I recently attended a Christmas concert at St. Augustine's Church in Elkdridge. For the most part, the choir blended well together. Sometimes the sopranos could be heard more clearly because their section seemed to be the most powerful. The choir had very clean cutoffs, which made them seem very unified. They communicated the text pretty well. It was easy to sense the mood of the piece from the expression they put into it. However, their …
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…They were never off key either; their intonation was perfect. The sound was always pure and on pitch, except when they sang in unison. Their unison was still perfectly on pitch, but the sound was less pure because individual voices tended to dominate the group. Overall, I thought this was a spectacular concert. Like the choir here at Wilde Lake, I noticed some weaknesses, but their strengths easily outweighed them. Bibliography None, all original work.