I just watched a video, a Ted Talk from seven years ago about choral singing. It was so moving!
I know first hand how incredible it is to meet weekly with a diverse group of people to sing together. I am the musical director of the York Region Community Choir. For nearly two years now, during the COVID pandemic, we've been silenced. Singing is the worst thing, the best way for this virus to be transmitted.
We have found a way to meet, on Zoom. It's not anywhere near the experience that we have singing in a room together, but at least we have the opportunity to chat, to connect with each other, and we have found a way to sing our songs together so that we remember some of our repertoire and have an opportunity to read music every week. Only a small number of us take part. I feel so sad for the rest of the choir, sad for the loss of our weekly joy.
Watching this video reminded me of how much we've been missing and how very important it is for us to get back together again.
