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• A comment on Conversation: If you were a member of Virtual Choir, Eric Whitacre's incredible global collaboration please share your story & journey with us & the world

  Apr 8 2011: I haven't been able to participate in a choir since graduating from college in Fall 2002. Having had my hands (and voice) in multiple styles of music from renaissance to rock my entire life, having toured the US and led worship nearly every week at churches for the past twelve years, I always came back to choral music. I nearly became a high school choir director, but the prospects were leaning further to being a glorified homeroom teacher rather than a director and educator of music, so I continued with the other career track I was on, which was also in music. I love what I do, but the extent of my career activities haven't allowed any time to get involved in a choir again. I found the link to the first Virtual Choir on YouTube barely two weeks after the video launched and was heartbroken that I wasn't able to be a part of it. After sharing the video with pretty much everyone I know, I found the Virtual Choir website and saw that v2.0 was in the works. I immediately made checking the website part of my daily routine to make sure I didn't miss the deadline this time. In spite of not having rehearsals together (which is one of my favorite parts of the choral experience), it was incredibly refreshing and nostalgic to be a part of a choir again. I'm honored to have been a part of this, and I certainly hope to participate in future endeavors!
  
  My video submission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEU-AFCXA_I