A place for everything. . . .

And everything in it's place.
A blog for Chorale thoughts and musings.

Let me begin. . . . I'm not just blowing smoke. I love the RVW Dona. Why? Many reasons.
First: is it "beautiful" music. No. I find it sort of like reading Schindler's List. Weird I know. Schindler's List was a well written book about a terrible subject. Was it the best book I've ever read? No. Did it make a lasting impression on me - for sure. The lasting impression of the Dona Nobis Pacem is one of a piece to which you absolutely must pay attention. If not for the odd harmonizations that send this choristers brain into tailspins then you should listen for the words. Read the text. Alone. Without music superimposed. There is a story there of a leading forward into a place of hope. That mankind isn't all dead and dying forever (Amen)
Second: I love to learn hard music. I love to make it work and understand it. I love to do something that will stretch my mind into new brainwave patterns and understanding. It pushes me and I relish it. I have learned so much music in my lifetime. It is always refreshing and joyful to apply my brain to more and more!

Christmas - it's one of the ways I measure my life. My life is something like this.
My new year begins in September: Back to school; Back to Chorale
First holiday: Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur
Second marker: First concert
Third marker: December (just put an "X" through it)
Fourth marker: Gala
Fifth marker: January pops
Sixth Marker: the push to the end of the season

There is only one thing on there that isn't related to my singing. . .back to school. Should tell you something about what I set an extreme amount of value on in my life.

The Chorale has been an intimate component of my life for the last 24 years. Any time that sort of relationship has been established it becomes as much a part of you as your soul. All of its members bring stories. Individual stories. I find it amazing that in a world of division we come together for the joy of music - we unite and sing because we must.

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