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It 's important to remember that most of these singers were in their teens — or barely out of them — when they cut these songs , and most slipped back into anonymity soon after . " A Cappella Through The Ages " is the theme as participants sing an intriguing selection of music from a diverse repertoire - - medieval , Renaissance , baroque , early American ; 19th - and 20th-century part-songs , rounds , hymns and folk songs ; jazz , pop , doo-wop and improvisation . This year ’ s colloquium will focus on English poetry spanning six centuries , read by University of Nevada , Reno humanities faculty members , with song settings performed by soprano Katharine DeBoer , pianist James Winn and John Lenz , French horn . Arty without being too pretentious , capable of writing gripping songs and playing with ferocious intensity , guitarist Roger Miller , bassist Clint Conley , drummer Peter Prescott , and tape head Martin Swope gal ... Presented in conjunction with the exhibition , The Spirit Girls : Songs that Never Die is a modern opera depicting the saga of a group of ghost girls who journey through turbulent seas and over golden fields in search of a place to deliver their stories in song . " Eentsy Weentsy " ] Spider " showed as the favorite song - - and one that 's been a favorite for at least two generations . It 's a Scott Kannberg number , which means it 's more moody and less hook-heavy than most Pavement songs . A whirling , jangly rock song distinguished by its Steely Dan-esque lyrical and musical manner , " Children of December " finds Barr and company employing quirky pop-cultural wordplay , complete with references to " the Hot Wheels , the Autobots , the Decepticons . In addition , song trees are described : males sang from " hidden positions next to tree trunks or in dense clumps of foliage . Once again , like the Rolling Stones Song said , “ Time is on their side ” .