First Rehearsal Posted on January 7, 2012January 7, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you at our first rehearsal this Tuesday. Please bring all your friends who are good singers. Where else will they get to sing a Jazz Mass and a concert with full orchestra in the same season? Free…
Chorus Sheet Music at Campus Bookstore Posted on January 5, 2012January 6, 2012 From Stage Manager Fred: The 6 selections for our chorus, listed below, are in the bookstore, but they are NOT on the shelves where we usually find our music. All 6 are neatly packaged in brightly colored UPS “Express Envelopes.” These envelopes are downstairs, stacked in a wire basket on…
Songs of Sunset Posted on December 23, 2011January 7, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- As you know from the Mp3 I sent, Songs of Sunset is a beautiful, lush, wonderfully romantic piece. But, like most musical impressionism, it is quite chromatic (moving by half step) and therefore difficult for singers. For that reason, I have prepared the music and…
Songs of Sunset Posted on December 21, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Rather than have you all purchase Songs of Sunset (Delius) I am going to edit and print your parts. The score is a little expensive and much of the music is sung by the soloists (Rex and Grace Gori). However, many of you will prefer…
Spring Semester Sheet Music Posted on December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 According to the NVCC Alexandria Campus Bookstore online, the sheet music for the Spring semester is: MAKE OUR GARDEN GROW 450070. By BERNSTEIN. Publisher: LEONARD H. ISBN: 2818590100707 Link to Sheet Music Plus. LIFE IS HAPPINESS INDEED 450026. By BERNSTEIN. Publisher: LEONARD H. ISBN: 2818590100714 Link to Sheet Music Plus…
Chorus Handouts Posted on October 8, 2011October 22, 2011 [Admin] At the October 4 rehearsal, there were two handouts provided: 1) Civil War and Peace, arrangement by Jonathan Kolm Please note that there have been reports of photocopy errors. Permission has been granted to post a correct version here (37 page .pdf). 2) Hymn to the Fallen, music by…
Fall Update Posted on July 28, 2011August 26, 2015 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-Just a note to let you know that our music has arrived in the campus bookstore. I have also updated our Schedule as you see below (4-pg .pdf). I will be in my office again on Tuesday, August 16. if you want to drop by to…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on July 17, 2011July 17, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- -I hope you are enjoying a great summer. -I have finished rehearsal CDs for Fall. If a sufficient number of you would like to pick one up, I will be on campus this Thursday, July 21, 2-8 pm. Please let me know. Bernstein is $5….
Fall Sheet Music Posted on July 13, 2011July 13, 2011 According to the NVCC Alexandria Campus Bookstore online, the sheet music for the Fall semester is: CHICHESTER PSALMS # M 051321407. By BERNSTEIN. Publisher: LEONARD H. ISBN: 2818590090664 Link to Sheet Music Plus. Link to Hal Leonard Publishing LITURGY OF JOHN CHRYSOSTOM NO 1.3100. By RACHMANIOFF. Publisher: SCHIRMER M. ISBN:…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on June 22, 2011June 22, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I hope this message finds you enjoying a wonderful summer. There have been some changes in our schedule (.pdf) for the upcoming season that you will want to know about. -As you will see, I have postponed Songs of Sunset to the Spring. That’s because…
Rehearsal Recap Posted on March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 Music Handout (large .pdf) from March 15 rehearsal. Brahms files have been added to the Music Files page. Beethoven files are also located on the Music Files page. Photos provided by Mary Yee have been added to the NOVA Community Chorus Flickr account. Feel free to add your photos to…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on March 15, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, Brava/o on your wonderful performances this weekend! It was a treat to get to sit in the hall and hear you sing. Saturday was a good performance and Sunday was GREAT! You had an excellent tone-full of both strength and beauty-and a fine sense of…
Verdi Measure Numbers Posted on February 22, 2011February 28, 2011 (2/15/2011) From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please number each measure in the Verdi Requiem. The attached chart (.pdf) shows the number of the first measure of each page. (2/15/2011) Update: Verdi measure number errata: p50-m300 (not 301); p127-m19 (not 18) (2/22/2011) Update: Verdi Measure number corrections: P50 300 P100 695…
Fourth Rehearsal Preview Posted on February 1, 2011February 1, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Spring 2011! Please sign in and proof Roster. Tonight-Verdi 1-46, Beethoven 10-16; 18-19 (men) Next Week-Verdi 182-211, Beethoven 22-28 This Saturday at 1 pm – women Tuesday May 3 Concert in Schlesinger -Beethoven Ode to Joy (piano 4-hands) Soloists will be…
Rehearsal Handouts Posted on January 26, 2011January 27, 2011 Two handouts from the January 25 rehearsal: Verdi Requiem Worksheet 1, 2 page .pdf Beethoven 9th Count-singing Drill, 2 page .pdf
Tenor Rehearsal Notes Posted on January 21, 2011January 21, 2011 From Section Leader Larry: Here is a list of the TENOR CD practice tracks and the starting page number for each track: 1 page 2 2 page 19 3 page 30 (bottom) 4 page 43 5 page 51 (bottom) 6 page 80 7 page 85 8-9 page 124 (we are…
Bass Rehearsal Notes Posted on January 19, 2011 From Chorister Fred: Basses: You can print this, cut it to size and paste it in your music for reference or add it to your iTunes/iPod directory. VERDI – BASS REHEARSAL CD ACTUAL START POINTS 01 Requiem & kyrie pp 02 02 Dies irae pp 19 03 Tuba mirum pp…
Alto Rehearsal Notes Posted on January 17, 2011January 19, 2011 From Section Leader Debbie: Note from Ellie who has also asked to post on the NOVA Chorus web site. See you tomorrow night. From Chorister Ellie: This is where I think each of the Verdi alto rehearsal tracks begin: Track 1: page 2, top system 2: page 19, top 3:…
On with the Snow Recap Posted on November 30, 2010November 30, 2010 (Update 11/30/2010) From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Here is a correction (.jpg) to the last 2 bars of On with the snow. See you tonight. Yours-DrW (Original 11/24/2010) On with the snow sheet music (.pdf) Text corrections: M 15: Let’s look at the SHOW M 34 – 37: No man,…
On with the snow Posted on November 12, 2010November 12, 2010 Handout from November 9 rehearsal: On with the snow sheet music (.pdf) Please note that the text beginning in measure 34 is incorrect.
10th Rehearsal Preview Posted on November 9, 2010 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Welcome to our 10th rehearsal of Fall 2010! Please sign in. At this table, take a copy of On with the Snow Inside pick up Verdi Requiem Rehearsal CDs. The 2-CD set is $10. Make checks to NVCC Foundation. Absentee Auditions Tonight If you have…
Reminders Posted on November 6, 2010 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- -Thanks to all the men who came to today’s rehearsal. We got some excellent work done. -Reminder: Absentee Auditions are this Tuesday at the end of rehearsal -Bring your Verdi Requiem this Tuesday. We will rehearse Movement I: Requiem and Kyrie I will have rehearsal…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 Dear Singers- Please check out the great work that Kate does on our web-site [www.novachorus.org]. On the website please check out Ellie Briscoe’s very clear and helpful notes about measure numbering. I would like to make one change. No. 30 begins with m1 on page 80. Chorus enters on page…
Judas Measure Numbering Posted on September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 (9/10/2010) From Chorister Ellie and Accompanist Chris: It’s the LAST measure number, followed by the number of the first measure of the last system in each chorus, in brackets, as a double-check. 4 For Sion lamentation make — 29 [26] 7 O Father Whose Almighty Pow’r — 70 [67] Do…
First Rehearsal Posted on August 25, 2010September 29, 2010 Items provided at last night’s rehearsal: Fall Schedule (.pdf) Count-singing Drill, Chorus 26 (.pdf) Pitch Drill, Chorus 66 (.pdf) Chorus Newsletter (.pdf), August 2010 “Neptune” from The Planets, sheet music (.pdf) Music files will be posted shortly. Please check back later. Reminder: Frequently Used Documents are always linked on the…