{"id":13312,"date":"2022-10-05T12:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:40:28","slug":"joycemcbrideblogpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/joycemcbrideblogpost\/","title":{"rendered":"The magic of singing together"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Anyone who has sung in a vocal group or a chorus knows the feeling: something is just special when we sing together. There\u2019s a marvelous sense of reaching out, of connecting with other voices to make a sound that is more than just our single notes, a sound that merges and grows, with multiple melodies blending into a harmonious whole. Whether it\u2019s a circle of friends singing folk music in our living room or professional singers in a concert ensemble, it\u2019s that elemental joining of voices that, for me, brings emotion to the fore.<\/p>

We\u2019re so in luck to have Dashon Burton back with us on October 16 to lead a master class on ensemble singing. Dashon is an acclaimed soloist who is equally practiced in singing with others: He is part of <\/span>Roomful of Teeth and <\/span>Kaleidoscope,\u00a0two of the top vocal groups working today!<\/span><\/p>

I can\u2019t wait to get Dashon’s perspective on the singing of two groups in our master class: the <\/span>Drew School Singers<\/b><\/a> who will sing the luminous 16th century madrigal <\/span>O Occhi Manza Mia<\/i> by Orlando di Lasso, and the women\u2019s choir Conspiracy of Venus<\/b><\/a> who will sing <\/span>A Place Called Home<\/i> by rock goddess PJ Harvey.<\/span><\/p>

I caught up with Conspiracy of Venus founder and leader Joyce McBride<\/strong> to chat about the group and about her musical path writing and arranging choral music.\u00a0Music is so much about connecting, about blending our minds and sounds into one. It\u2019s what we aspire to in life as well as in music, don\u2019t you think?<\/span><\/p>

Enjoy the interview and then join us for Dashon Burton’s vocal chamber music master class workshop on October 16!<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Anyone who has sung in a vocal group or a chorus knows the feeling: something is just special when we sing together. There\u2019s a marvelous sense of reaching out, of connecting with other voices to make a sound that is more than just our single notes, a sound that merges and grows, with multiple melodies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25,26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chambermusic","category-jazzandmore","category-voice","category-workshops"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe magic of singing together - Amateur Music Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conspiracy of Venus founder and director Joyce McBride speaks with Lolly Lewis about writing for chorus and working with voices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/joycemcbrideblogpost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The magic of singing together - 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