NOVA Community Chorus

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers,

I hope you are having a great summer. I certainly am, although I miss seeing you on Tuesday nights.

As I have said before, the upcoming season is going to be wonderful – filled with some of my favorite music of all time. The music will undoubtedly take on additional significance because this will be my last year at NOVA.

I have loved teaching at NOVA and being your Director. But two years ago, the new music regime changed my teaching schedule to one that has proven untenable. I told them last Fall that if they would simply return my teaching schedule to the one I had for the first 29 years of my tenure at NOVA, I would like to teach for four of five more years. Sadly, they declined my offer. Go figure.

I hope that many of you will take classes (in addition to chorus) with me this Fall, as I want to see as much of you as possible this year. I have several classes that you might enjoy:

MUS 121 – Music Appreciation – A course about music from around the world. Fascinating! I love it.

MUS 131 – Class Voice – For anyone who wants to improve their singing technique. Guaranteed results!

MUS 163 – Class Guitar – Anyone can learn to play guitar! And it’s great fun.

MUS 198 – Vocal Seminar – For solo singers who want to improve their performance skills. You get a weekly opportunity to sing with Chris Hagan at the piano. Priceless!

Registration is happening now. As always, when seniors are able to register as paying students, it insures the viability of a class.

If you know good singers who would like to join us in chorus, please help me get them on board. If you know singers who have sung with us in the past and might want to return for this historic season (32 years is historic, right?), please encourage them to join us for what will be our best year ever.

Yours-DrW

P.S. In the Fall Tuesday rehearsals will begin at 7:00 pm (rather than 7:30 pm).

From Dr. Whitmire:
Welcome to our 15th and final rehearsal of the year.

And what a year it has been!
Bach and Handel in the Fall
Ellington, Nielsen and Bernstein in the Spring

We have a super- exciting year coming up. See the schedule below. Register now and invite your friends to join us.

We’ll finish rehearsal by 9:00 pm tonight. Let’s go to Clyde’s for refreshment. UNDER 30s – If you come and sit together, I will pick up the tab for your table—food and drinks.

MUSIC MAJORS – Please send me your recording of you singing movement I of Chichester Psalms. You may sing along with your CD. As we discussed last week, it is due today.

Annual Chorus Picnic
Saturday, May 14, 2:00 pm at the home of Judy and Fred Wulff
Good food, good company, good fun!

Sing Well- DrW

Fall 2016 – Spring 2017

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
7:30 p.m. Annual Chorus Benefit Concert
Liederabend: Music of Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms
Schlesinger Center

Sunday, November 27, 2016
5:00 p.m. Dress Rehearsal with WMPO
Immanuel Church on the Hill

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
7:30 p. m. Dress Rehearsal for Holiday Concert
Schlesinger

Sunday, December 4, 2016
5:00 p.m. Concert with WMPO: Poulenc Gloria
Church of the Epiphany

Tuesday, December 6, 2016
7:30 p.m. Winter Concert
Three Holiday Songs, excerpts from Gloria
Schlesinger Center

Sunday, December 11
5:00 p.m. Concert with WMPO: Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Masonic Memorial

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
7:30 p.m. World Water Day Concert (Environmental Theme)
Schlesinger Center (or possibly in the new building)

Sunday, April 2, 2017
5:00 p.m. Concert with WMPO: John Ireland, These things shall be
Church of the Epiphany

Sunday, April 9 with WMPO, 2017
5:00 p.m. Concert with WMPO: John Ireland, These things shall be
Masonic Memorial

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
7:30 p. m. Dress Rehearsal
Schlesinger

Friday, May 5, 2017
7:30 p.m. Spring Concert
Schlesinger Center