The Viking Singers and the Viking Choral were challenged to learn to sing in Latin and French in only two months for a five carol song in the upcoming Holiday Choir Concert on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The concert’s \u201cA Joyous Holiday In Song\u201d program will consist of thirteen songs, one of the songs being “A Winter’s Night” by Cecilia McDowall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur music is always new, I have performed Cecilia\u2019s works in the past, but it\u2019s been a few years. I do have favorites that I like to bring back but nothing where my students would sing the same thing twice,\u201d Skye Angulo, the vocal studies director, said. \u201cOur large work, that’s what we’re really focusing on, is \u2018A Winter’s Night\u2019 by Cecilia McDowall it’s about a 25 minute work. We’re going to be singing in different languages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018A Winter\u2019s Night\u2019 will consist of five carols that will be sung in Latin, French and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Viking Singers and the Viking Choral had to learn the meaning of the wording and how to pronounce the words of these two languages in only a short amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt’s been maybe like a month or two- no more than two months (since we started learning these languages),\u201d Stephanie Ramirez, a Viking singer and soloist for one of the songs, said. \u201cI’m still struggling now. The French piece especially moves pretty quickly and we have to get the vowel placements right while also making it sound good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ramirez will have a solo of \u2018Once Upon A December\u2019 from the movie \u201cAnastasia\u201d in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ronin Del Castillo, the organ and piano player for the concert, said he has been playing the piano for around 18 years ever since he was in second grade, but has only played the organ twice. The second time being during the rehearsal that happened Tuesday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI play for both (the Viking singers and the Viking chorals) rehearsals and concerts,\u201d Castillo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Castillo stated that he was learning on his own how to play the organ as no one was teaching him. During rehearsals, Castillo struggled with adjusting the organ’s volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt’s a completely different instrument. My main struggles were that I didn’t know how to work with the volume,\u201d Castillo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the rehearsal had begun, Kendra Vuk, the instructor for the Viking chorale and the other director of the concert, helped the Viking Singers and the Viking Choral warm up both their bodies and their vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe body is our whole instrument so the voice is just a part of our body so we have to make sure our body is free of tension and stretching helps achieve that,\u201d Vuk said. \u201cWe worked a little bit on breath control and holding air for a length of time we did some vocal easies that are called lip trolls where we allow the air to just flow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vuk would help Angulo by finding errors with the balance between the singer’s diction and the bass\u2019 volume, giving advice making sure the trumpets and organ wouldn\u2019t drown out the voices of the singers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Towards the end of the rehearsal, both Angulo and Vuk praised the singer\u2019s and spoke to them reminding them when the next practice would be and what they should do to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To purchase a ticket you can search \u2018LBCC Holiday Choir Concert\u2019 and click the link that’s labeled \u2018Holiday Choir Concert Fall 2023\u2019 then click the \u2018purchase tickets\u2019 button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free tickets are available to students with an ASB card, and LBCC season pass holders. The price for general admission is $15 while students, staff and faculty pay $10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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