Music

Before there was Carol Place, before there was an "us," music was important to our shared experience. When Jess and Eric came to town and Robin joined us on Carol Place, "important" became "central."

First there was Jessica's Summer Singers, which, when Jessica got a gig with Gretchen Kuhrmann, led to Robin's getting a gig as section lead and soloist at Falls Church Presbyterian Church and to Robin and Aliceann joining Choralis for its inaugural season

For five years, Robin had three musical gigs, Falls Church Pres, Choralis, and Echos. With each, she had significant soloist responsibilities, including the mezzo soloist when Choralis performed Mendelssohn's Elijah in its third season and when Echos, that same year, performed Bernstein's Missa Brevis.

How is Choralis doing? Judging from the reviews in The Post of the concerts that concluded its fourth, sixth, and eighth seasons, just fine.