Choir: Ouch!

Leaving aside the problem of people not being there, or coming late, because of a severe storm....it was not the happiest rehearsal I've ever been in.   It was difficult music, to start with (difficult for me, anyway)--this Sunday's anthem is Leighton's dissonant (UGLY! she says firmly.  UGLY!) "Solus Ad Victimam," with squealing saw-blade half-steps crammed next to someone else's notes.  Not a good one to warm up on, or an invigorating start to the rehearsal.  (And, says the person who doesn't