{"id":1972,"date":"2026-06-05T20:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:47:22","slug":"choir-queen-medley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/performances\/choir-queen-medley\/","title":{"rendered":"Choir &#8211; Queen Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the main pieces in our choir\u2019s repertoire right now is a medley of Queen songs,\u00a0<strong>\u2018Queen Forever\u2019<\/strong>, arranged by our choir director Beno\u00eet Giaux, and choreographed by our movement coach Geoffrey Grumelli. It\u2019s written in two separate parts, and we\u2019ve performed both at a few concerts in April and May 2026. There\u2019s also a proper studio audio recording planned for the end of June, and a video recording in September. Both will go up on the choir\u2019s official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NMLdbSljS_8?si=izR_4IJpI42BnNnJ\">YouTube page of the Youth Choir of La Monnaie<\/a>\u00a0once they\u2019re done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I sing the alto part. The cool thing about this arrangement is how the melody gets passed around between the voice parts. At any given moment you\u2019re just as likely to be singing the main tune as a harmony or a backing vocal. The altos actually get a lot of the melody here, often shared with the tenors and basses, which doesn\u2019t usually happen \u2014 altos don\u2019t normally get that much, so it\u2019s really nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The medley works particularly well, in my opinion, because the original Queen\u2019s songs are written largely in a vaguely operatic, choral style already, so it transposes very well into a literal choir setting. Especially Bohemian Rhapsody basically has choir bits all the way through, so it is easy to take those harmonies and apply them to a full choir. There are also some really cool dissonances and jazzy chords in there, which makes it fun to sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two videos below are part one and part two of the medley, and have been recorded from the audience at the concert we gave on 31st May 2026 at the <em>\u00c9glise Saint-Julien, <\/em>Auderghem, Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen Forever (Part 1) - Choeur de Jeunes de La Monnaie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QB4Nlx5iYm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Queen Forever \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 \u00c9glise de Saint-Julien, Auderghem, 31 May 2026.\u00a0<br>Choeur de Jeunes de La Monnaie \u2013 La Choraline. Direction: Beno\u00eet Giaux. Movement: Geoffrey Grumelli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen Forever (Part 2) - Choeur de Jeunes de La Monnaie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0KJB2FoDVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Queen Forever \u2013 Part 2 \u2013 \u00c9glise de Saint-Julien, Auderghem, 31 May 2026.\u00a0<br>Choeur de Jeunes de La Monnaie \u2013 La Choraline. Direction: Beno\u00eet Giaux. Movement: Geoffrey Grumelli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main pieces in our choir\u2019s repertoire right now is a medley of Queen songs,\u00a0\u2018Queen Forever\u2019, arranged by our choir director Beno\u00eet Giaux, and choreographed by our movement coach Geoffrey Grumelli. It\u2019s written in two separate parts, and we\u2019ve performed both at a few concerts in April and May 2026. 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