Last Sunday was our spring concert. From the very beginning, I liked our repertoire, of course, but I didn’t fall in LOVE with it until much later. Some times, it’s like that…….directors choose music and we like it and even may know it, but we don’t fall in love until much later.

Since the MMS is a community choir, I can choose what I like. It is a real blessing but it also can be overwhelming. Added to the fact, I want each concert to be different—chamber choir music is only limited by our imagination–and sometimes, I am at a loss.

This spring’s repertoire was not what I had originally planned. I had planned to do the Bartok and the Neue Liebeslieder but things didn’t work that way, so I let my imagination soar! I am glad it did.

To a singer, everyone loved the music. Our audiences loved the music. Even the minister at Prince of Peace (a St. Olaf alum) loved the music. And this music touched me in a way I hadn’t expected. This wasn’t what I had planned but……..but I am so happy with how it worked out.