This is Part 10 of the 14 Series on Macrine J. Katague, Celebration of Life.
Macrine
loved to sing. In her younger years, she sings coloratura soprano. When
she started smoking later in her forties ( during nursing school), her
voice changed to mezzo soprano. Macrine
and I loved singing in the choir here in Northern California. In the
late 1980's, we sang in our church choir on Sunday masses in Pinole, as
well as with the UP Alumni, Berkeley Chapter Choir based in El
Sobrante, California.
Eleven years ago, we sang in our Church Choir here in
Fair Oaks. We even sang a duet of Silent Night in Tagalog at the
concert before the Christmas midnight mass.
Macrine and I had also
organized the Marinduque Association of the Capital Area( MACA)
Christmas Caroling Group in Colesville, Maryland in the late 1990's.
Besides singing in the church Choir with me, Macrine sang a few times during a friends wedding and she got paid, so I will consider her a semi-pro. Anyway in this episode, I am posting two of her favorite hymns that we sometimes sung during Catholic masses. Make a Channel of your Peace( the Prayers of St.Francis), and On Eagle Wings..
On Eagle Wings reminds me of our one week vacation in Aruba, 2001
Meanwhile, while searching for the best arrangement of the above two songs, I found two renditions of Cohen's Hallelujah as follows:
Celine Dion surprises the Canadian Tenors-Oprah in the Audience
Religious Hymns reminds me of our college years and the University of the Philippines Student Catholic activities, 1951-1955.
https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/search?q=UPSCA
Meanwhile, enjoy this photo from Chateau Du Mer, Boac, Marinduque, Philippines-our second home!!
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