Concert Report: Christmas Carol Service
Concert Report
On Thursday, December 24th of last year I attended the Christmas Carol Service held by the Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt Lake. I enjoyed that the concert was featured by youth and young adults, some around my age, and also that nearly all of the songs were accompanied by an organ. The organ completed the whole feel and mood of the songs; it made them more meaningful and enjoyable. The accompaniment added an element to the music that made it sound more dramatic and it gave more power and emotions to the songs.
The program included varied selection of songs, some even in the Latin language. The Cathedral of the Madeleine choir performed seventeen songs that go as follows: Rorate coeli, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Ad …show more content…
The choir all kept the tempo of the songs and the conductor never had to speed up or slow down, because they were all together. This made the songs more professionally sounding and it separated the style of the songs from one another. When everyone was singing together, their diction was perfect and it sounded a lot better than it would have if they were all pronouncing the words differently, especially in the Latin songs. Even though all of the songs had many different sections, everyone blended together. As a result, the music was very smooth and flowed well. During some of the performances, the choir got very loud to show emotion and feeling. Even so, every section was balanced, not one of them stuck out except for when they were supposed to. The choir sounded very advanced because they all sang together very …show more content…
For instance, I could be louder when I sing, but not loud enough to stick out from everybody else. Another thing that I found the choir was very good at, and that I could apply to my singing strategies, is pronouncing the words the same as everyone around me so it sounds much more organized and it overall sounds better. The main thing the choir did well that I could work on is phrasing. I noticed that no one breathed in the middle of a word or phrase and I could work on that because it sounds impressive if you do. Lastly, blending is very important, and that is one of many things that I could do to improve my
On Thursday, December 24th of last year I attended the Christmas Carol Service held by the Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt Lake. I enjoyed that the concert was featured by youth and young adults, some around my age, and also that nearly all of the songs were accompanied by an organ. The organ completed the whole feel and mood of the songs; it made them more meaningful and enjoyable. The accompaniment added an element to the music that made it sound more dramatic and it gave more power and emotions to the songs.
The program included varied selection of songs, some even in the Latin language. The Cathedral of the Madeleine choir performed seventeen songs that go as follows: Rorate coeli, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Ad …show more content…
The choir all kept the tempo of the songs and the conductor never had to speed up or slow down, because they were all together. This made the songs more professionally sounding and it separated the style of the songs from one another. When everyone was singing together, their diction was perfect and it sounded a lot better than it would have if they were all pronouncing the words differently, especially in the Latin songs. Even though all of the songs had many different sections, everyone blended together. As a result, the music was very smooth and flowed well. During some of the performances, the choir got very loud to show emotion and feeling. Even so, every section was balanced, not one of them stuck out except for when they were supposed to. The choir sounded very advanced because they all sang together very …show more content…
For instance, I could be louder when I sing, but not loud enough to stick out from everybody else. Another thing that I found the choir was very good at, and that I could apply to my singing strategies, is pronouncing the words the same as everyone around me so it sounds much more organized and it overall sounds better. The main thing the choir did well that I could work on is phrasing. I noticed that no one breathed in the middle of a word or phrase and I could work on that because it sounds impressive if you do. Lastly, blending is very important, and that is one of many things that I could do to improve my