They will ensure that the band is in the right tempo and that each section of the ensemble enters the performance at the correct time. The conductors may use hand gestures or a baton in order to guide the band. Many people believe that musical conductors are beneficial and help improve a band’s performance. However, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky disapproves of the usage of musical conductors as he believes that they are

The stage design was basically musicians sitting in their chairs with the sheet music on a stand in front of them. The conductor placed on a platform in the center of the stage so everyone would be able to see him. The lighting was constant throughout the whole stage. Everyone had the same level of importance The stage set-up was based on what instrument each musician played. There were woodwind, brass, percussion, violin instrumental groups on the stage. In the middle front of everyone on stage

Leaching to the Choir The sound of buzzing and trumpets could be heard penetrating the vale of sleep and haze. Eyes belonging to a certain anti-morning person slowly awake as groans escape her dried out and previously snoring mouth. With non existent energy, Vermeledy lifts herself up on her side and finds herself face to face with her very old and very recently fixed alarm clock. It needs a new repair job anyway she thinks, throwing the clock against her bedroom wall. As she lifts the covers