So I decided that this semester I would join the college chorus. I went to rehearsal tonight. It was unlike any choir practice I've ever been to. For one, we're seeing Bach's "St. John Passion." The music is, quite literally, a book. And we're singing it all. (Though about half of it is arias and solos and such... So most of us little people will only end up singing half of the music. But still, that's a good hour's worth of music....)

Anyway, it was intense. We just jumped right into it. Forget high school's picking it out note-by-note. We just sang it. Then the director fine-tuned it a bit, and then we sang it again. Then we learned the German that went with it, and sang it again. For 2 hours.

All in all, though, it was fun. And focused. Nothing like Concert Choir or anything... Everyone was there because they wanted to be there. Which was cool. And the director was cool... Focused, but also nice and funny. Yay for a good choral experience!