Monday links

Maestro Dudamel visits Elmo on Sesame Street.

Congrats to Meryl Streep on her Oscar win last night! Here, she talks to Terry Gross about how her opera training helped her acting.

Singers had better be careful when they go to North Carolina! I wonder what the punishment is.

Stephen Colbert and Placido Domingo together - can't go wrong!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 2/23/12

I'm not going out to any concerts this weekend, because I'm going to be testing for my second degree black belt on Sunday. But you should get out there and enjoy yourself!

Friday:

• Berklee College of Music Gospel Ensemble, NEC Community Gospel Choir and the Endicott Singers, "Gospel Journeys", 7:30 pm, Beverly (more info here.)

Saturday:

• Boston College University Chorale, Mozart's Coronation Mass and other selections, 2:00 pm, Chestnut Hill

Sunday:

• Labyrinth Choir, "We Who Believe in Freedom", 2 pm, Framingham
  
• Nashoba Valley Chorale, Harvard Pro Musica, and the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Haydn's Harmoniemesse, 3 pm, Littleton
• Eliot Church Singers, "The Choral Singer's Art", 3 pm, Newton
• Una Voce, Halalisa Singers, Vessels of Honor, GBCCA Choral Society, and Charles Street A.M.E. Gospel Choir, "Many Voices, One Song", 7 pm, Boston (more info here.)

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!

Monday links

I was at the ACDA conference last week, so I'm a little behind on everything. Here, have some links that I myself have not had time to read! Tell me if they're interesting.

On concert silence...

A deaf and hearing children's choir in Africa...

A lego harpsichord...

The lifespan of the voice...

Do you have any links we should look at?

Friday cat post!

Having trouble sleeping? Then imitating some of these kitty sleeping poses will probably not be the least bit of help.

Monday links

RIP, Whitney Houston.

I never became a strong fan of her most well-known pop tunes, but in college I discovered the soundtrack to the movie The Preacher's Wife, and it is still one of my all-time favorite albums. There is some GREAT gospel on there. (Thanks to both Houston and the Georgia Mass Choir, who are no slouches.) I sang the song "Step by Step" as I biked across the country in 2001, and nothing can top that version of "Joy to the World." Whitney, we'll miss your effortless voice and joyful singing. We wish we could have had more of it, but we're happy for the "Joy" you brought while you were here.

Weekend Concert Calendar, 2/9

I have two concerts coming up this weekend with Schola Cantorum - Friday in Boston, and Sunday in Providence. Please join us for one of them - there are some very silly madrigals on there in addition to some very beautiful motets!

Friday:

• Schola Cantorum, "The Folly of Love: Motets and Chansons by Lassus and de Rore", 8 pm, Boston

Saturday:

• Master Singers of Lexington w/ the Clarke Middle School Choruses, Annual Children's Concert, 3 pm, Lexington
  
• Libana, Music and Dance from Women Around the World, 8 pm, Littleton

Sunday:

• Schola Cantorum, "The Folly of Love: Motets and Chansons by Lassus and de Rore", 3:30 pm, Providence
• Soweto Gospel Choir, presented by Celebrity Series Boston, 3 pm, Boston
  
• Heritage Chorale, "Pops Diamond Jubilee", 4 pm, Framingham
  
• Scituate High School Select Choir w/ South Shore Interfaith Choir, Fundraiser for the Scituate Food Pantry, 4 pm, Scituate. More info here (scroll down).
• Concord Five Choirs Festival, works by Bruckner, Mendelssohn, and others, 4 pm, Concord
  
• Libana, Music and Dance from Women Around the World, 7 pm, Easton
• Boston Camerata, "The Game of Love", 8 pm, Boston

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!

Monday link

Producers in England are looking for a bass to sing the lowest-ever-written-note for a choral bass part in the new work by Paul Mealor. More details are here - Boston basses, represent! Via my mother.

Friday cat post!

Cats make everything better! Even - especially? - great art!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 2/2/12

Folks, I only have found one choral concert going on this weekend. Which seems crazy - tell me what I missed? But this one choral concert is a doozy! You want to be there! It's:

The 33rd Annual New England Conservatory (NEC)
Thomas A. Dorsey GOSPEL JUBILEE

Featuring!:

• The Reverence Gospel Choir of Berklee College
• The Herbet S. Jones and the Inner Strength Gospel Choir of Boston University
• Linda Brown and Lesley University's Gospel Choir Unity
• David Coleman and the Third Day Gospel Choir of Tufts University
• The UNITY Gospel Ensemble of Northeastern University
• The NEC Community and Millennium Gospel Choirs

It's THIS SUNDAY at 3 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall in Boston.

Be there or be square!