Per this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg854470.html#msg854470) post and this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg854472.html#msg854472):
Plan A would appear to be branding ourselves as [the other] Choral Composer-Conductor Collective. Failing that, what name(s) would the collective wisdom suggest?
The only guidelines I took away from last night's meeting are:
Avoid the word Collective. I know this seems counter-intuitive in light of Plan A, but the strong consensus was, if Plan B, then lose the clunky noun Collective.
Ah, yes, the mission of the group. The core participants are conductor-singers, conductor-composers, sing-composers, or composer-conductor-singers; but the plan is a group of 24, so half or more of the performing ensemble will be singers with a passion for new music. The group will be dedicated to work by living composers, will in fact sing nothing older than written 25 years ago (as of the moving present) . . . not that there is anything wrong with the old music, there are just hundreds of groups to serve the already-established lit.
The next meeting is in January, so please, post inspired thoughts whenever they occur to you over the next few weeks.
TIA.
Contemporary Choral Society?
Good! And thanks.
I would put either the name Boston in (cool, elegant name), or the name of an important composer or performer of contemporary music - possibly with a Boston connection.
Q
While I still welcome more (and many) suggestions, personally I like Boston Contemporary Choral Society. The decision will be collective, though, so the more suggestions the merrier.
Quote from: karlhenning on December 16, 2014, 05:14:49 AM
While I still welcome more (and many) suggestions, personally I like Boston Contemporary Choral Society. The decision will be collective, though, so the more suggestions the merrier.
I thought you wanted to avoid the word "collective." ;D Anyway, my thought is: Composers' Choir. Perhaps Composers' Choir of Boston. That has the advantage of a delightful ambiguity that can allow the interpretation" choir OF composers" or "choir FOR composers." 8)
Thank you!
Quote from: Que on December 16, 2014, 05:11:29 AM
I would put either the name Boston in (cool, elegant name), or the name of an important composer or performer of contemporary music - possibly with a Boston connection.
Q
Sounds like "The Karl Henning Singers of Boston" ticks both those boxes. :) (Someone to blame, too, if they turn in a terrible performance.)
I always think it's a bit sad that classical ensembles have to have names like "The [place] [type of ensemble]" whereas rock bands can be called Mott the Hoople, Henry Cow or King Crimson. Would any of the members favour a more daring name?
I'm a newcomer, so seeking to attach my name to the enterprise would seem . . . uppish 8)
There was a new choral music ensemble (not quite the same mission) founded in 2009, name of Roomful of Teeth. I have not formed an opinion, but the consensus around me was that it is about the worst name for a singing ensemble imaginable.
It set me up for a joke, though. When later in the meeting David (indicating a willingness to serve, but also to step down if anyone else wanted to assume the duties) jested, "I will be your Washington," I added the cryptic footnote, "Roomful of Wooden Teeth."
Okay, here we go! 8)
And we are avoiding the word "collective" ! "Collective" smacks of...well, you know! ;) #6 would be against such a name!
So...
The Boston New Century Chorus (New Century Chorus of Boston)
The Charles Ives Choral Society ( Ives being the patron saint of contemporary New England musicians and their music)
New Music Society of New England or ("Choral Society")
The Ever New Chorus (of Boston)
The Boston Composers' Chorus
For slightly less traditional options:
Your New Choral Music Society of Boston
The New Choir of New England Or: The New Music Choir of New England
The Boston Never Baroque, Only New Music Choir
The Neo-Contemporary Choir of Boston Or: ...of Neo-England
And a dark horse candidate:
Boston's New Music and Dirty Water Choir ???
I'd try something more "dynamic"and less formal than the Chorale, Chorus, Society, etc., etc.
For instance I'd prefer the word "Voices" or a variation on it (for instance "Boston Contemporary Voices")
If you want the "Contemporary" somewhere, try some synonym...
"Voices of New Music"
"New Music Vocalists"
"21st Century Voices"
That actually leads me thinking that it would be a nice idea to set a group of 21 persons for music of the 21st century (4x5 + 1 conductor, not always the same if I understood your presentation well).
Then I'd go with the short, efficient (and possibly visually intesting) : "21 VOICES" (you could add a small "Boston" after that, if needed).
Many thanks for the further ideas! And well motivated. Good ideas!
the Newbury Street New Music Chorus
Or, if performances are more likely to be suburban, Newton New Music Chorus
As Boston is the "cradle of liberty" and the group is liberating the repertoire from the binds of the past, consider? :
The Liberty Chorale (of Boston)
or
Liberty Contemporary Chorale
or more straightforwardly : the Boston Contemporary Chorale.
Concord&Discord, A New Music Choir
Batman vs. Dracula II: Revenge of the Space Lesbians.
I have no idea why there isn't an ensemble with this name already, but snag it while you can.
(If you're looking for something more contemporary, consider Epic Selfie Bromance)
Many thanks! And any who may wish, keep 'em coming.
Pathological Vocalisers Anonymous
Quote from: amw on December 16, 2014, 06:39:38 PM
Batman vs. Dracula II: Revenge of the Space Lesbians.
I have no idea why there isn't an ensemble with this name already, but snag it while you can.
That's the name of my Parchesi club.
Quote from: Ken B on December 16, 2014, 06:36:12 PM
Concord&Discord, A New Music Choir
That's a good one! With the reference to Concord, as in Lexington and Concord. Of course, "Boston" then seems to be slighted.
Another "edgier" idea:
Soon-to-be-Famous Composers' Choir
Quote from: springrite on December 17, 2014, 05:24:39 AM
Pathological Vocalisers Anonymous
Names for
choirs Paul, not political parties.
In the Roomful of Teeth vein: Boston Tongue Party
Quote from: karlhenning on December 16, 2014, 03:56:48 AM
Per this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg854470.html#msg854470) post and this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg854472.html#msg854472):
Choral Composer-Conductor Collective.
C 4 of course is a high-powered explosive! $:)
So maybe we should be thinking along those lines! ;)
BOOMING VOICES of BOSTON!! ???
For the new agey types loging for "Collective"
Gathered Voices
Makes me wanna hurl myself ...
Quote from: Ken B on December 16, 2014, 06:36:12 PM
Concord&Discord, A New Music Choir
How about punning it up a bit, adding a bit of
Greek Latin at the end to make sound more impressive, and call yourselves:
Condiscordium
Quote from: Cato on December 16, 2014, 01:43:32 PM
And we are avoiding the word "collective" ! "Collective" smacks of...well, you know! ;)
...the Borg, I know. Good call there. 8)
Quote from: springrite on December 17, 2014, 05:24:39 AM
Pathological Vocalisers Anonymous
That's awesome.
Quote from: Ken B on December 17, 2014, 10:26:00 AM
Names for choirs Paul, not political parties.
Why not, in case they'd eventually want to branch out.
Quote from: Wanderer on December 18, 2014, 03:09:49 AM
...the Borg, I know. Good call there. 8)
We...are... BORG!!! 0:) Hey!
The Boston Borg Choir!Nah! People usually want to hear more than one note!
Quote from: Cato on December 18, 2014, 05:05:46 AM
Nah! People usually want to hear more than one note!
This prejudice against minimalists never ends, it just. never. ends.
>:D :laugh:
But . . . if it's the right note . . . .
Quote from: Ken B on December 18, 2014, 05:09:36 AM
This prejudice against minimalists never ends, it just. never. ends.
>:D :laugh:
Well,if I want to hear a one-note chorus,I can always listen to the whining of my students! And their parents!
Quote from: karlhenning on December 18, 2014, 05:21:57 AM
But . . . if it's the right note . . . .
Aye! "Just my luck! They were singing Bb tonight, and I wanted to hear F#!" ???
Go simple but with an inspiring and imaginative core:
e.g.
Voices of Illumination
Quote from: Ken B on December 17, 2014, 10:31:39 AM
In the Roomful of Teeth vein: Boston Tongue Party
Ho ho ho HO, indeed! :o :laugh:
Quote from: DaveF on December 16, 2014, 07:50:41 AM
Sounds like "The Karl Henning Singers of Boston" ticks both those boxes. :) (Someone to blame, too, if they turn in a terrible performance.)
Thanks a bunch! 8)
Since the endeavor is modeled on a group in New York, the Naming of the Band has been on hold, as there was the possibility (mild hope) that our name might be much the same, as a sort of "Boston franchise." That possibility having run its course, three of our organizers decided on
Triad: Boston's Choral Collective. (I know: I reported that the thought was expressed, of avoiding the term
collective, but I guess it was not a sticking point.) As explained at last might's rehearsal . . .
Why "Triad"? To underscore the three foci of the group — composing, conducting, singing — and, since we present new music, which is sometimes scary to people, the triad is a musical object with a comforting familiarity to it.And, for those GMG-ers on Facebook,
we are, too (https://www.facebook.com/bostonchoralcollective).
BACCHUS
Boston A Contemporary Choral H U Society
. . . a few letters to fill in there . . .