| Comment: Re: Five minute experiment | Lee J Rickard | May 20, 2011 |
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Don McCullough used to say that you could use 5 or 10 minutes very efficiently if you mark your problem spots during rehearsal and focus immediately on them. It doesn't even take 5 minutes at the keyboard to make right something that just wouldn't come off in rehearsal.
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| Comment: Re: Texting in rehearsal | Lee J Rickard | May 20, 2011 |
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There are a lot of recent papers on the fallacy of multitasking; the bottom line is that attention has only one focus at a time. When you think you are multitasking, you are really shifting your attention between tasks, and doing each with less efficiency.
But, as a singer, I understand... |
| Concert: Messiah in Albuquerque NM | Lee J Rickard | December 7, 2010 |
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Polyphony - Voices of New Mexico will perform Handel's Messiah on 10 and 12 December, at the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque NM. For details, see http://www.polyphonynm.com/tickets.html
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| Comment: Re: Performance in church? | Lee J Rickard | July 20, 2010 |
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Actually, the first definition of 'gay' in the OED is 'noble, beautiful, excellent, fine'. But in any case, while it may be an exception, it is not a counterargument. I think you are giving up control of your language too easily.
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| Comment: Re: Performance in church? | Lee J Rickard | July 19, 2010 |
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I think that insistence on the meaning of 'performance' as 'theatrical performance' does a grave injustice to the language. A quick check of the OED will show that the primary meaning of 'perform' is 'execute, officiate'. The application to specifically theatrical productions is both later and... |
| Comment: Re: Communities, Communication, and Collaboration | Lee J Rickard | June 28, 2010 |
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This is an excellent way to help people focus on the specific issues they have, while the general blog enables us to encounter things from outside our immediate concerns. All very good. A suggestion, though: given that the issue cuts across the needs of various choral groups - church, college,... |
| Comment: Re: literature for baritone & chorus | Lee J Rickard | June 23, 2010 |
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There are lots of Bach Cantatas that feature baritone solos.
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| Concert: Pergolesi and Victoria in Albuquerque NM | Lee J Rickard | March 9, 2010 |
| The Cathedral Church of St. John will present the Pergolesi Stabat Mater and Victoria's 1583 Requiem a4, on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at 3:00 PM. Both pieces will be performed by the Cathedral Chamber Choir under the direction of Dr. Maxine Thevenot. The Pergolesi will also feature soloists Linsda... |
| Comment: Re: Singing with Accents | Lee J Rickard | February 16, 2010 |
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It seems to me that what counts is whether there is evidence internal to the music that indicates that the composer was relying on it being sung with a particular dialect. That is certainly the case with most American spirituals.
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| Comment: Re: Why do most american choral conductors ignore the period 1500-1700? | Lee J Rickard | February 1, 2010 |
| You say this just after we spent a whole year celebrating (and programming) Purcell? (Actually, not done yet - Santa Fe is doing Dido and Aeneas now.)
Maybe my perspective is different; singing in the Episcopalian church, there's a lot of traditional Anglican music - Byrd (we just did the mass... |
| Comment: Re: songs about singing | Lee J Rickard | July 30, 2009 |
| Ned Rorem, We Are the Music-Makers
It was composed for Paul Hill. It would be appropriate for the advanced SATB chorus.
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| Concert: Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico – Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Placitas | Lee J Rickard | June 12, 2009 |
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Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico is New Mexico's newest
professional choral ensemble. Founded in 2006 by Dr. Maxine
Thévenot, we are unique to the Land of Enchantment in that all of
our singers reside in the State of New Mexico.
Our summer solstice concerts will be held in the bea... |
