{"id":2027,"date":"2018-12-24T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2019-10-16T05:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:42:24","slug":"singing-along-with-the-naist-chorus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/?p=2027&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Singing Along with the NAIST Chorus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NAIST Chorus is an informal group who shares the love of singing and good company.<br \/>\n<!--more-->The Chorus meets on occasion at the NAIST Guesthouse Exchanging room for some good old singing. Each session is a little different, as the songs change with the season. In a December session I attended, we sang Christmas songs in English, German, and Japanese. It was interesting to try and twist the tongue differently to a familiar tune. A session lasts from 18:00 to 19:30.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2030\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2006\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940286.jpg 3000w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940286-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940286-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940286-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you say \u201cgr\u00fcnst\u201d? This guy can!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group has always been led by Ms. Mitsuko Barker, for the last twelve years. Mitsuko is a master musician, having studied and practiced in Japan and in Austria. With great passion and piano-playing, she trains the Chorus in projection, posture, and pronunciation. Making sure to spend adequate time on each member, everybody always leaves the session singing a little better and learning a bit more about other cultures. Christmas songs might not be to everybody&#8217;s liking, but it\u2019s really just another excuse to learn something new. In any case, the other sessions cover songs from a wide range of classical and pop songs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2031\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2031\" src=\"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2006\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940292.jpg 3000w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940292-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940292-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1940292-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photo of the NAIST Chorus, with Ms. Mitsuko Barker in the center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than just a singing group, a small intimate circle is developed. My buddy and I got a chance to spend some time with the group besides the singing. We learned a little about food, history, and stories about each other. You don\u2019t sing? You\u2019ll never know until you try! Schedules and materials are sent about a week in advance, so you don\u2019t miss a session. Grab a friend and be sure to meet the friendly people that make up the NAIST Chorus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NAIST Chorus is an informal group who shares the love of singing and good company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}