“I’m Donald Nally and… I’m in Philadelphia with my group The Crossing which is a 24 voice contemporary choir (sings only music written in the last 15 years and much of it’s written for us).”
www.crossingchoir.com
Recorded September 2011
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Dear Crossing Choir:
I began creating mp3 files somewhat by accident, or as an experiment. A few years ago I received a note from Frank Moore of Love Underground Visionary Revolution in regards to a few poems I mailed him. He asked if I’d be interested in recording them on a tape for him to play on his show. At the time I was just figuring out how to record my own voice and poetry as soundtracks for short collage-films I’d begun to make, yet the idea of using even a thirty minute tape for a number of poems seemed like I’d be wasting a lot of tape time. Thus, I got the idea of adding music to accompany my words. This eventually resulted in the CD “Love Lullabies”. Using my own voice as background for my writing, in the past year I worked up the nerve to attempt singing the poems entirely. Actually, since so many of my poems are narratives, I’ve often thought of them sort of as choral, operatic or folk pieces, feeling influenced by such works as “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” in addition to the librettists for John Adams and Phillip Glass. I thought I’d be working on yet another DIY project, (eventually entitled “Whispers of Arias”), but luckily came across Kevin MacLeod and his royalty-free music site, Incompetech.com. With his permission to use and play with samples from his site for this esoteric project, I’ve been fortunate to find a working collaboration.
I was wondering if you might find any of this material to be of interest for you in regards to potential librettos. I can send as MP3s and Zip Files to save on postage unless you would prefer the discs.
Thank you for considering this,
Stephen