Cultural Event

This week I went to the University Chorale in summer concert presented by BYU's department of performing arts. The program was really good and you could tell they had been working really hard for this performance. A few of my favorite songs the choir sung were "The Moon is Distant from the Sea" by David Childs and also "John the Revelator" by Arr. Calwell/Ivory. Before each song they would switch out conductors and one of the members of the choir would come down to conduct. Before he did so he would briefly explain the meaning of the piece about to be sung. I really liked that because it helped me to focus more on the meaning of that piece and I was able to enjoy it that much more. "The Moon is Distant from the Sea" was all about the relationship between the earth and the moon and how that is depicted by the tides of the ocean being high and low. I thought the music did a good job to create that feeling. I will admitt though that if they didn't explain that beforehand I would have been a little lost. I thought the quality of the production was great and I enjoyed myself the whole time. Go BYU!