A presentation by Jocelyn Hagen
created for the World Choral Symposium, July 2017
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(Jocelyn Hagen) Today I’m going to talk about the future of choral music by looking at where we are today. What are the current trends?
I’m going to divide these trends into 6 sections or sub-topics: text selection, movement, under-served and lesser known cultures and languages, fusion with popular music, let’s get social, and technology.
TEXT SELECTION
Trends: looking beyond traditional literary and sacred texts
quotes (Malala, Joan Szymko)
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Speeches/Political texts/Courtroom transcripts (Buck v. Bell, Scot Hanna-Weir, What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach?, Melissa Dunphy) \
found texts / internet texts (Telegram, Jocelyn Hagen)
nonsense texts (Miniyama Nayo, Paul John Rudoi, Nyon, Nyon, Jake Runestad)
lesser known or secular Latin texts (Vespertilians, Jocelyn Hagen)
composers writing their own texts (Privilege, Ted Hearne)
combining of multiple texts (Sitio, Dominick DiOrio)
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sourcing text from the ensemble (me(n), Joshua Shank) link: read text
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commissioning texts from living poets (Tony Silvestri, Euan Tait)
Inventive (Red Red Noun, Timothy C. Takach)
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MOVEMENT
large form: Toxic Psalms, Carmina Slovenica
small form: Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie, Moira Smiley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY3XxnRtu48
in-between: Hands, Jocelyn Hagen
Afka Hooyo, Timothy C. Takach (Somalian)
LINK: https://www.graphitepublishing.com/product/afka-hooyo-mother-tongue/
A Sto Cemo, Moira Smiley (Bosnian/Croatian)
Sofðu unga ástin mín, Jocelyn Hagen (Icelandic)
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En Paz, Jesús López Moreno (Mexican)
LINK: https://www.graphitepublishing.com/product/en-paz-peace/
FUSION WITH POPULAR MUSIC
NATION & MASHUP EPs
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mashup-ep/id810253848
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-life-around-you-ep/id1215647512
Controlled Burn, collaboration with rapper/writer Dessa
Someplace, incorporates beat-boxer
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Hummingbird, collaboration with composer/electronic musician Peter John (Spearfisher), incorporates popular synth sounds, beats
Look Out Above, collaboration with Dessa
Other: Elastic Heart, Timothy C. Takach (complex & refined arrangement of Sia tune)
Gravedigger, Timothy C. Takach (complex & refined arrangement of Dave Matthews Band tune)
Alleluia/Hallelujah MASHUP, Steve Hackman (mashup arrangement of Randall Thompson’s Alleluia and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah)
Larger than Life , Pinkzebra
LINK: https://www.jwpepper.com/Larger-Than-Life/10568074.item#/
LET’S GET SOCIAL
Justice Choir
LINK: http://www.justicechoir.org
Beer Choir
LINK: https://beerchoir.com
Virtual Choir
TECHNOLOGY
Hummingbird, Jocelyn Hagen & Spearfisher, SATB choir, soprano solo, piano and/or electronics
Voices of Light, Richard Einhorn (Music composed for silent French film The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928) chorus, orchestra, soloists
LINK: http://www.richardeinhorn.com/vol/volhomepage.html
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Premiering in 2019) Jocelyn Hagen, mixed choir, orchestra, & video projections
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