Harmonia Sacra / Sacred Harp

[joshuabgood]

This is one I love. I can see the joy on the directors face. And I wish I was there...hoping to sing it at school this year.

[barnhart]

I truly admire their capacity to inspire people to vocally project. Few things are more depressing to me than congregational singing where 2/3 of the participants wait until everyone else starts and try to be the quietest. Men seem particularly given to this, fleeing to the bass section to avoid any possibility of projecting their voice. However it's still not my cup of tea. It reminds me a little of the choir my wife joined in a Catholic college where everyone was a soloist and choir was mandatory. To my ear it sounded like a bunch of solos sung at the same time.