Inspiration and Resiliency – Online Resources for the BCI Community Part II
As stay-at-home orders continue for most Americans, we are searching for activities to fill our day and give us moments of levity, beauty and learning. Below are additional online resources for your enjoyment.
Visit Part I for an expansive listing, including numerous options for streaming performances.
STREAMING SERVICES – CHORUS, ORCHESTRA, OPERA, AND MORE
“Musical America”: Free Guide to Free Streams
This is a superb list! BCI recommended.
Hint: Link is updated every Wednesday and located under “MOST READ.”
https://www.musicalamerica.com
Free classical concerts you can listen to and watch online
“New Choral Broadcasts to Get Us Through COVID-19”
From Chorus America
https://www.chorusamerica.org/publications/blog/new-choral-broadcasts-get-us-through-covid-19
AMUSING AND ENTERTAINING VIDEOS
Toilet Paper Aria-with Soprano Christina Major
Somewhat edgy, but well sung and comical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7EZVrvyMxY
Toilet blasts the Hallelujah/Halle-loo-jah Chorus when you flush – Holy toilet in Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgZavPb7A4k
Performers from the Paris Opera Ballet dance to Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
https://www.facebook.com/100012897769362/videos/902633143509936/?t=21
Do you miss your conductors? Don’t you love when someone tells you to smile and breathe?
https://www.facebook.com/gracie.clement/videos/2778361588880249/
“Longest Time – Quarantine Edition” by Phoenix Chamber Choir (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpAKcQufacc
INFORMATIVE ARTICLES AND PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
“Expanding Our Communities As We Share Music Virtually”
From Chorus America
When Pandemics Arise, Composers Carry On
How have composers such as J.S. Bach and John Corigliano responded to pandemics?
A state-by-state guide for professional musicians
To be updated, but remains relevant
Which Cultural Entities Will People Return to After Reopening?
