A song that reminds you of a certain event – Nigra Sum, Pablo Casals. Performed by my choir, Vox Femina Los Angeles. This song is from our first cd, Taking Shape.
Everyone in Vox thought, at that first rehearsal in 1997, that I sight-read the shit out of the piece the first time we read through it, at our first rehearsal of that season. Truth was, I’d been singing this piece for years, in high school and jr college, and it didn’t occur to me not to sing out. As we finished the read through, my director said, “AAAAAAND that’s Allie!” much to my chagrin and the amusement of the rest of the choir. This was my introduction to a group of women who have become some of my best friends and family over the past 14 years…