[Choir] Choir - VIRTUAL CHOIR VIDEO(S); "Corona Choir" tomorrow 7-8 via Zoom

[Bethany Reeves]

Dear Choir,

We are "meeting" again tomorrow evening via Zoom. Details and link are in the email below that was sent to Choir alumni.

Last week's Thursday evening session made it clear that singing together at a distance isn't a thing, because sound and physics. It was fun, and it was hilarious, but musically - ?!!!

SO, I have come up with a solution of sorts, also below.

VIRTUAL CHOIR VIDEOS: Plans are in the works to possibly create 1-2 virtual choir videos involving current Choir members and Choir alumni, as you'll see below. Those of you new to the Stevens Choir this year don't yet know "Witness" (last performed in Fall '18) and don't know the "Alma Mater" very well (last performed in Spring '19). Supports will be created that will nonetheless bring you up to speed. 🙂

I would also like to do a virtual choir video just for the current choir, if it can be managed. I'd like to preserve "Jabberwocky" for the next live concert (and staying away from piano requirements is helpful in this situation), but the Palestrina "Sicut cervus" could be a good choice. It's beautiful and was really shaping up before spring break.

I hope you are all managing ok. This situation is presenting us all with some pretty steep challenges. I have found this article to be helpful:

https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR0CMngo1TFwARSUwMPpjB7CdBO4u1sl1qqJW672C8h7RbUYXFOa96moPYs
[https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/2020/03/Mar20_23_1022720964-2.jpg]<https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR0CMngo1TFwARSUwMPpjB7CdBO4u1sl1qqJW672C8h7RbUYXFOa96moPYs>
That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief<https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR0CMngo1TFwARSUwMPpjB7CdBO4u1sl1qqJW672C8h7RbUYXFOa96moPYs>
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy.
hbr.org

I will hope to see many of you at the Zoom get-together tomorrow evening!

Warmly,


Dr. Bethany Reeves
Director, Stevens Choir & DeBaun PAC Voice Studio
Music Program Coordinator, DeBaun Performing Arts Center
Stage Director/Teacher, DeBaun Shakespeare & Summer Theatre Projects
Stevens Institute of Technology


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From: Bethany Reeves
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 6:16 PM
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Cc: breeves.asc at gmail.com <breeves.asc at gmail.com>
Subject: Choir in the Corona Lane, Mon. 7-8pm; AND an upcoming project

Dear All!

Last Thursday's initial "Choir in the Corona Lane" was a musical mess and a HUGE amount of fun.

Tomorrow is the second session (and this Thursday 7-8 will be the third). The link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://stevens.zoom.us/j/102876663

I'll leave all the dial-in info at the end of this email, in case it's helpful to anyone.

This will be a recurring meeting through April 20, and will use the same link as above. April 20 was to be the last scheduled Monday rehearsal of the semester, as the Choir's late lamented Spring Choir Concert was to have been Saturday April 25.

Newbies: this is for fun, community, and music during a stressful time. Come and go as works for you - no pressure!

TWO NEW THINGS:

1. SOUND MANAGEMENT
Since reconnecting with beloved music is part of the fun - and the physics of sound make doing that actually together into a hot mess at a distance (😅) - here's what I propose for tomorrow: when we go to sing, turn off your ZOOM audio, and sing along with the video we're all using (links below). We just sing along to it separately, to better enjoy the music, and then turn the sound back on.

OR, if you thoroughly enjoyed the hilarious cacophony of last week, by all means leave the sound on and have at it. 😄

2. VIRTUAL CHOIR
Choir alum and Stevens faculty member (Music & Tech) Will Stackpole - also a doctoral composer at Juilliard - also my next-door neighbor - and also married to the marvelous Katie (Ricculli) Stackpole! - and I are having Socially-Distanced Coffee Meetings out in our street about putting together a virtual choir video.

The Songs: "The Alma Mater" AND, OF COURSE, "Witness"!

Creating those videos is a pretty involved process, and I'll keep you apprised as we start getting things in place for the various necessary steps. We hope everyone will want to participate! Assuming all goes well, the result will be 1-2 Stevens Choir Past & Present virtual choir videos we can all be proud of.

REPERTOIRE for tomorrow! (Newbies: focus is on pieces that have been one more than one Stevens Choir concerts over the years)

(#3 - coming up - a weird cool new music thing from Will S. 🙂 )

New for tomorrow:
O magnum mysterium (Lauridsen)(this has parts videos; a YouTube search will bring them up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrXhjt7Gwo
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.JzQaRpbMX7iSTuXdggjcAwHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrXhjt7Gwo>
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrXhjt7Gwo>
Morten Lauridsen (b. 27 Feb 1943) 720p HD to make the vocal score/sheet music easier to read in full screen. Now with CC (Closed Captioning) subtitles in English, German and the original Latin texts. LATIN TEXT: O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera ...
www.youtube.com
The Tonight Quintet from West Side Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUVAzenYwSY
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.ig5C7iBK_P8-rPhIH7ZEtAEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUVAzenYwSY>
"Tonight" Quintet from West Side Story<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUVAzenYwSY>
Broadway in the Circle, February 4, 2017, Severance Hall - A benefit concert for the Cleveland Institute of Music, celebrating Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue and featuring the CIM Orchestra and CIM vocalists. "Tonight" Quintet from West Side Story. Carl Topilow, Conductor Carmen Michael LoPresti as Tony
www.youtube.com

I couldn't find something with scrolling music for this, no surprise. Of course this is an as-written performance - but ALL our sopranos are Maria, etc. 😄

From last week (and in at least two cases, for virtual choir videos -)
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Witness, spiritual arr. by Jack Halloran: live performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwFeBVPeOPY&list=RDTwFeBVPeOPY&index=1
Not quite as energetic and very very up-tempo as we like it, for the most part, but a clean performance - good for a reminder! Maybe this serves as review, and then those of us that know "Witness" - which is most of us - have at it on our own. / BTW, the parts videos on YouTube are for the 8-part version. We've always sung the 4-part. The bass & soprano 1 are the same as ours, though.

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Seal Lullaby, by Eric Whitacre: choir with scrolling score:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5jvDF2T6M
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.lDNSjcEiKsVR5rIEobE8LwHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5jvDF2T6M>
THE SEAL LULLABY - Eric Whitacre<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5jvDF2T6M>
THE SEAL LULLABY - Eric Whitacre
www.youtube.com

Seal Lullaby: soprano part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kA76H_IR7g
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.epyAb7F2DE9xt4PaL_fcTwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kA76H_IR7g>
Seal Lullaby sop<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kA76H_IR7g>
Practice part of Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre for soprano voices.
www.youtube.com

Seal Lullaby: alto part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bVOFxTEsak


Seal Lullaby: tenor part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKrp6tyJ14
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.oiVJ_bo2zO_3raCLFuB_AwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKrp6tyJ14>
Seal Lullaby tenor<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKrp6tyJ14>
A practice file of Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre for tenor voice.
www.youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OFCghZLNo
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.i0P3LejlShQC2vPm7VCG8AEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OFCghZLNo>
Seal Lullaby bass<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OFCghZLNo>
A practice file of Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre for bass voice.
www.youtube.com
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Northern Lights, by Ola Gjeilo (this is my personal all-time favorite...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4_FsuOvG4
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP._SLcC_zgm8VqAK_IzhVSKQHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4_FsuOvG4>
Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4_FsuOvG4>
Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights
www.youtube.com

Northern Lights, Soprano -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiXo5sCG4E
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.cyePm_db8ndnCHNWnuGAcwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiXo5sCG4E>
Northern Lights (Gjeilo) - Soprano<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiXo5sCG4E>
See the playlist for all the learning tracks :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Title: Northern Lights Composer: Ola Gjeilo (1978-) Voicing: SATB a cappella ----------- Our next concert is in December 2019, where we'll be performing this piece of music. I've uploaded this and the other learning tracks predominantly for my choir's usage ...
www.youtube.com

Northern Lights, Alto -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xSDQOEvnY
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.FZJbcee4X-DQjdmfFSEDTAEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xSDQOEvnY>
Northern Lights (Gjeilo) - Alto 2<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xSDQOEvnY>
See the playlist for all the learning tracks :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwnwwJdEjm40tJdHVKSfFQVyPigc0eSHL Title: Northern Lights Composer: Ola Gjeilo (1978-) Voicing: SATB a cappella ----------- Our next concert is in December 2019, where we'll be performing this piece of music. I've uploaded this and the other learning tracks ...
www.youtube.com

Northern Lights, Tenor -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9lKrrlk5Y
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.L-PX6Qt5dwChdomd7QN0WwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9lKrrlk5Y>
Northern Lights (Gjeilo) - Tenor 1<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9lKrrlk5Y>
See the playlist for all the learning tracks :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwnwwJdEjm40tJdHVKSfFQVyPigc0eSHL Title: Northern Lights Composer: Ola Gjeilo (1978-) Voicing: SATB a cappella ----------- Our next concert is in December 2019, where we'll be performing this piece of music. I've uploaded this and the other learning tracks ...
www.youtube.com
Northern Lights, Bass -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XTouudAlc

[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP._7YvmDOTTndQNUvxQ1LQRgHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XTouudAlc>
Northern Lights (Gjeilo) - Bass<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XTouudAlc>
See the playlist for all the learning tracks :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Title: Northern Lights Composer: Ola Gjeilo (1978-) Voicing: SATB a cappella ----------- Our next concert is in December 2019, where we'll be performing this piece of music. I've uploaded this and the other learning tracks predominantly for my choir's usage ...
www.youtube.com
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Jabberwocky, by Sam Pottle (text: Lewis Carroll)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTO6c5yfayI
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.-8DL9rlIAUZrBkK0sJkt2AEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTO6c5yfayI>
Jabberwocky - Sam Pottle<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTO6c5yfayI>
15/2088H - A new edition of this long time best-selling work is now available! This text from "Through the Looking Glass" has been creatively set, capturing the true essence of this well-known poem. The innovative use of a variety of small percussion instruments enhances the fun and drama! Complete with notes from the composer and a ...
www.youtube.com
(This performance is stiff, but as it shows the score, it's good for review)

More fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjskftSptc
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.g2IHYRig8CPrDkDTknG85gEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjskftSptc>
Jabberwocky, UCLA University Chorus, Rebecca Lord<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjskftSptc>
Jabberwocky by Sam Pottle UCLA University Chorus Rebecca Lord, Conductor; Ulf Anneken, Pianist; Ted Lord, Percussion Chase Privett, Beamish Boy March 15, 2014 Schoenberg Hall Umberto Belfiore, recording technician
www.youtube.com


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWjBAfiHTI
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.07HgVN5lSALrISmrNLd_qAEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWjBAfiHTI>
Jabberwocky (Sam Pottle)- Soprano<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWjBAfiHTI>
Jabberwocky (Sam Pottle)- Soprano
www.youtube.com


Jabberwocky: Alto part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyvCm5_1xg
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.eG7PiOUyP-XbQwQaycSnFwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyvCm5_1xg>
Jabberwocky- Alto<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyvCm5_1xg>
Jabberwocky- Alto
www.youtube.com
Jabberwocky: Tenor part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUeNtNwLM0
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.pTcxwK3pGuNI_qFDv6t8ogEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUeNtNwLM0>
Jabberwocky- Tenor<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUeNtNwLM0>
Jabberwocky- Tenor
www.youtube.com
Jabberwocky: Bass part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1qtmfn79k




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Dr. Bethany Reeves
Director, Stevens Choir & DeBaun PAC Voice Studio
Music Program Coordinator, DeBaun Performing Arts Center
Stage Director/Teacher, DeBaun Shakespeare & Summer Theatre Projects
Stevens Institute of Technology

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