WEATHER – We’re Here for the Storm That’s Storming
April 13, 2024 | Dorothy Smith I first heard Weather: Stand the Storm in February, 2023. I knew from that moment I wanted the World House Choir to perform this extraordinary work as we entered our second decade of singing together in community. I was attending the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Cincinnati. Rollo Dilworth, the composer, introduced the performance explaining
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Measuring a Decade of Singing in Community
August 31, 2023 | Dorothy SmithHow can I measure in song this last momentous decade? What repertoire over the last ten years speaks to what we have lived through together, especially in these last years of pandemic and lockdown? Nina Simone tells us that, “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” During these turbulent times when many of our rights
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