Ode to Joy on Piano: My mother has sung the song in Japanese for over 70 years 諸人こぞりて歌って70年の母

AKA: Joy to the World arr. by L. Mason .In this video, my 91-year old mother is singing in Japanese along with my piano, and says' This song brings me back to my memory when I went to Kinjyo (Gakuin University in Nagoya). She lives alone in Central Japan, and once a year she visits my place here in western Japan. When she learned this song about 70 years ago. Back then, she sent a lot of encouraging letters to a concentration camp in the Philippines and was given back many thank you letters from the people there. After that, she sang in a local female choir for a long time, participated in a special choral group to sing the forth mv. of Beethoven's 9th Symphony and attended local choir seminars.What I learned from her is: We have many things to overcome, but music is always on my side. 私の母は岐阜県に一人で暮らしていて、年に一回だけ倉敷の私の家に来て歌います。この歌を習った当時（約70年前)、母はフィリピンの戦犯収容所へ励ましの手紙を送り続け、死刑囚の方々から感謝のお便りを多く頂きました。その後、母は地元恵那市のママさんコーラスで長く歌い、ベートーベンの第九を歌う会にも参加しました。さらに、恵那市文化センター主催の講座で多くの方と一緒に歌を楽しみました。「「人生には乗り越えるものが沢山ある、それを支えるのが音楽だ」という事を私は母から教わりました＃金城学院大学同窓会＃joytotheworld＃ヤマハPSTA#hoffmanacademy