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Choralista: June 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Rather, a manifesto? This was originally part of a post on my. The original posting lost focus, so I decided to move this discussion over here. especially since I haven't posted anything here in quite some time. Well, certainly can't complain in the short term about State subsidization of classical music.). Labels: nature of choral music. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Classical choral music is a dying art-form.". What can be done? This blog should be m...
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Choralista: August 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Monday, August 4, 2008. Reprinted post: Richard Sparks on "Elitism" in choral music. Renowned choral conductor, Dr. Richard Sparks, makes some interesting comments on the negative connotations of "elitism" in classical music. With his permission, I am reprinting two of his recent posts on the subject from his blog,. Richard Sparks - Music, Conducting, Choirs. Monday July 28, 2008. Mark Swed, music reviewer for the LA Times, writes a great piece. I say it's time to reclaim t...
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Choralista: Self-expression and the concert experience
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Thursday, October 25, 2007. Self-expression and the concert experience. A few posts ago. I observed that a cappella. Music is much more popular today than classical choral music, and asked why. I strongly believe that individual audience members feel better able to express themselves at the former than the latter, and, again, that the fundamental issue lies beyond the popular roots of a cappella. During the event. While concert etiquette still applies in popular music p...
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Choralista: January 2008
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Thursday, January 24, 2008. Wanted: Experienced vocalist with good typing skills. One of my choral groups is looking for ways to streamline the budget. We choristers are paid for our services; the organization certainly doesn’t want to give us a pay cut. It was proposed that the choristers take on more of the day to day business in order to give the business-folk more time and energy to secure the groups’ future. This proposal wasn’t outlandish for the group. Also, this gro...
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Choralista: Why care?
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Guerilla Choir-Nuts in Action. Friday, October 19, 2007. If we were to succeed in raising all of the external support necessary to produce a concert, the ghost of Adam Smith would still whisper in my ear, "Why go through all the effort if no one is going to consume your product? In less technocratic terms, why put on a performance if no one out there wants to share in the experience? An empty house is emotionally devastating and demoralizing. What are we trying to do? For those reasons, I wrote a book wh...
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Early Music Concerts and Workshops - BC Recorder Society
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Meeting and Workshop Reviews + Feedback - your comments here. Early Music Concerts and Workshops. Poster Workshop: Renaissance Splendour May 2010. Winter Musicale 2010 Poster. Workshop March 2011: Polyphony at Henry VIII's Court. Workshop: Polyphony at the Court of Henry VIII: Content. 12th Night Party 2012. 12th Night 2012 Music files. Spring Showcase 2012: In Review. Workshop: Larger Works for Recorder. BCRS Special Event - 50th Anniversary. 50th Anniversary - Spring Showcase 2012. Date: Saturday,...
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VdGSA Pacifica - The Viola da Gamba Society of America, Pacifica Chapter: San Francisco Bay Area Viol Players, including East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, Santa Cruz, to Sacramento
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Viola da Gamba Society-Pacifica. The Viola da Gamba Society-Pacifica, a chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Is an association of viol enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. We enjoy playing chamber music of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries (as well as some contemporary music) from England, France, Italy and Germany on treble, tenor and bass viols. Members include novice to advanced players, instrument makers, teachers and performers. Newsletter, September through June. 2017 Vd...
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Magnificat Baroque Ensemble » DEC 19-21 2014 Cavalli: Christmas Mass
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Tickets & Venues. Palo Alto First Presbyterian. Berkeley St. John’s Presbyterian. San Francisco St. Mark’s Lutheran. MAR 18-20 2016 Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri. DEC 11-13 2015 Bach: Mass for Advent. SEP 25-27 2015 Monteverdi: Il Combattimento. OCT 3-5 2014 Schütz: Opus Ultimum. DEC 19-21 2014 Cavalli: Christmas Mass. MAR 6-8 2015 Charpentier: Esther and Judith. DEC 20-22 2013 Venetian Christmas. JAN 10-12 2014 Curiose et Moderne Invenzioni. FEB 14-16 2014 Bach’s Heritage. Music of the 17th Century.
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About The Instructor - anice Clark Piano and Harpsichord
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Janice Clark completed her undergraduate degree in Music Education with piano as her performing instrument at San Francisco State University. In 1970. Her primary piano teacher was Istvan Nadas. A pupil of Bela Bartok. She continued to be coached through the 1980s and 1990s by such fine pianists as William Corbett-Jones. Her must recent studies include harpsichord and baroque performance practice with the outstanding Bay Areas baroque specialist and founder of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Special Stud...
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