tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214714983084440972024-03-05T05:14:18.294-08:00Chanticleer: The Inside ViewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger866125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-58206123760251938982010-09-27T11:53:00.001-07:002010-09-27T11:53:48.397-07:00Good Bye Blogger.com.... Come see our new site and blogWe've launched our new site, complete with a new blog. <br />
We will no longer be posting here at Blogger.com. <br />
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Visit us @ <a href="http://www.chanticleer.org">www.chanticleer.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-39556499695515160812010-09-21T10:09:00.001-07:002010-09-21T10:31:34.252-07:00"Suavity and Transparence" says the SF Chron!!!!Here are the first two reviews from last week's "Out of this World" concerts here in the Bay Area. You can still see it - or come again - tonight, Tuesday in Walnut Creek, Thursday in Santa Clara, Saturday in Napa, Sunday in Sacramento.<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><div class="gmail_quote"><br />
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/21/DDRT1FGNC3.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/21/DDRT1FGNC3.DTL</a> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br />
</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_16127286?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com" target="_blank">http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_16127286?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com</a></div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-19605499648804263272010-09-20T12:07:00.001-07:002010-09-20T12:17:10.684-07:00Ben Johns talks about Lab Choir in week 3<div class="gmail_quote">First, we thought you'd like to know which schools are represented in Lab Choir 2, our after school honors choir:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">Albany High School (2)<br />
Berkeley High School<br />
Maybeck High School (Berkeley)<br />
Oakland Technical High School<br />
Jewish Community High School of the Bay (SF)<br />
Lick-Wilmerding High School (SF)<br />
Lowell High School (SF)<br />
Davis Sr. High School (3)<br />
UC Davis (2)<br />
Santa Rosa High School<br />
Santa Rosa Jr. College<br />
Tamalpais High School<br />
Athenian School (Danville)<br />
Mt. Diablo High School<br />
Concord High School (3)<br />
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The theme for this weekend's rehearsal was "Ensemble." Now that most of the notes are learned, the LAB singers were able to turn their attention to some of the finer elements of singing together. Again, I'm struck by how quickly these students can focus and adapt to singing with each other when a week has passed without contact. Whether it's tackling new vocal techniques (like harmonic overtone singing for Past Life Melodies), learning about homophony, imitation, and inversion, or attending to business (like voting on T-shirt designs), the LAB Choir plows forward with enthusiasm. At this halfway point we're on track for our debut at the Youth Choral Festival on Oct. 22...there's more work and fun ahead!<div><br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iOOVUpZ3zmXSIjMmhbDQXlEXM2_XwQ9PgboIhgBUlYrXY_7807MCilXQ4wSGAd6ipHKWhdnblffZdjh2XAnhwZtJa8a2LFUlgl9nROrm6p2MbBOJh2ujYayc3uHocX3De5-BlOXLj6g/s1600/IMG_2287-745922.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iOOVUpZ3zmXSIjMmhbDQXlEXM2_XwQ9PgboIhgBUlYrXY_7807MCilXQ4wSGAd6ipHKWhdnblffZdjh2XAnhwZtJa8a2LFUlgl9nROrm6p2MbBOJh2ujYayc3uHocX3De5-BlOXLj6g/s320/IMG_2287-745922.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519046920026868306" /></a></p>Many longtime faithful fans were there yesterday, plus some students from School of the Arts, AND our youngest fan, Sophia, who's been coming for a few years since her father joined our Board of Trustees. We're always interested to hear her opinions. She's been deeply devoted to Eric<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xJvjyTPifwLot5BZ1XCK1tFd6XIhCI5Z9rB3LbrOjerFqdc1esAb4I1vgrS-TCxR16UZVSObKY_gwsYnIuNJTc5gsX1pXrK6DOpm2llLoQQ_XWb32_s-qQx7OzEFEYLmVEeKYIwJ8q8/s1600/IMG_2290-715812.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xJvjyTPifwLot5BZ1XCK1tFd6XIhCI5Z9rB3LbrOjerFqdc1esAb4I1vgrS-TCxR16UZVSObKY_gwsYnIuNJTc5gsX1pXrK6DOpm2llLoQQ_XWb32_s-qQx7OzEFEYLmVEeKYIwJ8q8/s320/IMG_2290-715812.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519046789665530850" /></a></p>and now there's also Casey (soloist in "Cells Planets") who was a member of the Duke's Men at Yale University, just like Sophia's father.<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NqiuJeI4jAeC8SJinefS-4_J5NW84XVxBXDBGXyR1BqQNd9-kd5fltHDqOfe3_TeOIwjkVj5YosMOjAUvlvFxnWhIN_LwJ3ELs9yoZHqiKKwVA-xzCt65jzGfjOwo7UcNEZFU6XKiew/s1600/IMG_2289-791381.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NqiuJeI4jAeC8SJinefS-4_J5NW84XVxBXDBGXyR1BqQNd9-kd5fltHDqOfe3_TeOIwjkVj5YosMOjAUvlvFxnWhIN_LwJ3ELs9yoZHqiKKwVA-xzCt65jzGfjOwo7UcNEZFU6XKiew/s320/IMG_2289-791381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519046683350302690" /></a></p>There are four Bay Area performances of "Out of this World" this week - tomorrow at the Lesher Center at Walnut Creek, Thursday at the Mission Santa Clara, Saturday at the Napa Opera House,<br />
and Sunday at St. Francis of Assissi in Sacramento. Hope to see you.<br />
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Ken was an alum of the Royal College in London, sang with the Boston Camerata in Boston, eventually with Frank Albinder in that group. He came to Chanticleer as one of its core members when there was still a split between the 8 full time members who toured and the 4 part time who did local / large projects and recording. He was hired as a soprano, but really loved the top alto chair, and was a soloist in several Chanticleer recordings including: Virgen Sancta, A un niño llorando, Stormy Weather, and other solos in the Mexican Baroque series we did. He was a loyal husband, loving father, and not only a good friend, but a patient mentor to me in my early years. He lived in Napa, and commuted to SF every day, but always was a cheerful and upbeat despite being away from his family so much. He was also the last person in the group who had a child, until last year. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, and his son John. <br />
-EricUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-16494015456829592542010-09-18T14:55:00.001-07:002010-09-18T15:11:06.331-07:00September: Lab Choir 2 has its 5th session.With this, its 5th rehearsal, Lab Choir 2 is amazingly already half way through its 10 week session. As you can see on the board, there's an ambitious list of repertoire to work on, voting on the t-shirt design, getting to know each other on breaks, and talking with Ben about a lot of different topics. Today - among many other things- they practiced making overtones in "Past Life Melodies" which is on our program at the moment, and had a discussion led by Ben about all the characteristics required of a good ensemble member.<br />
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"Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" has some choreography which we think helps us tell the story of the satellite and the maoris.
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Mason and his wife were happy about it all too!
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfxQiVR9eRFJGGTj5NjDcgwEGyyPCsYPG97UGpBYMpp7xf-cDxqu81uWZUYS8M4MK80cuBFzabovdMzXDuGPuuNnisv6QbdSRhy-9vyE2AMy9lxE8j7t6SlMt9_Oyx9EW1ok-jaWOp2M/s1600/IMG_2223-731059.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfxQiVR9eRFJGGTj5NjDcgwEGyyPCsYPG97UGpBYMpp7xf-cDxqu81uWZUYS8M4MK80cuBFzabovdMzXDuGPuuNnisv6QbdSRhy-9vyE2AMy9lxE8j7t6SlMt9_Oyx9EW1ok-jaWOp2M/s320/IMG_2223-731059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517586137053148530" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfhR487dYjtloHrTsUCCsiFOkvofiUnKoOjv1tBYplqfmwpX3l-_-KaHugbccs2h7jDdOex6zxZ9AumeXaPGLJzEtCzMJslA1KOOH6NGsqDg5y15gKbT_nHUBYaSfYcl-vNOmDwj6jkI/s1600/IMG_2231-709877.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfhR487dYjtloHrTsUCCsiFOkvofiUnKoOjv1tBYplqfmwpX3l-_-KaHugbccs2h7jDdOex6zxZ9AumeXaPGLJzEtCzMJslA1KOOH6NGsqDg5y15gKbT_nHUBYaSfYcl-vNOmDwj6jkI/s320/IMG_2231-709877.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517586046831656802" /></a></p>This was our second performance of "Out of this World." Our two new pieces "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" by Mason Bates, and "Cells Planets" by Erika LLoyd (this latter something really new and different in our repertoire) seemed to resonate just as much with the Carmel audience as with San Luis Obispo the night before. We're really pleased about that. Our new digital storefront will launch on Monday -soon you will be able to download both new pieces - and, we hope, much of this concert!<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMv9-Oqf5M4W7uPKD16TCrNlnxCiMlpgr2_v-iFBRz7EwlYLaBy1k7PQuJ3zpnd4Vlb_u1b9N5q4k6Ok0m8LuRj1qlfsxiFM11FWC21_ANIccNov-Th_do3xp8I7MAOiOiI_NYkNucs8/s1600/IMG_2242-777425.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMv9-Oqf5M4W7uPKD16TCrNlnxCiMlpgr2_v-iFBRz7EwlYLaBy1k7PQuJ3zpnd4Vlb_u1b9N5q4k6Ok0m8LuRj1qlfsxiFM11FWC21_ANIccNov-Th_do3xp8I7MAOiOiI_NYkNucs8/s320/IMG_2242-777425.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517585906297423426" /></a></p>Behind the scenes in Carmel: one of the mission bells from inside the bell tower, and the famous crooked window (which is over the front door) from the inside. Nobody really knows why it was made crooked, although they do know that it was intentional, and could have had to do with refraining from pride by refraining from perfection.<br />
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The performance last night in San Luis Obispo was exciting in so many ways. First, it is always a thrill to perform a new program in front of an audience for the first time. After so many weeks of rehearsal, seeing the audience react and respond to our artistic goals is incredibly rewarding. Second, last night saw the world premiere of two songs. This gives the entire ensemble and audience the sense of having been part of a "creation"; a singular moment in time which can only ever be shared by the people in that room (but which we will recreate at every performance this season, I promise!). Third, even though last night was only the first of some 80 performances we will do of this program, we can all feel a certain sense of accomplishment. From here on out, our efforts can be directed towards polishing and honing, but the product, the work of art which is the "program", has been brought to living, breathing life. All we have to do now is care for it and share it with all of you! (Oh yeah, and start learning the Christmas program! There is always another little program bun in the oven!)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-15411692665212787362010-09-14T23:08:00.001-07:002010-09-14T23:38:30.579-07:00September: our first 'Out of this World'- 2 world premieresHere we go! A few hundred miles south to San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast for the first concert of this season - Casey and Michael Axtell's debut and the beginning of Eric's third decade with Chanticleer. We performed the world premieres of Mason Bates' "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" and Vince Peterson's arrangement of Erika Lloyd's "Cells Planets" both of which seemed to be huge hits. It was a beautiful sunny day, we love the mission at San Luis Obispo and the friendly crowd we see there. There were lots of students from Paso Robles and Templeton High Schools, both of which had participated in our National Youth Choral Festival last March. As always, it's good to have their energy. It's an interesting program, we think, lots of big pieces around our theme of what is beyond our planet and beyond our knowledge. Our new Christmas CD started moving off the table, and downloads of highlights from this program will be available soon. Back up Highway 101 to Carmel tomorrow.<br />
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Hi - Ben Johns, Chanticleer Education Director, here - that's me in the red shirt on the left of Lab Choir 2's first official portrait, taken on Labor Day. We're off to a really good start! It's amazing to me that 22 students from 14 different schools can gel so quickly as an ensemble. <br />
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We spent a large portion of the weekend in sectional rehearsals securing notes and cultivating our new identity as LAB 2. Dominick's [Ben's assistant, a composition student at U.C. Davis] role as Assistant Director has been key to the success so far - much time saved by running concurrent sectionals. When we weren't musicking, we were either eating, studying, or playing hacky sack. Already we're producing moments of real music, beyond printed notes....better than the average high school choir. It's especially exciting to realize that this is the beginning. I haven't been this exhilarated and exhausted since the National Festival in March. <br />
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The energy and enthusiasm we all share is great. We've been bounding up and down the stairwell for sectionals to save the elevator from breaking. That's one way to stay vocally warmed up and exercise breathing muscles!<br />
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Here's a clip of us singing the end of Kirke Mechem's "Island in Space"-pretty awesome for four days work!<br />
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And here's a nice preview write-up about "Out of this World."<br />
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Matt Oltman and Don Fraser are at Fantasy Studios finishing up the editing of our new recordings. Lab Choir 2 is at our place in San Francisco, under the direction of Education Director Ben Johns, hard at work for the fourth consecutive day! They're continuing working on Sumaya and Mechem, with lots of sectionals, punctuated by some listening breaks, for example hearing Jessye Norman singing Schubert's Ave Maria. Pretty much the first time for everybody hearing that great voice. <br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAl1YPIQsdvdSK8YhJ1cfYANmGkkHZ0ryEhgJ4Osj9WWM18hej7nO2VkPv7kqz-7VurOgw3x0mCqav2uuyewJs9s6gNgVNiSO6_wqO3Wt2ep1Vv4mhlGOZ-stj60aW_vzPrjsLoMJbAQ/s1600/IMG_2126-715993.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAl1YPIQsdvdSK8YhJ1cfYANmGkkHZ0ryEhgJ4Osj9WWM18hej7nO2VkPv7kqz-7VurOgw3x0mCqav2uuyewJs9s6gNgVNiSO6_wqO3Wt2ep1Vv4mhlGOZ-stj60aW_vzPrjsLoMJbAQ/s320/IMG_2126-715993.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513911299609920850" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik968zO_94dSlm-ozX_fDgxWfKweE62sCyod55FLlNVFTGESuY8hJBmpkKhzApSh7YXoJXruJfl00RHO46L8On5skC0u-_9rEuDcN8KUAQc0mjjq_KLEYopl8pIml_Iy7zRJrchvrFnlM/s1600/IMG_2139-717076.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik968zO_94dSlm-ozX_fDgxWfKweE62sCyod55FLlNVFTGESuY8hJBmpkKhzApSh7YXoJXruJfl00RHO46L8On5skC0u-_9rEuDcN8KUAQc0mjjq_KLEYopl8pIml_Iy7zRJrchvrFnlM/s320/IMG_2139-717076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513911303438731458" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDqLnNYLg4uT0lA5w8iYwWjitGwQ681FrokhyphenhyphenvLrZpYGZX-3yZMICl-yXNwvd0TxcNej0jrSIBl_Quf8Nfi6quIakA7pWuwiXec4Kil7yGASPLyCA1bgNRq-FwbrcdgmIdYdTHXEcb94/s1600/IMG_2142-718078.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDqLnNYLg4uT0lA5w8iYwWjitGwQ681FrokhyphenhyphenvLrZpYGZX-3yZMICl-yXNwvd0TxcNej0jrSIBl_Quf8Nfi6quIakA7pWuwiXec4Kil7yGASPLyCA1bgNRq-FwbrcdgmIdYdTHXEcb94/s320/IMG_2142-718078.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513911307191398370" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6zprP2Dt8cMeFoDx-26AA5mGH2-njqY1O2o-31cYSBgzOFUwl90B8eqja29ix24If3U6fFKDHNDZvnQ5OnqrK6kD59_Inuezr65h8DdhRkdVUNcxbSgaFTOitNiIXd4pfrB-dSafMdw/s1600/IMG_2144-720299.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6zprP2Dt8cMeFoDx-26AA5mGH2-njqY1O2o-31cYSBgzOFUwl90B8eqja29ix24If3U6fFKDHNDZvnQ5OnqrK6kD59_Inuezr65h8DdhRkdVUNcxbSgaFTOitNiIXd4pfrB-dSafMdw/s320/IMG_2144-720299.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513911315165598178" /></a></p>Above, Lab Choir 2 at our office and rehearsal space. Below, Matt Oltman at Fantasy Studios, working on editing Erika Lloyd's "Cells Planets," the last piece we recorded last week. You can hear it soon!<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv-ngko-4SzMjuil2pEYy1h4kuXoipGoLkYYi-AuxQAoT9zJiVikiuuuJ_Lkk6MaV0aOHPCTXajkJX3alMrkAgoGhv6y2qoWyySf98Ff76INFJ2ywz6oskb5OAexJrn5jRbKQcwdAljA/s1600/3wvk-736687.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv-ngko-4SzMjuil2pEYy1h4kuXoipGoLkYYi-AuxQAoT9zJiVikiuuuJ_Lkk6MaV0aOHPCTXajkJX3alMrkAgoGhv6y2qoWyySf98Ff76INFJ2ywz6oskb5OAexJrn5jRbKQcwdAljA/s320/3wvk-736687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513914391297401650" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-37425253103911036782010-09-04T18:57:00.001-07:002010-09-06T11:11:05.774-07:00Chanticleer's Labor Day WeekendWe're busy on several fronts this Labor Day Weekend. Lab Choir 2 convened for its second day which included sectionals on Kirke Mechem's "Island in Space" (which is on Chanticleer's touring program this year,) rhythm exercises invented by Ben on the spot, reading of a Gregorian Chant under the direction of Dominic (Ben's assistant and a singer in LC2, who also knows about Chant) further work on Ave Regina Coelorum by Sumaya which was started yesterday....and so on.<br />
More tomorrow and Monday - we have to hand it to those young singers - they're working hard!!!<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYI_xhJkdoxygT977bTF_70TiyraCidGd2yV0v3iQX7x6T2S7LgcZRYfWxulYmqe8pz9PeKESpcyHf_lMtrUmyXkBJItcxi7jLEjaBqB613ADY6N3HMhZPFoI61JoN588zIUMqnCe5GDY/s1600/IMG_2098-733343.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYI_xhJkdoxygT977bTF_70TiyraCidGd2yV0v3iQX7x6T2S7LgcZRYfWxulYmqe8pz9PeKESpcyHf_lMtrUmyXkBJItcxi7jLEjaBqB613ADY6N3HMhZPFoI61JoN588zIUMqnCe5GDY/s320/IMG_2098-733343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513242642537608562" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp0DAesQgle-vB-uVODIyfsxxMTTirCw9kHUxFQdp4RUQ924zdnK8IPuWGD3_HcYKWgRfSksPZYxBM2gv16uoQtUEZdPQlI3MnhZaFpkEgwh5wwxFS4X8z8-M-1RHFFXyZHVCXcKRMHI/s1600/IMG_2104-734359.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp0DAesQgle-vB-uVODIyfsxxMTTirCw9kHUxFQdp4RUQ924zdnK8IPuWGD3_HcYKWgRfSksPZYxBM2gv16uoQtUEZdPQlI3MnhZaFpkEgwh5wwxFS4X8z8-M-1RHFFXyZHVCXcKRMHI/s320/IMG_2104-734359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513242646841089842" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWCxooWHBLi6IWIxV6El46yvySQ3jydWBA1KPLMbrbbRQ6U1BOF2d7JkeoL_B43UMPJhCwAgp4Hu-XJxV1Dqjna2Fh0tOuVVQ2tjU3izuczo5EOyod-W65ETbyI1d0eQfX289MMf-O8M/s1600/IMG_2106-735409.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWCxooWHBLi6IWIxV6El46yvySQ3jydWBA1KPLMbrbbRQ6U1BOF2d7JkeoL_B43UMPJhCwAgp4Hu-XJxV1Dqjna2Fh0tOuVVQ2tjU3izuczo5EOyod-W65ETbyI1d0eQfX289MMf-O8M/s320/IMG_2106-735409.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513242653045736754" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">We were on the other side of the Bay at Fantasy Studio in Berkeley, continuing our work on Steven Sametz' pieces which required a fair amount of experimentation with our standing positions in relation to the mics. Tonight we'll do Erika Lloyd's "Cells Planets" and that's it for the studio for a while.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNIryTNmppOF2iXcXb1t2Zh5S0F3DFzPrh5eq0xVDW8B4z1L5K4Pj3XjwXoKgE_Fw3LbB2BudK2FEdQout_1Y5usI5SPdKeIqcoF672Q41HOhDP9lwsTFTf6W-DViuPDEh7wXz7q7cs/s1600/IMG_2122-736086.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNIryTNmppOF2iXcXb1t2Zh5S0F3DFzPrh5eq0xVDW8B4z1L5K4Pj3XjwXoKgE_Fw3LbB2BudK2FEdQout_1Y5usI5SPdKeIqcoF672Q41HOhDP9lwsTFTf6W-DViuPDEh7wXz7q7cs/s320/IMG_2122-736086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513242658635988962" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivF76FI_l032URD1Zpvte_0fJeMJCTDAVo_HJOjETpoCqT_-4EONYreZH-jrXKqDR4swn1vx1BA7wpYf2U13CBcOi82-yXzsLWY0hpmakn_NwEn-trkYddV_2IWN4RYKadbB_5rfui_mc/s1600/IMG_2125-737063.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivF76FI_l032URD1Zpvte_0fJeMJCTDAVo_HJOjETpoCqT_-4EONYreZH-jrXKqDR4swn1vx1BA7wpYf2U13CBcOi82-yXzsLWY0hpmakn_NwEn-trkYddV_2IWN4RYKadbB_5rfui_mc/s320/IMG_2125-737063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513242662872104674" /></a></p>On our dinner break we took a look at our new web-site, which will be going up very soon and which will make it REALLY easy for you to download music - like these new tracks we're making right now!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-67523759763654690632010-09-03T18:22:00.001-07:002010-09-04T11:06:57.374-07:00September: LAB Choir 2 starts today!Today was the first session this season of Chanticleer's Louis A. Botto (LAB) Choir, led by our Education Director Ben Johns. We started this idea last year, forming the 14 member LAB CHOIR 1 to be the instrument for the sessions we offered the choir directors at our National Youth Choral Festival. For LAB CHOIR 2, Ben recruited 22 student singers from as far away as Santa Rosa and Davis, as well as San Francisco and the East Bay. It's something we've thought about for a long time; it's seems a natural for us to expand upon our education offerings with an after-school program for advanced singers. There will be three 10 week sessions during the school year, each with up to 25 singers participating. They will rehearse every weekend and perform at schools, community centers -wherever they decide to. They will be able to attend a Chanticleer rehearsal, have input from the ensemble, and see Chanticleer in concert. LAB CHOIR 2 will make its debut at our Youth Choral Festival on October 22. We thank all the parents who came along for their support, and we thank the singers for singing up for this adventure with Chanticleer.<br />
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Today's session started with a sing through of "Sure on this shining night" - as Ben said -"just to see what we sound like." The four hour session included a greeting from Chanticleer Board Chair Kathy Henschel, warm-ups, snacks, discussing the schedule, getting acquainted, and a lot of serious singing. They'll meet again Saturday and Sunday and Monday for 6 hours each day. That's the whole Labor Day weekend - a very impressive commitment! We can't wait to hear them.<br />
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<a
href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnZWacR-NwtOIAvOefl-sDX2HcZP0b3vqhgyqszCf24mrZZepHsSUQdQUP3KJKM0fVF33MJAVpygXAp4dzF0ciid5JQkJ4Uc6ojx81XMf7C8jnXVqyK9eba9elppByUGUNySlZ2ksZXM/s1600/IMG_2052-756126.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnZWacR-NwtOIAvOefl-sDX2HcZP0b3vqhgyqszCf24mrZZepHsSUQdQUP3KJKM0fVF33MJAVpygXAp4dzF0ciid5JQkJ4Uc6ojx81XMf7C8jnXVqyK9eba9elppByUGUNySlZ2ksZXM/s320/IMG_2052-756126.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512819261158824914" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Casey, like Michael Axtell, is recording with Chanticleer before ever singing a concert with Chanticleer. This often happens as August is sometimes a good time in the schedule to record, even though new singers have just joined us. Casey says it's really instructive to be able to hear back what we've done and his part in it. We all got to hear the results of our pretty arduous sessions on Mason Bates' "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" - very very cool!<br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQmSwjJNIEkwZCv1pbGtEx7gCA7NZj6Li3AEdbabPWc1zgGf8wzVznOQTu4Tl61XgKUTeB_ZiwqEKrBSSQXtd0YoYZsS6H_kGOwt-z8PvfJwsMpex7z0GzNEy9S8YfN7lxSuYm-PuRro/s1600/IMG_2055-756954.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQmSwjJNIEkwZCv1pbGtEx7gCA7NZj6Li3AEdbabPWc1zgGf8wzVznOQTu4Tl61XgKUTeB_ZiwqEKrBSSQXtd0YoYZsS6H_kGOwt-z8PvfJwsMpex7z0GzNEy9S8YfN7lxSuYm-PuRro/s320/IMG_2055-756954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512819261479723890" /></a></p>One more day tomorrow to do Vince Peterson's arrangement of Erica Lloyd's "Cells Planets" (Chanticleer meets indie pop) then we'll be back to rehearsal for our first concerts of the season here in the Bay Area.<br />
Back at our place in San Francisco, the LAB Choir will have its first rehearsal tonight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-45751267191845215012010-09-02T15:20:00.001-07:002010-09-02T15:27:43.755-07:00August: engineering in the Magellanic CloudToday we're having a break from recording. Meanwhile however in the studio Producer Don Fraser, engineer Chris Manning, and Matt are mastering what we did over the last few days - Mason Bates' "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" and Jan Sandstrom's "And the Word became flesh."<br />
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Here's a 'picture' of Mason's piece on Chris' monitor...<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1249ISsftY1-b7uT9A8ZNSIj30xlyugyCVUFO0FQn-7psGZaMhP_lT6QOXpGR5nHhHtWy7MOrdi940WGs2b4NyePfk7PCnY8Ak8bysoHSNQ5fZo_EkFs6mPYRcLe6irUqZcWtDEOXb3E/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-02+at+3.06.42+PM-794658.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1249ISsftY1-b7uT9A8ZNSIj30xlyugyCVUFO0FQn-7psGZaMhP_lT6QOXpGR5nHhHtWy7MOrdi940WGs2b4NyePfk7PCnY8Ak8bysoHSNQ5fZo_EkFs6mPYRcLe6irUqZcWtDEOXb3E/s320/Screen+shot+2010-09-02+at+3.06.42+PM-794658.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512444476866576658" /></a></p>And here's a picture of the real Magellanic Cloud, imagined by Mason to house satellites capable of picking up ancient sounds. It's a great piece which we will sing oh, 50 or so times, in the course of this season. You should come hear it live, but if not, you can hear it on recording (downloadable from our site pretty soon.)<br />
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After the Bates piece, about satellites in the Magellanic Cloud picking up the chant of ancient Maoris, we moved on to Jan Sandstrom's "And the word became flesh" which you will hear at Christmas-time. Chanticleer commissioned both of these pieces, the latter with the help of the Osher Pro Suecia Fund.<br />
We're enjoying Fantasy Studios and the patience and good humor of producer Don Fraser.<br />
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Cool piece. It was good to have Mason back and he said he had really enjoyed writing for us - this time knowing exactly how everybody sounds (or everybody but 2) and being able to write music in 12 parts knowing that we will sort it out and make a fabulous texture of it. We hope we do. Last season our program "in time of..." included "Stelle" and "Sirinu" from his cycle "Sirens" written for us in 2008. Another movement from that cycle will be included in our April 2010 Bay Area program "The Boy Whose Father Was God." This year "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" will have 50 or so peformances in our season program "Out of this World!" in which we're also repeating "Stelle" - which we've also recorded. It's a big Mason Bates year!<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSMcZisFHf7Fc0nmIiay43wo0u2Bw6lrk6qjggTvOKxsWC7uDqzF_bK3yTl_t5McJH6V79S-87hUqxsgTAvUWWDX_6zBHP8QxQFV687UPRl7en3HAp2wzPo71UmHGlDT24wnnF3Hg858/s1600/IMG_1899-703198.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSMcZisFHf7Fc0nmIiay43wo0u2Bw6lrk6qjggTvOKxsWC7uDqzF_bK3yTl_t5McJH6V79S-87hUqxsgTAvUWWDX_6zBHP8QxQFV687UPRl7en3HAp2wzPo71UmHGlDT24wnnF3Hg858/s320/IMG_1899-703198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506869644789989346" /></a></p>Here on earth in San Francisco we are in our own cloud - of fog and overcast, and we have to wear jackets to rehearsal! But we know many of you would trade places with us...<br />
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Today we're working on Britten's "Hymn to Saint Cecilia." Tomorrow Mason Bates will come along to help us on the new piece we commissioned for "Out of this World!" the new program we'll be singing for you soon. Mason's piece is called "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud," in which the voices of ancient maoris are heard in said cloud. We're looking for a native maori speaker to make sure we get the text right.<br />
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Last week we got our new photos done. Eric's done this a lot.<br />
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Christmas will come sooner than we all think! We have a new Christmas album for you - "A Chanticleer Christmas" put out by us and National Public Radio - featuring your favorites from our most recent Christmas broadcasts. Available mid-September at our concerts and our web-site. Then there's our burning log which maybe you didn't pick up last year.. and the premiere of a new piece for Christmas we commissioned from Jan Sandstrom and...ho, ho, ho...<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1wVDps78IcphJ5GBKir2zKIEYjwHNIOVY2U-Sc7ECaeWcNAizasaDpNeSGEVkgl06hhhklTkhxOs_lXAG-3eettlkL2HxCvGg8T1m99lom3Zp0Me1WqK3Om2-sg-bOAjboKiWm2LDt0/s1600/IMG_1810-756727.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1wVDps78IcphJ5GBKir2zKIEYjwHNIOVY2U-Sc7ECaeWcNAizasaDpNeSGEVkgl06hhhklTkhxOs_lXAG-3eettlkL2HxCvGg8T1m99lom3Zp0Me1WqK3Om2-sg-bOAjboKiWm2LDt0/s320/IMG_1810-756727.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502353711329778402" /></a></p>Eric, whose 21st year in Chanticleer officially begins on August 20, welcomes counter-tenor Casey Breves and bass-baritone Michael Axtell. With first-day donuts supplied by Ben Jones, and piles of music for the 25 or so numbers we will learn for this year's touring program "Out of this World!" our work is cut out for us.<br />
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2ML_40dW7YZYWm7FwAD34zGJhsU4XV7GjCO3sKcvIjlXC68IqI9CTgnlBgIfV3HER-YvE93dlbKPtcW45jcI0cYwZE5Xl6sclEiTKN7NUpeimaRORxt-g8hOuRdivwY-dk3gIz5ct9A/s1600/IMG_1819-722850.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2ML_40dW7YZYWm7FwAD34zGJhsU4XV7GjCO3sKcvIjlXC68IqI9CTgnlBgIfV3HER-YvE93dlbKPtcW45jcI0cYwZE5Xl6sclEiTKN7NUpeimaRORxt-g8hOuRdivwY-dk3gIz5ct9A/s320/IMG_1819-722850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502353566121626034" /></a></p><br />
Meanwhile upstairs Ben Johns is auditioning high school singers for the Louis A. Botto (LAB) Choir. As you may remember, the pilot for this idea happened during our National Youth Choral Festival in March. With their first session on September 3, we will be realizing a long-held dream to start an honors ensemble for the best Bay Area high school singers, working with us after school and on weekends having a very intensive choral experience, and performing at schools and community centers. There will be three sessions a year lasting 10 weeks each. The big debut of the LAB Choir will be on October 22 at our Youth Choral Festival in San Francisco.<br />
There are close to 20 singers signed up already, with room for 5-10 more!<br />
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We hope you're going to love "Out of this World!" There will be music by composers from Monteverdi to Mahler and Britten and Sarah Hopkins and two world premieres - an original piece and an arrangement- commissioned by us: "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" by Mason Bates which is about a satellite in that cloud picking up Maori chants. We will be adding Maori to the long list of languages in which we have to try to be authentic. Then Chanticleer meets indie-pop in an arrangement by Vince Petersen of Erica Lloyd's "Cells Planets." You can see the original on Youtube performed by Erica and Little Grey Girlfriend, then you can decide how you like our arrangement. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWIZlQWJ7k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWIZlQWJ7k</a><br />
So here we'll be with piles of music in front of us until we open our season on September 14 in San Luis Obispo. See you soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-70644519830173397432010-07-24T15:30:00.005-07:002010-07-25T10:39:46.409-07:00July: Recording Chen YiAnother fantastic day in the recording studio. The biggest project for the last day was Chen Yi's "Spring Dreams" which we have sung all over the world in the last year or so and which now occupies a permanent place in our ongoing repertoire ( like Biebl Ave Maria and Shenandoah) because people like it so much. It's a soundscape evoking the sight and sounds of a beautiful garden which has been has been destroyed in a storm. We recorded a concert version - as it would be heard in concert, that is- and then an enhanced version which will be an even more fascinating soundscape. We recorded a "bug bed" of the insect sounds which are part of the score, and then the multi-talented Ben Johns (our Education Director) came in and did 10 minutes of bird calls.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7rOQAsghKkmxDDL5ViyJt46j9dcE4F8-qo4DPy5kDF8IfDSgpwy2vklhLwCFdJa8Yx_gQhDwcciiU7_Uj7emC1CSrQ7YubWkpitoMWrr3RiCI0uCzuiY-FBKS-b_dLe0leE2MLM0VPc/s1600/IMG_1786-751483.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7rOQAsghKkmxDDL5ViyJt46j9dcE4F8-qo4DPy5kDF8IfDSgpwy2vklhLwCFdJa8Yx_gQhDwcciiU7_Uj7emC1CSrQ7YubWkpitoMWrr3RiCI0uCzuiY-FBKS-b_dLe0leE2MLM0VPc/s320/IMG_1786-751483.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603887890831922" /></a></p>We do bugs.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjzdwKd4uHljx6t1WEKuN7qeIgOyw4JB1bBu5HgtPaGIXj7YNbw_pSGc4YTGSmRdlqR7eDbB28gyd5x46mr7pP5iNlF6hXauXRBVvi01VmAgp9LQS1Bnym0iAFavY8n3dPLl1pZku1vs/s1600/IMG_1784-726253.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjzdwKd4uHljx6t1WEKuN7qeIgOyw4JB1bBu5HgtPaGIXj7YNbw_pSGc4YTGSmRdlqR7eDbB28gyd5x46mr7pP5iNlF6hXauXRBVvi01VmAgp9LQS1Bnym0iAFavY8n3dPLl1pZku1vs/s320/IMG_1784-726253.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603779451820866" /></a></p>Ben does birds.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2utW0MJIP7kA7qSsPTKJ8mrAVk6JcRtIcO88_8wEr2G27oU94zugaRuGP_zVcSmxtqiz6EbjV7pc4v-G4FQDUPEc1NdUku39Emh7gN4f8ox5kW0Pdko3-XHsBI1c9ItCaClq0v7lE8/s1600/IMG_1780-707326.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2utW0MJIP7kA7qSsPTKJ8mrAVk6JcRtIcO88_8wEr2G27oU94zugaRuGP_zVcSmxtqiz6EbjV7pc4v-G4FQDUPEc1NdUku39Emh7gN4f8ox5kW0Pdko3-XHsBI1c9ItCaClq0v7lE8/s320/IMG_1780-707326.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603699155179762" /></a></p>We eat, we rest, we play. Don and Matt work things out in the booth.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw8bnDI8fHAO1hxAxJiR664jAEXVbwMQuOXAPwq_ghEgoozyyFvMvqs6QaubvVSQ9bllb-33MNDPe43N7YShhzxXvTaX6MNxauw8pS2JMyDx3bFc9YQYNZjr4aFl7dyA79Dvny7bQNP0/s1600/IMG_1769-783760.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw8bnDI8fHAO1hxAxJiR664jAEXVbwMQuOXAPwq_ghEgoozyyFvMvqs6QaubvVSQ9bllb-33MNDPe43N7YShhzxXvTaX6MNxauw8pS2JMyDx3bFc9YQYNZjr4aFl7dyA79Dvny7bQNP0/s320/IMG_1769-783760.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603592588320210" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsrw7DCg1sat2f3InXaq1CQCwO6bnojGl4hDokH-xJOaOcPpGc7TdAnVjc9xXX_ssWZmLD6V6NGeFBHJXLpoGR6FwQq3ToDl8lhJ2MAo3N5u4z7yixWzji7NSV621jymodYFD95OAcfM/s1600/IMG_1770-784622.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsrw7DCg1sat2f3InXaq1CQCwO6bnojGl4hDokH-xJOaOcPpGc7TdAnVjc9xXX_ssWZmLD6V6NGeFBHJXLpoGR6FwQq3ToDl8lhJ2MAo3N5u4z7yixWzji7NSV621jymodYFD95OAcfM/s320/IMG_1770-784622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603599347848242" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDs2izzXjLE6YcsD4ss4uxmpUeeurN9BItillF74BjYVKIKOp9Kwr8w81XZ6TYDPbmiGz6L5FDD8ETsDl2SFImx7vD3SA_VNyrFDRDZ9981tqc8atksW5-PyJBfC9sJ9BkzeCzUFMLGI/s1600/IMG_1778-785581.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDs2izzXjLE6YcsD4ss4uxmpUeeurN9BItillF74BjYVKIKOp9Kwr8w81XZ6TYDPbmiGz6L5FDD8ETsDl2SFImx7vD3SA_VNyrFDRDZ9981tqc8atksW5-PyJBfC9sJ9BkzeCzUFMLGI/s320/IMG_1778-785581.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603604267184210" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjM0yL-obhyphenhyphenOf4QrdfjBC20veTyUNIzzOQSSThnCjrdFJtwWMRV4cju9bnTYBj8qDqzP4AAitw2tumARz8UOeqiJUvbkcPQHGFsZzO7dF-H-Wa19c0JVyjpoOoMTbUN1xD3jRyDgO4ZQ/s1600/photo-745516.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjM0yL-obhyphenhyphenOf4QrdfjBC20veTyUNIzzOQSSThnCjrdFJtwWMRV4cju9bnTYBj8qDqzP4AAitw2tumARz8UOeqiJUvbkcPQHGFsZzO7dF-H-Wa19c0JVyjpoOoMTbUN1xD3jRyDgO4ZQ/s320/photo-745516.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497603430694054162" /></a></p>It's a wrap! Until September when we'll do it again. Eric pours some very very good scotch to celebrate. Watch the website for announcements of when you can put these tunes on your playlist. We hope you will!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-28403674257931928302010-07-23T09:53:00.001-07:002010-07-24T10:05:38.830-07:00July: we're recording your requestsBack at Fantasy Studios for a second day. We've done Lesur, Whitacre, Byrd, Bates, and Cui because you've asked for them. We'll be releasing them as singles for download starting in the fall. As you may have noticed, we have also started releasing live performances - right now you can download "For Thy Soul's Salvation" which we did in June. To record "Stelle" by Mason Bates (part of the cycle "Sirens" which he wrote for us in 2008) we decided to move into the adjacent studio. It doesn't have a resident piano, so Jace and Gregory experimented with getting pitches from the I-Phone. In the end, the electronic piano was moved out of the control booth.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z2jp27oLCaw2rBWwn9CLAXsiQWr1scCLK_Pcd3aHlE1_t-X24Ow1eFaTG-gn_4gZQ6fkKqWBLtY39aGKsaqkUDys4Q3dW9jHW4QfI0grK6lmZf4cmxJPOKXHfRwwk69heUWFkt0BI2g/s1600/IMG_1755-734063.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z2jp27oLCaw2rBWwn9CLAXsiQWr1scCLK_Pcd3aHlE1_t-X24Ow1eFaTG-gn_4gZQ6fkKqWBLtY39aGKsaqkUDys4Q3dW9jHW4QfI0grK6lmZf4cmxJPOKXHfRwwk69heUWFkt0BI2g/s320/IMG_1755-734063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497145971444061234" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruDuhai68wR6YJfLt7k3N5N9WFGZD4Lx6Th00MuBHUDCi6un7G3sF9K_HaAjJvhZVs2dGBdsqhzJYHW0IxRRPTeCodFZfN5mnHDgO7FfbQdsFYpEZMMNdBvoddWlBZn49g1nP_UDK6us/s1600/IMG_1761-735718.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruDuhai68wR6YJfLt7k3N5N9WFGZD4Lx6Th00MuBHUDCi6un7G3sF9K_HaAjJvhZVs2dGBdsqhzJYHW0IxRRPTeCodFZfN5mnHDgO7FfbQdsFYpEZMMNdBvoddWlBZn49g1nP_UDK6us/s320/IMG_1761-735718.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497145978061575506" /></a></p>There are short breaks every few hours, and an hour for dinner, calling upon our inner resources to pass the time. We all have hidden talents. One of Adam's is the ability to create the map of the US and all the states from memory. Something about time spent at his grandmother's house as a child. Given the amount of time we spend together, we've all seen this trick before, but Don Fraser, our recording producer, hadn't.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBDWR9ur9-ewBNvzmJ8wj1bToKGj6DJN1BM3uaja_X1L91qPMMmecKJr8pGI-NXMp2ODwPYK5w3VMm7_plGmRDsiJw2XoANKjHvMFP_i_cdeQZLMB-zSWNkKMcGb9LycCgUYaDiqyO24/s1600/IMG_1750-771120.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBDWR9ur9-ewBNvzmJ8wj1bToKGj6DJN1BM3uaja_X1L91qPMMmecKJr8pGI-NXMp2ODwPYK5w3VMm7_plGmRDsiJw2XoANKjHvMFP_i_cdeQZLMB-zSWNkKMcGb9LycCgUYaDiqyO24/s320/IMG_1750-771120.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497145697657573730" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpUCj1fuW37e6Qx-lBDKz5CY8l3PqiPDcU4InMYPn7ZsiqhC7G2-OT-yELGemenVhG9y0BqEX97lNlou8RLaHH8U9juc0fp7WvwWKEjYs7jACX71sbd1dMjKdgTapTPoSPB7XelfIyWk/s1600/IMG_1751-772450.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpUCj1fuW37e6Qx-lBDKz5CY8l3PqiPDcU4InMYPn7ZsiqhC7G2-OT-yELGemenVhG9y0BqEX97lNlou8RLaHH8U9juc0fp7WvwWKEjYs7jACX71sbd1dMjKdgTapTPoSPB7XelfIyWk/s320/IMG_1751-772450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497145705100904226" /></a></p>Cui's Magnificat was the longest and most complicated piece of the day - challenging for most everybody, particularly the sopranos - we did that after a lovely dinner of Mediterranean food. Matt and Don came up with a way of achieving balance between the soloists and the choir which is going to sound awesome!!! You'll see.<br />
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so that by September we will have lots of good things for you to download and buy at the CD table! We're starting recording some of your most requested favorites - today our 'mashup' of<br />
the chant and Palestrina versions of Veni Sponsa Christi and Daniel-Lesur's Epithalame - probably the most complicated piece we're recording, so we did it first.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG9Qrzk9p_rDrFnwpBdQ7mEKIY5pvJzDfIebRT0m5QtJLQNC2n2SR2Qdt3p9Hjh0BaYa8F6sVzMI_PaF6d-rgUj1bO7aW0HLAINAggbX6tUTtXszB9GAEv_IpPlmt-2yXCYnX3jHqz1Q/s1600/IMG_1713-780234.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG9Qrzk9p_rDrFnwpBdQ7mEKIY5pvJzDfIebRT0m5QtJLQNC2n2SR2Qdt3p9Hjh0BaYa8F6sVzMI_PaF6d-rgUj1bO7aW0HLAINAggbX6tUTtXszB9GAEv_IpPlmt-2yXCYnX3jHqz1Q/s320/IMG_1713-780234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826623248848626" /></a></p>Our fantasy is that you'll download all our new stuff onto your I-Pods SOON.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21471498308444097.post-71348410349370513302010-07-22T13:14:00.001-07:002010-07-24T10:05:13.866-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrzAC2DhVnPx7vlDdPAnHK4RjVcW5VVnF-DeSqhHgWFoTRyoqbk5mLlYpQKOu4njarlTz3nXvW9ENI7LhKja5EkckhKhNfqFQv-iHmVUh-XLKwHWbwSyYoeXq4hOLNCp5I8tg5tVM9Ds/s1600/IMG_1714-761005.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrzAC2DhVnPx7vlDdPAnHK4RjVcW5VVnF-DeSqhHgWFoTRyoqbk5mLlYpQKOu4njarlTz3nXvW9ENI7LhKja5EkckhKhNfqFQv-iHmVUh-XLKwHWbwSyYoeXq4hOLNCp5I8tg5tVM9Ds/s320/IMG_1714-761005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826538453089106" /></a></p>Since Fantasy is a recording studio in California, the outside is very pretty. The inside is much like other studios - we're liking the intimacy of the sound stage. The short distance between the stage and the booth make it easy for Matt and recording producer Don Fraser to confer.<br />
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLDeuJSRO-wBfVUfd6j8mbMA9R_UqR1aVn2ACKbpzFfRexQoOGqMcUNZfbApR3K6Vi2OaQVJGdnOllU-f864EicgPZtjIaqVkJbYkBzXzje0If4WMxz2t3ux0ltrooOwk4mPPD_mqd_c/s1600/IMG_0384-739531.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLDeuJSRO-wBfVUfd6j8mbMA9R_UqR1aVn2ACKbpzFfRexQoOGqMcUNZfbApR3K6Vi2OaQVJGdnOllU-f864EicgPZtjIaqVkJbYkBzXzje0If4WMxz2t3ux0ltrooOwk4mPPD_mqd_c/s320/IMG_0384-739531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826444195355922" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj2NhX0ob62YkdhwkODBwji-SHqJu5h8kcmx71VKK7GBoLXuMuRtTJ3Sq8nAqQ4HEKQNUQ1Y7_lCaUv6XOqsnUYeapsUd26Z8p4azKBRIcGcOZPAfakr-vE2GEVMceqFyRJUvppsbXJs/s1600/IMG_0399_2-740622.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj2NhX0ob62YkdhwkODBwji-SHqJu5h8kcmx71VKK7GBoLXuMuRtTJ3Sq8nAqQ4HEKQNUQ1Y7_lCaUv6XOqsnUYeapsUd26Z8p4azKBRIcGcOZPAfakr-vE2GEVMceqFyRJUvppsbXJs/s320/IMG_0399_2-740622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826450192842178" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib-_cOvpdtdcu3osQ_PyXXEnyXKTxp6PKn21FKNrAOrcwwdolfuaqubtxHoMztxMt7BPHX7azcRqHXuKEXQqn9qHsKfPVSxbhDnOgsHPCDOjxnJQalQCMxtwbryCxv3_xaDBmJGiIgLU/s1600/IMG_0390-707043.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib-_cOvpdtdcu3osQ_PyXXEnyXKTxp6PKn21FKNrAOrcwwdolfuaqubtxHoMztxMt7BPHX7azcRqHXuKEXQqn9qHsKfPVSxbhDnOgsHPCDOjxnJQalQCMxtwbryCxv3_xaDBmJGiIgLU/s320/IMG_0390-707043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826308881916290" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLr_rXc1qJyOCVas-lCTrDvXa5m5LlvbGT01TvEohgrXmNmOpNyn4RpSmlIdhV3XJ-nxZqNlPYHV6IsXLH2ed_cjzftEWHnpsmlN-ZxsTy8Ow1_LzZdwJpnxcGuMmBfb-GL7OJGKwKmOM/s1600/IMG_0435-708456.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLr_rXc1qJyOCVas-lCTrDvXa5m5LlvbGT01TvEohgrXmNmOpNyn4RpSmlIdhV3XJ-nxZqNlPYHV6IsXLH2ed_cjzftEWHnpsmlN-ZxsTy8Ow1_LzZdwJpnxcGuMmBfb-GL7OJGKwKmOM/s320/IMG_0435-708456.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826310911393890" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ztq8c79WDCb5W-KrJAl9ddhT0TycNlADzhvxfdC6pYBB4F8FjAv4fwcvqxFlOxrdYNGvte-_FAEhutPNfOK1PuI8MykzTEbs88QUFirUIGaQbo1fhVnGYDxP-_HfTdaNFiBerXwxVCw/s1600/IMG_1742-709574.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ztq8c79WDCb5W-KrJAl9ddhT0TycNlADzhvxfdC6pYBB4F8FjAv4fwcvqxFlOxrdYNGvte-_FAEhutPNfOK1PuI8MykzTEbs88QUFirUIGaQbo1fhVnGYDxP-_HfTdaNFiBerXwxVCw/s320/IMG_1742-709574.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826315242849106" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXzcyFwz4KKAqvY8rmmLh4k8biK5oXrTpGhjsdC5aVESCP9rcEv8vNwhbVQMF2xVrlzJJsypRDhS3y5326JXq5T6FyJUVwWZhSYR8lUEp4eSH0x9w1zZxmiO7sfMNxut-B05JVrW5pj8/s1600/IMG_1746-774139.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXzcyFwz4KKAqvY8rmmLh4k8biK5oXrTpGhjsdC5aVESCP9rcEv8vNwhbVQMF2xVrlzJJsypRDhS3y5326JXq5T6FyJUVwWZhSYR8lUEp4eSH0x9w1zZxmiO7sfMNxut-B05JVrW5pj8/s320/IMG_1746-774139.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826165734342770" /></a></p>How many recordings has Eric made?? We'll ask him. It is obvious that his long experience with long recording sessions has taught him how to relax during the breaks...This is dinner on Day 1.<br />
We'll be back tomorrow and Friday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0