AMMAN —
Mosaica, Jordan’s renowned choir, whose inspiring
journey started in 2018, is holding four live concerts from December 9 to 12,
in Amman, at the Orthodox Educational Society’s theatre in Shmeisani. The event
is titled Thrill of Hope, and the tagline on the tickets reads “An enchanting
musical night wrapped in singing, magic and warmth.”
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By making the effort to prepare and organize the concerts,
and to have the choir members follow a strict and demanding rehearsal schedule
for four months in a row, in circumstances that are less than ideal for such a group
project, Mosaica is showing its commitment to the music-loving community in
Amman. The organizers are keeping this way the promise they made last
September, which was “to perform live in December this year.”
Speaking to
Jordan News during a break at a recent
rehearsal session that showed everybody’s enthusiasm and cheerful spirit, the
choir’s artistic director Mercedes Alonso, who also sings with the choir, said
that it was possible to carry out the project thanks to the deep love for music
that every choir member and everyone on the managing and organizing team has.
Did the pandemic make things difficult?
“It is sometimes when people are challenged that they are most
motivated and able to be at their best. After all, it is a teamwork, and our
team is amazing. There may be storms on the way, but it is a journey after all,
and it is always worth it in the end.”
Alonso stressed that strict health safety measures will be
enforced at the concerts, including requiring proof of vaccination, wearing masks,
and maintaining physical distancing, with one seat left unoccupied between
every two spectators.
The choir will be accompanied by musicians on accordion,
flute, piano, percussions, and guitar. All players, except for the pianist and
arranger Nareg Abajian, are also singers with the ensemble. The other two vocal
and instrumental arrangers are Yazan Jurf and Qussai Al-Daker. Charismatic and
dynamic maestro and founder Nedy Muna will conduct the ensemble, as he has been
doing from the very start.
There will be songs in English, in Arabic, and even one in
Swahili! Most will have Christmas as a main theme. Mary Did You Know, Little
Drummer Boy, Dawwi Ya Nijmeh (Shine, O Star), Silent Night, Adeste Fideles, and
Snowman are some of the songs that Mosaica will sing.
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