Arts & Entertainment ! WEEKLY GUIDE TO MUSIC THEATER ART MOVIES AND MORE EDITED BY 2EBECCA 7ALLACE
new musical horizons San Francisco Choral Artists challenge choral stereotypes with a diverse program of Jewish music by Rebecca Wallace
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HAT S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE hCHORAL MUSICv #HURCH CHOIR PERHAPS OR A SING ALONG h-ESSIAH v &OR MOST PEOPLE THE IMAGE IS APT TO BE RELIGIOUS AND MOST LIKELY #HRISTIAN %ITHER WAY IT PROBABLY DOESN T INCLUDE A DULCIMER AND IT PROBABLY ISN T IN 9IDDISH -AGEN 3OLOMON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF 3AN &RANCISCO #HORAL !RTISTS PRIDES HERSELF ON CHOOSING UNUSUAL PROGRAMS FOR HER SINGERS /NE OF HER FAVORITE THINGS IS TO SIT DOWN WITH A FOOT TALL STACK OF MUSIC AND CHOOSE A PIECE HERE A PIECE THERE UNTIL SHE ACHIEVES A FINE CONCERT BLEND 0AST CONCERTS HAVE INCLUD ED NEW SETTINGS OF WRITINGS BY E E CUMMINGS AND 7ILLIAM 7ORDSWORTH AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS FOR PERIOD INSTRUMENTS /N -ARCH THE #HORAL !RTISTS COME TO 0ALO !LTO WITH THE KLEZMER BAND 6ERETSKI 0ASS BRINGING AN ECLECTIC PROGRAM OF *EWISH MUSIC AND CHALLENGING THE TYPICAL NOTIONS OF A CHOIR h) TRY TO DO *EWISH MUSIC AT LEAST EVERY OTHER YEAR 4HERE S SO MUCH WONDERFUL MUSIC THAT IS NOT KNOWN v 3OLOMON SAID h&OR SO MANY PEOPLE THE ONLY LIVE CHORAL MUSIC THEY HEAR IS IN CHURCH v
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