Official song video by David Fazzini includes montage that features a number of school alum parents and staff members.
The official song video for choir director David Fazzini's "Have Faith in Us" includes a montage of school alum parents and staff members.
“I thought the song had something powerful to say about the institution of marriage and I wanted a way to release the song on YouTube, so I started brainstorming for video ideas," said Fazzini, who also appears in the video. "We invited couples to a professional photo shoot and then juxtaposed the studio shots with photos from each couple’s wedding album. I think the result is something special.”
"Have Faith in Us" is part of an EP of three songs that also were released today. All three songs can be heard on Fazzini’s YouTube channel, available here.
According to Fazzini the other two songs are completely different than "Have Faith in Us."
"Both are fictional story songs, written — at least lyrically — in a Steely Dan sort of fashion," he said. "I think listeners will find the music to have a jazz, pop and R&B sort of sound."
Fazzini directs the upper-school choirs at Notre Dame and is a regular soloist at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion.
“This collection of songs were originally written some eight to 10 years ago," he said. "And the video was started back in 2012. So I'm very excited to finally get some of this material released.”
He also said there will be more releases.
“I have a kind of of a vault of ideas that need to be realized, and once those ideas are completed, I hope to get started on new material," he said. "For me, today's release is a huge first step in that direction.”
Fazzini directs the upper-school choirs at Notre Dame and is a regular soloist at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion. He also can regularly be heard as the keyboard player and vocalist for a Detroit-area band called Cancel Monday.
Fazzini, far left, is a keyboard player and vocalist for local Detroit-area band Cancel Monday.
Comments or questions? mkelly@ndpma.org.
Follow Notre Dame on Twitter at @NDPMA.
About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame's upper school enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.