Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Free Music for Choral Directors
Charlotte Hughes, a retired choral professional of over 35 years, would like to donate her choral library to other area directors. She has directed choirs of all types and sizes over the years, from a small women's group to large mega-choirs, and she has amassed a great deal of music in all genres. She doesn't want to have a garage sale or throw it all away. If you would like to check out what she has available, you can contact her via email: Hughes37@sbcglobal.net.
SacSings!
SacSings! – The Sacramento Choral Festival took place at Harris Center for the Performing Arts at Folsom Lake College this past weekend and generated over-the-top enthusiasm among both participating choruses and audiences. The event was designed as a showcase for the 20 participating choruses: the 8 concerts each presented 5 very different choruses performing 20-minute sets. Half of the concerts were in the Harris Center’s 850-seat theater and half in its 100-seat recital hall. In addition to the performances, there were 26 displays in the Harris Center’s lobby, most representing participating choruses.
The overwhelming opinion among choruses was that they were glad to have participated. Although audiences were smaller than anticipated, each chorus benefitted from the months of pre-Festival publicity, from the opportunity to introduce themselves to new listeners, and from the opportunity to hear and connect with at least some of the other participating choruses.
Audience members were often dazzled by what they experienced. Many came to hear choruses they were familiar with, but left surprised and delighted by the performance of one or more choruses that they had never heard before – in many cases a chorus they didn’t know existed.
The question in everyone’s mind was, “Will there be a second SacSings?” The answer depends on the continued enthusiasm of participating choruses, as well as those that did not participate. It also depends on working out details of financing, planning, organization, logistics, and publicity. But Harris Center is reserved in the name of SacSings! – The Sacramento Choral Festival, June 12-14, 2015.
The overwhelming opinion among choruses was that they were glad to have participated. Although audiences were smaller than anticipated, each chorus benefitted from the months of pre-Festival publicity, from the opportunity to introduce themselves to new listeners, and from the opportunity to hear and connect with at least some of the other participating choruses.
Audience members were often dazzled by what they experienced. Many came to hear choruses they were familiar with, but left surprised and delighted by the performance of one or more choruses that they had never heard before – in many cases a chorus they didn’t know existed.
The question in everyone’s mind was, “Will there be a second SacSings?” The answer depends on the continued enthusiasm of participating choruses, as well as those that did not participate. It also depends on working out details of financing, planning, organization, logistics, and publicity. But Harris Center is reserved in the name of SacSings! – The Sacramento Choral Festival, June 12-14, 2015.
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