Minnetonka Concert Choir with Paula Holmberg
Posted
on Mar 25, 2014
Our Program on March 25th was our annual concert by the Minnetonka High School Choir, led by Paula Holmberg. Usually held prior to Christmas, we know a few of the songs and can sing (or hum) along with many of them. This time, the choir sang a wide range of selections that were not familiar to us.
Starting with a Swahili song, the Concert Choir shifted to a Monteverdi selection, followed by a modern polyphonic pie
ce. They sang a gypsy song by Schumann and a French song before yielding the floor to their internal barbershop quartet. The quartet sang “Judgement Day”, and the choir followed with “No Time”, a camp meeting song. The Moses Hogah arrangement of the spiritual, “Ain’t That Good News”, proceeded the customary closer, the “Choral Benediction”, used to close every choir concert for 62 years.
ce. They sang a gypsy song by Schumann and a French song before yielding the floor to their internal barbershop quartet. The quartet sang “Judgement Day”, and the choir followed with “No Time”, a camp meeting song. The Moses Hogah arrangement of the spiritual, “Ain’t That Good News”, proceeded the customary closer, the “Choral Benediction”, used to close every choir concert for 62 years. Paula has been directing the MHS choirs for 20 years now, and they seem to get continually better. The risers were not delivered for the concert, so the kids and Paula had to wing it a bit, but you would not have known there was a problem.