Plans for the UUP Choir (Larking About)--All Are Invited to Sing!
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been looking at what pieces we might try to put together for upcoming services. I'm hoping we can entice some of you who have been considering coming to choir to give it a try over the next couple of months! We'd like to start viewing choir as a way of exploring sacred musical traditions of many kinds--kind of an Adult RE gathering, rather than just a singing group.
First, there's a beautiful piece for small choir by Bobby McFerrin--a re-working of the 23rd Psalm, casting the shepherd as a feminine deity. Quite beautiful and singable.
Second, there's a country-flavored piece by Canadian folk singer Ferron, entitled "The Return."
And finally, there's a beautiful hymn-like song by James Taylor. This one would take some work, but I don't think it's too ambitious.
For an iTunes iMix of some possible songs, see the
playlist at the iTunes music store.
For those of you who haven't come to our gatherings, we have a basic routine. We gather at 8 and warm up our voices gently. We look at upcoming services and help select the hymns. Then we work on one or two pieces that we'd like to sing in a service as a choir.
We welcome the ideas of anyone who would like to join--so far, we've managed to be pretty much democratic in terms of musical selections and arrangements. If you know of particular traditions you'd like to explore (Gregorian chant, scat singing, Libana rounds, whatever!) we'd like to hear from you!
This week: we meet at 8 pm at Nancy Blake's home. Please come if you can! And please pass the message on to anyone you think might have interest!
In faith,
--David Dodd
First, there's a beautiful piece for small choir by Bobby McFerrin--a re-working of the 23rd Psalm, casting the shepherd as a feminine deity. Quite beautiful and singable.
Second, there's a country-flavored piece by Canadian folk singer Ferron, entitled "The Return."
And finally, there's a beautiful hymn-like song by James Taylor. This one would take some work, but I don't think it's too ambitious.
For an iTunes iMix of some possible songs, see the
playlist at the iTunes music store.
For those of you who haven't come to our gatherings, we have a basic routine. We gather at 8 and warm up our voices gently. We look at upcoming services and help select the hymns. Then we work on one or two pieces that we'd like to sing in a service as a choir.
We welcome the ideas of anyone who would like to join--so far, we've managed to be pretty much democratic in terms of musical selections and arrangements. If you know of particular traditions you'd like to explore (Gregorian chant, scat singing, Libana rounds, whatever!) we'd like to hear from you!
This week: we meet at 8 pm at Nancy Blake's home. Please come if you can! And please pass the message on to anyone you think might have interest!
In faith,
--David Dodd
Labels: Music
posted by ddodd @ 6:18 PM
1 Comments:
At Sunday, 13 November, 2005,
Anonymous said…
Hello David (and any other readers). This is my first visit to a blog. As a matter of fact, I don't even know what "blog" stands for (should have asked my 13-year-old).
Regarding plans for the UUP choir, I am in favor of "viewing choir as a way of exploring sacred musical traditions of many kinds--kind of an Adult RE gathering, rather than just a singing group".
I made a few efforts to join from a similar perspective.
I would enjoy exploring different musical genres and styles of songs. All of the suggested songs (well, at least the titles) sound nteresting.
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