GF Handel, like most composers of his era, borrowed and recycled musical themes on a routine basis. Today, we would consider the practice at best, distasteful, and at worst, plagiarism.
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A Busy December For Camerata
December is typically the busiest month of the year for choral musicians, and this year is no exception for the fine singers of Long Beach Camerata Singers. As the reputation
Read moreRaising voices for unity, Long Beach Camerata Singers host its Peace Project
Article By: HUNTER LEE | hlee@longbeachcameratasingers.orgscng.com | The Long Beach Camerata Singers used music and song to spread its message of unity at its annual Camerata Peace Project on Sunday. The Camerata Peace Project
Read moreLong Beach Camerata Singers to explore love through vocal art at Sunday performance
Article By: Asia Morris One by one, members of the Long Beach Camerata Singers file into rehearsal on a Tuesday night, the room growing louder as their energetic conversations bounce off
Read morePeanut Interviews Dr. James K. Bass
In a recent interview with the Artistic Director of Long Beach Camerata Singers, Dr. James K. Bass, we discussed his approach to the group’s upcoming performance of Carmina Burana: Peanutsez:
Read moreA Bit About Carmina Burana
Why is Carmina Burana so popular? Perhaps it is the simple, repeated melodies, and the insistent rhythms. It is also the connection between past and present, the yanking of early medieval poetry
Read moreBaroque Trivia: Five Crazy Facts About Handel’s Messiah
It’s a good thing that Peanut wasn’t GF Handel’s dog — he never would have put up for being ignored during that 3-week period when the master composed Messiah! You can
Read more5 Big Reasons To Hear Camerata Perform Handel’s Messiah On Sunday
Mr. Peanut is getting ready for the Holidays. If you watched his Thanksgiving Message, you know he is expecting lots of goodies. Today Peanut would like to recommend that you
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