Imagine     1     to sing together with hundreds of people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are    2     the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online — a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere — all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You donˈt even need a studio. A virtual choir helps    3     together. Many people do not have    4     who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir    5     add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a     6     the lives of many people.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a     1     business career and study music. My parents, though     2     and sharing my love of music,     3     of it as a     4    . This was     5     in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College and,     6     much beloved and respected in the     7    , earned     8     enough to provide for his large family.     9     a consequence of this example, my parents     10     upon college instead of a conservatory of music.