I'm proposing an initial get-together from 8pm (not 7.30pm as previously advertised) to 9pm on Thursday May 28 in Kangaroo Valley Hall. On this occasion we'll sort out who sings what and learn the song. Our next get-together will be, if this suits everyone, from 8pm to 9pm on Thursday July 2 - two days before the concert - also in Kangaroo Valley Hall. This rehearsal will concentrate on interpretation (phrasing, tempo etc). Both rehearsals will follow Rose Andrews' yoga class. At 5pm on the day of the concert we'll have a half-hour rehearsal with The Idea of North to put it all together.
Everyone should learn their part off by heart! It's not a difficult song, so this will not be an onerous task.
The sheet music can be downloaded and printed here. To help you learn your part, try listening to and, when you're ready, singing along with the following MIDI files:
There will be differences between these files and the live performance in terms of tempo, dynamics etc, but these files should help you learn the notes.
If for some reason your computer doesn't play these files, let me know and I'll give you an audio CD of them. Or I can email you QuickTime versions.
I regret that we are not able to offer choir-members free entry to, or even a reduction in the ticket price for, this concert. It's a fund-raiser for projects in East Timor, but TION has to be paid as well (they are a professional group, with gigs like this their only real source of funds), so we have to maximise our income. I hope that singing with the group - and with each other - will be reward enough.
Our members so far are:
sopranos:
altos:
tenors:
basses:
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Joy Batty, Nell Britton, (Sally Cameron,) Karen Cruikshank, Karen Harrison, Alex Holliday, Jennifer Williams
Janette Carter, (Naomi Crellin,) Teresa Keyser, Christine Knowles, Chris Nobel, Patsy Radic, Katrina Thomas
(Nick Begbie,) Ron Burcher, Robert Farnham, Martin Wesley-Smith, Peter Wesley-Smith, Rob Wesley-Smith
Peter Morgan, (Andrew Piper,) Bruce Rodway, Peter Stanton
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