{"id":7667,"date":"2016-06-16T15:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7667"},"modified":"2016-06-16T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:25:03","slug":"the-last-song-minerva-voices-at-memsfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/06\/16\/the-last-song-minerva-voices-at-memsfest\/","title":{"rendered":"The last song: Minerva Voices at MEMSFest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final musical hurrah of the term has seen members of Minerva Voices<\/strong> performing at the ancient Pilgrims’ Hospital in Canterbury earlier today, as part of the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Festival curtain-raising\u00a0Illuminating the Past: Gothic Colour<\/em> day.<\/p>\n

The Choir assembled in the priory garden this morning for the first of two sets; the latter saw them sing in the resonant acoustic of the refectory, bringing the historic stones to life in a variety of choral works, from medieval plainsong to Alvin Lucier’s\u00a0Unamuno.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Led by Your Loyal Correspondent, together with assistant conductor, third-year Joe Prescott making his final appearance, it was standing-room only beneath the minstrel’s gallery.<\/p>\n

A huge thank you to everyone involved in the choir for their commitment over the course of this year, and to the MEMSFest<\/strong> team for having us.<\/p>\n