As the days grow increasingly shorter, colder, and bleaker in Berlin, it can be tempting to shut oneself inside and despair at the absence of light and life. But despair not! Christmas markets, song, and snowfall accompany the Wintertime; with the cold and darkness comes the opportunity to better appreciate the warmth of fragrant glühwein
TagChoir
A New Interpretive Window: Introducing Monteverdi to Jazz
As winter brought along a festive December air, it also entrained some fervent preparation for the final papers and first semester examinations. Yet apart from rushing through our last semester weeks full to the brim with coursework, many of us sporadically adorned our challenging schedules with various activities wintery Berlin annually hosts for its enthusiastic
Interview with Yvonne Frazier, ECLA’s Vocal Ensemble Director and Vocal Instructor
The ECLA of Bard Vocal Ensemble delights us with great presentations at Christmas and graduation. It is not only the members of the ECLA of Bard community enjoying their performances, since the ECLA of Bard Vocal Ensemble also performs occasionally off campus. Behind their success there are many hours spent rehearsing, and a lot of
Commencement at ECLA
“Commencement”: though the word is rhetorically indicative of a beginning, it has trouble escaping its connotation––at least for students––as the official conclusion, the shake of the hand, and the goodbye to the thousands of pages and hours, myriad lunch debates, late-nights, page-tabbing, research forays, and all that comes along with the pursuit of a liberal
“In sweet music is such art…”
During the preparation for the final choir performance at this year’s graduation ceremony, the harmoniously-intertwined voices of the ECLA of Bard choir were repeatedly—each time with the addition of a new musical ‘flavour’ and spirit—singing this beautiful verse from the part-song Orpheus, with his lute. Based on the poem of William Shakespeare, the musical piece,
The ECLA of Bard Ensemble Hobby Singers Public Debut
On the 10th of November, the ECLA of Bard Choir performed at Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte (THBM), which just celebrated its 20th anniversary. For the past two decades, Theaterhaus has been an affordable rehearsal and educational space for all kinds of artists. This time, the creative venue in the city centre covered four floors of more
ECLA Choir Sings at St. Maria Magdalena
The mixed student-faculty ECLA Choir, led by their director Yvonne Frazier, performed at St. Maria Magdalena Church as part of a special Pentecost service. Pentecost, called Pfingstmontag in Germany, is a national holiday and it commemorates the reception of the Holy Spirit by the twelve Apostles in Christian theology. A group of ECLA students and
It’s All About The Music
ECLA’s musical activities include individual voice lessons, choir, dance project and also learning to play instruments. This new student project invites all those interested in learning to play an instrument to meet every week in ECLA’s Music Room for lessons with a few students skilled in guitar and piano. Who hasn’t dreamt of being a