2010 Guest Two Town Sing-in Conductors
Join us November 15th, 7 pm, Burgdorff Cultural Center to sing with all 6 conductors: Perry Fine, Tina Marshall, Peri Smilow, Amondhylla Best, Richard Alston, and Vicki Carter.
South Orange and Maplewood residents who love to sing and are high school age or older will be all smiles when they see the line-up of professional talent serving as guest conductors for the 2011 Fall Two Towns Sing-in. The first of four weekly workshops is Tuesday, October 25th at 7 PM, Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Rd., Maplewood. The other workshops are Nov. 1, 8 and 15 at the same time and location. This year, participants will be singing for the sheer joy of it with no final performance, so Click Here to leave your name, e-mail, phone number and voice part or call 973-761-6116, X6.
Update: The first workshop was wonderful! The group of singers learned two pieces led by Cantor Perry Fine of Congregation Beth El–one in Hebrew and the other in Yiddish. Cantor Fine taught the singers about the history and meaning of the pieces as he got them to produce a beautiful sound. Tina Marshall, music minister at First Baptist Church of South Orange then led the group in two gospel songs. She explained the tradition of gospel singing and had the group begin with simple melodies that build and add harmonies as they repeat.
Week 2 with Peri Smilow and Amondhylla Best included contemporary Jewish music with beautiful harmonies and poetic lyrics as well as South African sounds and rythyms.
Conductors Tina Marshall & Perry Fine
Sopranos and a Bass baritone singing a Yiddish hymn
