Blog post #4 - Monday Morning Moment

“Some individuals, through what flowed from them, have left a mark on their age lasting through generations and working for good.” Goethe.
Ah yes! This great gal was such an individual.

At the weekend I did my first choral workshop since silly old Covid. The place was packed with singers, mostly like me, “of an age,” trying to crank up their voices after the rust, the long Covid, or simply wear and tear that comes to our bodies (and voices therefore) over the years.
There had been a last minute venue switch and we ended up in the Flockhart Hall at MLC.

As those voices, collectively raised in song, raised the bar of clarity, tone and range, I felt a growing awareness of gratitude to Jo. Imagine the intake of breath when I shared with them the fact that all this tweaking which was going on, came from the research that great lady did against all the odds and that I encountered her in that very room way back in 1997!

It was such a special moment. The meeting of Jo herself, who was pretty elderly and very scary by that time, and the treasure of collective realisation right there, right then on that sunny Saturday afternoon.
Everything took off for me when I embraced and studied the findings of Jo’s vast research and gained confidence in what I was doing as a singer and teacher. So, yes, this morning I’m feeling so very grateful to that dogged pioneer and incredible human being, dear Jo Estill.
And thanks to Dianne Vale; MD - Joseph Hie and The Star Chorale for coming out to play with me and well yes, with Jo too.
​Love to all and have a wonderful week. Kxx