The entire senior class is expected, no, required to sing a good handful of songs for graduation and baccalaureate, each with four parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. In a short month and a half, we are expected to sing these songs beautifully, hitting all the chords, notes, and words with strength, grace, and good tone. I personally enjoy music ( I play the flute and am addicted to my ipod) and have a pretty decent ear/ ability to sing, but tone deaf people do exist. What about them?
Is it true that anyone can be made to sing fairly well? On American Idol, the singing contest TV show that has captured our attention (well, not really my attention that much, but a large portion of the American population) young people belt their hearts out and are either slammed or praised. Often the top 12 is a mélange of both good and not so good singers, all of whom think they rock. but the bad ones don’t really get better, we just accept their mediocrity. Is that what happens with senior sing?
So far, I think that on the whole, our class sounds pretty good and with practice will be even better. But some people cannot be helped and hopefully, will be overpowered by people who CAN sing.
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