News for ICC&CS Thursday, November 5, 2026
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From the Director
HOMEWORK FOR 11/11: Lacrymosa (p. 63), Sanctus, Libera me
On Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7 PM, at Kendal*, there will be a showing of the Verdi Requiem, choreographed by Christian Spuck and performed by the Zurich Opera and Zurich Ballet, December, 2016. All are welcome.
Check out the trailer at:
I can’t recommend this performance highly enough.
- Gerald
*map attached
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Upcoming Musical Events
Organ festival
Tenth anniversary festival of the Juget-Sinclair French romantic organ at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca:
Sunday, November 8 at 4pm
Nathan Laube, organ - Renowned international recitalist and teacher
at the Eastman School of Music.
NYS Baroque: Sweet Harmony
Friday, November 13 (Syracuse) & Saturday, November 14 (Ithaca)
"This treasury style concert of baroque music from Europe and the United States will feature gorgeous voices in duets, also with violins, harpsichord, lute, and cello. There will be music by Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, and more, including Americans Supply Belcher and John Antes, and some fiddle tunes!
There’s an informal and informative pre-concert talk at 6:45, and a post-concert reception to meet the artists. Whether you already love baroque music, or this is something new to you, this concert will appeal with its tunes, virtuosity, and playful spirit."
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Kate's Corner
Most, if not all, Americans experienced an emotional night on election night, and maybe also an emotional morning the day after, so what better way for us to vent whatever emotions we were feeling than singing Verdi’s Requiem yesterday evening? No matter what you are feeling, you can find a movement or maybe even a particular passage that gives voice to that emotion.
If you are thinking that your section could use additional practice (and which section doesn’t, really?), now is the time to organize a practice session. We know the music well enough now that we know where the trouble spots are. Next month, many of us will be dashing around preparing for the holidays, and once we are in January, the concert will be upon us before we know it. Now is the time! Maybe this is the way you can help your chorus this year: either host such a practice session or find a host and help organize it and rally the singers.
Behind the scenes, tickets for our January concert have been printed and will be distributed at our first December rehearsal. Tickets will cost $25 each, and we will give each chorus member five tickets to sell. Two years ago, we nearly filled the house at our Mozart Requiem concert, and we are hopeful to do the same this year! Now is a good time to think about which people in your life would love to hear some phenomenal choral music to brighten up a dreary January evening!
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How You Can Help Your Chorus
- - Join the ICC Steering Committee. Meets every 4-6 weeks from Aug-May. 1.5 hour meetings. Next meeting will be in mid- Nov.
- - Help plan a reception to take place after our January concert
- - Serve on the ACI Board. 1.5 hour commitment every 3 months. Next meeting is in December. Contact Vivian Goldsmith at treasurer@ACIthaca.org if interested or for more information.
- - ACI Secretary needed. 3 hour commitment every three months. Review the Zoom meeting notes, perhaps reformat them, and send them to Board members. Contact Vivian Goldsmith at treasurer@ACIthaca.org if interested or for more information.
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Musical Medicine of the Week
Greg Busby wrote: “Listening to Spyro Gyra always makes me feel motivated because it’s happy and familiar.”
Bill Heffner wrote: “When I am feeling nostalgic, I like to listen to 'Song for the Mira,' because it is such a great poem.”
MJ Erickson wrote: “Listening to Grieg’s Holberg Suite always makes me feel surrounded by nature and wanting to dance.”
Becky H-W wrote: “When I am feeling low, I like to listen to certain movements from Bach cantatas because they remind me that human emotions are shared across generations and centuries.”
Wendy Alberg wrote: “When I am feeling anxious or under pressure, I like to listen to Bach’s Organ Fugue in C Major because it is strong, definite and positive, so maybe I can be too.”
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Newsletter Items?
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Affiliated Choruses of Ithaca
P.O. Box 622
Ithaca, NY 14851
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