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centre of the universe: Bring Out Yer Band! *clang* Bring Out Yer Band! *clang*
When you learn music, your hemispheres fire off together, and since you’re not just sitting there listening to a lecture, you’re also doing some fine motor function (and/or gross motor function if you’re on percussion or canon), a bunch of those lobes are on fire too.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Mozart’s Requiem – Kyrie
This movement just drive relentlessly forward. Exhausting, but hauntingly beautiful. Kyrie eléison (Κύριε, ἐλέησον) Lord, have mercy Christe eléison (Χριστέ, ἐλέησον) Christ, have mercy
Continue readingwmtc: tina turner, rest in power
She was a force of nature. A powerhouse. She had many lives, transcending all of the usual music-industry categories. We will all miss her. Allan has a really nice tribute to her, with some great clips: here.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Mozart’s Laudate Dominum
While performing this song, the soloist takes flight leading with beautiful passages, but then when the choir joins the piece soars even higher. Singing and sharing this during a performance can only be fully realized if you are in it.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Celebrating Making Music
Just finished up the classical portion of our choir’s repertoire. We sang a Bach Motet (BWV 227), Durante’s Magnificat, and Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Ave verum corpus. Keen readers of DWR may have noticed these works featured on the Friday Musical Interludes. We started working on these pieces in late
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 – Prégardien | Netherlands Bach Society
Special Interlude today. My choir is singing this piece on April 15th, and let me tell you, this is some very challenging repertoire. I’ve spent hours with recordings and in front of the piano deciphering out how this music works. Bach is just so amazing to sing. So, enjoy the
Continue readingmark a. rayner: Introducing Re-Creative, a podcast about creativity and the art that inspires it
After years of threatening, I’ve finally started a podcast: Re-Creative. Actually, that’s not really true. My co-host, Joe Mahoney, is really the one to credit… The post Introducing Re-Creative, a podcast about creativity and the art that inspires it appeared first on mark a. rayner.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Busa from “The Lion King” – Drakensberg Boys Choir
Singing. Freely sharing your joy with others.
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