The Big Think

Email from a former Sing Chair:

Congratulations on SING!! I have actually missed the past couple of years, but finally managed to somehow snag some tickets for this past Saturday and just was overwhelmed at how great the performance was that y’all put on this year! I could not have been more thrilled with the Tridelt, act of course, (rotten fruit? Who would have thought something like that could have been as perfectly ingenious as it was!) and watching the Tridelt sing chairs up there on the stage the moment they won brought back all the same nervousness and anticipation and emotions that I went through as a sing chair as well. Gosh, SING is just so great! You did an absolutely amazing job on all the acts you arranged this year-the music was simply phenomenal. Worth going to SING just to hear the music even if you experience nothing else. Now that I am out in the real world, I absolutely have so much admiration for the time and the energy that you put into your work, Jason! I mean I’m ridiculously jealous of course that you still get to do SING every year… I’d kill to come up with some way I could still be involved. But the fact that you are a person who puts 200% into every act, every song, every group you work with for a whole year, every year is such an incredible gift. You manage to do it year after year and the show is always incredible. This year was no different, and we can partly thank you for the continuation of such an amazing tradition of excellance when it comes to SING. Congratulations again! You totally deserve a vacation!

People often ask me what I do, and if they’re in a hurry I usually just say “composer” or “arranger” and briefly describe the show. If I know them well, though, I’ll tell them what my life work really is:

I’m involved in a leadership training program that nobody realizes they’re a part of until they graduate. It’s gratifying to see the long-term effects of this incredible tradition.

What a wonderful job.