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Jun 18, 2012

"A song is a bridge between what we know, what we can feel, and the big mystery." --Kate Munger

The Threshold Choir: Songs Bridging Life & Death

"In November of 1990 I was invited to spend a day with a friend of mine who was dying of HIV Aids. He was comatose, but very agitated...I sat down by his bedside and didn't know what to do. I waited and waited. All I knew to do, to calm myself, was to sing. So I sang one song and I sang it for two hours. I sang it over and over again. I watched his breathing slow, and he got much calmer. And I got much calmer...So as I got comfortable, he got comfortable and at the end of the experience I felt like I'd touched something very deep in myself and given a gift that was unique to me to give." In this powerful interview Kate Munger, founder of the Threshold Choir, discusses her life's passion.