choregie Project Vocal theatre Carmina Slovenica Conductor: Karmina Šilec FORTUNA WON’T BE FAUVEL’S MATCH! pre premiere, Old Hall of Slovene National Theatre Maribor, 2015 Flattery, Avarice, Vileness, Variability, Envy and Lechery Music: L...  morechoregie Project Vocal theatre Carmina Slovenica Conductor: Karmina Šilec FORTUNA WON’T BE FAUVEL’S MATCH! pre premiere, Old Hall of Slovene National Theatre Maribor, 2015 Flattery, Avarice, Vileness, Variability, Envy and Lechery Music: Lojze Lebič (1934): Fauvel ’86 Excerpts from the work Roman de Fauvel (1310 – 1314) Fortuna Won’t Be Fauvel’s Match! is based on a gothic allegorical verse romance in which the central metaphor for moral decay and decadence is an ambitious horse/ass. The main character – Fauvel – is an incarnation of sin, irrationality, unreliability, dominance, flattery. Fortuna Won’t Be Fauvel’s Match! mocks human egotism, hedonism, hypocrisy and excesses of the governing classes, of secular as well as church rule, a society contaminated by sin and corruption. The ruling class is despotic and greedy, forgetting about the natural equality of people. Man through politics/the church is a symbol of everything that is wrong with our society and the system which administers it. Thi...    less

    Support the Nashoba Valley Chorale in performing Guiseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem, with full orchestra and soloists, on April 23, 2016     About this Project The Nashoba Valley Chorale performs the Verdi ...

2020 Ocean Grove Virtual Choir Project Jason C. Tramm, Dir. of Music Ministries Gordon Turk, Organ Quinton Tramm, Audio/Video Editing Premiered: July 5, 2020 www.OceanGrove.org

There is power in singing in Choirs. These are just a few of my thoughts. I'd love to hear if your reasons are similar! http://wp.me/p5eWWi-gx

Maranatha Christian University Choir. Agustinus Bambang Jusana, conductor. Photos by Eric Jodhy. Live recording at Pelgrimskerk, Badhoevedorp - The Netherlands, 2014. Indonesian Mass is a Project of combining Indonesian folk music elements and Weste...  moreMaranatha Christian University Choir. Agustinus Bambang Jusana, conductor. Photos by Eric Jodhy. Live recording at Pelgrimskerk, Badhoevedorp - The Netherlands, 2014. Indonesian Mass is a Project of combining Indonesian folk music elements and Western contemporary music writing. Each movements of the mass represents one island from Indonesia. Gloria represents West Papua island, with traditional yelling and voice imitation of the traditional nose-flute.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The average age of people who attend the Choirs and workshops that I run must be around 50. I would say that about a third of any group is of retirement ag...

Premiered June 14, 2020 Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (Ocean Grove, NJ) www.OceanGrove.org 54 singers submitted videos Gordon Turk, Organ Jason C. Tramm, Music Director Quinton Tramm, Video/Audio Direction

Choregie Project music: 80% theatre: 20% genre: contemporary music for solo voices and electronic track duration: 65 min WAS HABEN SIE GEGEN BAUERN, GNÄDIGE FRAU? "What have you got against peasants, lady?" he had asked, before he obey...  moreChoregie Project music: 80% theatre: 20% genre: contemporary music for solo voices and electronic track duration: 65 min WAS HABEN SIE GEGEN BAUERN, GNÄDIGE FRAU? "What have you got against peasants, lady?" he had asked, before he obeyed her request. Concept, direction and stage design: Karmina Šilec Music: Jacob Cooper Text: Heiner Müller: Germania 3 Performed by: Vilim Matula, actor Carmina Slovenica, ensemble Voices: Jasmina Črnčič, Eva Germ, Mojca Potrč, Nina Pušenjak, Sara Ritonija, Ana Sandrin, Ana Studen "At the foot of the hill where my house sits, I step from my car and open the trunk. I take off the suit and my German shoes, rip the tie off my neck, the shirt off my breast, the buttons popping, and throw the alien clothes into the trunk. I see the stars of my motherland, they are brighter than those in Germany, there's no smoke between me and the sky." (H. Müller) Memories are the main protagonists, and voices from the past are the ones that lead us to une...    less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community Choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

"Let the River Run" Arr. C. Hella Johnson Morris Choral Society 2020 Virtual Choir Project