Category: Ensembles
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Not safe
Sadly. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/888945949/is-singing-together-safe-in-the-era-of-coronavirus-not-really-experts-say
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So much going on
A big jazz month starts Monday! I feel like it’s been years since I’ve written anything here, but life has been full indeed. Our decennial visit from the National Association of Schools of Music takes place in just two weeks’ time. The two ‘visitors’ (music executives from other schools) will stop in on classes, ensemble…
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Chamber Singers reunion
Dr. Trent Patterson hosted a Chamber Singers reunion this weekend, with nearly 40 singers in attendance, spanning his eight years at Webster University. The concert was Sunday afternoon, but apparently the fun lasted the weekend. Alums flew in from Texas and North Carolina and drove in from other states. People who had never sung together…
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Happy Chair
We are at that spot in the semester, just prior to mid-term and a week break, where concerts are taking place right and left. And this department chair is very happy this month. Last week the Webster University Orchestra played a concert that featured idiomatic Johann Strauss, powerful blasts of Shostakovich, and three concerto/aria contest…
NATS Central Region Governor 