Choir shows off Harvest diversity
- posted: 23 Oct. 2007
- scrollarts@byui.edu
The Harvest Choir Fest concluded Oct. 20, and the BYU-Idaho choral programs pulled out all the stops, with four major vocal groups performing 19 songs.
The Women’s Choir performed four songs, one of them a tune from the musical West Side Story.
“I just love singing,” said Karen Alemany, a freshman studying elementary education who sang alto in the Women’s Choir, “Each song has a message.”
The Vocal Union sang four songs a cappella, all with humorous facial expressions. One of these was a rendition of Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.” The singers performed with exaggerated haughtiness in front of a conductor, burst into a jazz rhythm with bright solos and ridiculous acting when the conductor left, and finished the original work with the return of the classy conductor.
The BYU-I Men’s Choir was no less entertaining with their song “6 Pence,” based on the Mother Goose rhyme.
The singers stepped down from the risers and meandered about the stage with silly expressions of puzzlement after “snipped off her nose,” as if they were searching for the severed body part.
They then scurried back to their positions when the pianist slammed the keys and resumed their song with spontaneous fits of laughter from the whole choir.
Doug Davies, a freshman studying construction management, said that his favorite piece was the song “I Love the Lord,” performed by the BYU-I Men’s Choir.
“It’s amazing how they can control their voices,” Davies said.
The Collegiate Singers, the final group to perform, concluded the concert with a lively melody accompanied by hand drums and piano. During this song, called “Turn the World Around,” the choir members stepped down from the risers and split into small groups that moved to the music and clapped rhythms while singing. 
