Eric Conway writes:
Hello everyone,
I
hope that you are enjoying this season. Tonight, the Morgan State
University Choir had one last engagement of the season. We were asked
to be guest artists for a sold-out Catholic Charities benefit at the
Baltimore Basilica, noted for being the first Catholic diocese in the
United States. Despite the extreme cold weather, everyone still managed
to come out to hear this concert. The Concert Artists of Baltimore
presented the concert for Catholic Charities. One of my mentors, Edward
Polochick, asked me if the Morgan State University choir would
participate in this $60 a ticket benefit. I said yes because of my
relationship with Ed, because of the worthy charity, and also because I
wanted to give my students an opportunity to sing in a cathedral
acoustic. We just had our Christmas concert on Sunday, so we had much
music from which to choose. Our music was warmly received. Please see
below an email sent tonight, paying our choir a very high complement
from the one of the Concert Artist choir members. The X-factor for the
evening was hearing Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker sing. He
sang Oh, Holy Night with the orchestra. He received a standing ovation
for his performance, which was quite good, but more extraordinary
because he was an NFL football player who could sing as well as he did.
Please see some pics take this evening, a copy of the program as well,
as a YouTube clip that someone captured of Justin singing his solo. Enjoy!
Eric
Incredible experience to sing in an acoustical environment.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Sarah Berger
Subject: Thank you
Date: December 15, 2016 at 10:52:57 PM EST
Dear Dr. Conway,
I'm
a soprano in the CAB chorus, and just when we had finished our a
cappella set and I thought my larynx couldn't get any higher, you and
your incredible singers shattered me with the Lauridsen, and then the
rest of your set. Shattered me. So much weeping. I've
been sitting on a mountain of grief and sadness for the past month or
so (yes the election) and getting up every day and being a functional
adult and parent and professional and all that, pretending things are
normal. But you guys sang, and laid me bare just like artists are
supposed to do to their fellow human beings. I just ran out of normal.
I didn't expect to be shattered in the middle of a gig. I can't tell
you how wonderfully awfully painfully beautiful that felt. I hope
everyone else in the room was shattered too.
Yours in shards,
Sarah Berger, soprano
p.s. Holy intonation, batman!
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