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" A requiem is meant to bring comfort. "
Meant
Comfort
Bring
" As much sorrow and grief as came from 9/11, there have also come positives. "
Came
Much
Grief
" Collaboration is an important part of the process, and ego is never a part of it. "
Process
Ego
Collaboration
" Even missionaries get discouraged at times. "
Discouraged
Get
Missionaries
" I do think one of my strengths is the ability to adapt to whatever the situation is. "
Adapt
Situation
Think
" I loved teaching and directing choral activities at BYU, but nothing surpasses working with the MTC musicians. "
Working
Loved
Musicians
" In the '70s and '80s, if you said you wrote for 'the people,' that meant you weren't any good. But I think that's changing. "
You
Changing
Good
" I suppose I write music for people, not for the filing cabinet or the museum. "
Write
People
Cabinet
" I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing. "
I Think
Sounds
Music
" It's a great privilege and a highlight for choir and orchestra members to perform for audiences in live concerts. "
Orchestra
Great
Privilege
" Latin is beautiful and has become something of an international language, but there is also something about singing in your native language that has meaning. "
Beautiful
Language
Meaning
" Men can be tender, too. "
Men
Too
Tender
" Most of our American musical heritage is based on European models, but the folk hymns and spirituals are one of the most fertile and unique of our American musical traditions. "
Heritage
Unique
Traditions
" Of the music that we've done over the years, the things that are the most requested are the hymns. And folk music is also high on the list. "
Years
Done
High
" Our mandate is to sing for everyone. We don't just sing for one group or sing one genre... This is everybody's choir. "
Group
Choir
Everyone
" People love to hear the choir sing the hymns. "
Love
Sing
Hymns
" Sometimes I prefer when I can hear other people conduct my music so I can sit out and actually hear it. When you are in the middle of it, sometimes it's a little bit hard to hear and get the whole effect. "
I Can
Music
People
" The choir tries to perform for everyone. It enables us to be very diversified with our audiences. "
Perform
Everyone
Choir
" The MTC is known for singing music by great master composers, hymns, American music, Broadway numbers, popular songs, and inspirational music. If the audience doesn't like one genre, they need only wait for the next number. "
Singing
Inspirational
Great
" There are probably limits on what the choir can sing well. "
Limits
Choir
Sing
" There's something kind of wonderful about men singing lullabies. "
Something
Kind
Men
" The thing that's great about singing together is it's a great way of bringing people together. "
People
Together
Way
" Touring takes a lot of work, a lot of preparation. "
Touring
Work
Preparation
" True excellence is a product of synergy. "
True
Product
Excellence
" Usually, all I want is peace and quiet when I'm driving home. "
Home
Peace
Driving
" We are always fortunate to have our own sound folks with us that do a great job in ensuring that everybody can hear and the sound is good. "
Great
Good
Sound
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