Voices Newsletter
Thursday, April 3, 2025 |
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Rehearsal and Performance Schedule... |
Rehearsals begin at 7:00 PM sharp. Please be in your seat and ready to sing!
April 7, 21, 28
May May 5, 12
Special performances:
Unitarian Church – Sunday, May 4, 2025: ~9:00 am call
End of the Season!
Dress Rehearsal
First Baptist Church, Friday, May 16, 7:00 PM
*Concert*
First Baptist Church, Saturday, May 17, 1:00 PM call for 3:00 PM concert |
I can't tell you how great it is to hear us making such great progress on these pieces...keep up the great work!
As mentioned in our last rehearsal, I'm planning on the first section of "Defying Gravity" being a solo, as written in the score. Consider if you're interested in taking that on, and I'll keep you posted about when we'll plan on hearing "auditions."
Also, if you received an email from me, it means I'm planning on you being a part of our small ensemble to sing "Magnificent Horses." Our first rehearsal will be 8:45-9:15pm this Monday, 4/7.
See y'all soon!
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I've missed being at rehearsal with you all. You've made such great progress over the last few weeks!
Soon after our April 14th break we will be looking for volunteers to help promote our concert and to assist with tasks for our dress rehearsal and concert. Many hands make light work so we appreciate your support.
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Voices will be collecting funds for the Gibbons Scholarship for Youth at the next two rehearsals. The Gibbons Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Ithaca Community Choruses to honor the choruses' founding director, Paul Gibbons, and to provide a promising high school voice student with the means for musical training. The donation jar will be on the piano the next two rehearsals after which it will be passed on to the other ACI choruses. Please feel free to donate what you can. You may also make a donation on our website at https://acithaca.org/help-keep-the-music-coming/ |
Practice tracks (https://acithaca.org/groups/voices/music-files-for-practice/) by
vocal part are available at the Voices website for all but one of our songs
for the semester. Mistakes do creep in during the creation of these
files, so please note any you find and communicate which song, track, and
measure(s) need correction. If you can specify the correction (e.g.,
missing note tie, wrong note, etc.), even better. Send corrections to voicesmusic@acithaca.org
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We are Learning! There will be notes and corrections by the Director during rehearsal and perhaps new insights as you practice. You may lightly mark your scores with a pencil - not a pen, marker or highlighter. Keep the pencil in the pocket of your music folder so it does not get misplaced. |
Vocal Exercises and WarmUps... |
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Looking for a way to exercise your voice between rehearsals? Cyberbass is free website that has sizeable list of vocal warmups that play on your computer, smartphone or tablet. You can also purchase CD's with various exercises and warmups if you choose. Go to
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Nonconsensual Olfactory Overload... |
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Some members are allergic to
perfumes, colognes, essential oils and other scents and they experience respiratory discomfort if exposed to them. And they will be! We sit close close together and breathe deeply at rehearsal and concerts. Please refrain from wearing them.
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The Voices Newsletter is sent out every Thursday during the semester. Sometimes, it may be a day late depending on glitches and brain cramps. In normal times, it will appear in your email in-basket sometime during the day on Thursday. It will also be posted on the website - click HERE to go to that page.
If you have a question about Voices, a comment or suggestion about the newsletter, or if you have an item for the newsletter (items should be related to the chorus or the local musical community), send it to voicesnews@acithaca.org. PLEASE - if you have an item that you want to appear in the newsletter, send in in plain text completed form so we can copy and paste - we do not write material for you.
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