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8th Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers-
Welcome to our 8th rehearsal of Fall 2010! Please sign in.

Brava! for the 12 women who gave 2 fine performances of The Planets. Special thanks to Chris who subbed in on soprano I on the second performance.

Thanks again to Chris and David Hagan for their wonderful program last Tuesday and to each of you for to showing up with your friends and supporting the Vocal Scholarship so generously. We raised over $2000.00! We will be able to provide a full scholarship to one of our voice majors again next year.

Tonight – Judas #25 to the end

Auditions–Tonight (10/26) at the end of rehearsal I will hear auditions from MEN for #48, #50 and #58 (tenor)
Next week (11/2) at the end of rehearsal I will hear auditions from WOMEN for #18, #30 and #58 (alto)

Absentee Auditions –Tuesday 11/9
If you have miss more than two rehearsals as 11/9, please prepare to audition for me to demonstrate preparedness. If you are not sure of you absence, see your Section Leader [Admin: See Performance Tips for contact information].

Sing Well -DrW

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Rehearsal Reminder

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers-

Everyone
-Please do not miss our Judas Maccabeaus rehearsal this Saturday 1:00-2:30 pm.
-Don’t forget, our Scholarship Fundraiser, a recital by Chris and David Hagan, is this Tuesday, October 19 at 7:30 pm. I’d like each of you to bring at least 2 guests. They will be glad you did.

Women’s Chorus for Holst
By all accounts, Sunday’s Dress Rehearsal was a disaster. Therefore I must take steps to give us the best chance for a credible performance. I am reducing the choir to two on a part. I am very sorry to have to cut some of my women from the concert, but I am forced to resort to drastic steps. The Reduced Women’s Chorus that you see below will rehearse this Saturday at noon. You must attend to sing in the concerts. If you are in the Reduced Women’s Chorus below, please respond and let me know that you will be at this rehearsal.

Choir I
Soprano 1- Terri LaGoe (10/17), Chris Hagan (10/24), Michelle McHugh
Soprano 2-Peggy Harrison, Lene Jensen
Alto-Debbie Peetz, Dorothea Kamara

Choir II
Soprano 1-Jill Meyer, Judy Robb
Soprano 2-Shellie Grant, Barbara Lowrey
Alto-Ellie Briscoe, Annette Reilly

I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday. We will rehearse all of Judas.

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Seventh Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Dear Singers-

Welcome to our 7th rehearsal of Fall 2010! Please sign in.

Tonight – 4, 7, 10, 18, 19

Next Tuesday (10/12): No rehearsal (NVCC non-instructional day)

Saturday, October 16, 1-2:30 pm; Full Rehearsal
I added to our schedule on 9-14-10. Please plan to attend this very important rehearsal. Begin now making arrangements at work and at home so that you don’t miss it.

Tuesday (10/19): Chris and David Hagan Recital
7:30 pm; Schlesinger Center; Come and bring your friends!
This event funds our Vocal Scholarship. Post flyers (.pdf) around the community and send them to your friends.

The Planets- tonight at 9:20 pm

Music Majors Mid term Exam-tonight at 9:30 pm
Selections from choruses 4 7 10 18 19 25 26

[names omitted for privacy]

Please remember the NOVA Community Chorus in your charitable giving.

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Fifth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers-
Welcome to our 5th rehearsal of Fall 2010!  Please sign in.

Tonight’s Rehearsal – Judas 26, 30, 34, 43
Next Week – 49, 50, 56, 58, 66

The Planets– The Planets rehearsals have been moved to Tuesday at the end of rehearsal. If you think you might want to sing, stay and check out this beautiful music. There will be no Planets rehearsals on Saturdays.

Please remember this rehearsal that I added to our schedule (.pdf) on 9-14-10:
Saturday, October 16, 1-2:30 pm: Full Rehearsal
Please plan to attend this very important rehearsal. Begin now making arrangements at work and at home so that you don’t miss it.

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, ray2408 [at] comcast [at] net

(Update:  Bass Section only: Please note that Ray Lombardi’s E-mail address is rayjoyce2408 [at] verizon [dot] net)

Please remember the NOVA Community Chorus in your charitable giving.
Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the NVCC Foundation.

Sing Well

[Admin:  Section leader contact information is always included in each of the Frequently Used Documents, listed on the right: Performance Tips | Info for New Members | Join the Chorus (.pdfs)]

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Fourth Rehearsal Preview

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

From Dr. Whitmire:

Dear Singers-
Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Fall 2010!  Please sign in.

At this table pick up
Pitch Exercise Chorus #25, Count-singing Exercise Chorus #25

Tonight’s Rehearsal Judas #19, #25      Next Week 26, 30, 33, 43

The Planets-Since several of my Planets women will be out this Saturday, we will rehearse The Planets tonight at the end of rehearsal. If you think you might want to sing, stay and check out this beautiful music. The will be no Planets rehearsal this Saturday.

-As you know we will miss two rehearsals in October. On October 12 the college is closed. On October 19 we have our Chorus Benefit Recital by Chris and David Hagan. To compensate, I have added a rehearsal to our schedule (.pdf):
Saturday, October 16, 1-2:30 pm: Full Rehearsal
Please plan to attend this very important rehearsal. Begin now making arrangements at work and at home so that you don’t miss it.

Sing well

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Weekly Update

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

From Dr. Whitmire:  Dear Singers-
-What a wonderful semester we have begun! We are the largest ever—121 singers!
-This week we will rehearse choruses 19 and 25, then review our previous work ( 4, 7, 10, 26, 34, 66)
-We had our first Planets rehearsal today. There were 12 excellent women here to sing this beautiful music. I hope others will join us next Saturday at 1 pm. We have 78 women—I think we should have more that 12 for this concert.
-As you know we will miss two rehearsals in October. On October 12 the college is closed. On October 19 we have our Chorus Benefit Recital by Chris and David Hagan. To compensate,  I have added a rehearsal to our schedule:
Saturday, October 16, 1-2:30 pm: Full Rehearsal
Please plan to attend this very important rehearsal. Begin now making arrangements at work and at home so that you don’t miss it.

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First Rehearsal

Wednesday, August 25th, 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 right side of the page:
Info for New Members (.pdf)
Dr. W’s Choral Singing Tips (.pdf)
Performance Tips (.pdf)
Join the Chorus (.pdf)

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“Planets” Rehearsals on Saturdays

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

From Chorister Ellie:  The information [previously sent] says Vocal Rep is 1 pm to 2:50 on Saturdays, but previous email said the women’s rehearsals for The Planets would be from 2-3 pm on Saturdays. What is the new schedule for those rehearsals?

From Dr. Whitmire:  If both classes go, then Planets rehearsal would be 3-4 on Saturdays. I am sorry, but we’ll have to stay flexible until we know exactly what courses I’ll be teaching.

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