A fine and fitting farewell for Madrigal Choir's founder

An overflow crowd filled the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity on Sunday (Nov. 28) to hear the Madrigal Choir of Binghamton's Lessons and Carols for Christmas, Anne Boyer Cotten's farewell concert. It was a fine and fitting send-off from a choir and a community grateful for the her gift of high-quality a cappella music for 33 years.

By |2022-01-27T13:30:46-05:00December 1st, 2010|Arts Talk, Broome Arts Mirror|

Alice Parker teaches heart and soul of folksong

Alice Parker, legendary composer and arranger of folksongs and hymns, presented a Community Sing in Binghamton as part of a weekend with The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton, at whose concert she conducted several of her arrangements. Her Community Sing inspired listeners to sing folksong and hymns in the spirit of the story the text tells. Melody, harmony, rhythm and tempo should all reflect the mood of the song, she said. When we sing songs of other cultures as closely as possible to their original style and spirit, we make the best bridge to those cultures.

By |2022-01-27T13:30:48-05:00October 19th, 2010|Arts Talk, Broome Arts Mirror|
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