NOVA Community Chorus

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 it over carefully and let me know if you see any errors or omissions.
I trust that you are all doing EVERYTHING possible to help us have a great crowd.
Yours-MW

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 April 1st. For more information, please visit http://www.berkshirechoral.org/sing-w…/young-adult-programs/, email info@berkshirechoral.org, or call 413.229.8526.

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.
Vocal Seminar will begin 30 minutes later than normal- at 1:00 pm.

This Tuesday 2/16 is our Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger. Do not be absent.

Tuesday 2/23 is our Black History Month concert. Please invite your friends and family. We want to have a great crowd for a great show.

Sing Well- DrW

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 Boteng, William McCarthy,

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, peggyh [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com
Alto-Debbie Peetz, peetz [at] rand [dot] org
Tenor-Larry Goldschmidt, lgold2 [at] comcast [dot] net
Bass-Ray Lombardi, rayjoyce2408 [at] verizon [dot] net

Women- Please bring Still I rise sheet music tonight. If you don’t own a copy, print it from www.novachorus.org

Tonight
7:30 pm All
9:00 pm Women
9:20 pm Under 30

This Saturday 2/6 at 11:00 am- Women

Sing Well- DrW

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
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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 Sings: Music for Kings and Queens. Don’t forget: we moved this event from last Sunday due to the weather. The sing-along is still on!

We’ll be singing grand works written for coronations: Handel’s Zadok the Priest and The King Shall Rejoice and Mozart’s Mass in C Major, “Coronation.”

Singers of all abilities are welcome at this community sing-along. Tickets are just $10, which includes score rental. Buy now online or by phone (202-537-2228).

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. PLEASE plan to attend. I will be driving 225 miles for this rehearsal. That’s how important it is.
Yours-DrW

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

Click image for Flyer PDF

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)
– Come Sunday showed possibilities but most of you did not have the right notes. I will post new learning tracks on Blackboard and novachorus.org.
If we are to do this (and I really hope so), you have to do your homework. I will also post a new song-Sing about Love- that might be good for us.

I look forward to seeing everyone (SATB) on Saturday at 11:00 am.

Yours-DrW

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 huge bind regarding our concert preparations. For now, please practice on your own. As we get a better understanding of the condition of the roads, we’ll consider the possibility of section rehearsals at people’s homes on Tuesday. This Saturday at 11:00 am we will have a make-up rehearsal for EVERYONE.
-Women- Still I rise sheet music is not on Blackboard, but the learning tracks are. Kate will put the sheet music up on www.novachorus.org
– Today is Fred Wulff’s 80th birthday! [f [dot] wulff [at] yahoo [dot] com]. Happy Birthday Fred!
Yours-DrW

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 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, peggyh [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com
Alto-Debbie Peetz, peetz [at] rand [dot] org
Tenor-Larry Goldschmidt, lgold2 [at] comcast [dot] net
Bass-Ray Lombardi, rayjoyce2408 [at] verizon [dot] net

Sheetmusic

Inside
Carl Nielsen: Springtime in Funen
Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert
Please order Sacred Concert online from Sheetmusicplus ($31.40)
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sacred-concert-korpartitur-sheet-music/19879987
Use photocopy until your copy arrives.

In the Bookstore
Chichester Psalms (We will not begin rehearsing it until March 1)

On Blackboard (Please print your own music)
Still I Rise (sheet music and learning tracks) [Women only]
Lift every voice

Inside at the table
2 Note learning CDs: Sacred Concert (5$) and Springtime in Funen/Chichester Psalms ($5). Cash or check to NVCC Foundation
Women (except under 30) will be dismssed

Tonight
7:30 pm All
9:00 pm Men
9:20 pm Under 30

Sing Well- DrW

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 actually a soprano CD. I will bring the right ones tomorrow.
Yours-DrW

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 Magnificat someday.

The Chorale of
The Friday Morning Music Club
Paul Leavitt, Director
Presents
A Free Concert with chorus, soloists, and orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
SLEEPERS AWAKE (WACHET AUF, RUFT UNS DIE STIMME)
Paul Leavitt
MAGNIFICAT
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 AT 8:00 P.M.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 AT 8:00 P.M.
CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION
212 EAST CAPITOL ST.
WASHINGTON, DC 20003
For further information, email chorale@fmmc.org, or visit us at www.fmmc.org

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 $10. Scores are provided. Washington National Cathedral. Sponsored by the Cathedral Choral Society.

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 now. Thanks-DrW

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 you can’t come during those hours and I will leave materials for you on the door. Your can pay for the CDs later.

I realize that it will take 4-6 weeks to receive your copy of the Ellington Sacred Concert music from Sheetmusicplus. I request that you purchase the music anyway so that (1) we respect the right of the arranger to be paid for his work, and (2) we abide by copyright law.

Yours-DrW

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

I will furnish Sacred Concert music until your copy arrives.

Chichester Psalms will be in the campus bookstore soon. (We will not begin rehearsing it until after Spring break.)

I have note learning CDs for all of our music. There are 2 CDs ($5 each).

Check out www.novachorus.org for more info.

Be sure to like us on Facebook.

I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, January 12, at 7:30 pm. IN the meanwhile, let me know if you have any questions.

Yours-DrW

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 have until 11:59 PM on Sunday to complete your registration and submission of tuition waver form.
If you don’t have computer access, or you anticipate any problem, I was told by seniors last year to go to the Bisdorf Building on the Monday the session starts, 1/11/16.

Make sure several days BEFORE January 10 that you have a user id and password that works. If you haven’t been in the system since last registration try to log in, and you will get a prompt to change your password if it has expired. Then allow the system time to update your password, which can be 15 or 20 minutes.

After you register, give the system a day or two know you’re there, and you should be able to get your free parking pass online.

If you have problems logging in, etc., contact the nova IT Help Desk:
Toll Free: 855.259.1019
Phone: 703.426.4141
ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu
Senior Citizen Registration Info:

https://www.nvcc.edu/admissions/apply/seniors.html

Credit Courses for Audit (receive no credit) — eligible regardless of income
Regardless of income, you may audit up to three credit courses per term for free using the tuition waiver.
Sixty years of age or older.
If you haven’t registered in three years, or have never registered, Apply online to the College.
As soon as possible, make sure your NVCC password is current. It takes some time for the change to “take”, so recommend you do this at least two days prior to Sunday.
Per college policy for on-time registration, you may register online for any open course the day before the session starts between the hours of 12:00 a.m. – 11:59 p.m.
Link to Registration Procedures, where you register for the class. Make sure to select that you are auditing the class, or option for non-credit.
1 Submit the tuition waiver form immediately after registering.
For verification purposes the College reserves the right to ask for proof of income and/or photo identification (ID).
Tuition waiver form link: https://dashboard.nvcc.edu/Forms.aspx?type=AcademicServices
The Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver will not be applied if the class is closed.
Registration is not complete until the senior tuition waiver form has been successfully completed and submitted within the same timeframe as registration. Submit the tuition waiver form immediately after registering.
Link to “myNOVA”: https://nvcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp

Good luck and hope to see you in chorus on January 12!

Edit: Tuition waiver form link: https://dashboard.nvcc.edu/Forms.aspx?type=AcademicServices

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 Fall 2015 information, please see to the right-hand side of the page, also under Archives.

Frequently Used Documents are always linked on the right side of the page:
Info for New Members (Great refresher for current members, too)
Dr. W’s Choral Singing Tips
Performance Advice (includes concert dress guidelines)
Join the Chorus

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: 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 May- so your overall cost for the semester won’t be too high.

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sacred-concert-korpartitur-sheet-music/19879987

I will have working copies for our first rehearsal, but is important that we purchase the music so that the arranger gets paid. It is only fair.

Yours-DrW