Posted on 06/20/2005 4:41:42 AM PDT by Jalapeno
Might be the case that he's got undescended testicles. It's uncommon, but far from rare. I knew a guy with a really high voice in high school. Friend of a friend of mine. Turns out, years later, he had undescended testicles (a problem which I'm told later solved itself, but later than normal).
If he's that good, you might as well let him. Though it is kinda funny to hear a guy sing soprano.
"This is unfair. The young man should be allowed to sing..."
Come-on, it's for girls. He should join another choir where he would be welcome or start a choir for boys.
What is next for this young man? Maybe he can sue his way onto the girls volleyball team.
Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com
I had to figure out what this kind of music sounds like:
http://www.jan-billington.com/christofellis/
I hope he DOES sue to get in. Payback is a bitch, or in this case, at least it sounds like it.
-- quote from another account --
Michelle Rawls, Mikhael's mother, said several attorneys have contacted her about filing a lawsuit against the association, but her family doesn't want to take legal action.
"We just don't think that would be the right thing to do," she said.
Every liberal I ever have a discussion with starts thier arguments off with that same phrase.
Pray tell, what is unfair about it? The fact that he has to abide by the rules or that the rules weren't changed for him?
I write as the mother of a girl (now woman with Master's Degree in Music) who was a Soprano in the Texas All State Choir when she was in high school in 1976-78. Members of choral groups are chosen by their voices. If his voice fits and he knows the music then he is as qualified as anyone else.
Plenty of women have sung Tenor over the years. In fact, your local church choir probably has a few because women seem to enjoy choir more than men. Historically, plenty of men sang Soprano because the entertainment profession was not considered suitable for young ladies.
Many of the old operas and choral pieces were written for males. True, most of the male singers were castrati, but not all of them. It's not his gender that matters, it's his voice and how the director thinks it blends with the other voices. If his voice can't cut the mustard, then he's out. But if he has the voice, musical technique, knowledge, then he deserves a chance just like anyone else. Male sopranos have a quality to their voices that is simply beautiful and adds a special richness to the choral sound.
Wow! Fort Bend County has a Boychoir now? How wonderful! They did not have any such program when I lived there. My daughter WAS a member of the Texas All State Choir (which I think was a mixed chorus) for 2 years in High School -- Dulles HS in Ft. Bend County. Her picture used to hang on the choir room wall along with the only boy from her school who ever made the All State Choir up to that time.(she was the first girl from Dulles High to make the cut.)
I had the memorable experience of hosting 2 of the boys from the Land of Lakes Choir (Minnesota) in my home 2 years ago when they were on tour. It's a wonderful program that encompasses far more than just music. They are building great kids. I just wish they would come by this way again. I'd open my home in a NY minute!
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