Third Rehearsal Preview Posted on January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 3rd rehearsal of Spring 2012! Please sign in. Please proof the roster. If you are registered as a Senior, please consider making a donation to NVCC Foundation in lieu of tuition. Donations of any amount are appreciated. Attendance Please try not to be absent….
Second Rehearsal Post Posted on January 20, 2012January 22, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for another great rehearsal on Tuesday. We are beginning to find the beauty in Songs of Sunset. We have men’s rehearsal tomorrow at 1 pm. I have decided to add two pieces to Jazz Mass: The Lord’s Prayer and my arrangement of Duke Ellington’s…
Second Rehearsal Handouts Posted on January 18, 2012January 23, 2012 Handouts from the January 17 rehearsal (.pdf files): Worksheet #1 (revised) Worksheet #2 (previously posted)
Delius Worksheet Posted on January 16, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Attached is Delius Worksheet #2 (.pdf). Last week we began to learn to identify the sounds of certain chords: major, minor, diminished, augmented , etc. With Worksheet #2 I hope to continue that process. If all this seems confusing or overwhelming, just relax. It takes…
Songs of Sunset Posted on January 16, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- We had an excellent Women’s Rehearsal on Saturday. We found the beginnings of some beautiful moments in Songs of Sunset. Tomorrow we will work on Delius mm 130-187. Attached is the first movement for those of you who did not purchase the Rehearsal CD. The…
First Rehearsal Post Posted on January 13, 2012January 16, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for a great first rehearsal on Tuesday. Starting new music is always hard work, but you stayed focused and accomplished a lot. As you know, we have rehearsal tomorrow at 1:00 pm for Women. We will rehearse Delius mm 1-48, plus Jazz Mass Introit,…
First Rehearsal Handouts Posted on January 11, 2012January 31, 2012 Two handouts from the rehearsal on January 10 (.pdf files): Class Schedule, Worksheet #1 Please note: As previously posted: Free sheet music and rehearsal tracks for Songs of Sunset and Jazz Mass are posted at novachorus.org/music-files. (Including Jazz Mass as one file.)
First Rehearsal Posted on January 7, 2012January 7, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you at our first rehearsal this Tuesday. Please bring all your friends who are good singers. Where else will they get to sing a Jazz Mass and a concert with full orchestra in the same season? Free…
Chorus Sheet Music at Campus Bookstore Posted on January 5, 2012January 6, 2012 From Stage Manager Fred: The 6 selections for our chorus, listed below, are in the bookstore, but they are NOT on the shelves where we usually find our music. All 6 are neatly packaged in brightly colored UPS “Express Envelopes.” These envelopes are downstairs, stacked in a wire basket on…
Registration Posted on January 3, 2012January 4, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, Happy New Year to all! I know it’s early, but please register as soon as you can. Also, I will need at least 15 paying singers to register MUS 237O2a so that we can have our Saturday rehearsals. If you have registered for MUS 237O2a…
Songs of Sunset Posted on December 23, 2011January 7, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- As you know from the Mp3 I sent, Songs of Sunset is a beautiful, lush, wonderfully romantic piece. But, like most musical impressionism, it is quite chromatic (moving by half step) and therefore difficult for singers. For that reason, I have prepared the music and…
Songs of Sunset Posted on December 21, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Rather than have you all purchase Songs of Sunset (Delius) I am going to edit and print your parts. The score is a little expensive and much of the music is sung by the soloists (Rex and Grace Gori). However, many of you will prefer…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on December 20, 2011January 7, 2012 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday. I have spent the last few days working on your scores and CDs for Songs of Sunset. It is a rich, wonderful piece in a harmonic idiom that we have never explored. Some have referred to Delius…
Spring Semester Sheet Music Posted on December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 According to the NVCC Alexandria Campus Bookstore online, the sheet music for the Spring semester is: MAKE OUR GARDEN GROW 450070. By BERNSTEIN. Publisher: LEONARD H. ISBN: 2818590100707 Link to Sheet Music Plus. LIFE IS HAPPINESS INDEED 450026. By BERNSTEIN. Publisher: LEONARD H. ISBN: 2818590100714 Link to Sheet Music Plus…
Spring 2012 Semester Posted on December 19, 2011February 29, 2012 Regular NOVAConnect registration for all 2012 Spring semester sessions is under way. Classes begin on Monday, January 9. The first chorus rehearsal is on Tuesday, January 10. Chorus is MUS 137 001A (subject MUS, catalog number 137, section 001A). For previous postings regarding Spring 2012, under Archives on the right-hand…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on December 3, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- -Thanks for a wonderful concert last night. The beauty of the concert was a testimony to your hard work and commitment. I felt a transcendence in the room that was exactly what we talked about and what I had hope for. The audience was enraptured…
Berkshire Choral Festival Posted on October 22, 2011October 22, 2011 From Chorister Grace: The Berkshire Choral Festival – www.choralfest.org – has opened registration for summer 2012. Singers who attended a week this year were allowed early registration and I see that the Edinburgh week is only open for tenors at this point. However, any of the other weeks would be…
Fall Update Posted on July 28, 2011August 26, 2015 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-Just a note to let you know that our music has arrived in the campus bookstore. I have also updated our Schedule as you see below (4-pg .pdf). I will be in my office again on Tuesday, August 16. if you want to drop by to…
From Dr. Whitmire Posted on June 22, 2011June 22, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I hope this message finds you enjoying a wonderful summer. There have been some changes in our schedule (.pdf) for the upcoming season that you will want to know about. -As you will see, I have postponed Songs of Sunset to the Spring. That’s because…
Beethoven Found presents: A Tribute to the Wounded Warriors Posted on June 14, 2011June 15, 2011 (June 14, 2011) Update: From Fred: Here is your chance to have fun singing five well known songs in the Kennedy Center as part of a special, two hour long Tribute to the Wounded Warriors. If you have never sung in the Kennedy Center, consider this to be a golden…
Final Rehearsal Preview Posted on April 26, 2011 From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our Final rehearsal of Spring 2011! We rehearse in Schlesinger, Please sign in. Please take a course evaluation form, fill it out, and return it to this envelope tonight. Flyers are here. The college web and e-mail has been down all day. When it come…