I’ve been rehearsing all weekend with the choirs in my Onevoice commission. On Sunday it was the first time that we brought together all 120 voices and practised the piece in its entirety.
It was so weird bringing all these different people together for the first time. I’ve been working with them all separately for the last 2 months, and while they were all turning up, I was greeted by so many different people it felt like somebody’s wedding.
The whole experience has been amazing so far, working with such a diverse range of people from totally different walks of life. I’ve been learning a lot as well as we go along, about leading music and how to get people to respond to each other. Also I’ve been teaching singing which is something I would never have been confident with in the past.
The kids are incredibly enthusiastic, and it rubs off on all the grown ups. I’ve been getting them all to play little games in between rehearsing. At first I was unsure about asking the adults to do silly things that were clearly for the benefit of the kids, but as one of them pointed out, in a community project like this there *are* no grown ups!
That’s it now, no more rehearsals…. Bring on Respect Festival!
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