choral part-balancing

[cellio]

Overheard at last night's choir party:

Director: ...And I told (another choir's director) that we have five tenors now and quite a few basses too, and she was blown away. [Context: for whatever reason, SCA choirs and maybe amateur choirs in general have a lot of trouble getting enough tenors. Our choir has about 25 members and five tenors is considered very good.]

Transgender tenor: Some of our tenors used to be sopranos.¹ She could suggest...

Other choir member: In the Debatable Choir we make tenors!

¹ Two, in fact. There is also a woman in the bass section (who hasn't undergone physical changes thus far).

Comments

[madfilkentist]

Reverse castrati!

[(Anonymous)]

Taking the thin excuse to plug my favourite baritone: Lucia Lucas is singing as Don Giovanni at the Tulsa Opera! She's an American trans baritone who's mostly sung in Germany so far. I find her voice amazingly rich and I love her as Falstaff (you can find a clip on Youtube).

[jennyaxe]

When I was in high school, I sang bass in the school choir. I enjoyed telling people that and seeing them get all confused.

I don't think my voice is quite that deep anymore, and I haven't been in a choir since. (I do still sing, but mostly to myself and to my horse.)

[hlinspjalda]

I am looking forward to telling Sparky about this. Every scrap of reassurance about possible SCA life after the Cradle of Kingdoms is helpful. :-)

[cellio]

If y'all end up in AEthelmearc, Sparky will be just fine! And if he sings and wants to join our choir (if we're so fortunate as to have you move here), he'll be most welcome no matter what part he sings. :-)