An bet8体育娱乐入口 choral group recently accomplished something that most people only do in dreams — singing at the legendary Carnegie Hall in 纽约市.
More than 60 members of the ODU Concert Choir traveled by bus to New York where they performed in the famous concert hall on 3月17日. They sang as part of an event billed as the New England Symphonic Ensemble with participating choruses.
“It’s something you hear about all your life, but being on stage there is incredible,奥利弗·西利说, a music education major in his senior year at ODU. “大厅很漂亮，很华丽.”
He said the choir rose to the occasion and performed better than ever.
“I was super proud of the students and everyone who pulled together to make this happen,克里斯蒂娜·洛约拉说, an adjunct faculty member who made many of the arrangements for the trip and sang with the choir. She was surprised by the historic venue’s acoustics. “很清楚，”她说. “这对我来说太疯狂了.”
南希·克莱因(南希·克莱因)是ODU的F. 路德维希·迪恩音乐学院, conducted the ensemble’s Carnegie performance of “Gloria” by composer Francis Poulenc. It was her fourth time conducting at the hall.
ODU’s singers were joined on stage by choirs from Regent University in Virginia Beach and University of Texas at El Paso as well as a full orchestra.
“It’s a miraculous thing,” Klein said. “We had 70 instrumentalists, 142 choristers. There were over 200 musicians on that stage. Everyone was doing something individual, with it all coming together to create this incredible piece of music.
“这是怎么发生的?她大声问. “这是惊人的.”
The composer of the music deserves credit, she said. “但部分原因是权力, energy and excitement that the students feel when they perform it.”
在克莱因指挥“格洛丽亚”之后,” Elisa Fraser Wilson from UTEP stepped to the front to conduct the whole ensemble for Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna.”
Despite the challenges any hybrid ensemble faces, Klein heard few musical problems during the performance. The massed musicians created what she described as a powerful, sumptuous sound.
这是一群乐于接受的观众,艾米丽·昂德拉克-彼得森说, executive director of the Diehn School. “They seemed to enjoy all the pieces. 我们的声乐家听起来棒极了. It was great that they got to work with other choirs and other conductors and a professional orchestra.”
Thanks to her extensive experience as performer in New York and beyond, Ondracek-Peterson was invited to play violin with the orchestra at the concert.
While the concert itself was a success, the group faced some struggles leading up to curtain time.
早上8:30.m. pre-concert rehearsal was rough, Klein said, with the ODU singers sounding unfocused. At another run-through that afternoon, the vocalists had trouble hearing themselves and struggled to finetune their tones.
“But in the concert, boy, they sounded fabulous,” Klein said. “This was a really important experience for them.” By adjusting to a new conductor and singing with unfamiliar orchestra musicians, 学生变得有价值, 真实的经历.
“They had to adapt to the differences and did that very well,” Klein said. “他们充满了活力。. They were learning not just the music, but so many musicianship skills … It was huge encouragement for them.”
New York’s bounty of extracurricular activities made the multi-day trip memorable, too.
“Students had all kinds of fun,” Klein said. “They went to the opera, or to see [the musical] ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and you could be entertained just by walking around,” she said.
The ODU group stayed in a midtown hotel near frenetic Times Square.
After the concert, the group took a celebratory river cruise.
“I think my favorite memory [of the trip] was the Spirit of New York cruise on the Hudson River and seeing the Statue of Liberty near sunset,唱诗班成员和说 ODU警官斯科特·埃文斯. “I had never seen the Statue of Liberty, and it was something that I will never forget.”
Participants said they’ll treasure memories from their intense, immersive New York adventure.
“It was really cool,” said Sealey, who sings bass with the choir.
His parents traveled to New York to witness their son’s big moment on stage at Carnegie Hall.
“I saw them after the performance,” Sealey said. “我想我妈妈一直在哭.
“它真的很可爱.”