Steve’s Music Roll

A little over a year ago, I had first heard this piece performed at a Pops concert performed by the Fairfield University Glee Club. The song was composed by Christopher Tin for the menu of the Civilization IV video game, but was also incorporated into the opening of the Lion King II movie. The lyrics [...]

With the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Quincy Jones went back into the archives and revived “We Are the World” which Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson co-wrote in the mid-1980s. The big difference was what the song was for this time. The original version was written for the children starving in Africa in the 80s. This [...]

If we look at music groups that are offered over the course of a life time, one will find that there are youth choirs, high school choirs, college choirs and…. adult choirs. Notice, the hesitation between college choirs and adult choirs. Most adult choirs consist of singers who are middle aged. Very few members are [...]