2008 Woodie Awards
Chamber Singers' spring concert
Music for Holy Week performance March 18
by Tim Suda
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: A&E
The Piedmont Chamber Singers will perform their spring concert entitled Reflections and Remembrance: Music for Holy Week on Tuesday, March 18. Dr. Wallace Hinson is conducting the group's performance of religious music. The concert brings the audience through a series of emotions, starting with misery and ending with grace. Each piece tells a story that can't be put on paper, only sung. The Chamber Singers sing each song as if they were telling stories about their own lives.
The final rehearsal was on Sunday, March 16. At the rehearsal, the group performed exceptionally well. Although there were nearly 40 singers, they sang in complete unison, acting as one voice. The voices rose up and down in perfect crescendos that lift the group's voice to a beautiful level.
To complement the religious tones of the music, the singers' voices reached high to match the angelic music. Each part of the ensemble complements the other parts. Together, they make each piece unique. Hinson has done a great job bringing the group to where they are. To call him a puppet master would illustrate his ability to make the singers sound perfectly in unison. However, it would degrade the individual voices to mere puppets. Each singer earned their place with the Chamber Singers, and contributes to the variability of what sounds like a hundred angelic voices.
At the rehearsal, it may have looked like a high school gym class, but it sounded like a professional singing group. On Tuesday, the group will be dressed to match their voices: beautifully.
There will be two accompanists for the concert. Phillip Hayner, who is part of the group, will play the piano. Louise Bass will play the organ. The concert is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for Worship and Music.
The final rehearsal was on Sunday, March 16. At the rehearsal, the group performed exceptionally well. Although there were nearly 40 singers, they sang in complete unison, acting as one voice. The voices rose up and down in perfect crescendos that lift the group's voice to a beautiful level.
To complement the religious tones of the music, the singers' voices reached high to match the angelic music. Each part of the ensemble complements the other parts. Together, they make each piece unique. Hinson has done a great job bringing the group to where they are. To call him a puppet master would illustrate his ability to make the singers sound perfectly in unison. However, it would degrade the individual voices to mere puppets. Each singer earned their place with the Chamber Singers, and contributes to the variability of what sounds like a hundred angelic voices.
At the rehearsal, it may have looked like a high school gym class, but it sounded like a professional singing group. On Tuesday, the group will be dressed to match their voices: beautifully.
There will be two accompanists for the concert. Phillip Hayner, who is part of the group, will play the piano. Louise Bass will play the organ. The concert is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for Worship and Music.
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