A few years ago, my friend Rachelle offered to set me up with her friend Nathan Pacheco. Rachelle and I sang in BYU Women's Chorus together, and Nathan also was a singer. I met him a few times and thought he was a nice guy, but we never went out. Phew - and I'm sure glad! I just found out this morning that now Nathan Pacheco is one of the Yanni Singers!
Ha!
J kiddingly asked if now I have regrets for not going out with Nathan.
Uh...no. I think I'm okay with not being the wife of a famous Yanni singer. Plus, I kind of doubt that our common interest in singing would have gotten us very far - I have a feeling that we have very, uh, different tastes in music.
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Hey, I was in Women's Chorus, too! (Did we ever have a conversation about that? I feel like we might have, but I really don't remember - sorry if this comment is deja vu!)
What years were you in it and what part did you sing? I did it for 3 yrs...Alto I the first year and Soprano II the last two
That's nuts! I didn't know he made it big . . . I recognize him from school. Crazy!
I didn't know that you were in Women's Chorus, Jaime! I was in it for two years: 2001-2002, 2002-2003. I was Alto I for both years. Maybe we were in it together and didn't even know...
Ha! We were definitely in it at the same time (and apparently, sang the same part for the first year)! I did it for both of those years and 2003-2004. Some of my best memories from BYU are from Women's Chorus...
It's too bad we are on opposite coasts now, it would be fun to sing together :)
That made my brain hurt from cheez...jeez.
I can't believe I'm actually about to defend Yanni, but I will say that his singers are usually quite amazing. Much more amazing than Yanni probably deserves.
Have you actually listened to the Music, or are you just regurgitating the opinion of the media/world to critique someone without using your on judgment... Just like the world does about Mormons and BYU?
I agree with ixoj, this stuff is amazing!
I have listened to Yanni before. I played some of his music when I took piano lessons, and then I listened again to the music on the website when I heard about Nathan Pacheco. It's just not my thing. (But I do think that a lot of people automatically dislike Yanni without listening to his stuff, so I think that you do bring up a good point Trav.)
And Ixoj is right, the Yanni singers are very good vocalists. They have diverse musical styles and strengths, which is fun. But, like I said, it's not really my thing.
Jaime, we'll have to compare Women's Chorus experiences sometime! Ixoj sang in WC with me too. We developed kind of a strange almost-crush on our conductor Andy (do you remember him?). It wasn't that we found him terribly handsome and irresistible per se, but we loved his passion for music.
I have to beg to differ with the concept of the Yanni Singers being "famous."
I mean, seriously, they're talented and all, but they are the YANNI SINGERS!
I think you made off MUCH better with J.
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