News for ICC&CS                Friday, March 21, 2025 
 
Director:  Gerald Wolfe
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From the Director
Homework for 3/26:  Lux Aeterna:  all

3/26 Rehearsal Location Unchanged
St. Paul's does indeed have a community dinner scheduled for next Wednesday, but that will be held upstairs, so our rehearsal will be in our normal space downstairs. 
The dinner starts before our rehearsal, so there may be fewer open parking spaces near the church than usual.  It can't hurt to allow a few extra minutes to find one and potentially walk an extra block or so.

Fall 2025 Workshop
Do you have ideas for what you personally would find most enticing and beneficial for our fall ACI Workshop topic?  Please share your thoughts with incoming ICC&CS Steering Committee president Kate Gefell (look in the tenor section!) when you see her at one of the next rehearsals.

ICC&CS Workshop April 5:  Qigong for Singers
Qigong is a mind-body practice that originated in China. It involves movement and focused-mind breathing, which can improve a person’s overall health and well-being. In this introductory session — organized for singers — you will be guided in gentle movements and breathing patterns that work with the nervous system to create a profound level of relaxation throughout your body. Practicing proper body alignment while gently stretching, and combining this with breath work, can produce amazing results in a short period of time.

Better breath control and increased capacity are just two results common to the practice of Qigong.  Efficient use of energy also increases a person's stamina, resulting in less fatigue on various parts of the body.  If being able to stand through a long rehearsal or a performance concert with fewer body aches sounds good, then what about not gasping for air in the pauses between notes?  Consider Qigong, and enjoy your singing with both your body and your mind humming along, making beautiful music.

When:   Saturday, April 5, 2025 
Time:    10:00 - 11:30 am
Where:  Moy and More Studio in Fall Creek (1201 North Tioga Street)
Cost:     $15.00 per person

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