Our Joyful Noise Spring Concert on May 20 is only a few weeks in the past, but the voices of our young singers still ring in my ears! Many, many thanks to Christ Ascension Episcopal Church for hosting us! (Photos by Jeff Ruisi)
From our Joyful Noise Spring Concert program notes:
Our little blue planet probably shimmers and glimmers when seen from just the right angle in space: spinning around and around,whizzing by the fiery sun, navigating its seven fellows (apologies, Pluto). I imagine a passing observer shaking his head bemusedly at the sight of our rambunctious orb—but he wouldn’t hear a thing!
All the raucous noise emitting from ‘we Whos down in Whoville’ is swallowed by the hollow airless vacuum outside the confines of our atmosphere. Yes, yes, radio waves can travel through space, so NPR could conceivably reach ears on Jupiter, but the sounds of the madding crowd: our shouts, our hustle and bustle, our weeping, laughter, speech and song that make up the tumble of humanity are uniquely heard only here.
So, here’s one for you in the spirit of the age-old question: if a planet soars through the middle of space and its noise cannot travel beyond the bounds of itself, does it actually make a sound?
You know the answer and so do I. The atoms of this world literally reverberate with the noise we make. Like ripples from infinite pebbles dropped in water, our sound waves cover the globe.
Tonight you will hear a sampling of this joyful noise from the far reaches of our little blue planet: from Samoa to Spain and Germany to Africa and in between! What a beautiful irony it is that even as our path through the galaxy seems silent, on our Earth every people sings.
Posted: June 5, 2012 by admin
Spring Concert hits and highlights
Our Joyful Noise Spring Concert on May 20 is only a few weeks in the past, but the voices of our young singers still ring in my ears! Many, many thanks to Christ Ascension Episcopal Church for hosting us! (Photos by Jeff Ruisi)
Listen to Young Men’s Ensemble sing “Chariot Spiritual”
Listen to Neighborhood Singers “A New Day is Dawning”
Listen to City Singers Advanced Ensemble sing “Joshua fit the Battle”
From our Joyful Noise Spring Concert program notes:
Our little blue planet probably shimmers and glimmers when seen from just the right angle in space: spinning around and around,whizzing by the fiery sun, navigating its seven fellows (apologies, Pluto). I imagine a passing observer shaking his head bemusedly at the sight of our rambunctious orb—but he wouldn’t hear a thing!
All the raucous noise emitting from ‘we Whos down in Whoville’ is swallowed by the hollow airless vacuum outside the confines of our atmosphere. Yes, yes, radio waves can travel through space, so NPR could conceivably reach ears on Jupiter, but the sounds of the madding crowd: our shouts, our hustle and bustle, our weeping, laughter, speech and song that make up the tumble of humanity are uniquely heard only here.
So, here’s one for you in the spirit of the age-old question: if a planet soars through the middle of space and its noise cannot travel beyond the bounds of itself, does it actually make a sound?
You know the answer and so do I. The atoms of this world literally reverberate with the noise we make. Like ripples from infinite pebbles dropped in water, our sound waves cover the globe.
Tonight you will hear a sampling of this joyful noise from the far reaches of our little blue planet: from Samoa to Spain and Germany to Africa and in between! What a beautiful irony it is that even as our path through the galaxy seems silent, on our Earth every people sings.
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