The Choral Contrarians
A couple of friendly conductors bantering about complex issues affecting the choral world.
The Choral Contrarians
Sacred Cow Tipping: Them Themes
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Eric Barnum and Richard Robbins
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Richard and Eric hobnob about the concept of 'theme' in music programming. Do themes play too prevalent of a role in the programming craft of a choral conductor? What's the purpose of a theme anyway, and what might it look like to have program without any theme? Perhaps a theme is inevitable, but its worth thinking about to keep things in context.