Personal Information
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First Name
Frances
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Gender
Female
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Website
www.avocationalsinger.blogspot.com
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About Me
I'm an avocational mezzo-soprano on the dramatic side who sings alto with two choirs. One is an all women's community choir and another is a semi-professional SATB choir. I have a church job and I am on occasional soloist with my choir. I am on a quest to achieve some kind of mastery of my singing voice even if it takes me a lifetime to do it. I'm not ever giving up.
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1 member
Schola Cantorum on Hudson was founded as a choral ensemble in 1995, and performs its full concert season in both Manhattan and New Jersey. We believe that music can positively impact and enrich lives. Our performances reflect this belief in their use of... moreSchola Cantorum on Hudson was founded as a choral ensemble in 1995, and performs its full concert season in both Manhattan and New Jersey. We believe that music can positively impact and enrich lives. Our performances reflect this belief in their use of such seasonal themes as ‘freedom’ and ‘healing’ and ‘our mother earth;’ and in presentation of mostly new music in a way that is accessible. Our educational programs reflect this belief by training emerging professionals, planting seeds within young people for a lifetime of music involvement, and growing the skills of our own members. Our commitment to new choral music reflects this belief even beyond our substantial performance commitment through Project Encore™ and our Featured Composer Program. Substantially more than a singing group, SCH is unique in many respects that reflects both a breadth and a depth that bespeaks the full meaning of a ‘schola’ (‘school’).
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Frances commented on Chris Rowbury's blog entry: Getting the starting pitch as a singer in the choir has been an evolving skill for me.
In my community choir, we are "spoon-fed" the pitches (the choir director gets the pitch from the piano or a tuning fork.)
But last summer when I was at the Westminst... moreGetting the starting pitch as a singer in the choir has been an evolving skill for me.
In my community choir, we are "spoon-fed" the pitches (the choir director gets the pitch from the piano or a tuning fork.)
But last summer when I was at the Westminster Choir Festival in Princeton, NJ, I saw the choral singers themselves using individual tuning forks.
Just recently, my voice teacher told me about an app for my droid phone that has a pitch pipe and a metronome. You can activate the pitch by tapping the screen OR you can blow into the phone's microphone like one of those pitch pipes. It's really cool.
This year I have joined a choir where the director gives all of us one pitch and we are all expected to get our pitch from that one. Not only that we are not allowed to hum, we have to "audiate" the pitch in our mind. This was a higher level of skill than I had been used to and first it was scary for me, but by the end of the year I found myself able to do it.
Sometimes we rise to the level of what is expe... less
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Frances has added a new profile photo.
June 26, 2011
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Frances has added a new profile photo.
June 26, 2011
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Frances added a new choir
Schola Cantorum on Hudson was founded as a choral ensemble in 1995, and performs its full concert season in both Manhattan and New Jersey. We believe that music can positively impact and enrich lives. Our performances reflect this belief in their use of... moreSchola Cantorum on Hudson was founded as a choral ensemble in 1995, and performs its full concert season in both Manhattan and New Jersey. We believe that music can positively impact and enrich lives. Our performances reflect this belief in their use of such seasonal themes as ‘freedom’ and ‘healing’ and ‘our mother earth;’ and in presentation of mostly new music in a way that is accessible. Our educational programs reflect this belief by training emerging professionals, planting seeds within young people for a lifetime of music involvement, and growing the skills of our own members. Our commitment to new choral music reflects this belief even beyond our substantial performance commitment through Project Encore™ and our Featured Composer Program. Substantially more than a singing group, SCH is unique in many respects that reflects both a breadth and a depth that bespeaks the full meaning of a ‘schola’ (‘school’).
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June 26, 2011
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