Thirteenth Rehearsal Preview Posted on November 26, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 13th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Thanks to all who auditioned last week for 12/10 solos. Here are our soloists: Matt Relton, Halina Banas-Jones, Peggy Harrison, Debbie Peetz, Mike Jarvis Schedule NO rehearsal this Saturday. Sunday, 12/01/13, 2:00 pm call; 3:00 pm…
Rehearsal Posted on November 25, 2013November 26, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for a GREAT dress rehearsal last night. This is going to be a fantastic concert. Tomorrow night is going to be cold and wet. Nevertheless, we cannot afford to have absences. Break out the umbrellas. DON’T MISS REHEARSAL.
Twelfth Rehearsal Preview Posted on November 19, 2013November 19, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 12th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Auditions for solos in our 12/10 concert are tonight. Gloria – bass p. 19 on; Sanctus – alto p. 54 Gloria – sop, alto, tenor, bass p. 71 Please do your best to attend rehearsal this…
Noon Rehearsal Posted on November 16, 2013November 19, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Please make every effort to attend today’s noon rehearsal. We will rehearse all-together. Next Sunday (11/24) is our Dress Rehearsal with orchestra!
Eleventh Rehearsal Preview Posted on November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 11th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Thanks for your good work with Chris while I was in Haiti last Tuesday. Thanks also to all who attended to all who attended sectionals at noon on Saturday. Next week is our last Tuesday rehearsal…
Ninth Rehearsal Preview Posted on October 29, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 9th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Thanks to all who attended sectionals at noon on Saturday. Do your best to attend this Saturday as we have only 3 more Tuesday rehearsals before our November 24 dress rehearsal with orchestra. Pick up a…
Saturday Posted on October 26, 2013October 29, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please make every effort to attend today’s noon section rehearsal.
Eighth Rehearsal Preview Posted on October 22, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 8th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Thank you again for your splendid performance last Tuesday night. What a rich, romantic sound you made! Our soloist and small groups did a wonderful job. Special thanks to Chris and David for their magnificent playing….
Thank You Posted on October 17, 2013October 18, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks you for your splendid performance on Tuesday night. What a rich, romantic sound you made! Our soloist and small groups did a wonderful job–adding a nice variety of texture and tone to the Liebeslieder. Special thanks to Chris and David for their magnificent playing….
Amended Schedule Posted on October 11, 2013October 18, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Bishop Ireton HS has just made a decision not to allow outside groups to perform in the auditorium. Here is our new, amended schedule (.pdf).
Seventh Rehearsal Preview Posted on October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 7th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Tonight (10/8) is our 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger. Do not miss this rehearsal. This Saturday (10/12) will be a combined (SATB) rehearsal at noon with piano. Please make every possible effort to attend. This…
Sixth Rehearsal Preview Posted on October 1, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 6th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Tonight is our last Brahms rehearsal in the chorus room. This Saturday (10/5) will be a combined (SATB) rehearsals at noon with piano. Please make every possible effort to attend. Next Tuesday (10/8) is our 7:30…
Fifth Rehearsal Preview Posted on September 24, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 5th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Tonight -All the Brahms choruses 1-count-singing; 2-on neutral syllable du; 3-with German text -Haydn Sanctus I will dismiss at 9:10, except soloists and small groups #3b alto Ellie, Debbie, Carol P, Annette, Jane, Carol U #4…
Saturday Posted on September 19, 2013September 24, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please plan to attend our noon rehearsal on Saturday. I will be away leading a choral workshop. Section leaders and Chris will be in charge. Altos meet n the Choir room, sopranos next door in Rm 131, tenors in a practice room and basses in…
Fourth Rehearsal Preview Posted on September 16, 2013September 17, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in. Tonight -Worksheets (these can be found on Blackboard or www.novachorus.edu; bring them them every class.) -All the Brahms choruses; learn German text to # 8, 12 and 14. Please prepare by listening to the diction on…
Saturday Rehearsal Posted on September 13, 2013September 14, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- -I hope to see as many of you as possible tomorrow at noon for our first Saturday rehearsal. Each section will meet in a separate room and rehearse with CDs. Chris and I will come around and help with problem spots. -Attached is a Worksheet…
Second Rehearsal Preview Posted on September 3, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 2nd rehearsal of Fall 2013! It is going to be a great season. Please sign in. If you are new and weren’t here last week, give your phone and e-mail. Be sure to write clearly. Registration. If you are registered as a senior, please…
First Rehearsal Posted on August 28, 2013August 31, 2013 Handouts from the first rehearsal on Tuesday, August 27 (all .pdfs): 1) Welcome 2) Schedule 3) Exercises: Chords | Count-singing | Intervals | All 4) Worksheets: Haydn Agnus Dei | Haydn Kyrie | Liebeslieder 1 | Liebeslieder 2 | Liebeslieder 7 | All
Saturday Rehearsals Posted on August 24, 2013August 27, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I would like to have rehearsals every Saturday 12 noon – 1:15 pm beginning September 14 (except Nov. 30). We will divide by section S-A-T-B with the Section Leaders leading the rehearsal using rehearsal CDs. When a Section Leader is absent, he or she can…
Fall Season Posted on June 13, 2013August 10, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful summer. But I know that some of you are already eager to start working on (or at least thinking about) our Fall season. Attached you will find the music (.pdf) for our first concert. Below you will…
Thanks Posted on May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for a great rehearsal last night. Music truly does soothe the soul. I need four chorus spouses to serve as house managers tomorrow night. They mainly are responsible for the donation bowl. Let me know if you have someone who can help. See you…
Monday Rehearsal Posted on April 29, 2013May 27, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- As many of you will have heard, my mother died on Wednesday. She lived a joyous life that ended peacefully. I am doing OK. As you know, we meet in Schlesinger tomorrow night. Please arrive by 7:10 pm. We’ll put men on the first two…
Monday Night Rehearsal Posted on April 29, 2013May 27, 2013 From Peggy: Here us some info repeated from the Saturday rehearsal as best I could record it. Orchestra conductor wants us ready to sing exactly at 7:30 pm, so please plan to arrive a little earlier. The following two items apply ONLY to the Monday night rehearsal and the Friday…
Rehearsal Location Posted on April 23, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers – Tonight’s rehearsal will be in Schlesinger. Not in the Concert Hall, but in the upstairs Seminar Room. We will sing “Happy Birthday” to Chris Hagan, whose birthday is today! Yours-DrW
Tyler Building Closed Posted on April 22, 2013April 23, 2013 From Dr. Whitmire: Tyler will be closed tomorrow due to flooding. We will rehearse. I will let you where tomorrow. i have requested Schlesinger and Fred is working on John Calvin Presbyterian. Yours-DrW