Concert Notes - ACDA 2009 national convention

ACDA 2009 national convention Concert Notes

Here are some notes on the concerts that I went to. Below I have listed all of the pieces that I found interesting or useful. In bold are the works that were particularly outstanding. Feel free to contact me with any questions OR add your own thoughts on anything I missed!!



Music in Worship
Niggun - jewish song without words
In one Spirit - Gregmurai.com. SATB w piano. Acappella sections
Columba aspexit - Hildegard of Bingen
O Magnum Mysterium - Cesar Alejandro Carrillo - earthsongs - a cappella, not to difficult great for HS/Church. slow/peaceful
SurelyHe Hath Bourne Our Griefs - Carl Heinrich Graun - Concordia Publishing - very beautiful SATB a cappella. Combines Renisance/Baroque practices
Oseh Shalom - Hymn GREAT
I'll Fly Away - Great arr. baritone solo. Gregmurai.com
O Sifuni Mungu - M. McCall Maddox - South African style work. a capella, good for Church
Cantemos al Senor - Carlos Rosas, arr Greg Murai - great poppy song for "Modern Worship"
Caritas et Amor - Stroope. A capella, nice work...need good basses



Conspirare
AMAZING!
http://conspirare.org/

St. Mary's International School
Use movment in all songs to help give direction/better phrasing to every line...and it worked well!
Tenors often sang falsetto to make matching easier
Ubi Caritas - Ola Gjelo - a cappela, slow...good for church
Vita De La Mia Vita - William Hawley -Very cool, a capella..difficult
Kyrie Elesion - w/ piano - good for church
The Rocky Road to Dublin - very nice! - arr Randall Johnson
Da Coco Nut 0 Ryan Cayabayab. arr R. Stenson - good show piece.

Iowa State Singers
Justorum Annimae - Charles Stanford - CPDL - beautiful, great for a good college choir
So, I'll sing with my voice - Argento - a capella, would be a nice church work -
Born of the Sun - Dobrika Tabakova - a capella with solos - very nice!
The Sounging Sea - Eric Barnum - nice, long... slow then fast sections. difficult, yet very effective.

Unity Singers
GREAT program!
Swanee River - Stephen Foster, arr. Dana Paul Perna. All on oo... nice arr for an American Work
There Will Be Rest - Frank Ticheli - beautiful, long... excelent for college/adult
By and By - arr Carol Barnett - nice spiritual!

American Boy Choir
WOWZERS.
http://www.americanboychoir.org/movie.html

Tascosa Les Chanteurs Women's Choir
Very professional on/off stage. Last row walk down togeather--very cool.
Homeland - Stroope - very well done patriotic song. Great for HS. a lot of unison, some a capella, with piano acc.
I am not yours - David Childs - beautiful!, w/piano

Morman Tabernacle Choir In NORMAN OK!
http://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/

Mirinesse Women's Choir
Joy - John Muelseisen - SSA, nice a cappela good for HS and up
Aint' no grave can hold my body down - very cool gospel, with a Capella sections


The Hamilton High School Chamber Singers
MiZeh Y' Maleil - Joshua R. Jacobson - a cappella chant - good easy fast work
Star in the east - Brad Holmes - a Capella, irishy sounding christmas work
Cosita Linda -  Pacho Galan - acapella, has a puertorican feel
Two Japaese Proverbs - Bary Kent Walth - nice!
John Saw Dun Numbuh - Parker/Shaw - nice fun spiritual

Michigan State University - AMAZING
all music very difficult

Nordic Choir
Ave Maria - Pawel Lukaszewski - slow, acapella...beautiful for great HS or College
Excerpts from an Apostrophe to the Heaely Hosts - HEarly Willan - GREAT for CHURCH choir (difficult!)
The Old Church - Stephen Paulus - very beautiful
O Lord God - Paul Tschesnokoff - slow beautiful, acapella

Lawrence Children's Choir
Schlafe, mein Liebster - arr Tandy Reussner - good chuch work (easy)
EveryNight When the Sun Goes In - Arr Paul epp - vaudville sound...would work well in a community choir
Music in my mothers house - Stuart Stotts
Seal Lullaby - Whitacre - very nice! caputres the sea, irish feel to it. with piano acc.
Come and Sing-Wallace Hornady, arr Marilyn Epp and Janeal Krehbiel (SSAA) - great uplifing song - fairly difficutl

Pacific Youth Choir - Coro Pacifica
A midsummer Night's Dream ; finale - fast, lot of text...nice for women
Ride on king Jesus - Hogan - great with women

Green Valley High School Madrigal Singers
Venite Exultemus - fast, difficult, acapella...GREAT
Sing me to heaven - Gawthrop - beautiful interpretation
Si ch'io vorrei morire - Monteverdi - great Monteveri work! must be a great HS or Up
The Barber of Seville Overture - Rossini, arr. Dryl runswick - AMAZING! she had the kids pretending to play the instruments that they were singing.
  

Look at music by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory!
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