EXTRAORDINARY VOICES whose sounds resonate for a lifetime. Voices that move us to tears and melt our hearts. Voices that teach us to feel. Voices that awaken and give insight. Singing is a magical world that calls us from beyond reason. Its source is all of us together, joined by breath.

This is the story of singing and has been central to human existence from earliest times. It reaches the most hidden and difficult parts of ourselves and gives them safe passage. It is collectively and personally cathartic, a social expression that brings a sense of belonging and rescues the individual from isolation. ...

 

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