The score

[vaneramos]

The score and a MIDI file of "Starlight" arrived by email from Mark Sirett this afternoon. I don't have a keyboard here and can't easily sight read by voice, but while listening to the audio and following the score, I recited the words to Danny. When it got to the part about "two pinpoint fires singing across time and space", it was so lovely I started to weep. Mark—a complete stranger, really—has embraced the spirit of the words. His interpretation is ethereal, but also simple and matter-of-fact. It is well suited to the Rainbow Chorus. I can hardly wait to hear it sung.

Comments

[bixie.livejournal.com]

Off topic: I posted the links to two vegan cookbooks on FB, one entirely wheat-free. If you are interested, let me know and I will mail one or both of them to you (along with a sample of yarn, I haven't forgotten!).

They are definitely gourmet style, with somewhat complicated recipes, but if you are looking to add to resources they could be nice for experimenting and special occasions. Now that I am off soy I find they have more substitutions than I am willing to deal with (and I eat butter and eggs and wheat, so the necessity that drives many people to experiment with these sorts of things isn't there for me).

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations... it's very cool to hear that the song is coming together so well.

Is there any chance that the chorus' performance will be recorded and available?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'd like to check out those link, but don't know your FB identity.

[bixie.livejournal.com]

I messaged you on there. :>

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'm unaware of any such plan, but who knows? Maybe that will be the Rainbow Chorus's next project. There is a good chance other gay and lesbian choirs will decide to perform this work and some of them, like Vancouver Men's Chorus, Singing Out! and Turtle Creek Chorale, have released CDs.