Here's Idea 19 of 52 Ideas. It's just a little "ditty" that came to me today. :)
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I just got 2 more pictures from the tour that I wanted to share - pictures of us performing in Greece. I'm back from an amazing tour with Cappella Romana to London, Germany, and Greece. I made a highlights video from our adventures. You can also see my pictures on Flickr. Here's Idea 18 of 52 Ideas. I think it was a little inspired by Jonsi, whose music I adore. You can hear all the ideas so far on my SoundCloud profile. It can be kind of crazy to try to fit in a new "idea" every week. There's been so much going on! I just finished performing the opera "Semele" last weekend, I had a huge event at my voice studio last night, and I leave on a 10 day European tour tomorrow! Lots of good stuff, but I'm determined to get some composing in regularly anyway! Exciting news! In less than a week, I'll be headed across the Atlantic to do a 10 day European tour with Cappella Romana. We're going to sing in London, Germany, and Greece. Some highlights of the tour include:
I've done several tours with Cappella, but this one will be a little different for me, because it is only men and we will only be singing Byzantine chant (as opposed to other programs, which often have women singing and incorporate some modern music). I will be traveling as an isokrat, which means my primary role is to hold the ison or drone for the chant. This can be a very unique experience - in some ways very stagnant, but also quite meditative and trance-inducing. Here's the full schedule: May 14, 2013, 8:00pm Recital of Byzantine chant by Cappella Romana and the Choir of the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Chant The Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre 16-18 Paddington St. Marylebone, London W1U 5AS Free admission, reservation recommended More info here May 15, 2013, 8:00pm Desert and City: Medieval Byzantine Chant from the Holy Land Cappella Romana St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Cloth Fair, EC1 (London's oldest church) London, England More info here May 17, 2013, 10:45pm Cappella Romana in Concert Tage Alter Musik festival Regensburg, Germany More info here May 19, 2013, 8:00pm Cappella Romana in Concert Holy Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation Patras, Greece More info here May 20, 2013 Cappella Romana in Concert The American College of Greece Athens, Greece 4:00pm: Master Class 8:30pm: Concert in Cotsen Hall More info here Lastly, here is a video of our men's chant group performing a couple months ago at Stanford University, in a "virtual acoustic" of Hagia Sophia: |
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