<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">YES!!! I’m 100% in agreement!!!! The words are as important as the music. Even when we sing in english it’s hard to understand!!! Common complaint. I say the words to all our anthems would be great!!!<div>Lindsay<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 10, 2022, at 11:02 AM, Donia Prince via Choir <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I understand your frustration, and agree that the lyrics are unintelligible on that recording, and I doubt we will do much better! We do plan to read the lyrics--the original poem--before we sing that piece on Music Sunday. The words are really central to our performance of that particular piece. For me personally knowing all of the lyrics is not always important--I see them as sometimes just a vehicle for the music, giving structure to the composition but not important to understand all of them. But I know many people feel differently.<div>We could also definitely think about having an extended order of service, including all of the lyrics, especially as for a couple of the songs we will invite the congregation to sing along if they want.</div><div><br></div><div>Donia</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:55 AM Lani Seifert <<a href="mailto:lani.seifert@gmail.com">lani.seifert@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello,</div><div dir="auto">I’d like to start a conversation about “lyrics”.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think an important part of choral singing is the lyrics. The music is important too, of course. What is the point of singing anything other than “la la tra la” if the lyrics cannot be understood by the listener?</div><div dir="auto">I just listened to Gift to Sing and could not understand a word. No closed captioning offered either (that I noticed). And the singers were NOT masked, as we are.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’d like to offer the suggestion that we print out the lyrics to whatever we are singing and offer it to the congregation. The order of service seems to have a little extra room, or it could be a separate sheet.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This also relates to my complaint about singing Muusica in Estonian, or what ever it is. Who understands it? Probably nobody in the congregation or the choir! Why not sing it on bah,bah bah or la, la, la?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for reading my rant. Please respond with any thoughts on this subject. Otherwise, lets give up real words, and go with nonsense syllables. No one will notice the difference!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">BTW, I am happy to take on the chore of writing out the lyrics, and of course would welcome any help on that.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lani</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 9:28 AM Donia Prince via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all!<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks everyone for your beautiful singing and presence last Sunday!</div><div><br></div><div>A couple of reminders: </div><div>We will be having a rehearsal this Saturday. We have moved it to 9-11am in order to accommodate those who plan to attend the big action at the statehouse regarding reproductive rights which begins at 11.</div><div><br></div><div>At rehearsal Thursday I will be collecting any contributions any of you wish to make to offer our volunteer tech crew a gift from the choir. Cash, or checks made out to me. We are thinking probably some sort of dining gift certificates, but if anyone has other ideas let Lani know.</div><div><br></div><div>As usual we could use some of you to sign up to support hymn singing at church this Sunday. Not sure yet what the hymns will be. here is the sign-up link: <a href="https://rsvp.church/r/H7RtmXNs" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,111,186);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Jost;font-size:24px" target="_blank">https://rsvp.church/r/H7RtmXNs</a></div><div><br></div><div>If anyone wants to try out singing Gift to Sing with the whole recording, here it is: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBPHXJEtU7A&t=1s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBPHXJEtU7A&t=1s</a></div><div><br></div><div>Finally, as written on the schedule handed out earlier, we will be having a rehearsal on Saturday, June 4th from 10-11, in lieu of the Thursday rehearsal. (We might have an optional Thursday one as well if people are interested. ). Following that rehearsal we'll have a potluck end-of-year gathering outside at the benches.</div><div><br></div><div>See you Thursday! We will work on Grace and Mercy, Gift to Sing, and a little on Place in the Choir.</div><div><br></div><div>Donia</div></div>
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