“I believe that last year and still this year, the world’s kind of just in a weird time. He said that the light and dark theme in the pieces reminded him of how things have been going these past couple of years with COVID-19. So a lot of the music that you heard on the concert this afternoon was written within the last year or two.”Ĭhristian Walls, a senior political science major, is in two of the three choirs that performed. I also wanted to include a lot of current composers who were living the same experiences that we were. And so we use this metaphor of dark and light in order to bring that to life for the audience. “I had in mind this thought about the process of sort making our way through times that are difficult or dark or troublesome.
“When I was planning that back in the summer, I of course had been through this wild couple of years like we all had,” Clark said. She also wanted to use composers that were more current. When thinking of pieces for each choir to sing at the concert, Clark said she started planning over the summer, which is when she thought of the light and dark theme for the show. I got happier and happier until the final song, ‘Joy,’ which is fitting, so I like that,” Holaway said. “At the beginning, there were more solemn songs. The theme of Sunday’s concert was light and dark, which Hunter Holaway, a freshman history education major and choir singer, thought was well orchestrated, as well as the concert itself. I thought they did a fantastic job today.” They’ve worked really hard and we’re all getting used to each other, so I was really proud of them. It’s really nice to get back on stage again. “We’re coming back from a long absence with COVID and things have been sort of hard. She thought the choirs did an amazing job, especially with the COVID-19 protocols that have been in place since the start of the pandemic. The Director of Choral Activities, Kellie Clark conducted the choirs in Sunday’s concert. The final two songs were performed by all three choirs with piano accompaniment. Some of the choirs had various types of accompaniment, from two cellos to two piano players to a drummer.
The Eastern choral ensembles had their first concert of the semester Sunday afternoon, singing songs with a specific message in mind: we can get through dark times and find the light.
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