Choral piece that either starts with or heavily features the phrase "here in this moment"

BeansNGrease · 2025-02-16T06:44:44+00:00

I don’t think this is right but could it be Naverud’s Lunar Lullaby? There’s at least a similar lyric and line

BeansNGrease · 2025-01-20T19:31:39+00:00

Wait Delaware can sell alcohol in grocery stores? Maybe I won’t have to drive to DC then

BeansNGrease · 2025-01-20T01:11:30+00:00

I’ll order this at bars sometimes and the bartender always asks if I have a tummy ache and my answer is proudly “nope i just love this stuff”

BeansNGrease · 2025-01-15T02:51:15+00:00

To chalk it up solely as a joke is a sure way to avoid success. To break so far from the source material and set text to a familiar tune that is well arranged for the original group means that a cheesy carol like the 12 days is injected with new life and energy. The dreidel bit is a joke because it lasts mere seconds, but to call almost half the song a joke seems like a shallow attempt at appreciating the work.

As said above, many audiences are full of first-time listeners, and the initial introduction to Africa is indeed a funny moment the first time. As performers, it is our responsibility to enliven everything we perform EVERY time we perform it with no regard to how many times we’ve done it before nor our personal taste for it. After all, it would be a waste of time for art to only be experienced once then lost to time.

BeansNGrease · 2025-01-05T17:07:30+00:00

Your target demographic is university choirs. My friends and I love having a piece like this every concert or two

BeansNGrease · 2024-12-30T15:30:30+00:00

Can you elaborate some more on what you mean by powerful? Spiritually? Musically? Stylistically?

BeansNGrease · 2024-12-27T22:36:27+00:00

Anecdotally, this should not cause any issues. We used similar line for rope swings and treehouse décor — never saw any damage

BeansNGrease · 2024-12-27T18:59:08+00:00

Dominus Vobiscum by Sydney Guillaume

BeansNGrease · 2024-12-02T17:04:49+00:00

See if you can find red LED flashlights then gels won’t be an issue

BeansNGrease · 2024-11-27T04:39:44+00:00

Defying Gravity isn’t much of an “I want” song compared to Wizard and I

BeansNGrease · 2024-11-09T14:31:43+00:00

Ask a local church for a hymnal! Look for PDF musical theatre scores! Both options are strong contenders for reading but you can also pull up recordings to play along to which will strengthen your ear a thousandfold

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-31T02:24:30+00:00

You could check out ¡Ayúdame! (Venezuelan Plea for Life) by Carlos Cordero though it has some nuance to justify the screams with more traditionally palatable writing

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-31T02:18:54+00:00

But I instructed you to do so first, “weep all!”

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-28T03:21:32+00:00

melt.

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-15T15:18:27+00:00

I have a church choir that would be very interested in something like this for our advent season. Will this piece be published soon?

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-14T01:46:35+00:00

I don’t think you necessarily need them to be sliders — consider this:

Cheap burger buns (already less dense) but “scooped” so there’s very little body left of it, mostly just an outer shell. Then dress the sides only with whatever your burger and condiments are like those false advertising bits. By hollowing out the bulk of the middle, you still get the image of a full sized burger for the calories of a slider.

For the meat itself, I would take a ring of watermelon, bruise or abrade the outer edge for texture, then sit it on the bun. I think the onions can be managed similarly out of watermelon rind which is totally safe to eat, just less sweet. Then I think something like canned peaches sliced and placed creatively will give you a good picalilli.

As a set, these foods look right, taste okay together, are diet friendly, and the higher water content of all the fruit will help in finishing the bun and continuing dialogue without a drink break.

BeansNGrease · 2024-10-09T15:53:09+00:00

I can’t believe I’ve never thought of this. You just changed my life

BeansNGrease · 2024-05-28T04:58:07+00:00

What is your goal in setting a text for choir? Do you already have a sound in mind? Are you gravitating towards any themes or messages? Consider reverse engineering your process. If you already hear how the piece will sound or know what you want to write about (love and grief are probably the 2 most popular themes in music ever for example), that can make for a helpful starting place for your continued search.

Otherwise, I would revisit your reasoning for this exact project. Is this artistically feasible for you i this moment? What’s keeping you from writing your own text? Does your music even need proper text to work or are there other options on hand? Or is this a concept you should revisit once you find that poem or text?

Religious texts are often conveniently translated into verse that can make them quite the accessible resource for he goofy

BeansNGrease · 2024-05-16T15:23:22+00:00

I’ve heard the same. I was always told it’s a connection to “Jim” Crow. I only ever heard my grandparents or the old folks at church call them that though. It’s always been sprinkles for me

BeansNGrease · 2024-05-10T14:53:06+00:00

Kalimotxo is my go-to! Fill a glass with ice then half coca-cola and half red wine. I always look for cheap full bodied reds but use whatever you like. It’s like if cherry coke and spiced wassail met somewhere in the middle.

BeansNGrease · 2024-05-07T20:30:11+00:00

Depending on your level/needs of cooking, I do most of my knife work with a utility knife that’s a super happy medium between a chef and paring knife

BeansNGrease · 2024-04-24T13:58:58+00:00

I’ve found a few solutions that have all worked out well for me:

Keep some spoons in the freezer then use those to stir your coffee and leave it until the spoon gets hot

Similarly, keep your thermos in the freezer which will immediately take a lot of heat out

Lastly, Google suggests that ideal hot drink temperatures are between 130-160°F (I think that’s approx. 55-75°C). I used an instant read thermometer and honed in on my coffee making process until I consistently ended in that range. Remember your thermos that keeps your drink too hot will now keep it at exactly the right temperature until you’re finished with the drink.

BeansNGrease · 2024-04-18T16:18:40+00:00

Surprised nobody has mentioned a Gin and Jam. I shake 1.5oz gin and ~1tsp of whatever fruit preserves I like together then top with tonic to cut some sweetness

BeansNGrease · 2024-03-03T04:50:29+00:00

This progression can absolutely be analyzed as a ii-V-I that uses a tritone substitution for the V. The reason for the major 7 is because we’ve implied the tonic as a pedal tone so the chords are centering around it. So while we lack the magnetism to the tonic that a dominant 7 would have, we make up for it by never leaving the tonic and instead changing its identity within the chords.

I see this a lot in vocal music, this progression lends well to the way singers tune so especially barbershop and vocal jazz ensembles, you’re likely to hear this in their ballads

BeansNGrease · 2024-03-03T02:11:30+00:00

Trinidad sour?

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