Heyo! Tried my hand at writing some choral stuff today.
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What are your experiences with writing things like mouth sounds, breathing sounds or unconventional sounds for choir?
I initially wanted to write a whole piece for choir without notes but just contains various vowel sounds in inhalation and exhalation but got a bit too intimidated to do the whole piece like that, as I'm not sure if it would work.
In your experience do you reckon something like that would be effective? I don't have much experience singing in choirs or writing for them so your input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Ollie
Hmm! Room Full of Teeth has a lot of interesting pieces in their repertoire, exploring some similar areas. This being said, I think that this piece would work nicely - nice ideas, and with some clever rehearsal wouldn't be too hard! Alice (Chance obvs) has a knack for clever choral music... send it to her!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the commission that I (and Alice too) are fulfilling for the Song Company. We can use sounds but not words. There are some precedents you can look at. For example Pauline Oliveros’ Sound Patterns for Mixed Chorus. https://youtu.be/xh9Tk14hcL8
ReplyDeleteI have other examples, let’s chat if you’re pursuing writing this piece Oliver!