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\u201cI suppose you don\u2019t have much to do anymore?\u201d is a question I\u2019ve been asked quite often in the last few months. Well, the opposite is true! Fortunately, I hasten to add.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the corona crisis began, I indeed imagined that I\u2019d have loads of time for all that overdue tidying up. But those piles have only grown higher in the meantime because fortunately, there was such a thing as ZOOM and the private lessons with adults could continue online. Of course, nothing beats live teaching but I\u2019m so glad that my students have been able to continue singing.
It\u2019s also had a positive side: where previously someone might have had to cancel for some perfectly plausible reason, I now get an app asking: \u201cCan we ZOOM?\u201d and the lesson simply goes ahead. My own world has also become much larger (or smaller, depending on how you look at it). A year or so ago, I could not have imagined meeting singers from America, England, Italy, Germany and Japan online.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, an online Advent calendar and Easter calendar have seen the light of day, both of which I\u2019m sure I would never have made if COVID had not completely messed up our (singing) world. Very time-consuming projects perhaps, but all the grateful and enthusiastic responses have more than made up for that. And something else that made it special was that I got to know many new singers and composers. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I would still much rather have had a completely Covid-free world and not have made those calendars…<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the children\u2019s choir classes are once again singing live every week. When we all had to stay at home, the online teaching videos were a great alternative but didn\u2019t quite work for playing singing games. There\u2019s nothing quite like seeing all those happy, elated faces when we get to play Ringeringerouwe again and we can\u2019t repeat it often enough! And nothing can compare with the moment that a child makes a huge leap forward in sight-singing for example. I\u2019m actually rather jealous; if only I could have learnt it that way when I was young.<\/p>\n

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It really upsets me to hear how many singers have stopped, either because they\u2019re afraid or because they don\u2019t like singing \u2018through\u2019 such a screen. Of course, it doesn\u2019t compare to singing together and experiencing the magic of a choral sound – it\u2019s not for nothing after all that people who are depressed or lonely are advised to start singing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The added value and all the advantages of singing have been known for a long time. It\u2019s good for the health of mind, body and soul. Which is why I can only make a plea for keeping on singing, even if it\u2019s only at home with someone on the other side of the screen. Despite screen fatigue, people always tell me afterwards that they\u2019re glad to have sung again. Give it a try, and recharge yourself with singing vitamins!
Corona crisis or not, let me have plenty to do; those stacks will still be there in a few weeks\u2019 time (though not months I hope…) and they\u2019re not in my way. I\u2019ll just tackle them singing or have a playlist of favourite golden oldies blasting out from my speakers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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