Chorus puts tweets to music
In an effort to promote the city of Calgary, Tourism Calgary asked people on Twitter to suggest ways of staying warm this winter, then Calgary Philharmonic Chorus’s master set 20 of the tweeted replies to music.
The result? Tweets (including “gravy action on my cheese,” a.k.a. poutine) sung to the tune of Carl Orff’s dramatic “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana.
(If you aren’t able to play the “Singing Tweets” embedded video, click here to view it.)
“The management of the debt-burdened Detroit Symphony Orchestra canceled the rest of its season on Saturday [today], after executives and the players failed to resolve a strike that has lasted four and a half months.”
The news, posted on the DSO’s Web site: http://blog.detroitsymphony.com/2011/02/musicians-rejection-of-dso-final-offer-causes-suspension-of-remaining-dso-orchestral-season/
See also: earlier post from November 4 – around the time of the start of the musicians’ work stoppage/strike.
It’s always interesting to see how organizations and their communities rebound from such situations.