MW6-095 - Interview with Resin ToLop, Vunairoto (Continued)

Tape#2, Side A, 22 April 1993, Gazelle District, ENBP (Side b blank) In choral festivals such as the Queen’s Birthday events, no church or religious choir music was allowed as part of the rules of the competition. It surprised local choir masters’ that this category was part of the singing competition which then was driven by Catholic Mission’s Father Reichel despite other denominations lake Methodist and SDA church. Resin was learning and acquiring more musical knowledge and pieces from bookstores when he had opportunity to buy them. The musical repertoires that interest Resin as a composer and conductor was church songs from Methodist (Wesleyan mission) and SDA hymn books due to arranging the parts and pieces in the singing. He also blends the traditional types of singing and parts into church music. Working together with other musicians like Andrew Midian on teaching and reading music with choir members is a challenge sometimes but need commitment to learn which some find hard. However, once the main understanding of how a song is sung and learnt of how the parts, notes or piece arranged is understood and practices as a choir group, members feed confident and trusting each other to sing the songs. (Steven Gagau, February 2029). Language as given: