choral

Pittsburgh Camerata Recounting the Nativity St. Andrews Episcopal Church This was the one concert on my list that I anticipated most. I’ve had the pleasure to sing with the Pittsburgh Camerata and was their assistant conductor for a year back in the early 1990’s. It was the most polished ensemble I ever had the opportunity to conduct and I had a blast. The Camerata was a semi-professional choir back then; it is a fully paid, professional ensemble now and their sound yesterday evening was wonderful. For me, the litmus test for a choir’s sound, professional or not, is the tenor…

Duquesne Choir Concert Epiphany Catholic Church General Comments The choice of concert venue has a huge effect on how a program will sound. Epiphany Church’s sanctuary offers ample reverberation and such live acoustics are a pleasure to sing in. It helps carry the voice throughout the entire space and can take the edge off any harshness while adding smoothness and warmth to a choral sound. For a relatively small group performing vocally demanding works such as Brahms’ How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings or Copland’s The Promise of Living, live acoustics are a huge help. But they can also have detrimental…