User:Vaarky

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General Information

I like sight-singing Renaissance motets, as well as singing pretty much any other music.

Contact Information

E-mail: motets2008 a t stuy.users.panix.com

If You're in the SF Bay Area

I organize occasional get-togethers for 4-8 singers to do advanced Ren motet sight-singing for fun. These are aimed at singers who can read a Ren motet correctly on the first try (alone on their part) without sounding like they're searching for the notes or getting lost; occasional fleeting errors are only human. We generally sing each piece only once. Singers are usually at the pseudo-professional or professional level; the sound varies based on who is attending and is different every time. We meet in Berkeley on a weekend afternoon or else in downtown SF on a weeknight. Each date is a separate one-time commitment.

E-mail motets2008 (at) stuy.users.panix.com and tell me about yourself if you'd like to find out more and/or get added to the invites list (I generally bring in only one new person per session, maximum, sometimes zero, though I sometimes organize a session where we have primarily new people).

CPDL Projects

  • I'm working on moving translations from the St. Ann's page of translations: St. Ann's translations
  • I've asked a retired c/lassics professor I know if he can provide some Latin-to-English translations for pieces missing that information as listed at Category:Text_and_translations_requests
  • I've tried to help out with some of the clean-up tasks listed at Category:Pages_awaiting_cleanup
  • I haven't yet learned to create new pages for scores and composers and uploading new editions.

Once I do, there are several people who have editions that I'd like to offer help to

  • Rafael Ornes meant to do the following. See if I can figure it out:
    • overhaul the Requests page (merely figure out something to propose first to ensure there is agreement)
    • fix broken categories, most in the Unknown category

Preparing Editions

I've started using mup from arkkra.com to transcribe editions:

  • Byrd, Alleluia, Ascendit Deus (SSATB)
  • Sheppard, Verbum Caro (SATTBB)
  • Josquin, Vultum Tuum (SATB)
  • Wert, Saule, Saule (a8)
  • Victoria, Vadam, et Circuibo (SSATTB)

I'm still in the proofing stages.

Random Music I Like Lately

  • Renaissance motets
    • William Mundy: most everything in the big book from EECM.net
    • Regis, Lux Solempsis
    • Senfl Ave Maria (SSATTB) and Mater Digna
    • White, Portio Mea
    • Lambe, Nesciens Mater and most Eton Choirbook stuff
    • Manchicourt
    • Sheppard
    • Cardoso, Aquam and also Et Egressus
    • Josquin, Tulerunt Dominum
    • Tallis, Loquebantur
    • Compere, Gaude Mater
    • Ashewell, M. Ave Maria
    • Finck, Quorum Praecepto Subditur
    • Willaert, Inviolata
    • Victoria, Ave Maria a 8 and Vadam et Circuibo
  • theme: flight
    • The Campers at Kitty Hawk, by Michael Dellaira (www.michaeldellaira.com)
    • Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine, by Eric Whitacre
  • Ennio Morricone music
  • Dvorak New World Symphony