Summerset Singers virtual video

[Tom]

The Summerset Singers had a pretty good first attempt at a virtual video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqtW_tSp6c

Well worth watching.
In my singing days (before I lost my voice) I really wanted to sing with this group (then 80 voices), but you have to be a Summerset resident.

I was honored to be invited to sing a solo of the Welsh classic 'Ar Hyd Y Nos' to the chorus in Welsh (they were learning/practicing it in English - 'All Through The Night').

When I walked on stage I muttered "I haven't sung this since I was a kid". When I came off stage, I talked to their sound guy and asked how it sounded. He said "when you introduced yourself, I knew you had a BIG voice, and I was ready for you. When you hit the first note, I turned the volume all the way down, and you sounded great".

[Larry N.]

Nice. Thanks, Tom.

[Tom]

Thanks Larry. I assume you heard the guy in the first clip sing the wrong word "special chord" instead of "secret chord". It's tough to go back and edit.

[UTTransplant]

With our home base of Iowa being the nation’s current hot spot, our church has yet again pushed back in-person services, now set for mid-October. Even then we aren’t going to be able to sing in church due to aerosol transmission risks. Instead the choir is going to try a few virtual pieces ourselves, one or two this fall, and then a few for Christmas instead of our regular big concert. Tonight we had a virtual hymn sing, and I realized just how rusty my voice is! It is hard to be a vocal musician in these times.