By Cheri Lawson
CINCINNATI — This summer, while athletes prepare for the Olympic Games in London, music lovers are getting ready for the “Olympics of Choral Music.” Officially called the World Choir Games, this Herculean singing competition features hundreds of choirs from around the world. This year is the first time it will be held in the U.S. — in Cincinnati, starting Wednesday.
Catherine Roma, conductor of women’s choir M– USE, says her philosophy is more about musical excellence than competition. After witnessing the 2010 Choral Olympics in China, she saw something that surprised her.
“Kids were completely excited just to be part of it,” Roma says. “If they got a bronze, they were yelling and they were so excited. Bronze, silver, gold — it didn’t matter.”
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