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2011-12 Season Kick Off!

August 11, 2011

All of a sudden, it’s nearly mid-August! Which means we’re less than three weeks away from our season kick-off. Come by, enjoy refreshment, conversation, new friends, and possibly try out for a non-audition choir if you’ve always wanted to sing. We’d love to see you there.

                                 WHAT:         Vienna Choral Society’s 2011-12 Season Kick off
                                 WHEN:         7 – 8:30 pm, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
                                 WHERE:      Great Hall, Vienna Presbyterian Church 

Enjoy refreshments and conversation, an informational presentation about the Vienna Choral Society, how choir membership works, and an overview of our upcoming season. We’ll also have time for a Q&A.

If you’d like to join the choir, please let us know and Jen Rodgers Beach will place you. You can also pick up new singer packets at the kick-off, and you’ll have until the 3rd rehearsal to make a commitment.

Vienna Presbyterian has its own parking lot, but there is also ample street parking, and if you’re up to a short 10 minute walk, Patrick Henry Library is a block south, on the opposite side of the street.

 

Tagged With: non audition choir, open rehearsal, season kick off, vienna choral society, Vienna Presbyterian Church

Further Adventures Of The Newbie: Can You Hear Me Now?

April 6, 2011

Directing

Several rehearsals later, two things become clear to the newbie.

First, singing is a physical thing, like yoga. You can just show up late and jump in, if you’re really really good. But if you’re a newcomer it really helps to show up early for warm up – to loosen up those vocal muscles, yes. But also to shake off the day’s stress, literally, because it might be the first time you’ve stood all day. And to enjoy simple and sometimes silly scales sung in harmony, a wonderful thing even before sheet music is cracked open.

Also, it’s useful to show up early, because that’s when everyone is exactly where they’re supposed to be. Unlike say, the first time, when I was totally late and therefore had no idea where anyone was – and the only reason why the director was no where to be found. She’d already auditioned everyone and was taking a quick breath before the choir warmed up, doing a newbie a humongous favor by taking an extra few minutes. And because I was boorish enough to suggest otherwise, even inadvertently – I’m sorry, Jen, and thank you! 🙂

Second, a choir really is embracing and forgiving. Or perhaps it’s just this one, I wouldn’t know. Either way, I’m grateful. Because it’s not the horribly disruptive thing I thought it would be if I hit an off note. (Or, ahem, seven.) That’s not how it seems for the director, the accompanist, or the audience. They’re listening at the “end of the funnel,” as Jen puts it. The point was driven home again in second sopranoville when one of us stepped out briefly, and upon returning, said, “That sounds really good!”

At the end of the funnel, you hear a whole, a blend. And it is lovely.

Tagged With: open rehearsal, singing, vienna choral society

Praise For Aesop’s Fables

March 18, 2011

We love it when we get praise! So we’re reposting this lovely emailed compliment from an audience member who came to the Aesop’s Fables event:

I was really impressed by the variety of the program, the clever storyline and the wonderful “play” between the singers and actors. Many times one goes to choral concerts to see performers who have their noses firmly in their folders. It was obvious that you knew what you were singing and were tickled by the text/music as well. You also had a terrific conductor (and accompanist- it was a delight to see him smiling when you were singing a cappella!) who knew the music well and was very clear as to what she wanted from the performers. It was wonderful! Do remind me when your next concert comes up!

Thank you for coming! And we hope to see you at our next event, the Clif Hardin Requiem. You can a week more to try out at our open rehearsals. Please do consider joining us – the more the merrier!

Tagged With: clif hardin, happenstance, mark jaster, open rehearsal, requiem, sabrina mandell, singing, vienna choral society

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