It Makes Me Want to Sing Again

I discovered this video by accident today. *sigh* It’s a virtual choir, a new term for another Internet phenomenon. Composer Eric Whitacre gathered 185 singers from around the world to record– via webcam– Lux Aurumque. He had the webcam snippets compiled together into an elliptical, democratic, virtual symphonic choir.

I spent the better part of the afternoon, completely intrigued. I was once a drama student (not too good in drama, I might add). But I was good in comedy, and my teachers recommended me to study music because they said I had a beautiful, strong voice. I never pursued the career. I didn’t like the entertainment industry, and turned instead to a career in radio, and then marriage and children.

But seeing this video makes me want to sing again. :) I marvel that it’s no longer necessary to go through years of training at Julliard, sweat through years of apprenticeship, and then *hope* you get a part because you happen to know someone who knows someone. Instead, all you had to do was make a webcam video and upload it. And the effect- the incredible, beautiful, harmonious effect of hearing your tiny voice blend with a hundred others…. it’s a little bit of heaven on earth, it is.