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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"choral groups"”.
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American Choral Music in Late 19th Century New Haven: The Gounod and New Haven Oratorio Societies
This study examines two of the smaller American choral societies that together existed for just over 30 years, 1888 to 1919: The Gounod and New Haven Oratorio Societies of New Haven, Connecticut. These societies are important because, especially in the case of the New Haven Society, they were …
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A History of the Mid-America Singers of Springfield, Missouri
… Southwest Missouri, a brief history of community choral groups in America and particularly in the Midwest, and the sequence of events that occurred since the inception of the Mid-America Singers in 1967 to 1985. Each of the four conductors of the Mid-America Singers was given a complete chapter in …
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LA FIESTA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO: AN ORIGINAL WORK FOR CHOIR, SOLOISTS, AND SMALL ENSEMBLE INFLUENCED BY THE SANTERIA MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN-DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
… <p>One of the most influential musical groups for this thesis was La Cofradía de los Congos del Espíritu Santo de Villa Mella, because it follows the original practices and rituals, and it has a large presence on Youtube. The use of this musical tradition, along with contemporary …
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Franz Schubert’s Deutsches Stabat Mater, D. 383: Historical background and musical accessibility
… stands apart from the majority of his sacred choral music, which, intended for use in a Catholic liturgical service, uses Latin text. The text Schubert uses is a German paraphrase of the Latin Sequence contrived by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803) to allow Pergolesi’s Monumental …
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Performing the Yellow River Cantata
… exclusively remained the province of Chinese choral groups. In large measure, the failure of the work to make significant inroads into the world of Western choral music stems from the daunting challenges posed by the Mandarin text, as well as the ethnic musical elements and folk instruments …
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From ‘Nothing’ to ‘Something’: a compositional evolution through time, media and space
… to the general public and to performers (choral groups, string quartets and solo performers), using both conventional music notation and graphic scores to enhance this process. Other aspects of my work included rethinking the concepts of rhythm and pitch, as well as the observation of one …
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Shape-note and Bluegrass Music in the Choral Curriculum: An Experiment in Implementation of Potential New Genres
… Abstract Shape-note and Bluegrass Music in the Choral Curriculum: An Experiment in Implementation of Potential New Genres John Eric Rutherford Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Giselle Wyers School of Music Bluegrass and shape-note music provide an important link to our musical past. When …
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From camp to community: musical and cultural exchange in the 2008 International Choral Ensemble
… 2008, the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Choral Ensemble, as a community and individuals, represented American youth, Blue Lake, and the United States as cultural ambassadors, touring in Europe and the Midwest. Throughout the rehearsal and performance process, these adolescents, ages …