On October 10th, Lafayette Choir held their second concert of the year, the Fall Informance. The Fall Informance is a concert where each choir performs and showcases a different learning procedure used in class. This concert showcased three of Lafayette’s very talented choirs, Treble, Advanced Treble Choir, and the Troubadours, as well as many soloists. Doors opened for this concert at 6:40 p.m., and it was held in the Beeler Auditorium. These choirs had about two months to prepare and did amazing.
To start the concert, the Treble Choir, a women’s non-auditioned training choir, sang “Exsultate Justi In Domino,” a traditional Latin text that sings of praise and joy. They then sang “Three Quotes” by Mark Twain, a setting of three famous sayings.
The last song the Treble Choir sang was “Saeya, Saeya.” This Korean folk song translates as “Birdie, birdie, bluebird, do not perch on the mung bean paddles. If its flowers fall, the mung bean merchant will weep.” This choir featured soloists Kelli Johnson, Molly Miller, Zoey Groves, Miranda Soto, and Summer McKinney.
The next group to sing was the Troubadours, a non-auditioned training choir for tenors and basses. They started by singing “Yesterday” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles. This is one of the band’s greatest hits and has become one of the most covered break-up songs in the history of recorded music. This song featured solos by Ari Kemcha and Kayden Gentry, with Charlie Kennedy on guitar.
The next song sung by the Troubadours was “Loch Lomond,” a traditional Scottish folk song arranged by Greg Gilpin, featuring a vocal solo from Jay Hicks and Charlie Kennedy on mandolin. From a love song to a hardship narrative, this piece has multiple connotations of love and death. The final song they sang was “None of us cared for Kate” by Laura Farnell. This piece portrays a woman named Kate who is hard to deal with in a sea shanty arrangement.
The final choir to sing was the Advanced Treble Choir, a choir consisting of auditioned treble voices. They began with their first song, “Herbstlied,” a German song that describes autumn and how life mirrors the seasons. They learned this song in one month and did an amazing job. The second song they sang was “Fly!” about taking chances and exploring new opportunities without fear of failure or loss.
The closing song for the night, sung by the Advanced Treble choir, was “Does The World Say”. This song is about how the world can’t define what we do because we are our people. This song featured soloists Kymani Pinkston and Alicia Tran.
Laura Howard, the director of the advanced treble and the treble choirs, told The Times, “I think the Fall Informance concert is important because we can demonstrate the processes that we do in class to educate our audience.” This was a great way to end the fall informance concert.
Every choir singing at the Fall Informance concert sounded fabulous. We are excited to see what Lafayette Choir will do next and how they will continue to share their talents with us.
