Choir

Listening to: Emma Wallace

I like this song. I've never heard one of her songs before (that I know of), but this one has a fun jazzy side to it's somber melody. As many of my friends are already aware of, I'm in such a jazzy mood right now. I can often be found on my piano adding a swing tempo to the most classic baroque. It's not technically correct, but I honestly don't realize I'm doing it half the time. The other half I'm bored. Or...stubborn.

I like to think I have a good taste in music. Then I dance to Party in the USA.

No, please! Stay friends with me! I know my own shortcomings all too well.

Anyway, what I really wish is that I was familiar with more choral pieces. John Rutter's Requiem is perhaps the most moving, emotional, ingenious work of art I've ever had the good pleasure of listening to. If I hadn't joined choir, I would have never heard it, and I sincerely doubt I'd have sung soprano in the piece. Hardest thing I've ever learned. And guess what? I get to sing it again! Well, most of it.

Not to mention, my choir does fun songs. For instance, we are currently in the process of learning an African song. It's so fun, and for something so simple and tempo driven it's really hard to get! We even have permission to sway a little and tap the beat (double-time) with our hands during the concert just so we'll stay in time. Funny how slurring an up-beat song can suddenly turn it into a dirge.

Lastly, I must add in this note: My choir director is the best in the world! She makes everything fun and she forces us to push ourselves farther than we'd ever thought possible. I owe everything I've learned about singing (and for those of you who don't sing, it's not nearly as simple as it seems) to her. Hard work trumps talent every time.