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San               Diego               Master               Chorale               was               established               in               1961               as               the               San               Diego               Symphonic               Chorale,               the               choral               arm               of               the               San               Diego               Symphony,               but               broke               off               in               1979               to               become               an               independent               art               organization               supported               by               a               grant               from               the               City               of               San               Diego               Commission               for               Arts               and               Culture               and               by               private               donations.

They               perform               in               25               or               more               concerts               each               year               all               over               the               city               and               even               abroad,               with               a               vast               choral               repertoire               ranging               from               spiritual               to               classical               to               operatic               numbers.

I               heard               them               perform               for               the               first               time               in               April               2008               when               they               participated               in               the               world               premiere               of               Daniel               Kellogg's               The               Fiery               Furnace               with               the               San               Diego               Symphony               Orchestra               (the               collaboration               won               them               the               2009               Chorus               America/ASCAP               Alice               Parker               Award),               and               have               since               been               so               impressed               with               their               consistent               excellence               that               I               stopped               by               at               their               reception               table               during               a               recent               concert               of               Beethoven's               9th               symphony               not               long               ago               and,               with               the               help               of               Dr.

Carol               Manifold,               the               SDMC's               vice               president,               got               to               ask               their               music               director,               Dr.

Gary               McKercher,               a               few               questions:               Smorg:               Is               the               SDMC               composed               of               mostly               local               singers?

Do               you               get               big               turn               outs               at               your               auditions?


               Gary               McKercher:               SDMC               draws               its               membership               from               every               direction               of               San               Diego               County.

Audition               turnouts               vary               from               a               half               dozen               to               as               many               as               20-25               singers.

There               doesn't               seem               to               be               a               pattern.
               Smorg:               Is               singing               at               the               SDMC               a               full-time               job               or               secondary               job               for               the               singers?


               GM:               If               by               job               you               mean,               a               real               job               with               remuneration,               it               is               neither               full               or               secondary.

All               singers               are               amateur/volunteer               performers,               generally               with               an               extensive               singing               background.

They               are               rigorously               auditioned.

Unless               retired               or               having               someone               in               the               household               bringing               home               the               tofu,               no               singer               could               live               on               a               union               wage               even               if               we               were               paid.

The               payoff               is               solely               musical               and               the               joy               of               the               corporate               singing               experience.
               Smorg:               Has               the               economic               downturn               been               rough               for               the               SDMC               in               the               past               year?


               GM:               It               has               had               its               negative               impact.

The               largest               hit               was               suffered               in               the               men's               sections               with               members               losing               jobs               and               having               to               leave               the               area               permanently,               or               jobs               that               stayed               here               and               were               expanded               making               it               impossible               to               meet               the               SDMC               performance               schedule               and               many               variations               on               this               exclusive               theme.

A               few               local               critics               seem               not               to               uniformly               understand               the               social               dynamics               of               this               situation               for               our               organization               and               others               like               it.

If               a               job               or               family               takes               singers               away,               I               don't               have               a               pool               of               professionals               to               whom               I               can               immediately               turn.
               Smorg:               I               feel               I               get               every               cent's               worth               of               the               ticket               price               every               time               I               attend               one               of               your               performances.

But               it               has               to               be               a               tough               job               to               keep               the               entire               chorus               performing               so               well               in               so               many               different               repertoire.

How               do               you               keep               everybody               so               musically               on-the-same-page               in               a               chorus               this               big?

Is               the               rehearsal               time               taking               up               all               the               weekends               and               holidays?


               GM:               SDMC               rehearses               one               night               a               week               for               2               1/2               hours               and               that's               the               whole               cahuna.

I               very,               very               seldom               schedule               weekend               rehearsals,               and               never               holidays               unless               we               are               contracted               by               the               SDSO               (i.e.

4th               of               July).

When               the               preparations               tend               to               get               crowded,               I               have               a               system               of               musical               checkpoints               which               identifies               for               singers               the               sections,               or               movements,               or               entire               pieces               that               must               be               ready               by               a               designated               date.

Thus               far,               it               has               worked               pretty               well,               but               I               always               feel               a               bit               like               a               well-known               variety               show               act,               the               one               where               a               guy               is               spinning               plates               at               the               top               of               sticks.

When               one               is               wound               up               another               is               winding               down               and               needs               attention.
               Each               Monday               post-rehearsal,               I               have               to               assess               what               the               group               has               or               has               not               achieved,               whether               or               not               I               can               leave               things               that               might               be               improved               simply               through               repetition               for               the               following               rehearsals,               but               also               that               which               will               need               much               more               time               refining.

The               expectation               is               that               the               black               and               white               on               the               page               will               not               be               taught               in               rehearsal.

That's               singer               homework.
               Smorg:               I               was               very               pleased               to               see               such               a               good               audience               turn               out               during               the               Beethoven               9th               concerts               in               early               December               since               classical               music               (choral               and               opera               included)               events               here               don't               seem               very               prone               to               selling               out.

The               SDMC               has               performed               abroad               in               Europe               where               classical               music               isn't               as               far               removed               from               the               mainstream               as               it               seems               here.

Do               you               notice               many               differences               in               how               performances               are               organized               and               how               the               audience               reacts               in               Europe               versus               here               in               America               (I'm               assuming               that               the               European               audience               would               tend               to               be               more               familiar               with               the               music               performed               than               the               American               audience               would)?


               GM:               This               is               an               interesting               and               perplexing               question,               one               which               I               and               many               colleagues               have               pondered               at               length               over               the               years.

There               seems               to               be               a               hunger               for               live               performance               overseas               on               a               more               consistent               level               than               here.

Let's               face               it,               European               classical               music               was               transported               to               the               States,               and               being               an               adopted               somewhat               elitist               art               music               in               its               early               life,               it               tended               not               be               a               music               of               the               American               people               at               large               nor               have               their               widespread               interest.
               Jazz               and               musical               theatre               is               what               America               has               uniquely               contributed               to               the               music               world               and               these               have               had               a               major               impact.

The               pervasiveness               of               popular               culture               in               this               country               is               seductive,               but               I               sense               no               more               so               than               in               Europe.

What               is               crucial               to               creating               new               audiences               is               that               which               happens               in               formative               years               in               school               and               home               with               probably               home               being               prime.
               There               is               no               logical               reason               why               the               Midwest               has               produced               such               a               fertile               choral               culture               other               than               these               two               sources               and               the               strength               of               the               academic,               community,               and               religious               choral               traditions.

When               I               was               growing               up               in               rural               northern               Iowa,               one               would               be               hard-pressed               to               have               found               a               household               either               in               town               or               country               that               did               not               have               a               piano.

Every               little               Midwest               town               had               a               choir               and               a               band               and               many               still               do.

This               can               create               a               culture               not               only               of               performers,               but               eventually,               listeners.
               Smorg:               Last               year               the               Zurich               Opera               staged               a               performance               of               Verdi's               La               Traviata               at               their               central               train               station               and               broadcast               it               live               on               TV.

It               was               a               major               hit               with               the               television               audience               in               Switzerland.

Do               you               think               the               same               sort               of               thing               can               be               attempted               here?

Would               it               successfully               draw               enough               attention               and               new               audience               to               classical               music               and               opera               to               offset               the               cost?


               GM:               I               applaud               any               efforts               to               bring               new               audiences               to               the               music               that               we               have               grown               to               appreciate.

Some               of               this               may               appear               to               be               gimmick-laden,               but               so               what?

Last               summer               I               attended               a               choral               convention               in               Philadelphia               where               a               new               work,               "Battle               Hymns"               was               premiered               in               the               city's               18th               century               armory,               just               a               vast               open               warehouse               area.
               The               work               opened               with               a               horse               and               rider               sauntering               in               then               out,               followed               by               the               appearance               of               a               choir               in               military               costume               marching               (after               a               fashion),               but               often               moving               during               the               piece.

There               were               also               dancers               amidst               the               choir               and               a               percussion               ensemble               stationed               at               opposite               ends               of               the               armory.

By               the               way,               the               horse               and               rider               returned               to               end               the               work.
               Engaging?

Arresting?

Very...

Groundbreaking?

I'd               say               so.

The               performances               not               staged               for               the               convention               participants               (mostly               choral               directors)               later               in               the               week               were               sold               out.

Something               like               what               you               mention               and               I               describe               could               to               be               staged               here               in               San               Diego,               but               it               takes               an               organization               willing               to               take               a               risk               and               some               major               underwriters.
               Smorg:               Is               there               any               chance               of               the               SDMC               doing               Beethoven's               Choral               Fantasy               or               Verdi's               Requiem               in               the               near               future?

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               GM:               We               performed               the               Choral               Fantasy               January               '09.

Verdi               has               been               done               in               past,               but               no               plans               for               it               in               near               future,               but               definitely               being               considered               by               SDSO               in               years               to               come.
               Smorg:               What               is               the               best               thing               that               could               happen               to               a               choral               performance?

Is               there               any               sort               of               experience               that               makes               one               feel               really               good               about               singing               at               the               SDMC?


               GM:               That               it               moves               both               audience               and               singers;               that               it               explores               familiar               and               unfamiliar               musical               terrain;               that               it               represents               the               highest               possible               musical               attainment               and               potential               of               the               singers.

That               is               makes               hearts               pump               and               tear               ducts               active.

I               loathe               the               common               introduction               to               audiences               just               before               a               performance:               "Sit               back,               relax,               and               enjoy               the               performance".

I               feel               a               really               engaging               concert               should               have               people               on               the               edge               of               their               chairs,               a               little               tense,               and               sometimes               not               entirely               entertained,               but               at               very               least               a               concert               experience               that               asks               people               to               think               and               feel               on               several               levels.
               Smorg:               Is               there               any               sort               of               project/performance               that               you               would               really               like               to               put               on               if               you               don't               have               to               worry               about               funding               or               attracting               good               audience               turn               out?


               GM:               A               concert               of               the               most               cerebral               choral               music               currently               available.

Mind               you,               there               is               good               stuff               and               there               is               a               lot               that               is               not               so               good.

I               throw               one               or               two               pieces               of               this               nature               on               our               self-produced               concerts,               but               wish               I               could               do               more.
               I               am               especially               attracted               to               the               music               of               the               20th               century/new               millennium               Swedish               choral               school,               but               also               the               relatively               unknown               choral               music               of               Max               Reger,               Bartok,               Hindemith,               Pizzetti,               and               Richard               Strauss.

There               are               some               next               generation               Americans               who               belong               on               that               list               such               as               Stephen               Paulus,               Frank               Ferko,               Libby               Larsen,               Howard               Helvey,               Stephen               Sametz               and               many               others.

It's               almost               overwhelming               the               number               of               good               young               composers               currently               creating               for               our               art               form.
               Smorg:               Aside               from               joining               the               San               Diego               Symphony               in               formal               concerts               and               performing               at               private               events,               you               also               have               excellent               outreach               programs               that               visit               local               schools               and               retirement               homes.

Tell               us               a               bit               about               it?


               GM:               We               have               a               dedicated               corps               of               singers               who               have               developed               a               program               called               "A               History               of               Choral               Music"               which               recently               has               taken               off               in               a               much               more               active               way               in               county               elementary               and               middle               schools.

It               incorporates               both               recorded               and               live               music               to               a               visual               track               at               a               very               basic,               but               engaging               way               in               order               to               inform               young               listeners               about               the               art               form               in               which               we               are               involved.

The               retirement               home               outreach               is               really               a               more               "ears-on"               experience               where               singers               get               seniors               singing               and               listening               to               music               that               is               familiar               to               them               from               their               pasts               through               home,               church,               or               school.
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               Pretty               cool,               ay?

I               didn't               even               realize               before               that               the               125               men               and               women               singers               of               the               San               Diego               Master               Chorale               don't               even               get               paid               to               perform.

They               are               amateurs               in               the               tradition               of               Bobby               Jones,               if               you               will,               doing               their               thing               for               the               love               of               the               art.

And               doing               it               exceedingly               well!

If               you               ever               find               yourself               in               San               Diego               and               with               some               free               time               on               your               hand,               why               not               check               to               see               if               there               is               a               SDMC               performance               going               on               near               you?

You               can               even               hire               them               for               private               performances               (like               a               wedding               or               other               ceremonies).

Visit               their               website               at               www.sdmasterchorale.org               for               more               information.
               Upcoming               performances               by               the               San               Diego               Master               Chorale               (2010):               
               January               8,               9               (8PM)
               January               10               (2PM)               -               Vaugh               Williams:               Flos               Campi               with               the               San               Diego               Symphony               
               Copley               Symphony               Hall               (Downtown):               1245               7th               Avenue,               San               Diego,               CA               92101               
               February               14(4PM)               -               Sacred               &               Profane:               Five               Centuries               of               Music               of               Love               and               Laughter               
               Rancho               Bernardo               Presbyterian               Church:               17010               Pomerado               Rd,               San               Diego,               CA               92128               
               March               20(8PM)               -               Cathedral               Classics:               Music               for               Choirs               from               Sacred               Spaces               
               St.

Paul's               Cathedral               (Banker's               Hill):               2728               6th               Avenue,               San               Diego,               CA               92103               
               June               19(8PM)               -               Amigos               in               Concert:               Music               from               Latin               America               
               Copley               Symphony               Hall               (Downtown):               1245               7th               Avenue,               San               Diego,               CA               92101






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