By Micah Ling
INDIANAPOLIS — It's easy to forget – and sometimes difficult to admit – that the human animal is still very much an animal, with basic, core, even primal needs. We might argue that music is one of them; not as essential as water or air, perhaps, but certainly a necessary component for many a life. Especially at the end of a life.
The Threshold Singers, a network of a cappella choirs consisting primarily of women, is devoted to bringing music to those, as the organization's mission statement puts it, at "the threshold of life." The pre-history of the organization dates from 1990, when Kate Munger, the group's Bay Area-based co-founder, sang for a friend who was dying of HIV/AIDS and in a coma. According to the Threshold Choir website, Munger sang for two and a half hours, an experience she thought "comforting" for both her and her friend.
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