Archive for April, 2009
Americolor Opera Alliance presents “Carmen J”
Americolor Opera Alliance, Inc. presents Carmen J
A four-act opera based on George Bizet’s Carmen
Music & Libretto Adaptation by Sharon J. Willis
Featuring Leslee Christopher & Mel Foster
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 8pm
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 8pm
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 2pm & 7pm
Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center
3181 Rainbow Drive
Decatur, Georgia 30034
General Admission: $25
Students, 10 years or younger: $10
Groups of 20 or more: $20
Ticket Information/Reservations: 404.917.4137
info@americoloropera.org
www.americoloropera.org
Thressa Gardner, Mezzo-Soprano
Thressa Gardner, Mezzo-Soprano in a Graduate Recital
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 3pm
Georgia State University
Kopleff Recital Hall
10 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
(Inside the Arts & Humanities Building, entrance on Gilmer Street)
This event is FREE! For more information please call 678.481.4221
The Wings of Delta Annual Concert
The Wings of Delta Annual Concert
With special guests: Delta Sigma Theta Sorors, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma
Featuring: The Lawrence S. Weaver Chorale, The Wendell P. Whalum Community Chorus, The Americolor Opera Company, William “Bill” Odum, Anthony A. Walton, Youth Ensemble of Atlanta
May 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Free Admission
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
306 Peyton Road
Atlanta GA 30311 US
What’s An Octave?
They Told Me That I Was Singing An Octave Too Low. What is an octave?
Sometimes in our rehearsals there is a bass singer who is singing an octave lower than the other basses. When the director says that someone is singing an octave too low, it makes no difference because the offending bass does not know what an octave is. In this lesson you will learn what an octave is and hear some examples.
Many basses think that to sing bass means always to sing low. They don’t think that they are singing bass if they are not rumbling at the bottom of their vocal range. Bass is the lowest voice, but the top of the bass range overlaps the other voices and therefore some bass notes are not very low. If your choir director has told you that you are singing an octave too low, then you need to keep reading. Read the rest of this entry »
Play It Again – Simple Repeats, 1st and 2nd Endings
How many times have you become lost in the music because there was a repeat and you didn’t know where to go? It has happened to everyone who sings. Even when you know what Dal Segno means, sometimes it’s hard to find where to go. We won’t address Dal Segno in this lesson, but you will learn about simple repeats and 1st and 2nd endings.
I Don’t Want To Write The Same Music Again!
Fig. 1
Music often contains sections that are repeated. Instead of writing the repeated section again, the composer will supply instructions that tell the performer to play or sing a section again. Read the rest of this entry »
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