Category: Spring 2016

From Dr. Whitmire: Hello Again All, We had a fabulous rehearsal with the Jazz Ensemble and Chorus yesterday. What a show this is going to be! Attached is the near-final BHM Celebration program (.pdf). As you see, I have decided to place texts in a separate document (.pdf). Please look…

From Chorister Grace: From Berkshire Choral Facebook page – application deadlines for paid apprenticeship and scholarships are coming up fast — Calling all undergrad and professional-track graduate music students! BCI has PAID APPRENTICESHIPS and SCHOLARSHIPS available for this summer, including positions in VIENNA, AUSTRIA! Application deadlines are March 1st and…

From Dr. Whitmire: We will rehearse Lift every voice tonight. Be sure to bring your copy or print one from nova chorus.org or Blackboard. Thanks-DrW

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 5th rehearsal of Spring 2016! Tonight 7:30 pm All 9:10 pm Women 9:20 pm Cantanti sotto i trent’anni (>30) This Saturday 2/13 we will have the Jazz Ensemble with us. While it is scheduled as a Men’s Rehearsal, I encourage Women to join us….

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Spring 2016! Please sign in. Thanks for the great turn-out at our Reh 3 make-up session on Saturday. I was especially pleased that the following Cantanti sotto i trent’anni (>30) attended: Sarah Jane Scott, Bree Verrill, Luise Krebel, Francisco Robles, Rexford…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at 11:00 am. Vocal Seminar singers- We will have class at the church immediately following rehearsal (12:30 pm). The college will have reopened, but let’ s keep it simple. Yours-DrW

From Chorister Jane: Works by Mozart and Handel View this email in your browser Get out of the house and sing! Feeling cooped up from this crazy blizzard week? Ready to stretch your musical muscles and sing some fantastic music? Join us THIS Sunday, January 31, 7:30 p.m. for Cathedral…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Our Saturday 01/30 11:00 am Full SATB make-up rehearsal will be at Immanuel Church on the Hill at 3606 Seminary Rd, Alexandria (corner of Seminary Rd. and Quaker Ln). We will have the rehearsal at the church even if the college is open on Saturday….

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Here is our beautiful Black History Month poster. Spread the word! Yours-DrW

From. Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- From what I hear, you folks still have lots of snow on the ground. Please stay home and warm tonight. But please dedicate the evening to practicing, especially the Eliington Sacred Concert since it is so close Cantanti sotto i trent’anni (Singers under Thirty) –…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers – -I hope you are all enjoying the snow day and the return of sunshine. -As you may know, NVCC is closed tomorrow and Tuesday. (Most of you know how I feel about this, so I will refrain from commenting.) This puts us in a…

From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 2nd rehearsal of Spring 2016! 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. Please proof the roster Attendance Please try not to be absent. If you miss…

New: Video, Sunday, December 6, 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf3-A6wE8xY Video, Thursday, December 10, 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYm6zew_mA As photo albums, recordings and programs become available, they are posted to the Performances page, listed on the tab above.

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for a fabulous first rehearsal on Tuesday. We are off to a great start! I look forward to seeing all of my Men tomorrow at 11:00 am for our section rehearsal. Tenors- As you will have noticed, your Springtime in Funen rehearsal CD is…

From Chorister Annette: Please publicize this free concert, Jan. 15 and 16. A couple of Nova Chorus members are singing with the Friday Morning Music Club for Bach Cantata 140 and Paul Leavitt’s Magnificat. You may remember we sang Leavitt’s Requiem in a recent season and perhaps will do his…

From Chorister Jane: Cathedral Sings on Sunday, January 24 at 7:30 PM. You are invited to come and sing for this. The theme is “Music for Kings and Queens,” and will include Handel’s Zadok the Priest and The King Shall Rejoice and Mozart’s Mass in C Major, “Coronation.” Tickets are…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Last semester 24 of you registered for MUS 237 as a paying student. Last month I asked you to do so again, but only 6 of you have done so. This puts our Saturday rehearsal in jeopardy. If you plan on registering, please do so…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I will be in my office (AT 108) tomorrow, January 5, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. I will have Ellington Sacred Concert music Ellington Sacred Concert rehearsal CDs ($5) Springtime in Funen music Springtime in Funen/Chichester Psalms rehearsal CDs ($5) Let me know if…

From Dr. Whitmire (via Blackboard): Welcome to NOVA Community Chorus. Music for this semester is Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert Carl Nielsen: Springtime in Funen Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Check out “Syllabus” for our schedule. I will furnish music for Springtime in Funen. order Sacred Concert online from Sheetmusicplus ($31.40) http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sacred-concert-korpartitur-sheet-music/19879987…

From Peggy: For seniors who are registering for free classes, here is info as a reminder. The day for online senior registration is SUNDAY, January 10, which is the day before the Monday, January 11 SESSION starts. If you stay up late Saturday night, you can register 12:01 am. You…

Classes begin on Monday, January 11. The first chorus rehearsal is on Tuesday, January 12. Chorus is MUS 137 001A (subject MUS, catalog number 137, section 001A). For previous postings regarding Spring 2016, under Archives on the right-hand side of the page, click on “Spring 2016” For archived Summer or…

From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- The Duke Ellington Sacred Concert will not be in the campus bookstore. Please order yours from Sheetmusicplus.com It is pricey, but the Neilsen piece we are doing in April is public domain and most of you already own Chichester Psalms that we are singing in…