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Eleventh Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 11th rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in.

Thanks for your magnificent singing on Saturday and Sunday. You really captured the warmth and longing of the music. Moreover, thanks for keeping faith while we brought to life a piece of music that is not easily accessible. It could not have been more rewarding for me—I hope the same for you.

If you missed the either concert for any reason, please contact me immediately. If you have already spoken to me about your absence, please remind me.

Tickets– Be sure to turn is your checks and cash or tickets to your section leader. Basses, you may give any outstanding checks and cash or tickets tom me as Ray will be out tomorrow night.

The Spring Concert music files are now posted at http://www.novachorus.org/music-files. Hurray Kate.

I have CDs for those who prefer ($5 – cash or checks to NVCC Foundation).

Please bring your music for our April 26 concert.
Make Our Garden Grow
Life Is Happiness Indeed
Not While I’m Around
Send in the Clowns
Sure On This Shining Night

Late Spring 2012 Schedule
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center
Other Calendar items
Friday, April 27
4:00 pm – Voice Master Class by Dr. Karen Murphy, Professor of Collaborative Piano at Mississippi State University; Singers: Michelle McHugh, Terri LaGoe, Jon DeHart, Brandon Homayouni
7:30 pm – Voice Recital by Jonathan Price, tenor, Masters candidate at New England Conservatory (son of former NVCC faculty Kathy Price)

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Tenth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 10th rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in.

Thanks for a great Dress Rehearsal on Sunday night. I hope you enjoyed the opportunity to hear our excellent soloists, Grace and Rex Gori.

If you missed the Dress Rehearsal for any reason, please contact me immediately. If you have already spoken to me about your absence, please remind me.

Thanks also for your patience and professionalism in dealing with the crowdedness. At our Saturday concert at Church of the Epiphany there will be much more room, since we will bring the sopranos and altos around the sides of the stage. At our Sunday concert at Bishop Ireton. I would like to have the first six sopranos go beyond the riser and stand on the floor. Likewise we’ll have six altos stand on the floor next to the risers. The timpani will move over.

Tickets for Songs of Sunset are here. See your Section Leader. I hope that each singer will sell five tickets. You might consider buying them and giving them to friends. Our tickets are half the price at the door.

Please bring your music for our April 26 concert.
Make Our Garden Grow
Life Is Happiness Indeed
Not While I’m Around (not the same version as in years past)
Send in the Clowns (not the same version as in years past)
Sure On This Shining Night
We will not sing Under the Greenwood Tree. Hold on to it and I will try to program it for a future concert.

Late Spring 2012 Schedule
Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm Call; 3:00 pm Concert at Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 2:00 pm Call; 3:00 pm Concert at Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

Other Calendar item
Friday, April 27
4:00 pm – Voice Master Class by Dr. Karen Murphy, Professor of Collaborative Piano at Mississippi State University
7:30 pm – Voice Recital by Jonathan Price, tenor, Masters candidate at New England Conservatory (son of former NVCC faculty Kathy Price)

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Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  PLEASE NOTE
This Sunday, March 25, our Dress Rehearsal  will be 7-9:00 pm.
THIS IS A TIME CHANGE

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Ninth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:   Welcome to our 9th rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in.

Once again, thanks for your outstanding performance of Jazz Mass last Tuesday. It was a great night. I have seen the video that looks great. I haven’t heard the recording, but hope to very soon.

Also, I have just received the recording of our Chichester Psalms from last Fall. I hope to make copies available to you very soon. Sounds awesome!

Please bring your Barber, Sondheim and Bernstein choruses tonight.

Spring 2012 Schedule (no changes)
This Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm – Full Rehearsal (SATB)
This Sunday, March 25, 5:00 pm – Dress Rehearsal: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton
Saturday, March 31, 3:00 pm – Concert: Songs of Sunset, Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 3:00 pm Concert: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

Saturdays
3/24 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
4/7    women
4/14   men
4/21   Full Rehearsal (SATB)

Other Calendar items
This Friday, March 23, 5:30 pm – My choir from Richmond will sing Evensong at Washington National Cathedral. I hope you can attend.
Friday, April 27
4:00 pm – Voice Master Class by Dr. Karen Murphy, Professor of Collaborative Piano at Mississippi State University
7:30 pm – Voice Recital by Jonathan Price, tenor, Masters candidate at New England Conservatory (son of former NVCC faculty Kathy Price)

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Performance Feedback

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers-

Tuesday
What an unbelievably exciting performance of Jazz Mass. It was so much fun. Thanks for all your smiles.

Today
Now please turn your attention to Songs of Sunset. Jazz Mass is a good piece of music. This is a great piece. Let’s do it justice.

This Saturday (3/17) is Men’s rehearsal at 1:00 pm. Green beer, anyone?
Next Tuesday (3/20) we will look briefly at some of the pieces for our April 26 concert ( Barber, Bernstein, Sondheim), so be sure to have your music. I hope to get rehearsal CDs prepared soon.
Next Friday (3/23) at 5:30 pm my church choir (St. James’s, Richmond) will sing Evensong at Washington National Cathedral. The service will include a piece for the Rachmaninoff liturgy that we sang in the fall. I hope that you can attend.
Next Saturday (3/24) is a very important Full Rehearsal (SATB). I need everyone to be there.
Next Sunday (3/25) is our 5:00 pm Dress Rehearsal with the orchestra at Bishop Ireton HS. This rehearsal in mandatory.

And then,
Saturday, March 31, 3:00 pm – Concert: Songs of Sunset, Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 3:00 pm Concert: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

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Performance Call

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers- The call on Tuesday is 6:30 pm on stage in Schlesinger. I look  forward to seeing you then.

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Orchestra Rehearsal

Friday, March 9th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers- I will be rehearsing Songs of Sunset with the orchestra this Sunday (3/11) at 6:00 pm at Bishop Ireton High School cafeteria. If you want to get a preview of what it sounds like, please drop by.

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Eighth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Welcome to our 8th rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in.

Please proof the program roster for errors/omissions. [See e-mail]

Tonight is our Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger for Jazz Mass. Try to arrive early so we don’t lose valuable time. After break I plan to go back to the ChorusRoom (AT130) and rehearse Songs of Sunset. Be sure to bring your music.

This Saturday (3/3) at 1:00 pm – Women, All Delius

Next Tuesday 3/6- Spring Break, No Rehearsal

Spring 2012 Schedule [no changes]
Tuesday, March 6 – Spring Break, No Rehearsal
Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm – Concert: Jazz Mass, Schlesinger Center
Sunday, March 25, 5:00 pm – Dress Rehearsal: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Saturday, March 31, 3:00 pm – Concert: Songs of Sunset, Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 3:00 pm Concert: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

Saturdays
3/3 women
3/10
3/17 men
3/24 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
4/7 women
4/14 men
4/21 Full Rehearsal (SATB)

Other Calendar items

Friday, March 23 – My choir from Richmond will sing Evensong at 5:30 pm at Washington National Cathedral. I hope you can attend.

Friday, April 27 – Jonathan Price, son of former NVCC faculty Kathy Price, will present at voice recital at 7:30 pm here in AT130.

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Seventh Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Welcome to our 7th rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in.

Please proof the program roster for errors/omissions. [See e-mail]

This Saturday, February 25, we have an important Full Rehearsal for Jazz Mass. Please plan to be there.

Next Tuesday, February 28, is our Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger for Jazz Mass. Are you ready?

Please remember we have an important Full Rehearsal for Jazz Mass on Saturday, February 25. Please plan to be there.

Spring 2012 Schedule [no changes]
Saturday, February 25, 1:00 pm – Full Rehearsal
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger Center
Tuesday, March 6 – Spring Break, No Rehearsal
Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm – Concert: Jazz Mass, Schlesinger Center
Sunday, March 25, 5:00 pm – Dress Rehearsal: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Saturday, March 31, 3:00 pm – Concert: Songs of Sunset, Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 3:00 pm Concert: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

Saturdays
2/25 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
3/3    women
3/10
3/17   men
3/24 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
4/7    women
4/14   men
4/21   Full Rehearsal (SATB)

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Sixth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Welcome to our 6th rehearsal of Spring 2012!  Please sign in.

Thanks to the Tenors who rehearsed last Saturday at noon.

And to the large group who came Women’s Rehearsal at 1:00 pm.

Men’s Rehearsal this Saturday at 1:00 pm.

There only one more rehearsal before our Tuesday, February 28 Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger for Jazz Mass. Are you ready?

Please remember we have an important Full Rehearsal for Jazz Mass on Saturday, February 25. Please plan to be there.

Spring 2012 Schedule [no changes]
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger Center
Tuesday, March 6 – Spring Break, No Rehearsal
Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm – Concert: Jazz Mass, Schlesinger Center
Sunday, March 25, 5:00 pm – Dress Rehearsal: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Saturday, March 31, 3:00 pm – Concert: Songs of Sunset, Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, April 1, 3:00 pm Concert: Songs of Sunset, Bishop Ireton HS
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm Band/Chorus Spring Concert, Schlesinger Center

Saturdays
2/18   men
2/25 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
3/3    women
3/10
3/17   men
3/24 Full Rehearsal (SATB)
4/7    women
4/14   men
4/21   Full Rehearsal (SATB)

Sing Well-DrW

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Fourth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers,
Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Spring 2012!
Please sign in.

Attendance
Please try not to be absent. If you miss more than two rehearsals during preparation for a concert, you will be asked to audition to demonstrate preparedness. Please notify Section Leaders of absences:
Soprano-Peggy Harrison, peggyh [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com
Alto-Debbie Peetz, peetz [at] rand [dot] org
Tenor-Larry Goldschmidt, lgold2 [at] comcast [dot] net
Bass-Ray Lombardi, rayjoyce2408 [at] verizon [dot] net

Thanks to the fine group of Women who came to rehearsal on Saturday.
We will not have Men’s Rehearsal this Saturday, as I will be in Texas caring for my mother. Please get together among yourselves and practice.
Music – All music, worksheets and music learning files can be found at novachorus.org/music-files.

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First Rehearsal Handouts

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Two handouts from the rehearsal on January 10 (.pdf files):
Class Schedule, Worksheet #1

Please note: As previously posted: Free sheet music and rehearsal tracks for Songs of Sunset and Jazz Mass are posted at novachorus.org/music-files. (Including Jazz Mass as one file.)

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