Middle & Upper School Winter Concert
January 6, 2023
砖墙教堂的观众们兴奋不已:备受期待的中、高年级冬季音乐会已经到来. This year also marked the return of our full Middle School Chorus, 包括六年级到八年级的合唱,以及我们五年级的合唱团,由2030级的每个成员组成.
高中部合唱团以音乐剧《BG大游》中梦幻般的“Once Upon a December”开场,随后五年级合唱团演唱了低年级音乐老师玛丽·贝丝·亚历山大创作的“欢迎来到冬天”和安德里亚·拉姆齐创作的“I Lift my Voice”,并由五年级添词. In the second song, 所有的观众都被鼓励跟着合唱一起唱——他们也跟着唱了! Throughout the entirety of Brick Church students, family members, 专业社区成员齐声唱道:“当他们试图分裂我们时, they will only unite us! I lift my voice!”
这场音乐会也标志着音乐系主席兼合唱节目总监迈克尔·戈德(Michael Goede)希望成为南丁格尔音乐会常客的开始. 在唱诗班们站在高台上演奏音乐的间隙,Mr. Goede asked that audience members turn and talk with one another, 参与一个以问题为特色的提示,帮助听众相互了解. 分享你是如何进入南丁格尔社区的, Share your favorite winter/holiday memory or tradition, and Share your favorite moment(s) from the evening.
“‘转身交谈’时刻的想法最初源于邀请观众参与整个音乐会体验的愿望,而不是传统的, passive recipient. Often, music concerts carry certain expectations for audience etiquette that, truthfully, are rooted in a western approach to music,” Mr. Goede shared.
“Choral concerts feel very different in other parts of the world. For example, when Chamber Chorus toured South Africa 2018, 我们为我们称之为“活跃”听众的观众表演:他们的身体在动, their faces were animated, and their spirits were almost tangible. 我认为重要的是,我们的南丁格尔社区认识到我们可以集中其他声音和传统的方式,包括我们对观众的要求. Creating informal moments was one way to experiment with this idea. The feedback from people was overwhelmingly positive, 我希望我们能在未来的演出中延续这种新传统.”
He continued, “Equally as important, 认识到我们的社区因为大流行而分离了这么长时间吗. Our normal moments of connection were replaced by screens. 我们认为音乐会是一个建立彼此社区的机会, to restore and strengthen relationships, and to be reminded of what makes Nightingale so special,” Mr. Goede noted.
接下来是中学合唱团,观众们在座位上随着经典的节日歌曲《BG大游》跳舞,高中合唱团带来了丹尼尔·埃尔德的《BG大游》和科林·布里特和马克·卡普兰的《BG大游官网》(更多的观众参与)!), 和毫无根据的指控演唱了由文斯·瓜拉尔迪和李·门德尔松创作的怀旧的冬季歌曲“圣诞时间在这里” A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Following, 高中室内合唱团站在舞台中央,用德语为观众献上了小夜曲《BG大游》. 15).” Before they began their next song, Mr. Goede解释说,以下两首歌是有意选择的一对,并要求所有掌声保持到第二首歌结束时. 当室内合唱团高亢的声音齐声唱起《BG大游》时,布里克教堂一片寂静,歌词是泰戈尔的,音乐是克雷格·海拉·约翰逊的. After a slightest pause, 他们开始唱Craig Carnelia的《BG大游官网》,歌词是这样的:
Let me run thru a field in the night,
Let me lift from the ground ‘til my soul is in flight.
Let me sway like the shade of a tree,
Let me swirl like a cloud in a storm on the sea.
Wish me on my way thru the dawning day.
I wanna flow, wanna rise, wanna spill,
wanna grow in a grove on the side of a hill,
wanna shift like a wave rollin’ on,
wanna drift from the path I’ve been traveling upon,
before I am gone.
Mr. Goede reflected, “我在9月份就知道,《BG大游》和《BG大游官网》可能会成为音乐会中令人惊叹和引人注目的时刻. 这两篇文章都探讨了对某种感觉遥不可及的东西的渴望. When choosing repertoire, 我想找到既能教授特定的音乐概念,又能与歌手产生联系的音乐. 他们必须感受歌曲的情感,包括音乐本身和歌词. 学生们立刻喜欢上了《BG大游官网》,还发现《BG大游官网》的声音令人难以忘怀,大提琴充当了第三个声音. 我记得我解释了把两首歌搭配起来的概念,中间没有停顿, 当学生们不间断地听两段录音来模仿音乐会的感觉, their faces lit up. They understood and believed in the concept. 在这个时刻,我们可以把观众留住一段时间,把他们带到一个不同的空间.”
最后,v - 12班的所有歌手起立演唱卡尔·詹金斯的《BG大游》. In these moments, 不可否认的是,当一个人有能力改变一个空间时,声音的力量是如何聚集在一起的. With every note, joy and hope filled the air, 音乐的节奏推动着这首歌一直走到最后. Cheering and applause erupted, 又一场美丽的中高中冬季音乐会落下帷幕.