Category: Fall 2015

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 7th rehearsal of Fall 2015! Please sign in. 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,…

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 5th rehearsal of Fall 2015! Please sign in. 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. Pleasenotify Section Leaders of absences: Soprano-Peggy Harrison, peggyh…

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Fall 2015! Please sign in. NVCC Foundation -Please keep in mind that we pay all our expenses from donations: riser transport, soloists and orchestra and most importantly our fabulous accompanist Chris Hagan. So, as you begin to think about your end-of…

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 3rd rehearsal of Fall 2015! Please sign in. NVCC Foundation -Please keep in mind that we pay all our expenses from donations: riser transport, soloists and orchestra and most importantly our fabulous accompanist Chris Hagan. So, as you begin to think about your end-of…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I am afraid I have gotten a bad summer cold which has gotten the best of me. There will be no men’s sectional of Vocal Seminar tomorrow. I hope you all have a nice weekend. I’ll see you on Tuesday.

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Students- Several of you have brought it to my attention that there are “class notes” for MUS 137 that say: “This class will not meet on either Monday, Nov. 7th and/or Tuesday, Nov. 8th. The classes will be made-up during Fall Break, on Monday, October 10…

As rehearsal tracks, recordings and sheet music files become available, they are posted to the music files page, listed on the tab above.

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 2nd rehearsal of Fall 2015! It is going to be a great season. Please sign in. Senior Registrations-As you know the college likes each class to have a least 10 paying students. Concerned about the viability of our Saturday rehearsal class (MUS 237), I…

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 1st rehearsal of Fall 2015! It is going to be a great season. Please sign in. If you are new, give your phone and e-mail. Be sure to write clearly. Senior Registrations-Thanks to all who registered as paying students. If you are registered as…

From Peggy: For seniors who are registering for free classes, here is info as a reminder. If you need assistance in person, go to campus on the Friday before classes start, August 21. The day for senior registration is SUNDAY, August 23, which is the day before the August 24…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- There are alto, tenor, and bass Cds on my door. I am out of sopranos- sorry. Yours-DrW

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, I am afraid that courses I love (maybe you, too) are going to get cancelled this week. My thanks to those choristers who have registered, especially those seniors who have enrolled as paying students. Here are the choristers that I have on my roles. MUS…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- We are just two weeks until classes start and enrollment remains low. If you have been thinking about a class, register now- you can always drop for a full refund if you don’t like it. I need some paying students to sign up for Chorus…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers – -I am really looking forward to our first rehearsal on August 25. -My thanks to Ellie Briscoe who has done a wonderful job of spreading the news via the media about our wonderful upcoming season. Please help spread the word. Bring us more good…

Classes begin on Monday, August 24. The first chorus rehearsal is on Tuesday, August 25. Chorus is MUS 137 001A (subject MUS, catalog number 137, section 001A). For previous postings regarding Fall 2015, under Archives on the right-hand side of the page, click on “Fall 2015” For archived Spring or…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please read my messages of 7/11 and 7/14 (below) if you have not done so. Please register for classes now. We don’t want music classes to get cancelled. Remember, you can get a full refund if you don’t like a class. I can’t wait to…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Here is another class offering I hope you will consider. MUS 131/132 Class Voce Voice has a new time—Monday 4:30 pm to 7:20 pm. This is a great class to get instruction in singing techniques including breath, resonance, dictions, etc. Even if you are already…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer. I am just back from Salzburg, Austria, where 32 of our members sang at the Mozarteum, Grolling Fortress and Salzburg Cathedral. Like me, you would have been very proud of the way they represented NOVA Community Chorus….