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kareilaWhy read this book now, during a time when I'm prevented from participating in a choir? Why remind myself of what I can't have?
A couple of reasons, I guess. One, I don't have anything better to be doing right now than reading books. Two, reading about someone else's similar experiences with choral singing goes a small way towards filling that empty hole in my life.
More than just that, though, the author includes several interesting anecdotes about her favorite pieces, about the history of amateur choral groups in general, and about how her participation in a well-regarded group brings joy to a life that is lacking in sources of joy. (She projects a generally low opinion of herself, which is the only mark against an otherwise engaging narrative.)
Toward the end of the book, she also mentions her involvement in Eric Whitacre's third Virtual Choir project, which I also took part in. So we have that connecting us, although she says she worried about how she looked in her video as much as how she sounded, which is frankly ridiculous.
A couple of reasons, I guess. One, I don't have anything better to be doing right now than reading books. Two, reading about someone else's similar experiences with choral singing goes a small way towards filling that empty hole in my life.
More than just that, though, the author includes several interesting anecdotes about her favorite pieces, about the history of amateur choral groups in general, and about how her participation in a well-regarded group brings joy to a life that is lacking in sources of joy. (She projects a generally low opinion of herself, which is the only mark against an otherwise engaging narrative.)
Toward the end of the book, she also mentions her involvement in Eric Whitacre's third Virtual Choir project, which I also took part in. So we have that connecting us, although she says she worried about how she looked in her video as much as how she sounded, which is frankly ridiculous.
