Rehearsing Vivaldi's "Gloria"

COMMENTS FROM THE VICTORIA CHILDREN’S CHOIR MEMBERS ON REHEARSING VIVALDI'S "GLORIA":

Vivaldi’s “Gloria” is an amazing piece. As soon as you listen to it you fall in love with it. It’s very exciting and sounds brilliant! It’s comforting when you sing it because you know you’re surrounded by friends.

I’m having fun learning the “Gloria”. It’s a lot of work but in the moments where it comes together it really soars.

Singing this piece has brought me closer to everyone in the choir and has made us all better singers. This opportunity is the chance of a lifetime and I’m so proud to be part of it.

Vivaldi’s Gloria is an amazing and challenging piece. I feel very privileged to sing it. - Elanor

The music is amazing. I feel that, as a group, we are really able to convey what the music makes us feel.

Vivaldi takes a lot of focus and practice but with a group of kids working as hard as we have been I’m going to be so proud of everyone when it’s over. Good job guys!

The music is amazing and this group of people make it even better. I can’t wait to perform it.

When I was practicing with the whole choir I almost felt like crying because I was so happy to be doing what I love with friends I love.

The music is beautiful and all of the people performing it are so driven and skilled. It’s going to be amazing. - Morgan

It is a great experience learning such a spectacular work amongst friends and certainly something I will never forget. - HY

I’m so excited for when we perform Vivaldi. It is amazing.

Singing Vivaldi means singing in a group with friends and THAT is amazing!

Vivaldi’s “Gloria” takes so much discipline and focus and I’m so proud of everyone because of that. This piece has definitely brought our choir together. - Holly

I really like how you can just feel comfortable with everybody in the choir because they are all so amiable and the Vivaldi is so cool now that we have started to understand it so well. Madeleine is so nice, so is Margaret and Anthea and all the other helpers.

Vivaldi’s “Gloria” is such a hard piece to sing but Mads and our friends make it so much easier. - Marta

It has been a great experience singing Vivaldi’s “Gloria” with a great director and so many other talented singers. A once in a lifetime opportunity.

Vivaldi’s “Gloria” is an incredible piece. It’s difficult to learn but very rewarding. We would never have done it without our amazing director, Mads! - Matt