Eric Whitacre's "With A Lily In Your Hand"
Polyphonic choral music - there's nothing like it.
Eric Whitacre's "Kala Kalla", translates to "Light Bride"
When we sang this as one of our Contest pieces on March 7th, St. Louis Park - in their black and orange robes *cringe* - sang it three choirs before us and...I don't know how to say this, but when you've isolated, analyzed, and completely perfected a piece, you can tell when another choir sings it and is worse. Sorry, St. Louis Park, sorry, Sofia. We were better :) But I'm a little biased. I could go into detail about how this recording differs from ours - in tempo, color and dynamics - but I don't want to bore you. Nonetheless, Stroope is awesome.
Craig Hella Johnson. When we went to Texas, he was our clinician for 150 glorious minutes. We sang in a beautiful church with a five-or-so story dome that echoed like I cannot describe. This man is the most musical person I've ever come in contact with. He directs a choir, Conspirare, (translates to "breathe together") and arranged my favorite piece, Requiem, by Eliza Gilkyson. When we were with him, he asked us rhetorically, "Why do we sing?" At the end of the clinic, I went up to him, shook his hand, and shared my thoughts.
Fun fact: In this video, the soprano in the blue scarf, Sonia Tengblad, was my choir director in 9th grade.
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