Sad news, even though it was not unexpected. Composer Henry Mollicone is now composing for the angel choir. The San Jose choir sang so many of his works: Hear Me, Redeemer, When the Stars Have Gone, The Beatitude Mass, Lady Bird (a one-act opera), Missa de los Inmagrantes, and others. He led a group called Voices of Hope, of which I was honored to be asked to be a member. All concerts' proceeds went to charities for the homeless; even the instrumentalists donated their time and talent. He specified (at least 15 years ago, when it was composed) that all proceeds of all performances of the Beatitude Mass, would forever go to homeless charities. Our last Voices of Hope performance was in January 2020 and I had solo billing as part of the solo quartet in Now I Can See the Light. He had scheduled rehearsals in January of this year for his newest work, Requiem for George Floyd; but then he was hospitalized again in his long fight against cancer. I just sent an email to Leroy (SJSC director) asking if we could sing Hear Me, Redeemer at our rehearsal on Sunday before we do the Brahms.
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"It takes work to change the shape of this muscle." Susan Harris in The Firm Vol. 1, talking about the triceps, in 1986
Still working on my triceps after all these years.
~Cynthia
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