The Choruses have continued to receive invitations to sing at ACDA conferences and the Consort Singers continue to excel in the PSICA Intercollegiate Festival: "Cultured, refined, and elegant singing throughout your program" (René Clausen, 2015).Īlthough the original Men's and Women's Choruses were combined into one large mixed group during the interim year and became, under Breden's direction, the Concert Choir, a Women's Chorus has been reinstated and the combined men occasionally perform as an ensemble within the structure of a concert. Breden, a protégée of Salamunovich, continued with many familiar components of LMU's choral structure – the Gala Christmas Concert and the Spring Chorale continuing to be the culmination of each semester's work. Charles Borromeo Choir appeared in full concert as the Festival Singers of Loyola Marymount University at the first Pacific International Festival of Male Choirs in Vancouver, British Columbia. International note came when the Men's Chorus joined by the men of the St. Mary Breden joined the faculty of the Department of Music as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 1992.ĭuring the Salamunovich years, the LMU Choruses rose to high prestige in the Los Angeles area through annual festival performances sponsored by the Pacific Southwest Intercollegiate Choral Association (PSICA) and on the national level through appearances at conferences sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Halbert Blair served as Interim Director of the choruses, during which time the university held a national search for a new permanent director. In 1991 Paul Salamunovich was appointed the Music Director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and with this move his tenure of twenty-seven years at the university came to a close with the 26th Annual Spring Chorale. LMU became known around the country as having one of the finest and most artistic collegiate choral programs. Christmas Concerts, tours, and the Spring Chorale continued to feature each of the groups individually and in combination. What had been the Mount Singers now became the Consort Singers, a mixed group drawing now from LMU's Men's and Women's Choruses. ![]() With the development of a strong Women's Chorus on campus the combined work with the Mount ended. Loyola University merged with Marymount College in the mid seventies, becoming Loyola Marymount University. Basil's, both directed by Salamunovich, also sang on this program through 1991. 1966 saw the inception of the Spring Chorale, a major choral/orchestral concert. In addition to Loyola's Men's Chorus and the "Mount's" Women's Chorus, a mixed group, the Mount Singers, was established drawing members from both schools. Mary's College where Salamunovich was also working as choral director. The period between 1964-1973 saw collaborative efforts in the choral offerings between Loyola University and Mount St. In the fall of 1964, with the arrival of Salamunovich, the Glee Club was renamed the Men's Chorus and so began a marvelous musical journey. Trame was instrumental in securing the services of a young Paul Salamunovich as the conductor of the Glee Club. ![]() ![]() became the Moderator of the Glee Club which at the time was directed by William Hollenbeck. Musicality is the "soul" of each piece we perform, the reason we want to search for deeper feeling in it, the reason that music exists.Īlthough choral singing was present in various forms on the campus of Loyola as early as 1927, the seed for the choral tradition that we know today actually began in 1963 when Fr. Musicality is not the "frosting on the cake" to be added once we have "learned the notes". As we come together to rehearse we integrate musicality – musical expressiveness – into the learning process from day one of the semester.
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