#choir nerds

[gloriousthorn]

Whenever I'm at choir practice these days, I like to remind myself that choir nerdiness is deeply ingrained and this is at least one thing that AHB and I have in common. Dorky uniforms, hours of forced togetherness with a bunch of weirdos who become your best friends, secretly hating the first sopranos*...these things don't leave you.

[choirnotations]

We can't count AND think.

Bass

(Michael Gordon, “Natural History”)

[theatre-fairyy]

My view every night this week

[choirnotations]

Even basses can be elegant.

Director

(Gustav Mahler, “Im Tempo des Scherzos (5th movement),” Symphony No 2)

[choirnotations]

That's almost better.

Director

[choirnotations]

If it's under pitch, we need more of the Meryl Streep cheekbones.

Director

(Mårten Jansson, “The Choirmaster's Burial“)

[choirnotations]

You guys need to make that 'but' smaller. Does this song make my but look big? Yes, it does.

Director

(Craig Carnahan, “Armistice 1918 (Everyone Sang)”)

[choirnotations]

It's like a slap. If the stooges had written harmonic progressions - that would be it.

Director

(Mahler, “Im Tempo des Scherzos (5th movement),” Symphony No 2)