[csc_newsline] Bravo!

[Larry Speakman]

Dear Singers,

 

I hope that you are well and have had an opportunity to get some rest and
savor your work after an incredibly busy weekend of rehearsals and
performances for The King David project. I have spent the last couple of
days doing exactly that as well as trying to make the wood on top of my desk
visible again by trimming the to do list. 

 

I am writing to congratulate you on what was truly an outstanding weekend of
performances. Your work both in preparation and execution was the model of
good music making. I know that for many of you, this was your first
experience singing in one of our grand projects with The Chamber Orchestra
of the Triangle. These projects require much from us in energy, time and
commitment and you responded to that challenge in  every way that I could
have hoped.  The Honegger score was well within our grasp but diverse enough
to require a professional commitment in its preparation. 

 

Ira David Wood asked me to tell you that he thought that the quality of your
work outstanding and that he was delighted to be part of such and
outstanding production. His participation gave the narration the presence
and stature to match up with the music and he was an absolute delight to
work with.  I was asked to convey high praise to you also from Joe Kitchen,
the founding director of The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle when it was
called the St. Stephen's Chamber Orchestra and operated out of St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church in Durham. Joe is still the organist there and he is one of
the area's most respected musicians.

 

I also want to share a conversation that I had with Rebecca Troxler that I
had after the second concert. Rebecca is a Duke music faculty member and was
one of our flutes in the orchestra. One of the musicology professors from
Duke was in attendance and sent a message to us through Rebecca. He was very
pleased with our performance on two levels. Firstly, he enjoyed the
performance and thought that is was very well done.  Secondly, he brought an
unusually informed point of view to that opinion as his specialty is in the
area of two composers, Benjamin Britten and Arthur Honegger. He had never
heard the King David performed live until last weekend.

 

In case you didn't have time to read the review in CVNC you can do here
http://cvnc.org/article.cfm?articleId=6729 On the whole this was a
reasonably positive review though over the years I've learned to not put
much stock in them whether they be good or bad. What is worth noting though
are Mr. Simon's references to the vowel pronunciation and lyrical singing.
It shows that these things are important and really are noticeable. 

 

I look forward to the final program of our year on May 10 and hope to see
you this Monday when Symphonic rehearsals resume.

 

Sincerely,

 

Larry

 

Lawrence Speakman

Artistic Director and Conductor

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The Concert Singers of Cary

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919-249-6421

 

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