Announcements/Updates

Choir Announcements/Schedules/Updates Wed Sept 29, 2010

Fall Concert Program

Treble Choir: Soli Deo Gloria/Brahms/Rise Up My Love/ Take Me to the Water
Concert Choir: Jubilate (Praetorius) as you enter/Cantate/Ave Maria/Little Man/Bathanandaza
Adv Women: Salmo/Dirait On/La LLuvia
Ch Singers: Ah El Novio/ Ubi caritas/ Libiamo
Women: Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World
Men: TBA
All: Music Down in My Soul (Moses Hogan), It Takes A Village

Treble Choir:
Solo Auditions were fantastic! I hope to announce by tomorrow. I may need to do a few callbacks and stretch that to Monday.

I will be posting the new parts recordings online (South African Songs and Music Down in My Soul). It will be important that you get those parts down ASAP. We are off to a great start, and I know the audience will be impressed with how great you sound so early in the year! I hope to be memorized on as much as possible, so try to memorize a chunk of each piece every day.

Chamber Singers:

Rehearsals Left
Sunday, October 3, 1:00-3:30 PM (No rehearsal Monday Oct 4)
Monday, October 11 6:30-9:00
Monday, October 18 6:30-9:00 (at the church)
The Concert is Sunday, Oct 24 at 7:00 PM

Extra Performance Dates so far (mark your calendars!!!)

Sunday, November 7th, Singing for All Saints Service at Grace Lutheran AM
Recording Session for Holiday CD: Tentative date is Monday Nov 15
Monday, December 6, Concert at the Creche Exhibit
Tuesday, December 14, BIG day, 3 concerts between noon and 6. Keep it open.
Dec 16 is the Winter Concert
Dec 18 is the Donkey Parade (afternoon)

Concert Choir:
Music still to learn: Little Man in a Hurry, Jubilate (easy), Over the Rainbow (Men),
Take Me to the Water (Women), Music Down in My Soul,

I will be posting your parts to Little Man to help you study that on your own.
You will be tested in small groups to make sure you have downloaded it and are working on it a little every day.

Solo Auditions will take place during class as we rehearse each piece. Don’t miss your chance to be heard!

DRESS REHEARSAL AT THE CHURCH IS FRIDAY, OCT 22 DURING MORNING CLASSES.


Advanced Women’s Ensemble:
Yesterday was fun! I am hoping to have parts taped by this weekend so you can have the pitches learned ASAP.

Rehearsal Schedule:
Tues Oct 5: Lunch (not tutorial that day), Thurs Oct 7: Lunch
Tues Oct 12: Tutorial, Thurs: Oct 14: Lunch
Tues: Oct 19: Tutorial ,Thurs: Oct 21 Lunch

I am also hoping that we can put our calendars together and do one night rehearsal the week of the concert. Perhaps the 19th instead of tutorial we do a longer evening rehearsal, or Wed the 20th could work as well.

Italy: Signups were huge!!!!! We are about to kickoff the ad sales and donations campaign. Start thinking about who you can solicit for a donation to the scholarship fund. If you don’t have a passport you need to take care of that ASAP. If you need a VISA to get into Italy, you need to figure that out ASAP.

Party Worth Crashing: Hope to start auditions soon. I will provide short segments of songs from the show for you to use for auditions. The goal is to cast a small group where each person agrees to learn and memorize 2-3 numbers for a 3 performance run in early January. There are many great performances by these composers on youtube. Look at the Kerrigan and Lowdermilk playlist to get an idea of what it’s all about.

Nuts and Bolts:
Please have your sheet music and a pencil in rehearsal every day.
If you are without a folder, please list your name on the white board today.
If you have not paid for your attire, you need to do so ASAP!!!