Chorus Update for the week of January 20th

Courtesy of Kate:

1. We ran through the two new pieces - Beatles and From a Distance.

2. We also ran through Somewhere Out There, Love Will Keep Us Together and Rainbow Connection.

3. We also worked on three movements of Wedding Cantata.

4. We spent quite a bit of time working on the 3rd movement of the Pinkam piece, Many Waters. Lisa wants us to practice it! (Lisa is expecting us to forget - let's give her a pleasant surprise!).

Chorus Update for the week of January 13

This week, we had a first rehearsal, and basically ran through the pieces we've worked on thus far.

Below I'm including two of our songs, Girlfriend and Love In Any Language, for you to members to listen to in order to get a feel for how they sound.


Link to YouTube video of original version of Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend.

Link to sample performance of choral arrangement of Girlfriend.

Link to a chorus singing Love in Any Language

Link to Sandi Patty singing Love in Any Language

See you at the next rehearsal!

(Edited to fix link 2/17)

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2009! It's not too late to join the Cheshire Community Chorus. If you, or someone you know, would like to take your singing to a slightly more public venue than your shower, then come join us at Highlands Health Care center on Highland Avenue in Cheshire. Rehearsals are still every Tuesday night at 7:00.

Christmas Tree Lighting on the Cheshire Green!

Date - Sunday, December 7th
Time - Be there at 5:30 - the singing will start at 5:45 - will be over around 6:00 when Santa
gets there.
Dress - Warmly!!!

We will be leading the crowd in some carols until Santa gets there.
If you can make it, come and bring a friend - the more, the merrier. It's a fun time, doesn't take up too much time, and keeps the Christmas Spirit alive in Cheshire!!

Chorus Update for Concert Week

Courtesy of Kate:

Here's our update for concert week.

1. Homework from Lisa: Practice ! Practice! Practice! Pay attention to words. Watch dynamics! I got caught barreling in on an entrance last night in Promise of Living that was supposed to be soft. Fix your trouble spots. (We all know what we need to work on.)

Dynamics help for those who don't read music:

pp or ppp = extremely soft

p = very soft

mp = soft

mf = medium sound

f = loud

ff or fff = very loud

2. Please arrive at Elim Park at 7:15pm on Friday. We will begin promptly at 7:30pm. We will run the entire concert as we will give it on Sunday. No stopping to fix anything. This is out time to hear ourselves in the performance space, hear the 4 hand piano pieces with both pianists, hear the violinist and work with the sound guy. As I tell my students all the time, we need to listen, pay attention to the teacher (Lisa) and keep the chatterboxes closed. This will get us all home at a reasonable hour.

Concert Information will be in the comments.

See you on Friday!

Come to Our Concert Sunday, November 23rd, and Help Those in Need

This is just one example of the kind of donation you can bring with you to our Holiday Concert. Can you really say that after being moved so profoundly by "The Promise of Living", that you won't want to share the bounty of harvest with others? Or are you certain that following the "Banquet Fugue", you won't feel the need to provide someone with a new bowl of insect-free consommé?

Don't be caught off guard. Bring a donation with you to the concert, proceeds to benefit the Cheshire Food Pantry.

Chorus Update

Courtesy of Kate:

Here is this week's update. Please read carefully as there is lots of information as we head into concert week.

***Scheduling Note: Tuesday's rehearsal will be held at Elim Park. Please assemble in the old chapel. We may move into Nelson Hall as the rehearsal progresses as it is available to us as well.***

1. We ran the entire concert on Tuesday. Each of us needs to clean up our own trouble spots.

2. I think we all know that Banquet Fugue needs our attention. Practice! The accompaniment doesn't help with parts. We all need to count and watch Lisa.

3. Lisa says to go over the words. We have the notes now, but are getting tripped up on words.

4. Lisa also says to make sure we support the Glorias in Ding Dong Merrily on High. They're a capella.

5. Continue to review Promise of Living. There is a recording of the piece on the chorus blog.

6. We will be singing at the tree lighting again this year. Fran will give us the specifics.

7. The afterglow party will be held on Tuesday, December 3rd at Sally Ziegler's house at 6:30pm. Please bring an appetizer or a dessert.

8. We will give a short concert for the residents at Highland in December. Date yet to be determined . . .

9. The lyrics to See Amid . . . that I typed up for myself are included in the comments. It spells out what to sing. Please remember that the notations are for my part - soprano 1. Feel free to edit to reflect your part. Thanks to Fran for this idea. It does help.