I’m a professional choral singer. Virtual choir doesn’t cut it.

APRIL 11, 2020 I’m a classically trained professional singer. The church where I work – as a choral section leader and soloist – has continued to pay me through the pandemic-related closures. For that I am so thankful: not every institution can afford to keep paying musicians in this time…

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Hermit Songs 1: The Desire for Hermitage

Ah! To be all alone, in a little cell, with nobody near me…” from “The Desire for Hermitage,” tenth of the Hermit Songs. Words 8th-9th century, trans. Sean O’Faolain Isolation and solitude and loneliness seem to be the buzzwords of the COVID-19 pandemic, but those words describe the opposite of…

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