Vienna Choral Society

Venue Change For 3/26/2013 Rehearsal

The UUCF sanctuary building in spring. Although clearly, not this week.

The UUCF sanctuary building in spring. Although clearly, not this week.

Second week of rehearsal! We’ll meet same time and day – tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/26/2013. However please note that we have a venue change. We’ll rehearse at UUCF in Oakton (in the main sanctuary).

As always, the first three rehearsals of every concert are open, so please do come by and visit and check us out!

If you’ve wondered what we’re like when we’re not in our dress clothes, not “on,” and such, this is a great opportunity for us to get to know each other.

If you’re already sure you want to sing with us, please fill out the membership and registration paperwork, bring it with you and ask to meet Jennifer Rodgers Beach. She’s our artistic and musical director and will do a quick voice placement. And that’s it!

See you soon!

From Seikilos to U2 in 90 Minutes

From Seikilos to U2

Poster art for May 2012 concert - artwork by Steven Keen/Keen Method

Seikilos? Who’s that? More like “what is that?” Per handy Wikipedia, the Sekilos epitaph is:

…the oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world. The song, the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in the ancient Greek musical notation, was found engraved on a tombstone, near Aidin, Turkey (not far from Ephesus). The find has been dated variously from around 200 BC to around AD 100 but the first century AD is the most probable guess….While older music with notation exists (for example the Delphic Hymns), all of it is in fragments; the Seikilos epitaph is unique in that it is a complete, though short, composition.

We’re going to go from that to U2. With the history of Western music in between. In 90 minutes.

Tickets will be available shortly – stay tuned!

 

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