I made quite a bit of progress on my recital list tonight. I keep having to remind myself that these pieces are for a small chamber group, and no, I can't do anything from Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. But that is now on my "I will conduct this someday" list.
I'm still missing something. I know I am. Or maybe I made so many decisions tonight that I just feel I am missing something. Or rather, the individual pieces are great, but I want to make sure it fits together in an exciting and challenging way for the singers and a quality and entertaining way for the audience.
Want to know what those pieces are? Well, I am not ready to share even my ideas yet! But I can say this: I am programming for a smaller choir. We have an excellent accompanist. I hope to have them sing in Russian. I have two pieces that could potentially be "big" closers, so I am not sure how the energy of that would work. I have pieces in which the choir can work on producing different colors. I am excited to have a choir that will understand that concept and be able to respond to it- and I will be able to push them. Also, one of the pieces I have chosen is a piece I have heard before as a pop remix in Zumba. I currently have six languages programmed. I need 30-40 minutes worth of music. I have some REALLY tough pieces planned, and the toughest ones I don't plan on having to cut from my list.
In other news, today I submitted credit transfer paperwork for two classes from my masters- a theory and a history. It would be so extremely helpful if those credits from my masters could count toward a requirement or two of my DMA.
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