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polychrome_penSo tonight at choir practice our director dropped the bomb - our Christmas performance will be our last for the foreseeable future. Needless to say, I am rather distraught.
Choir has been one of those wonderful things that means so much more to me than I can really put into words. When our director started it up again (after the church hadn't had one for several years), I was hesitant to join up - after all, I was starting Pharmacy school and had already committed myself to weekly piano lessons. Having not been part of a choir for three years, I also doubted my abilities to pick up reading choral music again. But in the end I'm so glad that I took on choir - there's nothing like performing music together with a group of people. Even though I haven't had a free Wednesday night for almost a year and a half, I haven't regretted it at all, and really wish it could continue.
However, I understand why our director has to let this group go. Actually, I can probably understand better than anyone else in the choir. She's already the Music teacher at my old elementary school, AND is currently working on her Master's. If it was a struggle for me to sometimes show up while doing grad school, I can only imagine what it's like doing that and holding down a job.
But still, I'm sad. :(
Choir has been one of those wonderful things that means so much more to me than I can really put into words. When our director started it up again (after the church hadn't had one for several years), I was hesitant to join up - after all, I was starting Pharmacy school and had already committed myself to weekly piano lessons. Having not been part of a choir for three years, I also doubted my abilities to pick up reading choral music again. But in the end I'm so glad that I took on choir - there's nothing like performing music together with a group of people. Even though I haven't had a free Wednesday night for almost a year and a half, I haven't regretted it at all, and really wish it could continue.
However, I understand why our director has to let this group go. Actually, I can probably understand better than anyone else in the choir. She's already the Music teacher at my old elementary school, AND is currently working on her Master's. If it was a struggle for me to sometimes show up while doing grad school, I can only imagine what it's like doing that and holding down a job.
But still, I'm sad. :(
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Date: 2008-11-20 04:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-20 04:46 pm (UTC)I'm thinking of asking several of the singers from choir to put together an octet or something - that way we can sing four-part choral music, but don't necessarily have to have a whole choir.
Isn't it kind of funny that you're beginning vocal lessons at the same time my vocal stuff is apparently ending?
But I'm still vicariously excited for you - individual voice lessons are wonderful!no subject
Date: 2008-11-21 01:02 am (UTC)