I am so happy to be together with my choir! I love singing sacred music with them. I have been studying scores for awhile now, wanting the season to be enjoyable for them, filled with uplifting music that they will enjoy singing, music that will augment the services.
I think we have a good lineup, but as with every season, its a bit like beginning with a whole new choir. The balance and sound is different depending on who is singing this year and who has to step out for sanity reasons. Life is no less complicated when you are retired! I am so thankful for the ones who hang in there, despite how easy it would be to drop out for one reason or another, and all valid reasons.
We stretch and warm up, humming, yamming, me-may-ma-mo-mooing, and lip trilling. Yes, we are back. After last year's challenging season with my masters degree recital, this will be an easier year, but filled with good music. I have discovered that we have never sung "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" and I ordered a new arrangement that I think they will like. We will sing it for our cluster choir event.
Ooo - it promises to be another stellar year. I can't wait.
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