Christiana Howell

Perpetual college student, conductor, singer, craft beer enthusiast, director of @SMChorale, west coaster turned east coaster turned midwesterner 😳

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

So glad I listened to #9lc on @ClassicalMPR this year. Fantastic post-broadcast content from Michael Barone feat. Dan Hyde and Bill Ives interviews, and another playing of the fabulous commissioned carol!

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

@Selwyn1882 @Kings_College It was stunning!!

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

@ejdougan Can't wait to listen on my drive between church services tonight!

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

@nicomuhly Thank you for your delightful commentary, as ever. It's the only reason I dust off this terrible platform every December-the-twenty-fourth. Cheers 🥂

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

I love how filthy the last verse of O come has become 🤗#9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

The way they've recorded this service sounds like when I forgot to switch the audio over to the external mics and recorded a whole choir concert through my laptop microphone #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

Oh boy, here come 27 verses of O Come All Ye Faithful! #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

@nicomuhly Supposedly he went naked-riding on a motorcycle with Elizabeth Poston

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

The sleepy lullaby ones are Betty’s favorite 😴 #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

Does everything seem a little muffled and husky? Maybe my speakers suck but I swear they recorded it differently in past years. Maybe the microphones are further from the choir? #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

It would've been hard not to applaud after that! "Which changed our lore, And changed our lives For evermore." #BillIves #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

This is by far the most interesting thing we've heard yet (and sung with such drama)! Bill Ives is a legend (and a @Selwyn1882 alum!) #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

the observation of punctuation in this hymn is impeccable #semicolon #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

KICK OUT THE COUGHERS #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

This Tavener is one of the most exquisite pieces of music ever written. 🐑 #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

This congregation sounds like they've been camped outside for 2 days 🏕️ #gettheesomecoffee #pickupthepace #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

@nicomuhly I hear it too, even through my shitty speakers

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

"Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu DBE was an Irish-English composer." (from Wikipedia) #themoreyouknow #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

I lurve this Matthew Martin 🤤 #ibowndyn #9lc

[Christiana Howell @howellsinger]

This poor chorister sounds vocally FATIGUED #9lc