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University Chorus Learning Module 3: Contemporary American Choral Work for Treble Voices
Date presented 05/04/2021
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis University Chorus look at American choral works by Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Joan Szmyko, and Eric Whitacre.
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Chamber Singers Learning Module 3: Madrigals and Motets of Love
Date presented 05/04/2021
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis Chamber Singers explore madrigals and motets -- works by Giovanni da Palestrina, Elaine Hagenberg, Thomas Weelkes, Healy Willan, and Rene Clausen
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Chamber Singers Learning Module 2: Music of the Conservatoire de Paris
Date presented 03/30/2021
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis Chamber Singers explore the music of the Conservatoire de Paris -- works by, Maurice Ravel, Oliver Messiaen, Francis Poulenc, and Gabriel Faure.
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University Chorus Learning Module 2: The Italian and English Madrigal
Date presented 03/30/2021
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis University Chorus look at Italian and English Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Thomas Morley.
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University Chorus Learning Module 1: Music of the Baroque
Date presented 02/25/2021
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis University Chorus look at the music of the Baroque period -- works by G.F. Handel, J.S. Bach, and Antonio Vivaldi.
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Chamber Singers Learning Module 3: The Choral Works of J.S. Bach
Date presented 11/19/2020
Conductor Robert Duff, Brandeis Chamber Singers, voice instructors, professional musicians, Slosberg Concert Hall, Saint Cecilia Church, Boston and virtual performances from remote locations.
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University Chorus Learning Module 3: The Choral Works of Ludwig van Beethoven
Date presented 11/19/2020
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brande University Chorus, Brandeis Chamber Singers and Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra look at the choral works of Beethoven.
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University Chorus Learning Module 2: The Oratorio
Date presented 10/22/2020
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis University Chorus look at various oratorios by Giocomo Carrisimi, J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, G.F. Handel, Felix Mendelssohn.
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Chamber Singers Learning Module 2: Coro Spezzati
Date presented 10/08/2020
The term cori spezzati (“split choirs”) was used to describe polychoral singing in Venice in the later 16th century. Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis Chamber Singers examine this genre -- works by Andrea Gabrieli, Heinrich Schutz, Claudio Monteverdi and Adrian Willaert.
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Chamber Singers Learning Module 1: Contemporary Choral Composers
Date presented 09/15/2020
Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis Chamber Singers examine choral works by contemporary composers -- works by Andrea Clearfield, Craig Hella Johnson, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre