Louisville Magazine

MAR 2013

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bit ��� Josh Moss ���Colored��� library Spring is near To ���73 Lacrosse version Gummy bears 21 questions Hip corner St. Pat���s version ���Free��� razors THIS MONTH IN the interview micro- ROADS cross Anna Rittenhouse ���choir geek��� In January, the blog Card Chronicle mentioned U of L���s then-No. 1 ranked men���s hoops squad. Then���. ���Just how well are things going?��� the post rhetorically asked. ���Uh, we have the No. 2 choir in the mother f���ing world.��� The blog invited third place, a middle school in China, to ���eat it.��� ���It���s kind of silly because Card Chronicle has no idea what we do,��� says Anna Rittenhouse, a 19-year-old sophomore and second soprano in the Cardinal Singers. ���We don���t know if this buzz is going to stay around, but that���s OK. We���re just choir geeks.��� A confession: We also had no idea what the Cardinal Singers specialize in. ���Straight tone. Other choirs don���t really sing this way,��� Rittenhouse says. ���It means we have a very warm, rich, deep sound. No vibrato, not nabby. We try to understand the actual essence of the chord and build it exactly how the composer wants. If our tuning is perfect, there���ll be these crazy overtones.��� This month, the 30 or so members will perform at a choral-directors conference in Dallas. In June, the Cardinal Singers ��� ranked No. 2 in the world and once No. 1, according to the choral organization INTERKULTUR ��� will compete in South Korea for a chance to reclaim the top spot. ���We always compete internationally,��� Rittenhouse says. Because you���d smoke the competition in this country? ���In the States, yeah.��� 21Q���s PORTRAIT WELOVE THE PRESS RELEASES FLASH BACK z March music betting window the LIST JUST SAYIN��� the And More! 3.13 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 1 3

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