Rehearsal
For my first full-length recital at Peabody, I commissioned a new work by a composer in my choir that featured a duet for baritones. In this mid-preparation rehearsal, we polish the choral parts while negotiating tempo and mood with the singers and the composer.
My first appearance guest conducting with the choir of Grace and St. Peter’s! The choir came well prepared and allowed me room to add interpretation and color to these traditional preces and responses.
My first studio recording as a conductor was this reflective and evocative piece by my friend Francesca. Newly composed for a residency with Lorelei Ensemble, Francesca’s piece examines clarity and obscurity, transience and permanence captured beautifully by the singers subtle shifts in color and direction.
In the choral conducting degree at Peabody, we get to rehearse for weeks with a highly capable and motivated group of singers for our conducting recital. Here, we’re a couple weeks from our performance of this Monteverdi trio, a piece I chose to divide between a set of three singers and the full group of about thirteen.