DECK THE HALLS! 2012

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Schedule for Jeffery Ames residency

ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17

10:10-11:00 a.m.

Lecture for MUS 366 (Fundamentals of Conducting)

Foster 300

12:20-1:10 p.m.

Rehearsal with Concert Choir

First Christian Church

2:30-3:20 p.m.

Rehearsal with University Singers

First Christian Church

3:30-4:20 p.m.

Rehearsal with Chamber Singers

First Christian Church

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

2:00-3:15 p.m.

Master class with choral conducting graduate students & University Singers

Foster 100
There will be time at the end of this session for Q&A with Dr. Ames

8:00 p.m.

Fall Choir Concert

First Christian Church

Singing: The Key to a Long Life

Here is an excerpt from a wonderful essay about how group singing is good for the mind, body, spirit, and community:

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a cappella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us.  -- Brian Eno

  
CLICK HERE to read the entire essay.