We Also Sing 2012

I have once again had the opportunity to sing with the wonderful choir We Also Sing under the direction of Merrilee Webb. We have been rehearsing for a couple of months and I'm really excited about the songs we are singing. While telling my hometeacher (remember he's musical... a member of the King Family) about the concert on his recent visit, he asked me what kind of music we will be singing. Well, our repertoire is vast. Two of the songs we will be singing are Bridge Over Troubled Water and Praise To The Man. We will also be singing Orinoco Flow and if anyone reading this post knows Orinoco Flow I'd love you to comment. I've heard this song many, many times and didn't know the title. The song mentions Cebu (in the Philippines) where my sister-in-law Marivic is from. Being in a choir that Merrilee directs has been and continues to be, an uplifting and motivational experience for me. Merrilee tells us that the rehearsals are for us... but the concert is for the audience. So please join us Friday May 11, at 6:30 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. It is free and is only one hour long. You won't regret it. 

We Also Sing 2010

It is time to order tickets for the We Also Sing concert which will be held at the Marriott Center on the BYU campus this October the 14th at 7 (ish) pm.

This is my third year in the choir and I love it!! We are rehearsing some amazing songs for this concert. Because we are at the Marriott Center this year we have to charge $3.00 for each ticket. If you are interested in purchasing tickets you can send/bring me a check or cash (don't send cash) and I will take care of it for you (asap... this week). You can also order tickets through BYU, but... you have to spend $1.00 more per ticket for handling.

Hope you can come (anyone that has been to one of these concerts... a testimonial in the comment section would be appreciated ;-).

Choir Concert

This is the beautiful CD cover for We Also Sing. Free tickets are still available here for the November 28 concerts at 5:30 and 7:30 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. When you get to the website, scroll down until you see the We Also Sing concert and click on it. It's going to be great!

We Also Sing 2009

I am more than halfway through rehearsals of my second season in the choir We Also Sing, under the direction of Merrilee Webb. We will perform two concerts on Saturday November 28, at 5:30 and 7:30 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. You can click here for free ticket information. Our concert this year is all Christmas music and it will be amazing; the following song written by David Foster and performed by Josh Grobin is one of my favorites. I have highlighted a few of the lines that are particularly meaningful to me. Which lines jumped out at you?

Thankful

Some days we forget to look around us.
Some days we can't see the joy that surrounds us.
So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.
So for tonight we pray for what we can be.
And every day we hope for what we can't see.
It's up to us to be the change.
And even though we can do more, there's so much to be thankful for.

Look beyond ourselves, there's so much sorrow.
It's way to late to say, I'll cry tomorrow.
Each of us must find our truth; it's so long overdue.
So for tonight we pray for what we can be.
And every day we hope for what we can't see.
It's up to us to be the change.
And even though we can do more, there's so much to be thankful for.

Even with our differences, there is a place we're all connected.
Each of us can find each other's light.
So for tonight we pray for what we can be.
And on this day we hope for what we can't see.
It's up to us to be the change.
And even though the world needs so much more, there's so much to be thankful for.

We Also Sing! Choir To Perform Saturday

By Jennifer Francis
Mormon Times
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008

"Ha'a mai na kama me ka makua," conductor Merrilee Webb chanted.

The English translation: "Dance forward you children of your Heavenly Father ... "

Webb and We Also Sing!, a choir made up of 364 women, were rehearsing for their concerts Saturday at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake Tabernacle as part of the Temple Square Concert Series.

The melodic Hawaiian chant was written by Cy Bridges to celebrate the 150th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Hawaiian Islands.

"(People) can expect a fantastic evening of music," said Marilyn Lorensen, program director of Temple Square performances.

Lorensen said expectations are high after last year's increased demand for tickets and positive feedback from concertgoers.

On the night of the last open rehearsal recently, the parking lot of an LDS meetinghouse in Taylorsville looked like stake conference, choir member Jean Turner said.

Inside, the singers filled the pews and folding chairs that crossed the opened dividers between the chapel and cultural hall. The women come from around the Salt Lake valley and places as far away as Vernal and Evanston, Wyo.

Besides the Hawaiian number, they also rehearsed songs in French, Italian and Latin.

At one point, Webb said, "I don't want nice, pretty and cute -- this song has to rock. Picture yourself throwing fish sticks in the microwave and the kids ripping out pages of a book."

"It's more than a rehearsal, it's like a fireside," choir member Elizabeth Visser said.

"I feel like each week when I come the (lyrics) mean more and more to me," said Ashley Barney, who commutes from Provo to be a part of the choir. "We have to be what we sing."

To order tickets for the concert, go to www.lds.org/events or call 801-570-0080 or 1-866-537-8457.

How Beautiful

How beautiful the hands that served the wine and the bread and the sons of the earth.
How beautiful the feet that walked the long, dusty roads and the hill to the cross.
How beautiful the heart that bled, that took all my sin and bore it instead.
How beautiful the tender eyes that choose to forgive and never despise.
How beautiful the radiant Bride who waits for her Groom with his light in her eyes.
How beautiful when humble hearts give the fruit of pure lives so that others may live.
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ.
And as He laid down his life, we offer this sacrifice: that we will live just as he died, willing to pay the price.
How beautiful the feet that bring the sound of good news and the love of the King.
How beautiful the hands that serve the wine and the bread and the sons of the earth.
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ.

These are the words to my favorite song in next weeks We Also Sing concert in the Tabernacle. There are a couple of lines that particularly stand out to me at this time in my life, and I'm sure that if you read them there will be those that have special meaning to you. When this song was introduced to us at our first rehearsal, I wrote these words at the top of my music "his light; in our eyes". How Beautiful is appropriately titled. Tickets are still available for the 5:30 and 7:30 performances on November 1. This is the phone number you can call for free tickets 801-570-0080.

We Also Sing

I am very excited to announce that free tickets are now available online for We Also Sing a group of 364 ladies. The concert will be held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Saturday November 1, 2008. There will be two performances; 5:30 and 7:30. It has been an amazing experience for me and I hope you can all attend. Click here for ticket information. The picture on this post is a copy of our CD cover.

To The Women In My Life

Tomorrow evening the women of the church (and the world) will have the opportunity to listen to our leaders during the annual General Relief Society Meeting. I have my DVR set to record, as I will be at Caitlin's opening performance of Les Mis . The choir for tomorrow nights meeting is under the direction of Merrilee Webb, an amazing musician and teacher. I have the privilege of being in another choir, We Also Sing which is also under the direction of Merrilee. She is a gifted teacher of the gospel, and as I go home from each rehearsal I feel that I've been fed spiritually; not only by the beautiful music that we are singing, but also the thoughts which she shares with us each week. It has been a learning experience for me and I've enjoyed every minute. I'm hoping to recruit some of you to join the choir for next years performance. The concert will be November 1st in the Salt Lake Tabernacle at 5:30 and 7:30 pm.