More music alone and together
Some more on emerging ways of making music
Nancy Quigley came across this beautiful contemporary piece of classical music, which she recommends: Sphinx Virtuosi - Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence. The title of the piece of music refers to Stephen Lawrence, an 18-year-old Black Briton, who was murdered in 1993 in an unprovoked and racially motivated attack.
Despite the frustration of church choirs not being able to perform together in real time, due to Covid-19, the phenomena of Zoom choirs has led to the creation of some interesting ad-hoc choirs, striking in the diversity (and in some cases ecumenism) that they display. Take a look at these examples from Ireland, Zimbabwe and Australia.
And finally, this interview with composer Eric Whitacre gives some insights into the logistical and technical aspects of creating a virtual choir. As the piece makes clear, the idea of a virtual choir has been feasible for at least 10 years but it is now finding new popularity and relevance.
(7/22/2020: Tim writes: Apologies for the random seeming timing on this post - I thought I had scheduled this to publish when I was on vacation but evidently I didn't set it up correctly!)
Nancy Quigley came across this beautiful contemporary piece of classical music, which she recommends: Sphinx Virtuosi - Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence. The title of the piece of music refers to Stephen Lawrence, an 18-year-old Black Briton, who was murdered in 1993 in an unprovoked and racially motivated attack.
Despite the frustration of church choirs not being able to perform together in real time, due to Covid-19, the phenomena of Zoom choirs has led to the creation of some interesting ad-hoc choirs, striking in the diversity (and in some cases ecumenism) that they display. Take a look at these examples from Ireland, Zimbabwe and Australia.
And finally, this interview with composer Eric Whitacre gives some insights into the logistical and technical aspects of creating a virtual choir. As the piece makes clear, the idea of a virtual choir has been feasible for at least 10 years but it is now finding new popularity and relevance.
(7/22/2020: Tim writes: Apologies for the random seeming timing on this post - I thought I had scheduled this to publish when I was on vacation but evidently I didn't set it up correctly!)
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