Let's all dance and sing

I love Matt Harding's videos. Here's his new one...

Isn't he fantastic?

New season, great new music!

We had a great first rehearsal of the season last night, dipping our toes into some of the fantastic music that we'll be singing for our concert in May. The theme of the concert will be music for change, music that took a stand for some political or social cause. Sound dry? SO not true. I was choking back tears during more than one first reading of a piece last night. Of course, as an opera lover, the highlight of the evening for me was getting to work on Va Pensiero from Verdi's Nabucco, an anthem for unification of Italy when it was first written and performed. Check out this video from the Rome Opera recorded this fall to see what is means to modern Italians. Not a dry eye in the house!

Thanks to Roger in the tenor section for first posting the video on our Facebook page. Unless your Italian is really good, be sure to click on the CC button at the bottom of the player for the English translations!

One more holiday video

Such a cute video! Hanukkah starts sundown tomorrow. Happy Holidays!

More Holiday Fun

How cute is this?! Japanese youth group playing "Sleigh Ride"

Future performance suggestion?

As I promised the board, I plan to post occasional bits or fun as well as news about the choir. This video has been making the rounds lately after being picked up by Gawker.com. Once you watch it (it is pretty funny) be sure to click through to http://laolaiqiaogaga.blogspot.com/ and read the translation of the lyrics and the comentary about Chinese culture. So interesting!