Author: PamelaM
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Shepherds and Angels for chorus
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Read more: Shepherds and Angels for chorusShepherds and Angels is a new choral piece that I wrote last fall. It’s got several American Christmas songs arranged for SATB (soprano,alto,tenor,bass), violin, harp, and tamborine. I think it’s a great addition to the harp-based Christmas repertoire, with an emphasis on Appalachian and New England tunes. I’m looking for choruses who might like to…
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Does making art engender hope? Or does hope cause artists to create?
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Read more: Does making art engender hope? Or does hope cause artists to create?I’m not accustomed to giving speeches, but yesterday I collaborated with two colleagues, poet Regie Gibson and visual artist Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer, to present a convocation at Fisher College. We speechified; we performed poetry with piano accompaniment; we displayed visual art on easels and projected large on the stage. Our topic was collaboration, how we’ve…
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Vortex, IAWM, Yellowstone
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Read more: Vortex, IAWM, YellowstoneIt’s been way too long since I wrote in my blog. A lot went on over the summer, including a Vortex Other Dimension improv workshop and concert back in July, organized by fabulous clarinetist Todd Brunel, founder of the Vortex concert series. Now I’m on the organizing committee for the next season of Vortex concerts.…
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Summer Improv Ensemble
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Read more: Summer Improv EnsembleI’m leading two freestyle improv workshops June 22 & 29, 2010. Here’s some of the exercises we’ll practice: Warmup One sound (from Tom Hall): Going around the group, each player plays a single sound We can do this with a beat or without. Direct your attention as we do this: 1. Pay attention equally to…
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Improv Class End-of-Semester Wrapup
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Read more: Improv Class End-of-Semester WrapupAt the end of my first semester teaching improv class, I am smiling about how much fun it was, despite the very small class. We practiced some great ear-training exercises, like follow the leader by repeating a 4-beat snippet of melody, predictably trickier the less diatonic the melody. Another good drill we liked (which you…