Classical choir meets swing.Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Think "Eugene Concert Choir Eugene Concert Choir is a non-profit choral organization based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It consists of two mixed-voice choruses: the 100-member Eugene Concert Choir (ECC), and the semi-professional chamber group Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble (EVAE). ," and you're more likely to imagine music by J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn than by Glenn Miller Noun 1. Glenn Miller - United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) Alton Glenn Miller, Miller and Cab Calloway Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. . But the choir lets its collective hair down Sunday when it performs ``The Big Bands Sound'' in concert with the band Swing Shift and soloists Bill Hulings and Shirley Andress. "Swing music is really popular," said Diane Retallack, the choir's artistic director and conductor. ``For the millennium we did a retrospective concert of the whole century. And there were a couple spots where the music just exploded.'' Now the choir is doing an entire evening of that explosive pop music. The first challenge was finding arrangements. ``There is not a lot of music for symphonic choir and jazz band out there,'' Retallack said. ``There are a few vocal choral arrangements of some of the great old band standards. So we would take some choral music and create a band arrangement, or (Swing Shift director) Jim Olsen would start from scratch to start (again) from the very beginning; also, to start without resources. - Thackeray. See also: Scratch with a great tune and do the whole arrangement for choir and band.'' The choir will go it alone for one number, performing ``Days of Wine and Roses'' in an a cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. arrangement. Former choir member John Vavrek will return from Seattle to do historical narration about the tunes. Ballroom dance instructors Robert Alexander Schwartz and Julie Reid will dance to "Moonlight Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is ." Other dancers include Emily Erfurth, Josh McLaughlin, Russ Bruner and Karly Barrett and members of the ELLA ELLA - A hardware design language from DRA Malvern. Implemented in ALGOL68-RS. E-mail: <ella@dra.hmg.gb>. SPARC version. ["ELLA 2000: A Language for Electronic System Design", J.D. Morison and A.S. Clarke, McGraw-Hill 1993]. Swing Dance Club. Toe-tapping audience members can let loose after the concert. Swing Shift will play for ballroom dancing in Studio One following the show. CONCERT PREVIEW The Big Bands Sound What: Eugene Concert Choir with Swing Shift, Shirley Andress and Bill Hulings does hit tunes from "Days of Wine and Roses" to "Mack the Knife" Also on the bill: Dancing by Robert Alexander Schwartz and Julie Reid; Emily Erfurth, Josh McLaughlin, Russ Bruner and Karly Barrett; and by the ELLA Swing Dance Club Where: Hult Center, Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street When: 2:30 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $11 to $29, through the Hult box office, 682-5000 Post-concert ballroom dance with Swing Shift: In Studio One, $10 |
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