| Forum message: Difference between humming tone and closed lips? | Lori McHugh | November 12, 2011 |
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We are singingVaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols. In the opening measures, the chorus provides a background texture for the baritone soloist. For some measures, the score indicates "humming tone" and in other measures "closed lips." I always thought that humming meant closed lips with ... |
| Forum message: How do you manage benefit concerts? | Lori McHugh | October 16, 2011 |
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Every year our choral society puts on a benefit concert on behalf of a worthy cause (a homeless shelter, an inner city mentoring ministry, a social services emergency fund). We don't put a lot of pressure on our singers to sell a ton of tickets, since they're already giving so generously of their... |
| Forum message: Can we sell our performance CDs? | Lori McHugh | June 2, 2011 |
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Our community chorus has always made recordings of our performances for our singers to purchase for their own use. What actions would we need to take in order to make these CDs available for our general audience to purchase? This would be a "break even" proposition - selling them for the same co... |
| Forum message: Searching for Wilberg's arrangement of "Homeward Bound" | Lori McHugh | May 13, 2011 |
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Does anyone know where I can get Wilberg's SATB arrangement of Marta Keen Thompson's "Homeward Bound?"
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| Forum message: Rehearsal on Valentine's Day - need ideas | Lori McHugh | February 9, 2011 |
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Our choral society rehearsal falls on Valentine's Day. I was just wondering if any of you are doing (or have done) anything special for Valentine's Day next week. Any clever ideas to honor our director would be appreciated!
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| Forum message: Help! Pronunciation guide for Natufurahi Siku Ya Leo? | Lori McHugh | January 18, 2011 |
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(a traditional Taita Melody, arranged by Boniface Mganga)(We will be singing Natufurahi Siku Ya Leo (a traditional Taita Melody, arranged by Boniface Mganga). It's from Kenya - I believe it's Swahili. Does anyone have a pronunciation guide or know where I can find one?
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| Comment: Re: A great choir picture | Lori McHugh | November 14, 2010 |
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Here's the Conecticut Choral Society, under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp.
http://www.ctchoralsociety.org/ |
| Comment: Re: Randall Thompson's Requiem | Lori McHugh | April 10, 2010 |
| I checked out The Nativity According to St. Luke" - the "Good Tidings" piece wasn't on it. I'm searching for Thompson's Requiem (commissioned by the University of California in 1958), written for unaccompanied double chorus.
This is the only information I've been able to find about it: http://b... |
| Forum message: Randall Thompson's Requiem | Lori McHugh | April 9, 2010 |
| In high school I sang an excerpt (Good Tidings to the Meek) from Thompson's Requiem - does anyone know where I can get a recording of the complete Requiem? I've only found small excerpts. Does anyone perform this work? |
| Comment: Re: Follow this - if you can! | Lori McHugh | December 30, 2009 |
| Oh my goodness - at first I thought this was a joke - that someone deliberately put the soundtrack out of synch with the video. Then I watched the opening with the sound off - and I STILL couldn't follow his entrances. Heaven spare me from singing under his baton! |
| Comment: Re: Teaching overtone singing technique | Lori McHugh | August 19, 2009 |
| Here's a brief tutorial on youtibe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a940YFaRI50 |
