Praise Ye, the God of Brass! - Rehearsal Bing Concert Hall Stanford University

Belshezzar Commanded . . .
Praise Ye, the God of Brass!

Brass Players are an Essential part of this Symphony.

As are Choral Singers Like Me!

Stanford Symphony Performs 

William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast 

This Coming Weekend 

Stanford University's Bing Preforming Art Center

https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2018/danny-elfman-concerto-violin-and-orchestra

From My Journal: While the Basses Rehearse - Steve Sano - Stanford Symphonic Chorus

I sketch Steve Sano in my music while the basses rehearse alone
The movement of my pencil, helps me focus on their sound

Stanford Symphonic Chorus Director Steve Sano encourages the sopranos (I sing first soprano) to listen to the basses. We are often singing the same note, except it's an octave apart. It's one of those things we don't always think consciously about, but we like the feel of it - the way the deep voice part vibrates in our brain, as we relax our throats, raise our soft palettes and let the high notes resonate in the roof of our vocal apparatus.

Performance of Poulanc's jazz-infused Gloria, coming up the last weekend in February. Funny how I always appreciate the music more and more as I really learn to sing it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_M._Sano

http://web.stanford.edu/group/SymCh/

View from the Choral Terrace: Kettle Drums on the Move (Bing Concert Hall, Stanford)

A View from the Choral Terrace
Where all we have to heft is our music

The new year sparked an increase in campus musical activity, playing and singing in the new Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University. As a community member of the Stanford Symphonic Chorus, I was quite pleased to be included.

The instrumentalists who play timpani have their work cut out for them shifting the great big kettle drums into place.