October 22, 2008
Betelehemu: Nigerian Christmas Carol
I auditioned for Colorado Repertory Singers a few months ago and we are preparing for our Christmas Concert. We are singing this Nigerian Christmas Carol. I was asked to choreograph the movements for our choir last week and have been listening to it quite a bit to get ideas from the Mo Tab version.
Enjoy the video, it is really fun! The Nigerians know how to get down.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 7:27 PM
August 20, 2008
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, My Favorite Hymn!
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Posted by Jenny Hatch at 8:33 AM
July 26, 2008
Thy Will be done sung by Jenny Hatch
I love the message of this song!
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Posted by Jenny Hatch at 8:34 AM
May 20, 2008
Idol Finale Tonight! Go Davids Go!
UPDATE
I think David A. pulled it off last night. We'll see.
THE details of this week's "American Idol" David vs. David showdown are finally beginning to emerge.
This season's winner will be crowned tomorrow night, and it will either be 16-year-old David Archuleta or 25-year-old David Cook.
The pair will be judged on three songs, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said yesterday during a call in to "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest's daily radio show.
The first song will be picked by music industry legend Clive Davis - who until last month was the chairman of Sony BMG, the company that owns J Records, which gives each "Idol" winner a record contract.
I love them both, don't really care who wins!
The Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera by David Cook
David Archuleta - "America" - Idol Final 5- 04/29/2008
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 9:37 AM
April 28, 2008
Science Daily: Music has its own geometry
The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 2000 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ratios.
"Different types of categorization produce different geometrical spaces, and reflect the different ways in which musicians over the centuries have understood music. This achievement, they expect, will allow researchers to analyze and understand music in much deeper and more satisfying ways.
The work represents a significant departure from other attempts to quantify music, according to Rachel Wells Hall of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. In an accompanying essay, she writes that their effort, "stands out both for the breadth of its musical implications and the depth of its mathematical content."
The method, according to its authors, allows them to analyze and compare many kinds of Western (and perhaps some non-Western) music. (The method focuses on Western-style music because concepts like "chord" are not universal in all styles.) It also incorporates many past schemes by music theorists to render music into mathematical form."
Really Cool research!
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 6:21 AM
March 27, 2008
Schubert Ave Maria
My bad. I discovered yesterday that I am singing the Latin Schubert Ave Maria tomorow, not the Gounod. So I've been rehearsing all day to get it ready. The Pavarotti Version is above...enjoy!
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 10:35 AM
March 25, 2008
Ave Maria
On sunday A friend at church who is a convert to Mormonism asked me to sing Ave Maria at her Fathers funeral this friday. I told her I would be honored. I have been working on the Latin Gounod version, trying to have it memorized by Friday.
Here is Kathleen Battle and Christopher Parkening Performing Bach / Gounod's Ave Maria Live at the 1987 Grammy Awards.
I hope to invite the spirit of the Lord with my version of this wonderful hymn.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 7:51 AM
Ave Maria
On sunday A friend at church who is a convert to Mormonism asked me to sing Ave Maria at her Fathers funeral this friday. I told her I would be honored. I have been working on the Latin Gounod version, trying to have it memorized by Friday.
Here is Kathleen Battle and Christopher Parkening Performing Bach / Gounod's Ave Maria Live at the 1987 Grammy Awards.
I hope to invite the spirit of the Lord with my version of this wonderful hymn.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 7:51 AM
March 22, 2008
Happy Easter 2008: This is the Christ
(This video is also hosted at My Share Page at One True Media.)
Paul and I are singing in a quartet for Easter Tomorow. Our friends Dave and Karen invited us to prepare this hymn with them for Sacrament Meeting. Here is a montage of our rehearsal this morning. I am hoping to get a better version tomorow when we run through it again before the meeting, but just in case that does not work out, you can get the spirit of the song from this run through. Our friend Lynn was the accompanist.
1. They heard His voice, a voice so mild.
It pierced them through and made their souls to quake.
They saw Him come, a man in white,
The Savior, who had suffered for their sake.
They felt the wounds in hands and side,
And each could testify:
Chorus:
This is the Christ.
This is the Christ, the holy Son of God,
Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind.
This is the Christ, the Healer of our souls,
Who ransomed us with love divine.
2. I read His words, the words He prayed
While bearing sorrow in Gethsemane.
I feel His love, the price He paid.
How many drops of blood were spilled for me?
With Saints of old in joyful cry
I too can testify:
Words: James E. Faust, b. 1920, and Jan Pinborough, b. 1954
Music: Michael Finlinson Moody, b. 1941
© 1995 James E. Faust, Jan Pinborough, and Michael Finlinson Moody.
This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.
3 Nephi 11:3–17
Luke 22:42, 44
Here is another beautiful version:
Lyrics:
This is the Christ...
Lyrics written by President James E. Faust.
They heard His voice, a voice so mild;
It pierced them through and made their
souls to quake;
They saw Him come, a man in white,
The Savior who had suffered for their sake.
They felt the wounds in hands and side,
And each could testify; This is the Christ;
This is the Christ, the holy Son of God,
Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind.
This is the Christ, the healer of our souls
Who ransomed us with love divine.
I read His words, the words He prayed
While bearing sorrow in Gethsemane;
I feel His love, the price He paid.
How many drops of blood were spilled for me?
With saints of old in joyful cry
I too can testify; This is the Christ;
This is the Christ, the holy Son of God,
Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind.
This is the Christ, the healer of our souls
Who ransomed us with love divine
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 1:18 PM
March 5, 2008
The Magic Flute
Last saturday I went to see my friend Lauren perform in The Magic Flute, the wonderful opera written by Mozart. It was a fun show, and I put together a quick montage of my night on the town in Loveland Colorado!
Here is the whole Opera performed by the Northwestern Department of Music
Act 1
NUAMPS' video presentation of the Northwestern University School of Music's May 2005 performance of Mozart's Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) features the two act opera in a video piece created to highlight both the grandeur and drama of the complete stage as well as the intricacies and nuances of individual performances. Filmed during a live performance, the video frames this classic tale of triumph combining captivating music, humor, and fantasy in depicting a prince's quest to save the princess he loves. The opera was directed by Noel Koran, Director of Opera at the School of Music, and is 2 hours and 15 minutes in length.
Act 2
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 7:39 PM