Phillburbs reports on a large group of high school singers who meet after school to sing unaccompanied medieval music and chant. It is particularly charming how the writer of this story takes it for granted that chant is part of Catholic liturgy.
Whether it’s a Gregorian chant sung during a Roman Catholic Mass, or a barbershop quartet harmonizing on a neighborhood street corner, the popularity of unaccompanied vocal music has persisted through the ages.
And the New York Times further reports:
After “American Idol,” “The Sing-Off,” “America’s Got Talent” and the coming “X-Factor,” can anyone come up with still another way for singers to compete on television?
Semi-related:
http://dad29.blogspot.com/
How about "America's Hottest Schola"?
(written as we're watching "The Sing-Off" at home tonight)
I have been hesitant to cite certain Reality Perfornance shows, but up to "The Sing Off," the only show that mirrors the TOTAL dedication to an art form had been FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance." "The Sing Off" is our version of what total commitment to perfecting vocal art forms with absolute precision. Forget the dance and music forms, you have to "get" these kids' absolute dedication and perseverence.
BTW, that also happens, with all ages, at Colloquium.
Correction to above post:
http://dad29.blogspot.com/2010/12/kid-wants-to-sing.html