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Modern Composers? Yes Please!

March 11, 2013

That fabulous Mark Vogel and our Fearless Leader, Jennifer Rodgers Beach

That Fabulous Mark Vogel and our Fearless Leader, Jennifer Rodgers Beach

That Fabulous Mark Vogel whose praises we’ve sung before is mentioned in last week’s review of the Washington Master Chorale. Specifically Cecelia Porter writes:

Colohan drew dramatic power from his singers, joined by the vocal quartet Words & Music along with cellist Kacy Clopton and pianists Mark Vogel and Virginia Sircy.

Go Mark!

But then Ms. Porter, who notes that the Chorale’s selections included modern composers and compositions including Stephen Chatman, ends her review thusly:

The sad fact is that, apart from the scores of major composers such as Bach, Handel, Verdi, and Monteverdi — choral music such as that heard Sunday rarely reaches the general public and major concert halls.

We had to laugh a little at that one. Because in the last three years, under Fearless Leader Jennifer Rodgers Beach’s artistic leadership, and a choir and audience willing to take chances and experiment with the music, VCS has covered a slew of non-traditional music. [Read more…]

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May 11, 2012

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Why Not Stick To Traditional Concerts?

March 12, 2012

Vienna Choral Society Poster for the Celtic Arts Festival - March 17, 2012 (double click to enlarge)

It’s “concert week” for the VCS, but instead of perfecting our line-up, getting our folders in perfect order and pressing our concert blacks (well, okay, we’re doing that too!) – VCS is preparing for a festival!  It’s a joyous and, in my mind, BEAUTIFULLY executed chaos of artists:

  • from the full 75-member chorus to a minstrel and his guitar (Rich Follett), from a Celtic fusion band (Tinsmith) to the more traditional Irish Breakfast Band and from a gaggle of energetic youth drummers (the VES Jammers) to two accomplished youth soloists – a dancer (Katherine Hughes) and a fiddler (Eammon Carolan).
  • Jewelers, weavers, bakers, printers, facepainters, crafters

We’re a choral society – why not have you sit down and sing you a concert?  Well, lots of reasons! [Read more…]

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October 31, 2011

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Off and Running!!

October 31, 2011

Dear both singers and audience members –

What an incredible start to our 2011-2012 season!  Saturday night’s Music from the Big Screen concert was so full of energy and I couldn’t have imagined it better!  I was all set to post a note to the public blog to talk about the concert from the audience perspective and thank you all for coming and then a note to the in-house blog to congratulate the chorus and pump them up to dive into concert #2.  Well, this concert experience seems to blend all that together! [Read more…]

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