Where did the time go? With less than two months before the MLK Concert and our major winter holiday concert behind us, we can turn our full attention to the Jan. 18 program at Jordan Hall.
Knowing the venue and the routine after previous years makes it a little easier logistically, but at the same time, the 2010 tribute brings with it an entirely new set of tests. We have a solid core of singers, but there are some members who will be experiencing this show for the first time. And we continue to challenge the singers to raise their level of excellence with new and more complex music, some of which will have to be learned and perfected in a short amount of time.
Additionally, there will be an extra performance for which to prepare as we will be recording an MLK tribute on Jan. 3 that will be broadcast nationally on the “From the Top” radio show on National Public Radio. The show will be recorded during a concert at the Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain, and singers and staff are incredibly excited to be working with an organization as amazing and renowned as “From the Top.”
As each rehearsal passes, the anticipation grows. It would be easy to focus solely on the music, but part of our job will also be to impart the message and meaning of the concert
