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Written by Rebecca LaPole, for NEXTnc
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 |
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 Hazel Miller can capture your heart in an instant. She has a musical laugh and a glowing presence.
But she says it’s the Loveland Choral Society in its upcoming show “Amen: Feel the Spirit!” — featuring Miller — that will amaze the audience at the Rialto Theater in Loveland.
Miller and the 100-voice choir will kick off four shows in a row of impassioned music on Oct. 12.
Miller is originally from Louisville, Ky., and grew up Catholic, learning some songs in Latin.
“That really freaks people out when I start singing out in Latin,” she says.
She lives in Lakewood now and loves Colorado. “Red Rocks is the most beautiful and acoustic place I’ve ever performed,” Hazel says. And she’s traveled to every state, other than North Dakota and Alaska, and all over the world: Egypt, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Israel, Panama and Honduras. “I don’t know what the hell I was doing in Honduras,” she says.
A performer with 30-some years of experience and leader of “a loud funk band,” Hazel surprised me by saying that she doesn’t read music. She says, “I’m afraid to learn how.” But that doesn’t stop her powerful voice from resonating with deep understanding on every note.
She is also a humble person, complete with an aura of gold, who says the bio on her Web site makes her sound more important than she is.
“Whether she is singing blues, jazz, pop, or gospel, her voice charges the songs with a primal dose of genuine soul.”
This quote from her bio expresses what audience members say they experience while listening to Miller sing.
However, Hazel says, “Prepare to be shocked and awed” by the 100-singer chorus full of well-educated singers. The 32 voices in the choir sing a complicated eight-part harmony for “He’s Got the Whole World.”
Hazel admires their courage and ability to tackle difficult and different music, especially gospel. She says, “They are such precise singers, I feel that I can just follow them.”
The beautiful, seamless flow of music accompanied by the feeling of joy in the air keeps a permanent smile on Hazel and the audience alike.
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