'Twas a fairly standard week for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Those actually don't happen very often, so we enjoy them when we get them.
A few things I wanted to mention. . .
First, we were released from rehearsal about 20 min early on Thursday for our annual ice cream social. Nothing too grandiose, but it's nice to take opportunities to be social with choir members instead of always singing with them. So many people to get to know. And, of course, who would ever want to pass up free ice cream?
Second, our director Mack Wilberg debuted an original piece today on Music & the Spoken Word. It was titled "The Tree of Life". While it's not my favorite by him, I still enjoyed singing it and particularly liked the words as they likened our life's journey to going through Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.
Third, my favorite piece today was one performed by The Bells on Temple Square. With beautiful accompaniment by the orchestra, their rendition of Abide With Me was so, so pretty. You can take a few minutes to listen to it HERE.
Lastly, the choir is getting very eager to learn where they'll be going on tour next year. The East Coast tour of 2015 was announced in April of 2014. And the European tour of 2016 was announced in July of 2015. So, you can see that since it's now August, we're expecting it to come any day now. We have been given one hint as to whether it will be somewhere in the US, or somewhere outside the US (or a combination of both), but I can't comment on that until such things are officially shared by the Choir organization. At any rate, we're thinking the destination will be announced fairly soon.
Until next time, God be with you.
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