A Blog Space for Singers to Share Parts of Their Experience Singing in a Choir
As we enter into the month of February, I think quite a few people are starting to reflect back on what has been almost a year of Covid-19. Admittedly, a lot of that reflection realizes loss and acknowledges the will power it has taken to make it this far, but some of that reflection also considers the growth and our ability to persevere. Our choirs are currently preparing for what would previously have been Lenten Prayer concert during our Winter quarter. Last Winter, the Lenten Prayer Concert was the first thing within our community to be cancelled. I think a lot of my classmates and my directors would agree when I say that the transition away from choir and music making as we knew it was very difficult, but now, looking back over the year, I am beyond proud of the work that we have done as a community to grow and persevere together. Music making was one of the things that felt nearly impossible to replicate on a virtual platform, but over the past few months we have been able to come together (metaphorically of course ) and create three amazing pieces of music that have moved and touched so many. We have each taken time out of our days to dedicate to music and our community. We have been able to build each other up in so many ways despite our being apart, and we have been able to support each other despite the distance. When I tell people that I am in a virtual choir, I am often met with faces of confusion and conflict as the terms seem to contradict themselves entirely, but we, as a choir community, have accomplished so much over the past year. We of course are anticipating the arrival of the moment where we can sing together in the same space and bask in that communal resonance, but at this moment, we are so thankful for our directors and the ability to meet weekly and share the common virtual space. We hope that if you are reading this, you have been able to find your own light in this uncertain time, and we hope to see you at the end of this journey. In person. When we can be enveloped in music together.
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