Get Ready to Watch the SBCS Spring Video
You will be able to watch our video premiere on our YouTube channel. This is the direct link to the video.
If you have a preferred way to watch YouTube videos, plan to do that! If you’re not YouTube savvy, read on…
But first, a tip: This video will look best on a big screen, and sound best with the best audio you have. Sure, you can enjoy it on your tiny phone, but at least use good headphones for the best possible sound.
Watching on a TV
You can stream the video to your TV in a variety of ways. Below are four common options.
1) If you have a smart TV and it has a YouTube app, just search for Santa Barbara Choral Society a few hours before 5:00 PM PT on Saturday, April 3, and you’ll be able to find the premiere video. (Here’s a video that might help get your TV connected.)
2) If you have another streaming device that runs apps, like AppleTV, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, or Roku, you can use that to connect to YouTube and watch the premiere. (See the video above at about 2 minutes in for details.)
3) You could also connect your laptop or computer to the TV via an HDMI cable and change the TV’s input, then stream the video from the computer (using the TV as a second monitor, basically).
4) If you know how to cast a video to your TV, you can do it over the air (here’s a video for that).
Watching on a computer, tablet or phone
You can watch the video on a smaller device if that’s easiest for you — just be sure to get your headphones ready, as the speakers in most devices are not awesome — and you’ll want to hear all the great audio. To watch on a computer in the best possible resolution, click the gear icon on the YouTube page and choose Quality, then 1080p (HD).
Try it now
If you’d like to test, why not try this fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1a3JpWJkd0 If you can watch that inspiring video on your big screen, you’ll be able to enjoy the premiere in the same way.
Why sign into YouTube to watch How Can We Keep from Singing?
- You can subscribe to channels like the Santa Barbara Choral Society’s channel
- You can participate in the chat on the video, interact with fans and other members (only works if you are viewing on a computer or mobile device, not TV)
- Like and comment on videos, including Saturday’s video premiere
Here are videos for How to create an account on YouTube and How to use your Google account for YouTube (if you have Gmail, you have a Google account already).
Questions?
We don’t have a dedicated tech support staff, and there are many variations that can affect how your setup is different from others. So, please — test early and check with your whip-smart grandkids if needed.
American baritone, Ralph Cato has travelled the world extensively, telling stories in song with his warm, clarion baritone voice.
Tenor, Benjamin Brecher has performed over fifty operatic roles with many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies, specializing in the high lying lyric tenor repertoire. He has performed 16 roles with New York City Opera alone. Career highlights include performances with Opera Orchestra of New York, L’Opera de Nice, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, L’Opera de Montreal, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among many others. His orchestral solo repertoire includes Mozart, Handel, Orff, Bach, Haydn, as well as many performances of Britten. In 2000 he began performing the great Irish Tenor songs in a concert produced for him entitled A Celtic Celebration, Twenty years later, the show has become a North American hit with performances with 45 Symphonies in North America. Ben continues his discography having added his twelfth recording in 2016 Forgotten Liszt, with pianist Robert Koenig, and will record a new release in 2022 entitled “Three Centuries of Thomas Moore” including the music of Britten, Berlioz, and Sarah Gibson on MSR Classics. He is a Professor of Voice at University of California Santa Barbara, where he has served as the Head of Voice.
Tracy Van Fleet is pleased to return to the Santa Barbara Choral Society. As a soloist, she has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lüneburg Symphony in Germany, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Mexico, Pasadena Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Los Angeles Bach Festival, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, USC Symphony and Chorus, and others. She has had many appearances with the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera and Opera Colorado.
Born and raised in Southern California, April Amante is a versatile soprano with expertise and facility in repertoire spanning from early music to contemporary musical theater.