Singing with Friends and Spreading Harmony with the YRCC

 Our 2013 YRCC Spring Concert was called Singing With Friends, Spreading Harmony. I think all of my concerts, no matter what theme I've dreamed up and start with, they always end up having this same themes, peace and love. 

Ultimately, my message is always the same: singing together builds community and community is vital to individuals and to all of us, to peace and unity. Choirs are important. It's much more than having fun singing. We sing about love and beauty and peace, and feel wonderful. Inspired by music, we feel love for one another and work together to create beautiful things, musical artwork in our songs and concerts.

I've been blessed to be a member of the YRCC since 1999, and leading the choir for more than 10 years now. I love my choir and I love having the opportunity to add a little love and peace to the world. 

Here's an excerpt from my concert script from 2013.

Harmony. 
 
It’s about chords,
 
 the vertical building that occurs in music.
 
We pile up notes in a pleasing way.
 

 

The horizontal building is the melody.

The best music has consonant and dissonant chords
 
and the relationship between them
 
is what makes life interesting.  
 
We think that
 
between the beautiful harmonious sounds we make
 
and the wonderful messages of love and peace in our songs,
 
we must be adding quite a bit of harmony to the world.