Pete,

I've had a similar thing happen - my choral society was rehearsing Faure Requiem in autumn 2007 when my Dad died. I was with him in the hospital and he died about 3 weeks before the concert. So, I'd sung through the piece a couple of times before the last rehearsal, this time in the church. All was going well until we got near the end and started on the passage about Lazarus rising from the dead. I folded totally and was unable to continue in the rehearsal. Somehow though, I got through the concert 2 days later. Give it time and your song will become singable again.

Changing the subject, I've been to 2 Sacred Harp / Shape Note singing workshops this weekend and throughly enjoyed them. The voice held up pretty well too. :-)

Deirdre