I attended the 2013 Collegiate Women’s Choir Festival presented by the Texas State University and was pleasantly met with dazzling performances by beautiful and talented women. This choir festival is an annual event in which the select women’s choirs of the Texas Music Educators Association present a collaborative concert. This year the Texas State Women’s choir was accompanied by University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M University. They each performed their own ensemble pieces and then joined together to perform their collaborative festival chorus.
The first performance by UTSA seemed to be a little more contemporary. The first song was Sigh No More, Ladies from Much Ado About Nothing which was much more catchy and easy to follow than the previous selections performed. I enjoyed this song however the high note at the end was quite sharp and I found myself frowning. The second song was perfect for this Halloween season. Hexenlied was easily one of my favorites due to its eerie and creepy nature. The piano player Christine Dubus was phenomenal, her hands were moving extremely fast throughout this song and I was truly in awe of her talent. Although Ms. Dubus piano playing was incredible, my favorite moment of their performance was when she stopped playing and the women began to sing Warrior. The women scattered themselves across the stage in an informal fashion which was very theatrical and fitting for the lyrics of the song. The song was essentially about women empowerment and I truly felt the emotion and strength behind their delivery.
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