Choral Triptych of Hope, Joy, and Brotherhood - Voci Virili Men's Consort скачать в хорошем качестве

Choral Triptych of Hope, Joy, and Brotherhood - Voci Virili Men's Consort

Twenty-five members, past and present, of Voci Virili Men's Consort, founded by Harv Wileman in 2012 and based in Chattanooga, TN, have combined to create this video performance. These men are professional singers, instrumentalists, conductors, teachers, and also laymen who have sung with the group, many diasporated to other parts of the South, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and West Coast. This has been a tough, indeed deadly, year globally, but performing musicians in quarantine and unable to safely gather for communal singing to live audiences have often felt a piece of their identity and, in many cases, livelihood languish in a spiritual and professional limbo of sorts. Many have participated in these "virtual choir" videos to bridge the gap in some way and even as a default method to facilitate participation in thousands of church, community, and school music programs. I am proud to know all of these talented, quality men - truly brothers-in-song and in my heart - who took the time and effort during the bizarre and busy season of Advent and Chrismastide 2020 to be part of this project. This is not a "religious" video per se, but it's a fact of history that much of the vast repertoire of choral music is sacred, and these are three pieces that VV have performed live many times (although this particular incarnation of the group have never all performed together and probably never will). This time, early January 2021, has offered little respite to the discomfiture of the chaotic recent history in our severely divided and virus-beset country. These men are believers, agnostics, and atheists; Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; straight, gay, and bisexual; black and white; NRA members and gun control advocates; social drinkers, teetotalers, and recovering alcoholics; fathers, step-fathers, brothers, sons, husbands, and orphans. I look at them and feel the richness of shared experience, and I love these moral, smart, talented fellow musicians. They have contributed to my life, for decades in many cases, and we collectively share thousands (tens of thousands?) of hours of work in learning, practicing, and teaching this universal gift of music. We are in this together. That includes you. God bless us each and every one, and God bless America. Harv Wileman, 7 January 2021, Chattanooga, Tennessee