BYU Choirs Participate in the Universal Language of Music Abroad
This summer, a great number of our talented BYU choir members were able to participate in performing tours outside of the U.S. These students had the opportunity to travel all around the world, gain life-changing experiences in many different countries, as well as grow exponentially as musicians. While these tours have been covered heavily, we wanted to hear their impact first-hand from some of the members of these choirs.
Angie Whiting, a BYU sophomore in the vocal performance program, attended both the BYU Singers tour and travelled to China with the Select Singers Choir. When asked about her musical highlight of the BYU Singers tour, she said, “One of our very first concerts of the Italy tour was in Salerno, where we participated in a festival with many other choirs and sang a joint piece at the end. As we workshopped the piece with Dr. Crane animatedly instructing them in Italian, I was struck by the universal language of music. Though we could not communicate with each other using spoken language, we all understood and resonated with the joy of singing. We were in Italy, singing a South African song with people from many different nations, yet we all felt the same passion for music in our hearts.”
Read the full School of Music Journal article by Shelby Laylock here: BYU Choirs Travel the World