InChoir releases newpodcast installment

On the final installment of InChoir’s second season, Dr. Diane Orlofsky, co-host of

InChoir and Troy University professor emerita, splices life experiences with choral compositions to explore stories and share human experiences behind pieces of music.

InChoir is Orlofsky and Dr. Scott Sexton’s podcast that invites musicians to have conversations about choral music, the arts and life. The two hosts, alongside their guests, discuss their lives, their music and how the two naturally weave themselves together.

For the final installment of InChoir’s second season, Orlofsky, without Sexton, invited on

composer, arranger and singer Blake Morgan for an episode split into two-parts titled

“Reimagination 1” and “Reimagination 2.” The titles allude to the overarching topic surrounding Morgan’s process of taking familiar pieces of music and altering them into pieces that sound new.

Listening to these two episodes of InChoir is an absolute joy. Through her genuine

intrigue and tender anecdotes, listeners can really tell that Orlofsky carries a serious passion for music along with a deep interest in both getting to know and connecting with Morgan.

A large focus for this two-parter episode of InChoir is talking about how the history and

backgrounds of pieces affect the interpretations and most touching portions taken away by

listeners.

One of the first conversation topics that Orlofsky engages Morgan in surrounds “Shall

We Gather at the River,” a piece he reimagined and performed alongside some of his heroes and really gets to the root of his history with the piece.

He tells Orlofsky, along with the audience, about how he reached out to the Ringmasters,

a barbershop quartet he idolized and wound up meeting while on tour in Stockholm years ago.

While in the city, Morgan and the quartet hung out all night and sang together, forming a

connection that would later culminate in the collaboration of Morgan’s rendition of “Shall We Gather at the River.”

During the retelling of the composition’s creation, Morgan noted that meeting and getting

to know the quartet in Stockholm is one of the moments that still sticks in his head years later.

He also touched on how he thinks it will continue to be one of his favorite experiences on tour ever.

After playing the entire track of the reimagined “Shall We Gather at the River,” Orlofsky On the final installment of InChoir’s second season, Dr. Diane Orlofsky, co-host of InChoir and Troy University professor emerita, splices life experiences with choral compositions

to explore stories and share human experiences behind pieces of music.

InChoir is Orlofsky and Dr. Scott Sexton’s podcast that invites musicians to have

conversations about choral music, the arts and life. The two hosts, alongside their guests, discuss their lives, their music and how the two naturally weave themselves together.

For the final installment of InChoir’s second season, Orlofsky, without Sexton, invited on

composer, arranger and singer Blake Morgan for an episode split into two-parts titled

“Reimagination 1” and “Reimagination 2.”

The titles allude to the overarching topic surrounding Morgan’s process of taking familiar

pieces of music and altering them into pieces that sound new.

Listening to these two episodes of InChoir is an absolute joy. Through her genuine

intrigue and tender anecdotes, listeners can really tell that Orlofsky carries a serious passion for music along with a deep interest in both getting to know and connecting with Morgan.

A large focus for this two-parter episode of InChoir is talking about how the history and

backgrounds of pieces affect the interpretations and most touching portions taken away by

listeners.

One of the first conversation topics that Orlofsky engages Morgan in surrounds “Shall

We Gather at the River,” a piece he reimagined and performed alongside some of his heroes and really gets to the root of his history with the piece.

He tells Orlofsky, along with the audience, about how he reached out to the Ringmasters,

a barbershop quartet he idolized and wound up meeting while on tour in Stockholm years ago.

While in the city, Morgan and the quartet hung out all night and sang together, forming a

connection that would later culminate in the collaboration of Morgan’s rendition of “Shall We Gather at the River.”

During the retelling of the composition’s creation, Morgan noted that meeting and getting

to know the quartet in Stockholm is one of the moments that still sticks in his head years later.

He also touched on how he thinks it will continue to be one of his favorite experiences on tour ever.

After playing the entire track of the reimagined “Shall We Gather at the River,” Orlofsky.