The Big Sing

[frenchpony]

One of the things that I loved about living in the Midwest was that, every so often, there were these pickup choir events. I got to go to the singalong Messiah at the Lyric Opera once, and to KAMII's singalong Judas Maccabaeus the last year that they did it. lcohen and rhobike and I had many lovely June evenings in Oak Park tearing through their pickup choir

Comments

[perelleth]

Sounds great fun. I always thought the Domine Jesu must be quite difficult to get right, with all those moving parts threading in and out, lolol, but the result is breathtaking.

[frenchpony]

Well, choral singing is an art. But all those years of shape-note singing, and more than a few in groups where I sometimes had to hold down the tenor bench solo, they taught me lots about how to hang onto your line. In fact, I've been teaching one of my new friends about harmony singing, just the two of us in my living room, so it does get easier the more you do it.

[meckinock]

That sounds wonderful. I wish I could have been there.

[frenchpony]

It was amazing! They do this every two years, and I'm totally on board for the 2017 edition.