So last night was the second night of rehearsals for Thame Choral Society's May concert. Our Christmas concert was a huge success and the whole choir is looking to build on this. Helen, our musical director has devised an English program to mark the 1914 / 2014 anniversary.
Starting on new pieces is always the really hard bit of singing in this type of choir. You look at the "dots and lines" and wonder if you will ever make sense of them and, if you do make sense of them, will it be the same sense that the rest of the choir is making? That is, of course, the reason you do it. We all sing for the joy of singing but we all like to feel the buzz of overcoming a barrier too; its good to be challenged.
For the last two rehearsals we have been attacking (is that the right word?) John Rutter's Gloria. I personally find Rutter quite hard to sing, but there is the challenge again.
The "note bashing" of the first few weeks always, always pays off as the choir approaches the concert but we must not leave it so late to shine with this one!
Anyway I'm off to write some more questions for our January 25 Quiz night at The Haddenham Youth Centre.
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