Our weekly newsletter contained a rather nice summary of what the Choir organization has accomplished during the past six months and I thought I'd share that list with you. It's always a little strange reading through these accomplishments knowing that they all happened without any active participation of Choir members themselves. But it's great that the mission of the Choir continues to roll forth, and as mentioned many times before, we're excited to get back together at some point this year and make music again. The first Music & the Spoken Word when we return will be quite the broadcast and I know the "powers that be" are already working on making that a uniquely special event.
At any rate, here's a fun list of accomplishments to look through.
*The 110th anniversary of the first recording of the Choir (the second choir in the world and the first in the United States to be recorded at the time).
*The broadcast of Choir's 2019 Christmas concert (aired in December 2020 and was more well-received and viewed than ever before).
*The release of two new Christmas videos (“Baby of Bethlehem” and “The First Noel”).
*The creation and filming of a two-hour Christmas special to be broadcast on PBS and
BYUtv in December 2021.
*The announcement of the twice-postponed 2022 summer tour.
*A content refresh of the Choir's mobile app.
*The continued success of the Piping Up! organ recitals (now nearing 21⁄2 million
views).
*The restreaming of the Choir's 2018 Messiah performance (this coming weekend!).
*The completion of a translation project in which Music & the Spoken Word is now available in 12 languages and two accents (eight of those languages were made available in the past six months--Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian, Italian, German, Hungarian, Romanian).
Regarding The Messiah restreaming performance this weekend, if you're not up for watching the whole thing, you're invited to (re)watch the Virtual Hallelujah Chorus recording that was done a few years back. It's one of my favorite productions the Choir put together.
To end this post, each week I try to examine how I'm personally feeling about the Choir and this interim period when we're not participating. This week, I don't think I have too many feelings to share, but I will say that when I first read through this list of accomplishments, I had a mix of feeling grateful and feeling upset. That latter emotion just stems from pride and I tried to squalsh it as soon as I felt it. After all, I have every reason to be hopeful and optimistic and thankful. So that's what I'll focus on being.
Until next time, God be with you.
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