Ep. 124 - Exploring the Fusion of Choral and Commercial Music - MaryAnne Muglia
“We had 10 sopranos, 4 altos, 2 tenors, and 1 bass, and they were all volunteers. We were spending hours trying to learn this music that we didn’t have the numbers for, so I ended up writing almost 100 church arrangements, and I made the voice leading very stepwise. Being that close to the music made me a better writer because I’m not just writing for ensembles I don’t hear regularly. I’m there in the rehearsal process, and I know what’s hard and what might be easier to grab onto.”
MaryAnne Muglia (she/her) is a composer, vocalist, and educator based in Arizona. She arranges and writes…
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