After getting several requests to follow up on my original interview about Chanticleer, I'm really happy that I can share a conversation I had Monday night with two of Chanticleer's former singers, countertenors Ian Howell and Tim Maguire. (If you didn't get a chance to read my original interview with Chanticleer's music director, Matt Oltman, click here.) For them, it was a trip down memory lane and a chance for old friends to reconnect. For me, it was a wonderfully informal, enlightening discussion. You will learn about the joys and challenges of singing in foreign languages, laugh as you listen to some hilarious performance moments, and cry when Chanticleer has a pivotal moment in the history of one former Soviet republic.
Ian Howell:
B.M. percussion performance Capital University
M.M. voice performance Yale University
Tim Maguire:
B.A. instrumental music education Western Illinois University
M.A. vocal performance University of Iowa
Listen to the discussion
Useful Links:
Ian's website
Chanticleer's web store
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My favorite stories were the former Soviet Republic solidarity song, and the Indian war whoop woopse. I also found what they said about singing in other languages interesting, the idea that American and British singers make more of an effort to get the pronunciation as close as possible in other languages than others do when singing in English.
These are my ten favorite songs by Chanticleer (not listed in rank order, as it was hard enough to decide even my top ten):
Remember Not Lord Our Offenses (from the album Evening Prayer)
Calling My Children Home (from Our American Journey)
Shenandoah (from Chanticleer: A Portrait)
I Have Had Singing (from I Have Had Singing)
Blue Skies (from I Have Had Singing)
Ave Maria (from Our Heart's Joy)
There Is a Balm in Gilead (from How Sweet the Sound)
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (from Our American Journey)
Past Life Melodies (from Sound in Spirit)
The Uncovered Wagon (from Our American Journey)
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