And they really missed each other.Īs chairperson of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus committee, Wallace-Cooper helped create virtual ways to support the group and keep them singing safely from a distance. They've craved the beauty and bond they only find together as a group. Wallace-Cooper said her fellow all-volunteer choral members-some who've got day jobs as teachers, CEOs, attorneys-have felt bereft. “It's something that is really meaningful in our lives,” Wallace-Cooper explained, “and so for us to take a 20-month's time out has been incredibly challenging.” And the 180 chorus members weren't at Symphony Hall with the Boston Symphony Orchestra players when the venue reopened to the public in September. 9 didn't happen at Tanglewood this past summer, or the one before.
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“It's just such a thrill and it's a full body experience.”īut Symphony No. “When we sing Beethoven's Ninth to close every season at Tanglewood, literally, I feel like I'm elevated off the riser,” she said. “My mother is a fabulous tenor,” Wallace-Cooper said, “and we always had classical music all over the house, so it's always been an important part of my life.”įor more than 30 years Wallace-Cooper has cherished performing with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. She's been belting it out for as long as she can remember. As you might imagine it means the world to the vocalists, including Christina Wallace-Cooper. “I feel really sorry for people whose major joy in life is being able to raise their voices in song.”īut now, after 20 months, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is back with Lockhart for the return of the Holiday Pops concerts at Symphony Hall. “Wow, it's got terrible implications,” he said. Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart is empathetic. The risks associated with singing and spreading high concentrations of aerosols has kept them off stages and away from live, in-person audiences. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Ĭountless choral singers haven't been allowed to do what they love during the pandemic.
The Tanglewood chorus rehearses at Symphony Hall for the 2021 Holiday Pops concerts.
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