What you have accomplished

Hi all,

I’ve been spending a good part of the weekend separating and editing tracks from our Thursday night concert, and several times I’ve had to quit working and just stop to listen...IN AWE of what you have accomplished this semester.

Folks, you have a sound that isn’t often heard in large music departments at major universities...and it’s almost never found at a college of only 800 students. And the difficulty of the literature, all memorized, and performed on tour 3 months ahead of other university choirs! I am SO PROUD of what you’ve achieved, and honored to have been a part of your music-making. The buzz is all over town! Lambuth faculty, high school students and directors, community big-wigs–all of them are hearing that the Lambuth choirs are THE THING to hear in West Tennessee!

I was thrilled with how many faculty came to our concert. Carrie Prewitt was blown away! Dr. Gene Davenport has taught at Lambuth since 1963, and he told me that this year’s choirs are BY FAR the best that Lambuth has had since he came here! Here’s what Derek Jones has to say:

I just wanted to say to everyone involved in last night's choral concert...OUTSTANDING JOB!!!! In my opinion, that was the best concert on this campus (instrumental or choral) in my six years here at Lambuth. The intonation, dynamics, and overall level of musicality was superb!

You are all to be commended for your hard work and dedication to the cause of the fine arts. Thank you for an absolutely wonderful evening!

You deserve all the words of praise we can muster! Accolades aren’t the only reason we work so hard, though. When we as a choir are truly are “together” (the literal meaning of “ensemble”), we get a glimpse into a Power greater than ourselves that connects all of us together and helps us understand one another on a deeper level. Many people go their whole lives and never find that connection. We have the opportunity to experience that time and time again, whenever we come together to sing, no matter if we have an audience or if we’re singing just for each other. I get SO MUCH from my connection with you...mentally, musically, and spiritually. And I’ll always work to have you get back as much or more from me.

If you’re interested in hearing some of the concert, RIGHT CLICK on the links below and save them to your computer. We’ll be making CDs for everyone, but I know you might be anxious to hear some of it. So here ya go!

A Boy and a Girl
Barbershop
Muie Rendera
Loch Lomond
The Awakening
Sing Unto God

Between Thursday night, Lakeland, and DeSoto, I think we have a really good take of everything on the program. We might do an extra take of a handful of things when we get back from Thanksgiving. We’ll also be learning a new Christmas piece or two for Candlelight, in addition to the pieces from our tour program that will be included (Hodie nobis de caelo, Sing Unto God/Lauda Sion, Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis, maybe 1 or 2 more).

Have a well-deserved Thanksgiving break! See you when we get back!