{"id":17629,"date":"2014-04-05T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=17629"},"modified":"2014-04-05T01:11:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T06:11:11","slug":"apsu-choral-activities-hosting-big-sing-on-april-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/05\/apsu-choral-activities-hosting-big-sing-on-april-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Choral Activities hosting “Big Sing” on April 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, <\/b><\/span>TN<\/b><\/span> – <\/span>In 1901, French composer Louis Vierne stunned churchgoers at the Saint-Sulpice Cathedral in Paris with the premier of his organ and choral work, \u201cMesse Solennelle.\u201d The dramatic composition moved many attending the mass that day, and in the century that followed, the work has continued to fascinate choral or organ enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

At 5:30pm on April 14th, more than 120 singers will join organist Rev. Jared Wilson in a performance of the Kyrie section of this work in the Austin Peay State University Mabry Concert Hall. The performance, which is free and open to the public, is part of the inaugural \u201cThe Big Sing\u201d concert event, hosted by the APSU choral activities.\u201c\u2018The Big Sing\u2019 is a new creation, with the goal of bringing high performing choirs to campus to sing alongside the APSU choral ensembles,\u201d Dr. Korre Foster, director of choral activities at APSU, said. \u201cThis year, we will have the White House High School Choir and the Wilson Central High School Choir join us for an evening of impressive music making.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two high school choirs will arrive on campus that morning and spend the day meeting with APSU students and rehearsing for the evening\u2019s performance. In addition to the \u201cMesse Solennelle\u201d piece, which will close the show, the high school students will join the APSU choirs for a performance of British composer Bob Chilcott\u2019s \u201cThe Singing Heart\u201d and the Indian choral work, \u201cBalleilakka.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the concert, students in the APSU Department of Art\u2019s Digital Media II class will create and project movie clips, live images and real-time drawings onto the architecture of the concert hall. The artists will create images that respond to the choirs as they perform. Choreography by Margaret Rennerfeldt, APSU assistant professor of dance, will also be featured during \u201cBalleilakka.\u201d<\/p>\n

The multifaceted evening will begin with individual performances by APSU\u2019s Chamber Singers, the University Choir and Vocal Ease. The high school choirs will join all four University choirs for the final three performances of the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a very busy year, and this choral concert will take our students into their next major activity \u2013 the opera production two weeks later,\u201d Foster said.<\/p>\n

For more information on the \u201cThe Big Sing\u201d at APSU, contact Foster at fosterk@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – In 1901, French composer Louis Vierne stunned churchgoers at the Saint-Sulpice Cathedral in Paris with the premier of his organ and choral work, \u201cMesse Solennelle.\u201d The dramatic composition moved many attending the mass that day, and in the century that followed, the work has continued to fascinate choral or organ enthusiasts. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-4Al","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17631,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17629\/revisions\/17631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}