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...Matthew Svoboda to the annual classical-music celebration at the University of Oregon in Eugene. "It's a first-class festival with incredible musicians I'd expect to see only in New York, Paris or Los Angeles," says Svoboda, who is pursuing a master's degree in composition and choral conducting...
...crumbling YMCA on Beatrice Street near the Durban waterfront resounds with music and foot-stomping. Once this South African port city on the Indian Ocean hummed day and night with Zulu stevedores hauling ship cargo. Now in the small hours, the docks are quiet, but inside the Y, isicathamiya choral groups are pulsing. Isicathamiya (i-see-ca-tah-me-ya) encompasses elements of Zulu ritual celebrations and American gospel and ragtime. Opening for concerts in the late evening, the Beatrice Street Y offers a dim, sweltering performance hall one flight up crooked wooden stairs. The Saturday crowd sitting on plastic...
...Choral music begins and the ad then shows Keplinger at work with a paintbrush strapped to his head. His words border the bottom of the shots of his work, reading, "I speak to the world in color and light" and "Art gives me a way to express myself." The ad concludes with Keplinger struggling to say, "I'm unbelievably lucky." If you missed it, I encourage you to go to www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/sb01/index.htm...
...only be achieved with the perfect combination of euphonious melodies and impeccable harmonies. "More Than That" expands the Boys' legacy of classy groove-ballads by fusing the innocent lyrics of love with a dark, brooding and exotic minor baseline; Brian's angelic solo coupled with the other Boys' seamless choral entrance exemplifies musical maturity that the band worked tirelessly to express in this new album. "Time" is not only well crafted with memorable hooks and excellent production, but also the first song in which all the boys had song-writing involvement. Constructed with the melodies that stand out prominently...
...night). Scott and See-Yuen divided time between their primary instruments and kalimbas for the calypso "Global Warming," a tune which simultaneously reflected Rollins' environmental concerns as well as the African influence in Carribean and American music. Anderson proved a worthy front-line counterpart for Rollins. Their joint choral statements were closer to interplay than harmonization; they seemed to form a mutual inspiration society. Anderson's solos added much needed firepower which both complemented the maestro and compensated for Rollins' more conservative improvisatory moments. Anderson's feature on Duke Ellington's "In My Solitude" stands out as a highlight...