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The Dondero Pop Concert was a High School Rock Concert located in Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1967, Rick Hartsoe was named choir director and began adding pop songs to the choir’s song list. The Acappela choir’s Pop Concert was known for performing rock songs by bands such as Queen, Yes, and Boston. The concert was performed in March of every year from 1967 to 2006.<ref name=":0">"Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". ''Royal Oak Tribune''. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
The Dondero Pop Concert was a High School Rock Concert located in Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1967, Rick Hartsoe was named choir director and began adding pop songs to the choir’s song list. The Acappela choir’s Pop Concert was known for performing rock songs by bands such as Queen, Yes, and Boston. The concert was performed in March of every year from 1967 to 2006.<ref name=":0">"Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". ''Royal Oak Tribune''. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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In the late 60s and 70s, the Dondero Pop Concert reached its height around the same time rock and roll was at its height.[1] Some notable songs in that era were Stairway to Heaven and Purple Haze by Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. Also, Hotel California by the Eagles was performed by members of the same school that Glen Frey of the Eagles had gone to. The heavier sounds of the 80s, with a much heavier focus on lead guitar, influenced the 80s and early 90s. The '90s and 2000s reflected its era with a greater focus on alternative rock with songs such as Tonic’s If You Could Only See. |
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In the years before Rick Hartsoe was hired as the choir director, the choir only performed traditional songs, but he made a radical change when he added Jose Feliciano's "Guantanamera" and The Bob Crewe Generation's "Music to Watch Girls By to the choir's song list in 1967. A few years later, more new ground was broken when the Palmer brothers joined the choir. That was when electric guitars were first introduced to the stage.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The thing that made the concert innovative was the fact that rock music was sung and performed by a choir.<ref>"Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". ''Oakland Press''. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> Similar projects in other schools and organizations came after, but the pop concert has the distinction of being one of the first examples of rock music being played and sung in high schools. The choir director, Rick Hartsoe, believed that students could learn just as much from rock music as classical music. He explained, "We're not looking for easy songs or fun tunes. We're looking for music that challenges us," Hartsoe said.<ref name=":2">"MR. HARTSOE’S OPUS". The Oakland Press. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref><ref>"Three Hall of Fame Teachers-and Their Influence on a Newbie". ''Huffpost''. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> "Once we started doing this, we realized that it can be as hard or harder than the classics."<ref name=":2" /> The concert's height may have been reached when the choir and instrumentalists accurately replicated bands such as Queen and Yes, with the innovation of using the school's elite choir members to sing the complex harmonies of those progressive and art rock bands. Every year, the Dondero Pop concert would end with the song Aquarius. The concert ended when Dondero High School closed in 2006.<ref name=":1">"Keenan: Mr. Hartsoe's Opus: Book celebrates Dondero Pop". The Detroit News. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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The choir director was known as a strict teacher, not allowing students to be late or disruptive in class.<ref name=":0" /> Despite that, Hartsoe was able to get across to anti-establishment teenagers who wanted a chance to play rock music in front of a packed stage."<ref name=":0" /><ref>"Three Hall of Fame Teachers-and Their Influence on a Newbie". ''Huffpost''. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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He believed that students could learn just as much from rock music as from classical music. He explained that, "We're not looking for easy songs or fun tunes. We're looking for music that challenges us," Hartsoe said. "Once we started doing this, we realized that it can be as hard or harder than the classics."<ref>"MR. HARTSOE’S OPUS". The Oakland Press. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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As the years went by, the difficulty of the songs attempted increased with the concert covering bands such as Queen, Boston, and Yes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". ''Oakland Press''. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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Hartsoe knew that copying rock music was difficult, but he made sure that his choir and instrumentalists learned the songs as closely to the records as possible. |
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"I called it replication," Hartsoe explained. "It was singing it as you hear it.”<ref name=":1">"Keenan: Mr. Hartsoe's Opus: Book celebrates Dondero Pop". The Detroit News. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.</ref> |
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Every year, the Dondero Pop concert would end with the song Aquarius. The concert ended when Dondero High School closed in 2006.<ref name=":1" /> |
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The Dondero Pop Concert was a High School Rock Concert located in Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1967, Rick Hartsoe was named choir director and began adding pop songs to the choir’s song list. The Acappela choir’s Pop Concert was known for performing rock songs by bands such as Queen, Yes, and Boston. The concert was performed in March of every year from 1967 to 2006.[1]
History
In the late 60s and 70s, the Dondero Pop Concert reached its height around the same time rock and roll was at its height.[1] Some notable songs in that era were Stairway to Heaven and Purple Haze by Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. Also, Hotel California by the Eagles was performed by members of the same school that Glen Frey of the Eagles had gone to. The heavier sounds of the 80s, with a much heavier focus on lead guitar, influenced the 80s and early 90s. The '90s and 2000s reflected its era with a greater focus on alternative rock with songs such as Tonic’s If You Could Only See.
The thing that made the concert innovative was the fact that rock music was sung and performed by a choir.[2] Similar projects in other schools and organizations came after, but the pop concert has the distinction of being one of the first examples of rock music being played and sung in high schools. The choir director, Rick Hartsoe, believed that students could learn just as much from rock music as classical music. He explained, "We're not looking for easy songs or fun tunes. We're looking for music that challenges us," Hartsoe said.[3][4] "Once we started doing this, we realized that it can be as hard or harder than the classics."[3] The concert's height may have been reached when the choir and instrumentalists accurately replicated bands such as Queen and Yes, with the innovation of using the school's elite choir members to sing the complex harmonies of those progressive and art rock bands. Every year, the Dondero Pop concert would end with the song Aquarius. The concert ended when Dondero High School closed in 2006.[5]
References
- ^ "Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". Royal Oak Tribune. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Local author releases book about Dondero Pop Concerts". Oakland Press. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ a b "MR. HARTSOE’S OPUS". The Oakland Press. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Three Hall of Fame Teachers-and Their Influence on a Newbie". Huffpost. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Keenan: Mr. Hartsoe's Opus: Book celebrates Dondero Pop". The Detroit News. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.