{"id":7096,"date":"2015-12-15T09:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T09:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2015-12-15T09:38:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T09:38:50","slug":"christmas-music-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas music-making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy few days here in the Music department, a sure sign that the Christmas period is well and truly here.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the <strong>Chorus and Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> came together in a seasonal performance of Vaughan Williams&#8217; <em>The First Nowell<\/em>, brimful of carols familiar and unfamiliar; Shostakovich&#8217;s wry Symphony no.9 stepped out in sprightly form in the first half, and the Chorus also turned their hand to international linguistics with the choral interlude in <em>Finlandia<\/em>. There was a suitably seasonal conviviality to the hubbub backstage, including the taking of many selfies and a competition to see who could fit the largest number of performers into their selfie, a feat won hands-down by clarinettist Rianna Carr, whose prize-winning photo can be seen online somewhere on Twitter&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7098\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7099\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_006-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20151212_006\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_006-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7098\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_003-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20151212_003\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_003-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_003-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_003.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/> Members of the Orchestra backstage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7097\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7097\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_001-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20151212_001\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_001-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151212_001.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No strings attached&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And last night, <strong>Minerva Voices<\/strong>, the new upper-voices choir, filled the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral as part of the annual University Carol Service, including a soaring rendition of the opening verse of <em>Once in Royal David&#8217;s City<\/em> from second-year BioSciences student and Music Scholar, <strong>Charlotte Webb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7100\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7100\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_011-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20151214_011\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_011-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_011-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_011.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minerva Voices with assistant conductor, Joe Prescott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7101\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7101\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_017-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20151214_017\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_017-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_017-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/12\/WP_20151214_017.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet singing in the Choir&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t stop there; tomorrow sees a festive &#8216;Watch This Space&#8217; on the foyer-stage, and later the <strong>Big Band<\/strong> gets its Christmas swing on with its now traditional Christmas Swingalong. &#8216;Tis the season to be really rather jolly indeed!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/&amp;t=Christmas music-making' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Christmas music-making%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/&amp;title=Christmas music-making' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/12\/15\/christmas-music-making\/&amp;title=Christmas music-making' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy few days here in the Music department, a sure sign that the Christmas period is well and truly here. 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