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.
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...
Finding connections and creating clever ways into the music: Gajewski, Gau and Engebretson plan the season with an eye to what their audiences want.
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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