| Comment: Re: What sets classical music apart from pop music? | Joyce Keil | May 10, 2012 |
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One amusing answer to this interesting discussion might be heard in Axis of Awesome's performance of Four Chords, a conglomeration of many pop and folk songs that use the same chords over and over. Alert: some of the Youtubes of this contain profanity. There are versions without the f-bombs.
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| Comment: Re: Stick Time: Why Guys Don't Sing | Joyce Keil | March 26, 2012 |
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It is so important for boys and young men to be able to sing together. By having a separate boys chorus, they can express their innate love of singing without the threat that this is somehow "feminine". It also provides the opportunity to have male role models with the older singers inspiring the ... |
| Comment: Re: It just kept ringing | Joyce Keil | January 16, 2012 |
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At the SF Symphony, everytime there is a hushed, ethereal moment, someone coughs and pretty soon others follow. It takes only one person to jar the audience out of it's mood.
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| Comment: Re: 5th graders with extreme, chronic hoarseness. advice? | Joyce Keil | January 15, 2012 |
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I have prepared a power point with some pictures of the vocal cords when they are healthy and when they are damaged; would be happy to share. This problem is becoming rampant. I understand that poor vocal health affects general health also, but I don't have the details on that. If someone could sh... |
| Comment: Re: Straightforward treble arrangement of Star Spangled Banner | Joyce Keil | December 13, 2011 |
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Karyn, I have an SSAA that is really fabulous. Louis Magor arranged it for SFBC and has given us permission to use it and to share it. Since you are local, I can get you a copy if you want to see it. It also has an optional T/B part but the original is SSAA.
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| Comment: Re: Appalled by Article in inTune magazine featuring Florence & the Machine | Joyce Keil | December 3, 2011 |
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Ha. I just happened to be watching the Nov. 19 Saturday Night Live where Florence and the Machine was on. I was shocked at the poor intonation, the pushing of the chest voice too high and then not quite making it to the intended pitch. I am not objecting to the music but to the singing. Then I saw... |
| Comment: Re: ACDA announces U.S. / Cuba Choral Summit | Joyce Keil | September 20, 2011 |
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We toured Cuba summer 2011 and met outstanding choirs. Among them: Sine Nomine, an all male choir led by Leonor Suarez, Allina Corina from Schola Cantorum Coralina, Corina Campos and Vocal Leo. Exaudi is one of many excellent choirs in cuba
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| Comment: Re: Recommendations for boys SA/SSA music from French master composers i.e. Faure, Debussy and Durufle | Joyce Keil | September 9, 2011 |
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Hi Bill. Congratulations!! How about Couperin 2 part music? Joyce Keil Ragazzi Boys Chorus
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| Comment: Re: Anyone know an easy Gloria appropriate for church's 50th anniversary? URGENT HELP NEEDED | Joyce Keil | August 20, 2011 |
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There is a wonderful little Baroque Gloria (15 min or so) by Carcani. I was able to do with my high school choir.
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| Comment: Re: ACDA conference performances of a major work | Joyce Keil | April 6, 2011 |
| I almost skipped this because I tho't I had heard the Elijah
so many times. But after this performance I realized I had never
really heard the work before. It was brilliant. |
| Comment: Re: Classroom Management in Choral Settings | Joyce Keil | April 2, 2011 |
| Fred Jones had a workshop for classroom management. He
travels around USA, is based in Santa Cruz CA. Google him for
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| Comment: Re: Transfiguration Sunday -need anthem for SATB or SAB ( quickly) | Joyce Keil | February 25, 2011 |
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The Glory of the Father by Hovland is fantastic, mystical and not toooo hard.
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| Comment: Re: Junior High Rehearsal Management | Joyce Keil | February 9, 2011 |
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Try Fred Jones' book Tools for Teaching. Great ideas for classroom management and especially great for this age! Good luck.
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| Comment: Re: SATB music about animals | Joyce Keil | January 19, 2011 |
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Jannequin Le Chant des Oiseaux!
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| Comment: Re: Sitting vs. Standing | Joyce Keil | December 11, 2010 |
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Our boys(10-24) also stand for their two hour rehearsals and the high school boys stand for three, althought they do get one break. (I'm even older than Bill and can stand.) This has virtually eliminated any fainting in performance even on tours when the boys are battling jet lag. My high school s... |
| Comment: Re: Need help with repertoire for boys choir | Joyce Keil | November 1, 2010 |
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One medium-easy 2 part piece is the Bach Der Herr Segne. There are some lovely Schütz duets from the Kleine Geistliche collection. Also maybe something unison that they could do in octaves, like a solo from the Vivaldi Gloria. Rutter has a lot of 2-part music, such "All Things Bright and Beautifu... |
| Comment: Re: Policies for choir hosting (children's choirs) | Joyce Keil | July 29, 2010 |
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Ragazzi has both hosted choirs and been hosted. The boys love the homestays as they are offered by families who also have children who sing. We had a wonderful time last year in Arizona with both the Tucson and Phoenix boy choirs. This year we traveled to Montreal and were hosted by the Laval Boyc... |
| Comment: Re: What's wrong with jazz, show tunes, pop, etc in choir? | Joyce Keil | March 14, 2010 |
| My boy choir does all kinds of music also. When I need help on popular styles, I bring in someone to coach. However, the danger of mixing styles is that singers need to change gears for the appropriate tone quality with each and, especially with young choirs, one has to constantly remind them not ... |
| Comment: Re: High School Repertoire- Vaughan Williams | Joyce Keil | December 2, 2009 |
| Don't forget Serenade to Music |
| Comment: Re: Question - What is a "Founder"? | Joyce Keil | November 17, 2009 |
| I have always referred to myself as co-founder since a parent started the chorus with me and we both did a lot of work. That might be the most amicable solution. |
| Comment: Re: Choral Masterwork Suggestions for beginning and intermediate singers | Joyce Keil | November 5, 2009 |
| Gloria by Carcini, Faure Requiem, Bach Cantata 104, Mozart Missa Brevis in D. good luck |
| Comment: Re: Combined Middle & High School Boys | Joyce Keil | September 8, 2009 |
| How about the Shaw Parker Viva La compagnie (spelling?) |
| Comment: Re: Small choir issues - please help! | Joyce Keil | August 25, 2009 |
| One of the European Madrigal collections features 2-part madrigals. I also did Purcell rounds with funny texts and canons by other great composers as I built basic choral tone the first year I taught a group of 7 hs kids. They are now in their 40's and remember that time fondly. They thought they we... |
| Comment: Re: Need suggestions | Joyce Keil | August 21, 2009 |
| The Lord is a Mighty God by Mendelssohn. Powerful, but only in two parts. |
| Comment: Re: songs about singing | Joyce Keil | July 30, 2009 |
| Handel, Music Spread thy voice around
Dickau, If music be the food of love
Stroope, The Poet Sings (ssa)
Martinson, Everyone Sang (TTBB, but may be available later)
Brunner, Yo le canto
Brian Holmes, Music of the Spheres and/or Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music, Shakespeare text
Schumann An die N... |
| Comment: Re: Repertoire Ideas - "Past Life Melodies" | Joyce Keil | June 17, 2009 |
| Gate, Gate by Brian Tate is a nice contrast.
title escaping me: by Caldwell and Ivory, a mix of "of the Father's Love Begotten" and an African song. |
| Comment: Re: combined children's and adult choirs | Joyce Keil | May 16, 2009 |
| Interesting that no one has mentioned Mass of the Children by Rutter yet, or the Randall Thompson -forget the title suddenly. Lots of church anthems that have children's choir and adults, Jesu Joyauance of my Heart, ECS Schirmer publishes ostensibly by Bach. |
| Comment: Re: music theory question | Joyce Keil | April 29, 2009 |
| I served on the College Board for test development for the AP theory exam with the theory professor from Eastman in the late 1980's. We used your system. |
| Comment: Re: Zoom H-4N vs. Edirol R-09 | Joyce Keil | April 23, 2009 |
| Can you use it to record during a rehearsal and get instant playback for your students to do some critical listening? My friend got it on EBay for $200 |
