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		<title>Singing for YOU, the audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I pondered this entry earlier this week, I was determined to explain why I have done Messiah for 23 straight years, especially due to my original wandering from section to section (Tenor2 to Bass1 to Bass2, back to Tenor2) since my joining the Chorus in 1986. But then I noticed that the other bloggers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=839&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mastering melismas + other joys of the timeless &#8220;Messiah&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This next post comes from William McCallum, who has been a Houston Symphony Chorister for over 12 years! I have been a member of the Houston Symphony Chorus for over 12 years and this will be my eighth season singing Messiah. During the day I am an internal medicine physician and work predominantly with cancer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=832&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A conversation between 15 conductors and Händel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our next blog entry comes from Catherine Howard, who teaches English at the University of Houston-Downtown.  She was a section leader in the Houston Symphony Chorus for four years. People think I&#8217;m crazy to want to sing a piece over and over.  I&#8217;ve been in the Houston Symphony Chorus for 18 years, and this year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=812&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Chorus out for a spin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the orchestra&#8217;s performances of Handel&#8217;s Messiah in Candlelight this weekend, we invited members of the Houston Symphony Chorus (who, by the way, just celebrated their 1000th performance!), to write about their experience preparing for such a huge piece. Our first entry comes from Susan Scarrow, the manager of the Houston Symphony Chorus.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=805&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Before Frodo &#8230; there was Siegfried</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Houston Symphony’s Wagner’s “Ring” Without Words, you’ll be able to follow this fantastic storyline as it’s projected on our in-house video screens, all while the orchestra plays its greatest themes. Before Frodo, there was Siegfried Not Siegfried from Siegfried and Roy … NOT THEM!  Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle is a series of four operas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=793&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wagner, his &#8220;Ring&#8221; and how Luke Skywalker comes in the picture</title>
		<link>http://houstonsymphony.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/before-luke-skywalker-there-was-siegfried/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assistant Conductor Brett Mitchell took the time to share a little about one of the musical loves of his life, Wagner&#8217;s &#8220;The Ring Without Words,&#8221; ahead of next week&#8217;s concert! We knew of the comparisons to the Lord of the Ring, but Star Wars? Learn more about it by reading below. It should come as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=777&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A salute to Mexico&#8217;s Independence</title>
		<link>http://houstonsymphony.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/a-salute-to-mexicos-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houston Symphony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intern Keith has returned to the blogosphere to give us a little bit of history on some of the Mexican composers we&#8217;ll feature during Sunday&#8217;s Chevron Fiesta Sinfonica concert. The concert is set to begin at 6 p.m. and is FREE to the public. Just visit us online to learn how to snag your ticket [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=755&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Broadway really does Rock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Gilbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, when looking around the conference room during a recent marketing meeting, our resident blog expert rested her eyes on me and said “YOU should right a blog for Broadway Rocks!”  Broadway Rocks, in case you are wondering, is the first POPS concert of the Houston Symphony’s 2010-2011 Season.  It opens this Friday, September 3rd.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=744&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://houstonsymphony.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can hardly believe that summer has come to a close, and the 2010-2011 season is about to start! After the hustle-and-bustle of our Symphony Summer in the City concerts, our musicians and many staffers took some much needed vacation time. In this special series, they wanted to share with YOU what they&#8217;ve been up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houstonsymphony.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11264541&amp;post=724&amp;subd=houstonsymphony&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Win: A geek girl&#8217;s desperate journey to Distant Worlds</title>
		<link>http://houstonsymphony.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/epic-win-a-geek-girls-desperate-journey-to-distant-worlds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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