El Grillo - E Himeni Kakou Festival, 2013
4(Turn the volume up a bit for optimal listening experience!)
This was a mass choral performance of a Baroque period song called "El Grillo" (or "The Cricket" in Italian), composed by Josquin des Prez, performed at the annual E Himeni Kakou collegiate choral festival this year, at Central Union Church. Participating schools included choruses from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Hawaii - West Oahu (us!), Hawaii Pacific University, Leeward Community College, Kapiolani Community College, and Kapolei High School. The talented singers from all walks of life numbered well over 300. I sang the tenor part (if you look really closely, I'm a speck of white amongst the sea of black, near the front/center area of the men's section).
Credit to the video goes to a fellow performer's husband, who was standing pretty far back in the church while he filmed on his smartphone. Sorry for the shakeyness, lol.