Concert

On the May 24th, 2010, the School of Music presented the University Chorale conducted by Giselle Wyers. The concert was held at Meany Hall at 1930 hours.

As the concert started, I noticed to how the singers were dressed very neatly. The women have a black long gown dress that covers their legs. I noticed that even though the program booklet said that the conductor was Giselle Wyers, there was another male conductor and through the booklet I found that his name was Bret Amundson.

The first piece of the song that was performed was called Jauchzet Dem Herren. This first piece was conducted by Bret Amundson. I did not really like the first piece as it sounds more like a hymn instead of a song. Nevertheless, I think that the singers were really good as their voices filled through the concert hall and it was really pure and soothing.

However, I quite enjoyed the second piece, which was called Cuncti Simus. As I listened to the song, it came on to me very strongly; especially when the tenor, Jason Lin, was singing. The power of his voice was very moving.

There were also a few pieces that gained my attention such as the song titled “Climb.” During this piece, there were 2 solo singers, Richelle Scanlan and Brin Culbertson. I really liked their individual parts and it reminded me of the “call and response” music as the singers were doing the singing back and forth.

Halfway through the performance, the conductor, Giselle Wyer, presented a bunch of bouquet of flowers to the graduating seniors, which mostly female. Additionally, she also presented a bouquet of flowers to Bret Amundson.

In conclusion, I did not really enjoy the whole performance as I could not make up the words that the singers were singing. However, I really liked the way how the singers were able to sing and expressed themselves. Also, I really liked how the singers were able to sing with overflowing emotion to deliver the underlying meaning of the song.