Holy week is MY FAVORITE THING EVER. I get to geek out on liturgy and tradition, and thanks to my mom I enjoy all of the symbolism through it all. Being a church musician keeps me busy in all of the best ways possible. Yesterday's vigil was awesome. The man who chanted the Exsultet? sublime. I could listen to the guy sing all day every day. PERFECT tenor. I live for the Vigil. It is literally my favorite night of the year. Screw Christmas. Screw EVERYTHING else. The Great Vigil is my jam. This morning we got to enjoy both Byrd's "Haec Dies" and Handel's "Hallelujah." In the Byrd, all "haec" breaks loose and we sail on a sea of polyphony. If you count your keister off, it works. But if you start paying attention to all of the other parts, fuggedaboudit. 6 voices is too much for this out-of-practice musician to relax. But it sure is fun to sing and listen to afterward! But the best part of the whole week happened when I was walki