Voice
is the strong and intense sound which mother earth created from the
very mouths of the first beings. Voice is the first and last sound of
melody and harmony which has and will be forever heard on the face of
this or any other world. Voice, however, does have a catch. You must
spend hours upon hours working, sometimes till the small hours of the
morning, to train this wild beast. Similar to a wild stallion
galloping through on the green earth, voice must be brought to the
terms of the body while still allowing it an ability to be free when
breath allows it to. Symptoms of the love of voice can be seen when
one sings such things as "Die Forelle" for your partner while
closing down the Barnes and Noble Café. There can be no
greater thrill than dancing to the thought of Cole Porter's
"De-Lovely" while washing countless dishes. Not only in public,
though, but in private when the eyes of a man tear up at listening to
the indescribable shimmer chords of Eric Whitacre, one knows that
music is more than just aural entertainment. Being a tenor, cracks
are what litter my attempts as continued F's and G's flow from my
diaphragm, through my lungs, slithering silently through my vocal
chords and then finally out the cavity known as the mouth. This,
however, does not concern me. The placement of the notes will come,
and when they do, a light will glow stronger than the birth of the
star. Exceptional music is not easy to obtain and finding those who
will take the challenge is arduous. Those who do take the risk are
mostly the ones who can truly make melody and harmony intertwine
allowing music to create itself, using only the human body as a
vessel.