A haunting song recommended by Nancy Quigley, which she notes has "a lovely harmony and words of hope."

Some more on emerging ways of making music Nancy Quigley came across this beautiful contemporary piece of classical music, which she recommends:  Sphinx Virtuosi - Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence.  The title of the piece of music refers to Stephen Lawrence, an 18-year-old Black Briton, who was murdered in 1993 in an unprovoked and racially motivated attack. Despite the frustration of church choirs not being able to perform together in real time, due to Covid-19, the phenomena of Zoom choirs has led to the creation of some interesting ad-hoc choirs, striking in the diversity (and in some cases ecumenism) that they display. Take a look at these examples from Ireland ,  Zimbabwe  and  Australia . And finally, this interview with composer Eric Whitacre  gives some insights into the logistical and technical aspects of creating a virtual choir. As the piece makes clear, the idea of a virtual choir has been feasible for at least 10 years but it is ...

Nancy Quigley writes:  I have loved seeing and listening to virtual choirs lately and I happened to notice this when I was visiting the PCUSA website: a choir of 38 International Peacemakers gathered by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program to share a rendition of the hymn, "This Is My Song." Rick Nutt is one of the singers - did you know him when he was around 2PC? Tim Woodcock writes: Please send any other examples of virtual choirs to timwoodcock@speedpost.net and we can create a thread here. Something even more elaborate: NYC Virtual Choir and Orchestra - "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (link submitted by Nathan Schroeder)