| Comment: Re: "Hottest" New Choral Composers | Paul Carey | May 16, 2012 |
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Hi Craig,
Sadly I know of no US publisher (zero, zip, nada) who is fiercely marketing any living composer's works these days. *Sigh*. Most US publishers are asleep at the wheel. Their only marketing tool of late is to push truly mediocre 3-4 minute "accessible" new releases. I know this vee... |
| Comment: Re: "Hottest" New Choral Composers | Paul Carey | May 16, 2012 |
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Hi Cherwyn,
I have no problems with anything you said in reply. Cheers!
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| Comment: Re: Conducting and singing jazz choral pieces | Paul Carey | May 16, 2012 |
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Don't blink on one and three.
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| Comment: Re: "Hottest" New Choral Composers | Paul Carey | May 15, 2012 |
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I am wondering if you want "hot or "bright"? What is the difference, if I may ask?
Also, would you perhaps be interested in people creating works of substance?
Sincerely,
Paul Carey
Room-temperature composer
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| Comment: Re: Master's Program in Choral Conducting | Paul Carey | May 8, 2012 |
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That would depend on whether they are working at a major state or private university-- or bussing tables, striping highways, or some such other rewarding career.
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| Comment: Re: trouble turning pages | Paul Carey | April 30, 2012 |
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The late, great Robert Shaw, a birthday boy today I believe, memorized a ton of music. But with balky new scores he had a great solution. He would mail the score to the St. John's Monastery bakery run by the "Muffin Monks" in Eagle River, U. P. Michigan (they were big Shaw fans, and sacred-only ... |
| Comment: Re: choral lyrics from children's literature | Paul Carey | April 17, 2012 |
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You might want to research the copyright status of this work. Shel Silverstein's estate has routinely denied permission to set his texts to music. Before you pursue this work you might want to doublecheck with the composer about this.
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| Comment: Re: Britannica calls it quits | Paul Carey | March 17, 2012 |
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Hi PC,
Yes, and in other other news, many not-dead composers are sick of that 10% and are now marketing their own music. Many of us are doing a far better job of it than the traditional publishers- especially since traditional publishers are one trick ponies with their sole push being three... |
| Comment: Re: The Key of F bugaboo | Paul Carey | February 8, 2012 |
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Since I started this thread I will jump back in. While, I appreciate the "get away from equal termperamanrt" thoughts, I believe that no one posting here so far is primitive enough to be trying to sing in piano equal temperament. I roll the piano in the corner for almost every rehearsal for a.c. m... |
| Comment: Re: How's your low range? | Paul Carey | February 6, 2012 |
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Seems to me just kind of silly and an attmept at publicity- gotta keep people thinking about you now that the royal wedding is over.
I've written a low C once or twice, but only on a piece for a professional choir. I think the low B flat that you see in Eastern Orthodox church music should ... |
| Comment: Re: The Key of F bugaboo | Paul Carey | February 6, 2012 |
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Thanks all for the discussion. I wonder if Simon Carrington might be lurking out there and seeing this discussion. Simon, I bet you have some thoughts on this. Weigh in if you see this!
Paul
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| Forum message: The Key of F bugaboo | Paul Carey | February 2, 2012 |
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Hi all,
The key of F tuning/lack of resonance bugaboo has reared its head again. Has anyone truly analyzed this issue either on ChoralNet or in a paper? In a cappella music, have some of you pitched up to F# or G and what were your thoughts on the result? Does pitching down work, or is it b... |
| Comment: Re: 3 part mixed Sprituals | Paul Carey | January 30, 2012 |
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Hi folks,
As a composer/arranger who does a lot of spirtual arrangements I would just like to chime in to ask that you have some in-depth class discussion about where these songs originated. I know many of you will, but I just wanted to give a friendly reminder that we need to honor the ori... |
| Comment: Re: Men's Chamber Chorus Repertoire | Paul Carey | January 23, 2012 |
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Sorry for being off the original topic- but it doesn't hurt to discuss (somewhere) what I was commenting on. Now back to the original topic?
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| Comment: Re: Men's Chamber Chorus Repertoire | Paul Carey | January 23, 2012 |
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Dear fellow composers here: I recall what Christopher Marshall was saying- that ChoralNet used to have a slightly informal rule that living composers could only post a "self-serving" entry about once a year. That seemed pretty restrictive to me, but that is simply the way things ... |
| Comment: Re: Best Music Notation software for SATB that's not over the top? | Paul Carey | January 12, 2012 |
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clever boy! A good laugh!
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| Comment: Re: Healthy straight tone vs. "shimmering" vibrato | Paul Carey | January 11, 2012 |
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Dear Simon,
Thanks for steering the conversation back to art! Brilliant ideas, especially the importance of stressed/unstressed. Some folks never study this enough, and I think that it is what is often missing when we hear an uninspired. clunky ACDA perfomance- all the notes sound the sam... |
| Comment: Re: Holiday repertoire for children's choir and orchestra | Paul Carey | January 6, 2012 |
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Hi Judith,
Since it is for December, please consider my "Unending Flame", a Hanukkah piece which has been highly praised. It was commissioned by the Michigan State University Children's Choie under Mary Alice Stollak. The versions are SA/piano/clarinet, SATB/piano/clarinet plus also an orch... |
| Comment: Re: Healthy straight tone vs. "shimmering" vibrato | Paul Carey | January 6, 2012 |
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Miller's lab efforts were a highly successful attempt to weed out misinformation. Oberlin set him up with any and all equipment he asked for. His approach was no-nonsense and quite logical and scientific (I'm not going to try to split semantic hairs right now- look at "The Struct... |
| Comment: Re: Healthy straight tone vs. "shimmering" vibrato | Paul Carey | January 6, 2012 |
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The ultimate authority on the science of vibrato and pretty much all vocal production is Richard Miller's The Structure of Singing published by MacMillan. Richard, who passed away in 2009, had a lab at Oberlin where he used scientific methods to truly discover the mechanics of the voice. This is r... |
| Comment: Re: My "Tenth" Lesson, of King's Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols | Paul Carey | December 20, 2011 |
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Dear Tim,
What a lovely post you have written. Thanks for sharing this lesson number 10.
Happy Holidays to a great fisherman and amazing musician,
Paul
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| Comment: Re: Straightforward treble arrangement of Star Spangled Banner | Paul Carey | December 9, 2011 |
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Hi,
I believe Reg Unterseher has just what you are looking for- go to www.reginaldunterseher.com
Good luck,
Paul Carey
www.paulcarey.net
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| Comment: Re: Lauridsen O Magnum Mysteriurm | Paul Carey | December 5, 2011 |
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Hi,
The tough spots are mm. 1-5, and mm. 6- 22, and oh yeah, mm. 23 to the end. To be blunt-there will be nothing but "tough spots" unless you sit down and do some deep score study for the benefit of yourself and this choir, and not expect random ChoralNet people to supply you with "tip... |
| Comment: Re: Publishing guide for choral music? | Paul Carey | November 20, 2011 |
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Hi all,
I would suggest that you self-publish your works through a quality website and your own networking and not send 90% of the income to the publishers/retailers. Please know that most publishers only know how to hawk their new releases- after that there is virtually no publicity plan f... |
| Comment: Re: Timid Girls | Paul Carey | November 9, 2011 |
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My earlier silliness aside, I echo the suggestion for you to read Lynne Gackle's book. Also try to find any clinic that Lynne is at- she is very personable and happy to help anyone.
My suggestion- get them doing lip trills AND highly but graullasy) expanding their vocal range/tessitura in... |
| Comment: Re: Timid Girls | Paul Carey | November 9, 2011 |
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Repertoire questions and discussions: Raucous drinking and sailor songs for men's voices
Vocal Pedagogy and the Voice: Timid Girls
Maybe the tipsy sailors could loosen up the timid girls with some energy-filled songs?
Paul Carey
www.paulcarey.net
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| Comment: Re: Women's hair in performance | Paul Carey | October 18, 2011 |
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Bravo, Michele!
Paul
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| Comment: Re: Elementary Repertoire | Paul Carey | October 14, 2011 |
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Wow- thanks, Joy and Craig for saying kind things about my children's choir music. Much of the success these pieces enjoy comes from my history of being commissioned by Mary Alice Stollak of the Michigan State University Children's Choir- and Mary Alice's insistence that children's music have hi... |
| Comment: Re: Is ACDA the right name for us? | Paul Carey | September 8, 2011 |
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My older brother, now a professor of medicine at USC, butr formerly a professional rock drummer, loves to rile me by referring to us as AC/DC. Of course I do my best not to take the bait.
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| Announcement: "sequel" to Peace oin Earth and lots of l;ittle crickets | Paul Carey | September 6, 2011 |
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Following the overwhelming popularity over the last few years of my SA/percussion Walton publication "Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets", I'm happy to announce a sort of sequel to it. It's an uptempo SA/piano arrangement of the American folk tune "Clap your Hands" which shares its melod... |
| Announcement: Young Naperville Singers appoints Paul Carey as Composer in Residence | Paul Carey | August 24, 2011 |
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PRESS RELEASE (August 17, 2011)
Young Naperville Singers (Naperville, IL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Carey as the choir's first composer in residence. Young Naperville Singers comprises seven ensembles totaling over 320 singers grades 1-12, under the direction of artistic ... |
| Comment: Re: looking for more composers that sound like Eric Whitacre | Paul Carey | August 9, 2011 |
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I am happy to be of the opinion that Tarik O'Regan sounds like Tarik O'Regan, whose music shodul be more widely known.
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| Comment: Re: Who are your favorite Children's music composers? | Paul Carey | July 30, 2011 |
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Hi all,
Thanks for the shout out, Joy!
When I write for children's choirs I make sure that the text is not something dumbed-down- kids are way smarter than we give them credit for and hate texts or a musical treatment that doesn't respect their intelligence.
If anyone would ... |
| Comment: Re: "I Wonder as I Wander" arrangement | Paul Carey | June 30, 2011 |
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Readers should be aware that this song, I believe, is under a still standing copyright by John Jacob Niles and rights are controlled by G Schirmer I think. An unauthorized arrangement would be a copyright violation. If you read the history of Niles, he at first claimed he heard a little Appalachia... |
| Borrowing request: Bass Part/Chilcott Little Jazz Mass | Paul Carey | June 24, 2011 |
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Composer/Arranger/Edition: Bob Chilcott
Starting: ASAP
For: 4 weeks
Copies: 1
Willing to rent: No
Does anyone have this? I don't know if Oxford has a part for sale or if any of you may have used Finale or Sibelius to extract the part from the p/v score. Oxford orders a... |
| Comment: Re: "fun" or "funny" pieces that work | Paul Carey | June 14, 2011 |
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Hi Lynne,
If you would want to feature your ladies I would recommend Reg Unterseher's very creative SA/piano piece "62 Insults from Shakespeare", available at reginaldunterseher.com
You might want to also look at my a cappella SATB piece "Play with your Food", published hy Walton,wh... |
| Comment: Re: To Memorize or Not to Memorize | Paul Carey | June 2, 2011 |
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Hi all,
I try my best to call the pieces of paper we use "the score" and not refer to it as music. Music is the magic we make when we interpret the score artistically.
Paul
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| Comment: Re: To Memorize or Not to Memorize | Paul Carey | June 1, 2011 |
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Dear Bruce,
Sounds like you are doing a great job- bravo!
I think you answered your own question with your second paragraph.
Please take a look at a blog entry I wrote about this subject:
http://paulcarey440.blogspot.com/2009/04/score-is-not-music.html
You can al... |
| Announcement: Perusal scores available: Missa Brevis Incheon | Paul Carey | May 23, 2011 |
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For university/professional choirs looking for a challenging and interesting piece for next season, please contact me for a perusal copy of my Missa Brevis Incheon, a concert missa commissioned by the world renowned Incheon City Chorale, Dr. Hak-won Yoon, artistic director. This a.c. SATB/div piec... |
| Comment: Re: Too Bohemian for Wasilla? | Paul Carey | May 15, 2011 |
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Dear Edward,
Plese do not ever underestimate the intelligence of any high school age human being. Do not do them this disservice.
Paul Carey
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| Comment: Re: Tallis in Wonderland | Paul Carey | May 6, 2011 |
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Thanks for sharing, Allen! This is great stuff.
I don't see why you needed to reference "public domain" vs. "non public domain" - this is for the most part a theatrical staging of music which is being sung verbatim. Other than some electronic manipulations for purely theatrical effect, the ... |
| Forum message: choral background vowels- ooh, ah, oh?? | Paul Carey | May 3, 2011 |
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Hi all,
I am writing a piece in a slowish tempo and for awhile I will just have the text/melody in soprano voice. The other voices will be supplying some gently moving harmonies on ooh, ah, or oh. As a conductor which of these vowels appeals to you the most when you are making music? Are th... |
| Forum message: Lyrics to Hatfield's O Yo Yo | Paul Carey | April 21, 2011 |
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Hi all,
Does anyone know the subject matter and have the English translation to S Hatfield's O Yo Yo? I can't find any info online as to the actual lyrics.
Paul Carey
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| Comment: Re: Singing With Cannibals | Paul Carey | April 19, 2011 |
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Wow, who would have ever thought that choir peeps had such a a sense of humor?
Paul Carey
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| Comment: Re: Suggestions for Children's Piece about World Peace and Harmony | Paul Carey | April 16, 2011 |
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Hi Brytish,
I wrote a piece called "Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets" which has been a bestseller for the last three years (published by Walton, and distributed by Hal Leonard) and has been used by some of our leading guest conductors/clinicians at a number of ACDA events, all... |
| Comment: Re: ACDA conference performances of a major work | Paul Carey | April 7, 2011 |
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Hi all,
I want to offer a public apology to Tim Sharp. I was given untrue information in regard to Gene Brooks having signed contracts for Chicago 2011. Wow, that was really offbase, considering that Tim also relates that he also did all of this for 2009. I should have checked the facts a... |
| Comment: Re: ACDA conference performances of a major work | Paul Carey | April 6, 2011 |
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Dear all,
I hope we can get more opinions, but I am going to jump back in for a second.
I had never really thought much about this issue, namely the large expense of presenting a fully professional choral/orch/ w soloists large work at ACDA. It was only when I was... |
| Forum message: ACDA conference performances of a major work | Paul Carey | April 4, 2011 |
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Hi all,
I am working on my blog covering the recent ACDA national conference and am starting to work on my review of the final day, in which we gold trackers heard a great performance of Elijah.
I was asked by someone whether a professional choral/orchestral performance of a major wo... |
| Comment: Re: Life is different at the top | Paul Carey | February 13, 2011 |
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Hi,
These are examples of amateur work, no doubt ahout it. If one wants to be taken seriously then you can't be doing these kinds of things, of course. With that said, there are those of us who do know how to lay out a score, and it takes quite awhile to be good at it, especially with all t... |
| Comment: Re: Life is different at the top | Paul Carey | February 12, 2011 |
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Hi all,
Well we've been through all this territory a bunch of times. Allen, there are some nuances to this that people should know. Maybe I'll try to make a 90/10 theme here, since Mackey brings up that usual revenue split:
Even though I am a fairly established choral composer now,... |
