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My friend Joachim Luis came over tonight and started reading though the beginning piano book that was resting on my keyboard. Being the jock party animals that we are, we decided to try to sing a few of them as two part vocal pieces.

First we sight-read “Rondino” by Jean Philippe Rameau on movable “doo” with Joachim on bass and me on treble (this one is for my dad):

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Then out came the solfeggio. “A Farewell” by Henry Purcell with Joachim on treble and me on bass:

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And then out came the video camera. “Sarabande” by Arcangelo Corelli:

Apologies and thanks to David Xiques.

My (now ex) choir just toured to Anaheim, Souther California, to sing for a choral conductors’ convention, ACDA. It is a huge honor for our choir to be invited to sing here. Here is a clip from a pre-convention concert we gave in St. Boniface.

From Paul Kim’s description of the video:

San Francisco State University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Joshua Habermann sings Rosas Pandan, a traditional Filipino folksong arranged by George Hernandez, performed at St Boniface Church in Anaheim on Feb 26, 2008. Sung in Visayan about the beautiful maiden Rosas Pandan.

More video’s can be found on Paul Kim’s YouTube account.

On December 7th, at San Francisco State’s Opera Workshop performence, I stood in for a baritone who had broken his leg. The girl who sang Papagena, or perhaps her parents, posted this on Youtube.