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I teach 2 kids choirs, and an adult choir every week, and sometimes I'm just so excited about what happens, I need to share.   

I love directing choirs.  I love the process that takes us from abstract notes on a page to the euphoria of performing on stage.  I love teaching--from analyzing music, to dreaming up creative ways to teach, to thinking on my feet during rehearsal to come up with "the" way to bring the music to life and have it make sense.  I love that moment when I connect with the choir, and they feel the music the way I'm feeling it, and I see my joy reflected in their faces.  I love the sound of a choir--so unique to a particular grouping of people.  It's an entity in itself, not individual's voices, but a new mass of sound capable of falling upon the listener and evoking deep emotion.  The power of many to make one, is unique and remarakable, and I LOVE being in the middle of it!  Sometimes I feel like I am a sculptor, and I shape sound in the air as it washes over me. I'm so lucky that people love to sing in choirs because I love directing choirs!  AND I love to sing in choirs, but that's another story for another day...