News for ICC&CS Thursday, April 30, 2026
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Remaining Concert Week Schedule
Be in the choir loft ready to sing:
- Friday at 6:45
- Saturday at 6:30
- Chamber Singers 6 PM each night
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Last Reminders
1) Score in a black folder or covered with black paper.
2) All money from ticket sales, and all unsold tickets, turned in at Friday's rehearsal.
3) Concert attire: plain, solid black; long sleeves, pants, and skirts; black socks/tights, comfortable black shoes. No colorful or sparkly accessories. Good hygiene, but no scents.
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Post-Concert Reception
. . . for audience members, singers, and orchestra members will be held in the Memorial Room (to the rear of the sanctuary) immediately following the concert. If you are able, please consider contributing a food item to share, as follows:
- finger foods only (nothing that needs serving or eating utensils)
- stable at room temperature (no heating or refrigeration needed)
- pre-cut into small servings
- presented on/in a serving plate/dish that can go directly onto the table (labeled with your name if you want it back)
- a card listing any special attributes is super helpful (e.g., gluten free, vegan)
Please bring your contributions to the Memorial Room between 5:00 and 6:15 on the night of the concert.
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Kate's Corner
We are nearly at the end of the musical sea voyage we have travelled together for the past twelve weeks. What an experience! If we extend the metaphor of sea or water travel, at the beginning we all piled into a little rowboat with holes in it, and the music felt very challenging indeed! Little by little we graduated to bigger and better vessels, to the point where I think we all deserve a ride on the stately sea ship we sing so passionately about. Finally! Finally, we are ready to sing our hearts out in a performance that will take its place alongside other magnificent performances sung by our chorus over the past 50 years.
Got to go bake cookies for the reception! See you soon!
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CCO Tickets Available
From Janie Leff:
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s final concert of our sellout Chamber Series!
Mendelssohn and Auerbach
Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 3:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Ithaca
This powerful all-string program opens with Auerbach’s 'Quartet No. 3, Cetera Desunt,' a darkly expressive, fragmented work exploring absence and raw intensity. The next piece, 'Soul,' composed and performed by Concertmaster Christina Bouey, is meant to awaken the listener’s emotions in the moment. The performance finishes with Mendelssohn’s 'Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20,' a dazzling masterpiece of youthful energy, lyrical grace, and thrilling counterpoint."
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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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