Tonight was the fourth and final concert, and the one I’ve been most looking forward to, because tonight we sang inside a planetarium.
The SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity is a fairly new center in Sacramento, and among its many features it includes a small planetarium. Somehow our director managed to reserve the space for us to sing, and it was fantastic.
Granted – there are some challenges to performing in this space. The walls are heavily insulated, which while great for dampening the sound of the motors which run the projection ceiling, meant that it was an extremely ‘dead’ space for singing in – we had to do some adjustments to how we stood so we had any chance of hearing each other. But it was *so* worth the very small extra effort, because we sang our entire concert in the dark (we had stand lights to see the music, of course), straight through without any pauses for intermission or even applause, while the projectionist had the night sky above our heads. The music we sang this year was inspired by the chants of Hildigard von Bingen, which was perfect for every one of the very different venues in which we performed – from the massive cavern underground to the cozy planetarium.
It was a lovely way to end our winter concert series, and here’s hoping we’re able to perform there again.
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Merry Christmas, let’s start a fire!
‘Tis the season for Holidailies.