Mar 9, 2017
For most of our 38 seasons, I have avoided repeating a piece, as we choral singers are blessed with a vast repertoire of fascinating, worthwhile compositions from which to choose; life is short, why repeat a work we have already “done?” Short answer: because it is...
Mar 9, 2017
It was at an ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association) convention several years ago that I first heard a work by the then impossibly young Norwegian composer, Oja Gjeilo. One is immediately struck by the sheer beauty of sound, created by an understanding of the...