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Seating Chart (.pdf), for performance on October 27 (updated 10/7)

Chorus Newsletter, (.pdf) October 2009

(10/1/09) Dear Singers – Last Tuesday Rehearsal #6 on Tuesday was very productive. I am sorry that I didn’t rehearse what I told you to prepare. As I studied the score during the week I found some problem areas that had to be addressed. We did some very important work…

Rutter and Willcocks rehearsal music files have been added to the Music Files page. Corrected Brahms Soprano files finally updated.

(9/25/09) Dear Singers – Tuesday We had an excellent rehearsal on Tuesday. I have allotted a total of 8 regular Tuesday rehearsals for the Brahms Requiem. Last Tuesday was rehearsal #5. Now we are in another stage – one in which we only polish and refine. Every singer must now…

From Dr. Whitmire: Color Brahms Poster, (.pdf) original file size (3,045 KB) Color Brahms Poster, (.pdf) reduced file size (401 KB)

Regarding the Alto rehearsal CD: From Chorister Grace: This may have already been noted and I missed it, but the rehearsal CD has a wrong note on Page 34, top system, last measure, where it repeats the whole note G instead of moving to the F on the next to…

(9/16/09) Dear Singers – I was very proud of your hard work at rehearsal last night. It was very rewarding to sing Movement 4 with the words at the end of rehearsal, wasn’t it? But it also showed how much concentration it will require to maintain the clear, shimmering sound…

Brahms Worksheet #5, (.pdf), from Dr. Whitmire From rehearsal on September 9

Dear Singers-We had another excellent rehearsal this week. We continued to work on music reading, plus establishing a rhythm and pitch discipline that will lead to a clear, shimmering rendition of the Brahms Requiem. We will keep working with ‘lu-lu-lu’ for several weeks to learn to sing with an easy,…

From Alto section leader Debbie: Dear All, Alto extraordinaire, Ellie Briscoe is offering to host ‘extra’ rehearsals for interested altos. These are not required and attendance is totally optional. If you are interested in any of the dates listed below, please reply to [the e-mail message, or contact Ellie]. Thanks…

(9/10/09) From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers – If for any reason you have had to drop out of chorus this semester, please bring me your Brahms Requiem score. I will gladly pay you for it. Please let me know if will do this. It would be a big help. Thanks

For the performance of the Brahms Requiem, a promotional flyer (.pdf), provided by Dr. Whitmire.

From Chorister Grace: Something our members might find interesting and worth having a link to find: Minnesota Public Broadcasting has produced a documentary called “Never Stop Singing”. It was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning program a month or so ago. You can view the CBS features with clips from…

(9/2/09, 6:33 pm) From Peggie and the NOVAChorus Mailing List: For those of you I just added to the mailing list, below is the message the Dr. Whitmire sent to the chorus earlier today.

(9/2/09) Dear Singers – What had another excellent rehearsal we had last night. We continued to work on learning and improving our music reading skills, plus establishing a rhythm and pitch discipline that will lead to a clear, shimmering rendition of the Brahms Requiem. We will keep working with ‘lu-lu-lu’…

Dear Singers- The Brahms Requiem (Bullock edition) is in the bookstore for pick-up. The price is around $20. I have requested that the bookstore not mail any pre-ordered copies since thy might not arrive by Tuesday. Everyone must pick-up in person. Question to DrW: Why have you selected a different…

(8/27/09) Singers: See the (online) flyer, here. This is a lucky break for us to have an opportunity to actually sing the Brahms German Requiem, for fun, in English, with Piano 4-hands accompaniment, this MONDAY, surrounded by experienced singers. This usually happens years after you have learned it with your…

Dear singers – I am afraid there is a problem with the soprano reh CD (It is actually the alto part) I will bring new soprano reh CDs on Saturday. If your would like to practice in the meanwhile, go to www.cyberbass.com

(8/26/09) Dear Singers – What a wonderful first rehearsal we had last night. It was great to meet so many new singers and equally great to see so many familiar, smiling faces. We got some excellent work done as well. We are not only learning and improving our music reading…

Chorus Schedule (.pdf) for Fall 2009, from Dr. Whitmire Brahms Worksheets #1 – 4, (.pdf), from Dr. Whitmire Link Repost: Choral Public Domain Library [www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Brahms], to download .pdf files of the complete Requiem or selected movements.

Brahms rehearsal music files have been added to the Music Files page. Rutter and Willcocks coming soon.

Dr. Whitmire mentioned a professional recording of the Brahms Requiem by Harry Christophers and the Sixteen. Please find below an iTunes link to this recording. iTunes allows users to preview songs for free by offering 30 second samples of each track. Users can also purchase individual songs and albums. Please…

Info on the NVCC Naxos Music Library, as located on the Music Files page: Go to www.nvcc.edu/library Select "articles and more" and from the drop-down menu, select "more" Under the heading "Fine Arts", click on "Music and Performing Arts" Click on "Naxos Music Library" Enter your NVCC username and password…

From Dr. Whitmire: Please help spread the word! See attached Flyer (.pdf)