Chamber Singers Auditions Monday 6:30

Hey everyone. Chamber Singers auditions are Monday night, 6:30 PM.
We are using Cum Sancto Spiritu as an audition piece.
You can download recordings of your part here:
www.mediafire.com/?vzju18nql74q8
There are individual tracks for each part and a file of all parts played together.
Good luck preparing. Hope to see you Monday!
Best,
Mr. Liberatore

Great First Week!

What a great first week! Lots of singers, lots of guys, lots of enthusiasm. It's going to be a great year! Here are the men on day 3, really knocking it out.

Dear Choir Members,
I am so happy to be welcoming you all back! I have had a wonderful summer and I can hardly wait to get started making music with you all again. I could not be more proud of the accomplishments of the 2010-11 Choir and I am really looking forward to continuing the fantastic level of excellence we were able to reach last year in Italy. For those of you who are new to Choir, here are just a few of the things you have to look forward to, besides great music, great trips, great friends, and the joy of singing as part of your school day!

Fall Concert, Sunday, October 23rd, 7:00 PM, Grace Lutheran Church
Be sure to mark your calendars now for the Choir’s debut performance on Sunday, October 23rd at 7:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church, corner of Loma Verde and Waverley. It is always one of the most exciting concerts of the year as our choirs take the stage for the first time in a program of culturally rich and diverse choral music from around the world.
Winter Concert, Wednesday, December 14th, 7:30 PM, Spangenberg
I am very happy to announce that our Winter Program will be a set of pieces with the fantastic Gunn Chamber Orchestra. They are truly amazing and it will be a thrill to bring to life some of the great choral works for choir and orchestra.
Choir Retreat, YMCA Camp Jones Gulch
This is one of my favorite traditions at Gunn. This will be my 22nd year at Jones Gulch, and I enjoy it more now than ever. (The Saturday night talent show is not to be missed!). We are going to go up on the last weekend in January so we can rehearse extensively for the Choir/Staff musical!!!!!
Choir Staff Musical, Wednesday, Thursday, February 8th & 9th, 8:00 PM, Spangenberg
One of the biggest traditions at Gunn is our annual Choir/Staff Musical. If you have never seen one, you are in for a treat. It’s a crazy, song and dance filled night with fantastic costumes and show stopping performances by not only our students, but many of the Gunn Staff as well. This is a not to be missed Gunn event.
Spring Tour to New York City, May 24-27, 2012
I can honestly say that I think touring is one of the most important things we do as a musical ensemble. It creates a sense of purpose, a feeling of community and friendship, and shared memories that last forever. Nothing encourages us to work hard more than an upcoming tour, and I can’t wait to share the magic of New York City with all of our singers.
Spring Concert, Thursday, May 31, 7:30 PM Spangenberg
Our musical farewell to the class of 2012!

Looking forward to a great year of music making!

Bill Liberatore
Choral Director, Henry M. Gunn Senior High School

Two more weeks!

Only two more weeks till we are back in rehearsal and beginning to create the 2011-12 Gunn Choir! I assume if you are reading my blog you have been to the all new Gunn Choir website. (Thank you Lisa Kelly. It looks fantastic!) I am very excited by our terrific numbers for 2011-12 with more than 150 singers, and 40 guys!! I am so grateful to all of you who promote this program and encourage your friends to come and join us. It is going to be a great year! I loved the tour to Italy (best trip EVER!) but I am excited to start working on music other than the kind of repertoire you need to sing in Italian cathedrals during Lent! I hope everyone is enjoying their last days of summer, and looking forward to an exciting year of music making.

If you are looking for something fun to do in August, come check out the TheatreWorkes New Works Festival. It is an amazing array of new plays and musicals. Some fully staged, some in a reading format. I am working on a play called Upright Grand by a wonderful young playwright named Laura Schellhardt. It is a play about a father daughter relationship. The father plays piano in a dive bar, the daughter ultimately becomes a famous classical pianist. I get to play all kinds of styles and music throughtout, and I think it is going to be really cool. I encourage you to check it out, and all the other cool stuff that is being performed this week. Go to www.theatreworks.org for more info.

Can't wait to get started on a whole new year!
Best,
Bill Liberatore