The Italy Brochures and Applications have arrived! Yeah. I have enough to send each singer home with their own copy of the brochure, and I am mailing one to each parent as well, but I thought I would post them here electronically for those who are anxious to see it! http://drop.io/GunnItalyMaterials For those of you hoping for some scholarship assistance, it will be important that your parent make an appointment to come in and see me so we can talk about it. Registrations are due September 14, so the sooner the better. I can be reached at GunnChoir@aol.com.
Here are some of the highlights of the many great things we have in store for 2010-11, with some awesome video clips of past shows and concerts. I. August 30, Monday 6:30 PM Chamber Singers Auditions Here's a little taste of a typical Monday night rehearsal. Great voices, a few too many laughs....
II. September 14, Italy Tour Sign Ups due Here is the Gunn Choir singing in Rome 5 years ago. (Caitlin Gjerdrum is the Diva!!) There is nothing like Italy!
III. October 24, 7:00 Fall Concert, Grace Lutheran I love the excitement of the choir's first performance. Here are the 2009-10 Concert Choir men in their featured number. Sam Putney is the amazing soloist.
IV. December 16, Thursday 7:30 PM Winter Concert, Spangenberg Here's a clip from last year's Winter Concert. We did Schubert's Mass in G with the awesome Gunn Chamber Orchestra, and soloists Sophia Christel and Micah Brown. Fantastic!
V. January 29/30, Choir Retreat at YMCA Jones Gulch (Sorry, no videos. What happens at Choir Retreat, stays at Choir Retreat!)
VI. February 9/10/11, Wed-Fri 8:00 PM Choir/Staff Musical Sometimes rehearsing the Choir/Staff Musical is as much fun as the show itself!
And now the real number, from the 2009 And Then There Were Nuns
At Gunn, all prospective staff are asked to sing as part of their interview! (Of course that's not true, but you might think it is when you hear John Bulan sing!) Duke of Earl from 2010's Heavenly Bandstand
The amazing Mr. Shelby with show stopping choreography by Gay Richard.
VII. March 27, Sunday 4:00 PM Mission Santa Clara Invitational Choral Festival w/ The San Jose Choral Project The Choral Project, conducted by Daniel Hughes, is one of the finest choirs around. We are very thrilled to be invited to sing in the Invitational Choral Festival. Here is a clip of the Choral Project singing in Mission Santa Clara
VIII. April 7-15 Italy Tour Last year's trip to New York was a blast. Not only did we have a great time, but all three choirs received Gold Ratings at the festival! Here is the outstanding 2009-10 Treble Choir singing "I Went to the Market" at Riverside Church. Awesome piano work by Nahoko Hashimoto. (Sorry there's no video, but the audio is really great!)
This year's tour is going to be amazing! Nothing inspires a choir to work hard and sing well like a tour. Here is a wonderful clip of the choir singing in Vienna in 2009. Jiri Teml's "Ave"
IX. June 2, Thursday 7:30 PM Spring Concert, Spangenberg It's hard to imagine June 2, 2011. We will have had so many great musical adventures together! I can hardly wait to get started!!
Greetings! We got the back to school choir packet out last week, so you should definitely have it by now. It's got lots of great information in it about the exciting musical year ahead of us. I also posted the mailing here as a word doc for those of you who may not have recieved the packet or for those who like to keep track of your life electronically. http://drop.io/BTSchoirINFO2010
A video I made a couple years ago in a tech class at Foothill.
Welcome to the 2010-11 school year! I am very excited about the line up of concerts, shows and trips waiting for you. It is going to be a fantastic year! The Boosters and I are meeting tonight to finalize the Back to School packet and you should be receiving all the choir info in the mail by the end of the week. Can't wait to see you all and to start making music again! Best, Bill Liberatore
