Showing posts with label Tallis Scholars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tallis Scholars. Show all posts
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Organ Bliss in Seattle

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For me, one of the highlights of the annual Tallis Scholars Summer School in Seattle are the performances of Joseph Adam, the organist at St...
Saturday, August 04, 2007

Silence

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We're wrapping up - checking out of rooms, returning music, exchanging addresses. It is...
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Tallis Scholars Summer School Gala Concert

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School It's hard to give an actual review, since I was one of the performers. But I can say th...
Friday, August 03, 2007

The Pilgrim's Progress

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Tutors Summer School At the beginning of the week, I was counting madly to find my entrances, just trying to stay ...

Final Concert Tonight

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've all been remarking that our sense of time is completely off this week. Often, whe...

Notes from Rehearsal

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've been working on a second arrangment of the Lotti piece, Crucifixus à 10 (ten sep...

The Sharing

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School I had been feeling very nervous about the Sharing, where we all gathered in the Chapel and ...

Random Bits Part 3

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School • A Palestrina discussion, after a question from the 2nd Altos about whether they could mov...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

Desert Island Disks

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've had an informative lecture each afternoon from one of our tutors. Today was somet...

A Gathering of Different Lights

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School When we gather to sing Compline at the end of each evening, we sing in the Chapel of St. Ig...

Small Groups and "The Sharing"

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School Tonight is the “Sharing,” in which all the small ensembles which have been forming all week...

Janet Coxwell: Bright Vowels, “Brighter” Warm-Ups!

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School Jan has started us off at 9:00 every morning with a warm-up that includes not only stretchi...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

More Random Bits

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School • Peter Phillips conducted the rehearsals this morning, as we worked on new music including...

Minor Regret

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Dateline:Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School I had hoped there would be more interaction between the “young” (under 25) students and the ...

Special Moments from the Palestrina Mass

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School The day that we sang Palestrina's Missa Laudate Dominum was the Feast Day of St. Ignat...

Singing at the Cathedral

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School Oh my goodness – what a building to sing in! Our sixty voices, a cappella, ringing out in t...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

First Public Performance Tonight

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We're singing the Palestrina Mass tonight at St. James Cathedral, so that will be our f...

Antonio Lotti's Crucifixus à 8 Voix

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School This is another amazing piece of choral music that I have only heard on recordings, and nev...

Random Moments from Tallis Tutor Sessions

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Dateline: Seattle: Tallis Scholars Summer School • After working for ten minutes on a single phrase ("et tibi da bo," meaning ...

Mt. Rainier Rises Above Seattle University

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Dateline: Seattle: Tallis Scholars Summer School We've had gorgeous weather, atypical for Seattle, all week. The days are crisp and sunn...