qui tollis pecatta mundi
Feb. 10th, 2003 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phineasjonesstrapping on the big boots today. it's supposed to be snowing again when i'm on my way home. wheeeee!!!
ok. i'll cut my choir blither as it will probably be boring to most.
well, i don't know if i've explained... my church choir is combining with a few others for a performance with the town's orchestra at the end of march. we'll be singing brahms' schicksalslied and mozart's coronation mass. about 1/2 of my choir is participating. so we're having extra rehearsals every week for that.
last night was the first combined rehearsal and man, was it an eye-opener. my choir made up 2/3 of people in attendance. the orchestra conductor led the rehearsal, badly, from the piano. he didn't play very well. his tempos came from i don't know where. it was clear he hadn't really looked over or thought about the music yet. he played so loud he couldn't possibly hear any of the singing. the choir was more or less ok only on parts that i had already taught my choir. they carried the whole rehearsal. he did no good at all. in fact, i feel like i'll have to be working triage to repair damage done this week.
that said... it's kind of exciting. because: it's clear that he isn't going to pay significant attention to the choir... and the other director has done fuck all so far. so... it's my game. the other choir that was there last night will be joining one of our rehearsals from now on. this means... i will be training the choir. whether or not this is acknowledged by everyone else, i know it's true. last night, i was the only one who could read through the solos... who could keep the place by following his clunky piano playing. it's a big fish in a tiny pond situation... but damnit, if i'm the big fish, i'm going to take that as far as i can. i know right now that if the choral performance is a success, it will be because of me. and that's a heady, thrilling feeling. i feel ready for the challenge.
there's something about community music making that feels like a rebellious act. the biggest choral piece my choir had done so far is the faure requiem. because i made them do it last spring. this, i hesitate to tell them, is much bigger and more difficult. if we pull it off, i want a prize. :)
and, once again, why do i not have a better conducting job? i can see how much better i am than so many of these hacks. ::sigh::
i think maybe i'll make myself finish the s/r story tonight. just so i can be done with it. i want to read thing. ::whines:: and damnit, a little soul wrenching fear isn't going to stop me!
off to work... oh how fun. editing sermons for hours on end. well hey, maybe i'll end up accidentally enlightened or something.
ok. i'll cut my choir blither as it will probably be boring to most.
well, i don't know if i've explained... my church choir is combining with a few others for a performance with the town's orchestra at the end of march. we'll be singing brahms' schicksalslied and mozart's coronation mass. about 1/2 of my choir is participating. so we're having extra rehearsals every week for that.
last night was the first combined rehearsal and man, was it an eye-opener. my choir made up 2/3 of people in attendance. the orchestra conductor led the rehearsal, badly, from the piano. he didn't play very well. his tempos came from i don't know where. it was clear he hadn't really looked over or thought about the music yet. he played so loud he couldn't possibly hear any of the singing. the choir was more or less ok only on parts that i had already taught my choir. they carried the whole rehearsal. he did no good at all. in fact, i feel like i'll have to be working triage to repair damage done this week.
that said... it's kind of exciting. because: it's clear that he isn't going to pay significant attention to the choir... and the other director has done fuck all so far. so... it's my game. the other choir that was there last night will be joining one of our rehearsals from now on. this means... i will be training the choir. whether or not this is acknowledged by everyone else, i know it's true. last night, i was the only one who could read through the solos... who could keep the place by following his clunky piano playing. it's a big fish in a tiny pond situation... but damnit, if i'm the big fish, i'm going to take that as far as i can. i know right now that if the choral performance is a success, it will be because of me. and that's a heady, thrilling feeling. i feel ready for the challenge.
there's something about community music making that feels like a rebellious act. the biggest choral piece my choir had done so far is the faure requiem. because i made them do it last spring. this, i hesitate to tell them, is much bigger and more difficult. if we pull it off, i want a prize. :)
and, once again, why do i not have a better conducting job? i can see how much better i am than so many of these hacks. ::sigh::
i think maybe i'll make myself finish the s/r story tonight. just so i can be done with it. i want to read thing. ::whines:: and damnit, a little soul wrenching fear isn't going to stop me!
off to work... oh how fun. editing sermons for hours on end. well hey, maybe i'll end up accidentally enlightened or something.
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Date: 2003-02-10 08:31 am (UTC)Your choir adventures sound like they're going to be a challenge--good luck! (Mozart Coronation Mass...*drools*. And I don't know that Brahms piece, but I got to sing several other Brahms works back in college, and they're still my favorite things I've ever performed in choir.)
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Date: 2003-02-10 08:49 pm (UTC)thanks for the well wishes... it's a long road ahead but i'm up for it. ::stretches:: yeah, let me at 'em!
choir blither
Date: 2003-02-10 05:21 pm (UTC)Re: choir blither
Date: 2003-02-10 08:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-02-10 08:13 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-02-10 09:00 pm (UTC)my conclusion about the mass in general: the credo has too many words. bleh.