Singers, whether as soloists or as choristers, are forever engaged in communicating text, often of profound import, which has been enhanced by and further revealed through its musical setting. The soloist becomes one with the music he projects; the personal unity brought about with much soul searching and travail by the solo singer must be achieved for the chorus by its director. His responsibility is a great one as he seeks to mold his chorus to think about, make response to, and project music as one body. It is a great moment in art when a singer or a chorus achieves an exalted performance of a great work, when an audience has been moved deeply by such inspired statement in music.
We have all known such moments; we are met tonight and will meet again and again to find ways that more people may share such experiences. We are not so naive as to assume that such music will be heard merely by our willing it to be so. Ours is the task of providing the many means through which such musical tasks can be accomplished.
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