Creative Voices + Cultural Happeningsin Montgomery County, MD
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For Rachel Carlson, necessity was indeed the mother of invention. “I started Six Degree Singers in 2009 because I needed to conduct a choir to get into grad school,” said the conductor, soprano soloist, chamber ensemble singer and voice teacher.
Historians disagree about why audience members traditionally stand during the “Hallelujah Chorus” of Handel’s “Messiah.” One theory is that King George II of England was so moved at the first London performance of the oratorio that he rose. Still, some music historians question whether he even attended the concert.
Common roots--classical piano training and early immersion in gospel music—nurture the talents that combine to lead Washington Performing Arts’ (WPA) gospel choirs. The maestros--Stanley J. Thurston and Michele Fowlin—will conduct the 100-plus combined voices of the adult and children’s groups in a concert that will celebrate gospel music’s View more
Monica Harwood enjoys the challenges of a complex professional life. The City of Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green community arts program coordinator for the Arts Barn has two other jobs. Since 2009, she has been Poolesville Presbyterian Church’s music director and accompanist, and since 2012, she has given private music and voice lessons in her View more
“Individuals with aphasia typically have damage to the left hemisphere of their brains, whereas music is largely a function of the right hemisphere,” she said. “So music can tap into people’s strengths when they have aphasia.”
The collective voices of some 130 young people, ages 5 to 18, will resound through the 1,976-seat concert hall in the Music Center at Strathmore...
After 25 years at the podium, Diana Sáez, founder and artistic director of Coral Cantigas, will direct the group’s final notes...
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