This video captures rehearsal excerpts and a post-rehearsal chat with Greg and Mac, the conductors of the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale, as they discuss the Chorale’s then-upcoming “Celebrate! A Tapestry of American Music” concerts on 10-11 May 2019. It incorporates a wide variety of footage, including real fireworks. Make sure to watch all the way to the end for the final After Effects fireworks blast!
- Footage I recorded:
* Rehearsal and chat: 16 Apr 2019, at College Church (Wheaton, IL), the Chorale’s primary rehearsal/concert venue
* College Church exterior: 23 Apr 2019
- Elements used either by permission or by publisher courtesy:
* “Celebrate!” music: Earthsongs / Keith Hampton
* “i thank You God” music: Elliot Z. Levine
* “In the Sweet By-and-By” music: Beckenhorst Press, Inc.
* Real fireworks footage: beachfrontbroll.com
* Concert poster image: Scott Hayner (GEWC member)
* Keith Hampton stills: Jim Mamminga (GEWC member)
For more information about the Chorale, please visit gewchorale.org.
For more videos of the Chorale, please visit “The Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale” and “MHP777” KZread channels.
Presentation © 2019 Mark H. Peterson.