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Spending some time with our performance of Stuart Beatch's Chosen Family at Choral Canada's Podium in Victoria this past May... I could sing the first 60 bars of this movement over and over and never get tired of it. I've never performed something that simulates floatedness and contentedness like this. It takes me right to Thousand Palms outside of Palm Springs. That oversold audience in what has to be one of the most rewarding spaces I've ever performed in - St. Andrew's Cathedral was nothing like I've ever performed for before. You could hear a pin drop between movements. That space gave back so much more than we gave. For context, I've sung at Carnegie and St. Andrew's has it beat. The Winspear Centre also has Carnegie beat. I'm forever thankful and forever grateful we could bring John Barton's text to music, and having him in the audience just meant the world. I'm really pining to start our @chronosvocalensemble@mstdn.ca 2027 season. #choir #choral #music #yegarts #victoria https://stuartbeatch.com/chosen-family

I did something in rehearsal last night I have never done before. I sang the F over middle C in my head voice. Mind. Blown. It's true what they say, your voice truly doesn't mature until you're into your 30's. #choir #choral #singing