Artworks and Compositions / Shape Note Music / Writings / News / Jesse
I’ll be the featured singing master this weekend in Chicago, IL at the Warm Winter Singing Camp, held the day before the 26th Chicago Anniversary Singing. The singing school will also feature instruction by Richard DeLong, Judy Hauff, Ted Mercer, and Lisa Grayson.
For more information, visit the Chicagoland Sacred Harp Singing web site.
Hope to see any of you who might be in the Chicago area this weekend.
I’m happy to announce that the Sacred Harp Singing School I taught at Bennington College this fall will continue in the Spring as a full-semester course. The weekly class will feature instruction in the practice, traditions, and history of Sacred Harp singing.
Once again I’ll be at Bennington as a visiting singing master. Bennington College students can register for the class for credit, but the singing schools will be open to the general public as well.
The course is listed on the Bennington College web site, and you can contact me for more information as well.
This fall I’ll be teaching a class on Sacred Harp singing at Bennington College in Bennington Vermont as a visiting singing master at the college.
The course will have an enrollment of 30-40 undergraduates, but is open to the public as well, so this is a great opportunity to learn about Sacred Harp singing for anybody in the area.
Please contact me for more information.
I’m happy to announce the publication of the 2nd edition of the Subliminal History of New York State: Route of Progress tunebook. Published by the Society of Subliminal State, this book features 53 original shape note compositions, with music written by me and lyrics by Carrie Dashow. I designed the book, and Carrie Dashow wrote the book’s words and contributed the illustrations.
For this new edition, roughly 20 songs have been improved or corrected, and the introductions and rudiments of music sections have been updated.
You can order copies of the book for $20 through the Society for a Subliminal State store. Read more about the tunebook in the artworks and compositions section of this site.
Beginning later this month on the 3rd Tuesday and continuing every month until October I will be teaching a singing school in Cambridge, NY in the Lovejoy Building at Hubbard Hall. The singing school will begin each month at 7 pm and last for about an hour. We’ll then take a break, followed by singing from the Sacred Harp until 9 or 9:30.
This singing school is an opportunity for individuals in the Cambridge area to learn more about Sacred Harp singing in advance of the New York State Sacred Harp Singing Convention, to be held at Hubbard Hall on October 17-18, 2009.
Visit the New York State Convention web site for more information.
Along with Carrie Dashow, I’m very excited to announce the Society for a Subliminal State’s first annual members party, on no other day than March 4th. The party will include: a pot-luck, a trip to the Subliminal State, shape note singing, and performances by two Society member bands.
You must be a member of the Society for a Subliminal State to attend. Membership is $5 (annual dues). You will also get Subliminal Statements in the mail, and a patch bearing the Society’s insignia.
Join on the Society’s web site. You can also read more about March Fourth.
I’m excited to have the opportunity to work on an installation version of my MFA Thesis project Azariah: Whom Jehovah Helps in an AIRtime Residency at free103point9’s Wave Farm. My week-long residency this September will explore the thematic connection between radio and prophecy.
I will also be creating a prototype for an outdoor, radio version of the Azariah story installed in a forest setting.
See the free103point9 newsroom for more information on my project and a list of this year’s other Residency recipients.