Summer Choir!

Hello My Lovely Singers!!

I hope you have all had/are having a great end of the year. Congratulations to all of the seniors on your graduation! :)

I am looking at doing another Summer Choir Week this year July 12-16, with the concert on July 16, so please let me know all of the following times listed below that would work with your schedules/transportation if you are planning to attend, or if you are unable to attend so that I can pick music based on the balance we will have. I will also consider running a women's choir AND a mixed choir at different times if that seems like it will work better for balance and your schedules, but that is not definite yet.

Possible Times:
10am-1pm
noon-3pm
1-4pm
2-5pm
3-6pm
4-7pm
6-9pm

Thanks for responding everyone! :) Hope to see you in July!

Oh - and for those students who are interested in auditioning for All Catholic Chorus next year (late October), the audition solos are:
He Watching Over Israel – Felix Mendelssohn (this will probably be an audition solo for Bucks County within the next 2 years)
&
O Clap Your Hands – John Rutter

The Bucks County Honor Choir (against the public schools) auditions will be Jan 22, 2011, and there is only one audition solo:
Sing Joyfully - William Byrd
You can print the PDF from the link below.
http://www.bcmea.org/Auditions/byrd-sin.pdf

I will teach all three solos either before or after the choir rehearsals so we can get a jump start on them!

Please let me know if you would like me to copy the All Catholic pieces for you.
Thanks!

Alumni Mass

Everyone,


Today was NOT a good turn out for rehearsal, and Mr. Zimmaro was a very unhappy camper. EVERYONE needs to be at rehearsal tomorrow (Thursday, 4/22 2:30-4:30) and EVERYONE needs to be at the Alumni Mass on Sunday morning 4/25 @ 8am for rehearsal, 9am for mass. You will be done around 10am & you'll have the rest of the day to do whatever, ie sleep. Mr. Zimmaro is "paying a lot for chorus" so he expects the same turn out as Ring Mass. You MUST be there, or we are putting our entire choral program in jeopardy.

Here are the songs for mass in case you missed today (which is most of you!):

Gathering: Sing of the Lord's Goodness - the entire freaking congregation is singing in this video, CRAZY! this is what i mean when i say sound british when you sing, kiddos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5R9PmGf3aE

Gloria: Mass of Light (we did this for Ring Mass so you all know it - cheesy cantor & bad brass, but - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzonXOIoZQ&feature=related)

Psalm: We are God's People - this is too slow & the cantor isn't too great, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zec1iChFOk

Celtic Alleluia (if you don't know this, your license to practice Catholicism will be revoked).

Gifts: Come Home - This recording is horribly out of tune, but you can at least get a rough idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6xsfhk5F2U

Communion: You Are Mine (we have done this this year - i don't know why cantors can't sing on youtube, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHydyDh8Ivg&feature=related) & Bread of Life (this is at a wedding... again the soloist, not that great, but what are you gonna do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fr8Bm7fkI

Meditation: Look at the World (hahahahahahhahahahaha! lmbo (yes i sensored my own text speak) this is actually a pretty good recording, occasional intonation issues aside, but the napoleon dynamite-esque interpretive dance is HILarious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIO_7tNQ6cY

Take it on Home Song: Joyful Joyful We Adore You (NOT the rad gospel version from sister act 2, sorry, and i can't find a recording that's not CRAP!)

I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW!

O Sifuni Mungu - Concert Choir - Culture Day

Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4AAQZDihJI&feature=related