Why do we love singing Christmas songs? (Holiday Special!)

12/13/19 • 19 min

Choral Fixation

Music Notes & Special Guest Stars

Ep. 1 December 12, 2019

We Wish You A Merry Merry Christmas Traditional English Folksong Adapted and Arranged by Kirby Shaw (Hal Leonard)
Jingle Bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWJNqyub3o
In the Bleak Midwinter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExZbY-zPh9k
"Noël, C'est L'amour" by Henri Contet & Norbert Glanzberg From "Le Choeur des Enfants Chante Noël"(2005). Sung by Le Chouer Des Enfants de Sherbrooke. (C) Distribution Select
Incidental music from TRG Banks' Christmas Album: “Snowfall”, ‘A Christmas Adventure Part 4”, “The Star of Bethlehem” (Free Music Archive, Public Domain)

Many thanks to these legends:

Morgan Russell

Damaris Schmucker

Mike Flint

Laurie Sanderson

Rachel Ellis

Music Notes & Special Guest Stars

Ep. 1 December 12, 2019

We Wish You A Merry Merry Christmas Traditional English Folksong Adapted and Arranged by Kirby Shaw (Hal Leonard)
Jingle Bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWJNqyub3o
In the Bleak Midwinter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExZbY-zPh9k
"Noël, C'est L'amour" by Henri Contet & Norbert Glanzberg From "Le Choeur des Enfants Chante Noël"(2005). Sung by Le Chouer Des Enfants de Sherbrooke. (C) Distribution Select
Incidental music from TRG Banks' Christmas Album: “Snowfall”, ‘A Christmas Adventure Part 4”, “The Star of Bethlehem” (Free Music Archive, Public Domain)

Many thanks to these legends:

Morgan Russell

Damaris Schmucker

Mike Flint

Laurie Sanderson

Rachel Ellis

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What is Choral Fixation?

We’re using choirs and group singing to talk about emotional discovery. Singing is an intimate experience rooted in our bodies, and when people share their songs with others, choirs can create a powerful sense of solidarity, unity and identity. We’re exploring how people are doing that in 2020, and aim to inspire people to find their voice.

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Choir! Choir! Choir! and Pop-up Pub Choirs

This episode, we ask: why do (lots of) people (who might not normally join a choir) love singing (everything from AM radio classics to Handel's Messiah) together (in pubs and bars)?

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Thanks to Aaron P for his eagle ear (?) when it comes to providing QA.

Thanks to Paul McDougall for help with our original logo. Individual episode logos are all us, though. Don't blame him.

Thanks to Emilie Boucek for her sound sound engineering assistance. Both sounds intentional.

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