{"id":118189,"date":"2020-05-12T15:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T01:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=118189"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:54:29","slug":"choirs-share-virtual-mele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/choirs-share-virtual-mele\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Choirs share virtual mele"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_60960\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_SNhe_AADY?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"糖心Vlog官方 Choirs Virtual Mele Project: &quot;Waik\u0101&quot; arr. Michael Springer\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We sing for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That was the message from the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/music\/about-us\/ensembles\/choirs\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa Choirs<\/a> as they brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b_SNhe_AADY\">a mele<\/a> (song) to life, virtually.<\/p>\n<p>The piece is dedicated to frontline workers, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> alumni and students protecting their communities, graduating <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students and everyone &ldquo;finding innovative ways to keep <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> connected, thriving and resilient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118204\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-music-jace-saplan-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person conducting and person playing the piano\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-music-jace-saplan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-music-jace-saplan-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-music-jace-saplan.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jace Saplan conducts the virtual choir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The piece &ldquo;Waik\u0101&rdquo; was selected in connection to the theme of honoring works passed down through oral lore, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor <strong>Jace Saplan<\/strong> said. &ldquo;Waik\u0101&rdquo; honors text taken from &ldquo;Hole Waimea,&rdquo; a chant composed for Kamehameha I. After transitioning to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the piece took on a new meaning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With infinite poetic entry points, kaona (Hawaiian metaphor) allows us to interpret this mele in many ways,&rdquo; Saplan said. &ldquo;According to Kumu Stephen Desha, a scholar of <span aria-label=\"moolelo\">mo&#699;olelo<\/span> (story), &lsquo;Waik\u0101&rsquo; is a mele that celebrates a community\u2019s efforts to protect their loved ones in times of strife&#8212;<span aria-label=\"manao\">mana&#699;o<\/span> that is pertinent to our current circumstances.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More virtual <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> music<\/strong>: <a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/28\/wind-ensemble-virtual-band\/\u201c><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u00a0Wind Ensemble making music together while apart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/west-oahu-strings-keep-music-going\/\u201c><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u00a0West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> strings ensemble keeps the music going<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recording process<\/h2>\n<p>The group encompasses four ensembles: the University Chorus, Concert Choir, N\u0101 Wai Chamber Choir and the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Chamber Singers. Saplan said producing the virtual project was tricky because it was very different than singing with a live ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are trained to respond to gestures with collective breath and we rely on the communal voice to create nuance in real-time,&rdquo; Saplan said.<\/p>\n<p>Each student practiced on their own with virtual support from the instructors. Then, when it was time to record, students sang to an accompaniment track individually in their homes. There are more than 100 students in the combined ensemble so Saplan ensured the project was technologically accessible and inclusive. After receiving the individual recordings, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa graduate student <strong>Nicholas Matherne<\/strong> compiled the videos into one cohesive performance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am humbled by the resilience and innovation of our student artists,&rdquo; Saplan said. &ldquo;There were a plethora of hurdles when we transitioned to an online platform, but they met the circumstance with grace, patience and resolve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The piece &lsquo;Waik\u0101&rsquo; was performed by more than 100 students in four ensembles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[113,1411,1419,1416,133,56],"class_list":["post-118189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-online-instruction","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-music","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118189"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124514,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118189\/revisions\/124514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}