Announcements

Week: April 6, 2009

PLEASE NOTE: Time change!

Rehearsal at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM.

April Birthdays

• Angele Bagley Apr 10
• Mary Burfine Apr 08
• Elizabeth Esterly Apr 28
• Stephen Ferro Apr 29
• Janice Goertz Apr 12
• Sally Logothetti Apr 22
• Pamela McCulloch April 4
• Eileen Parker Apr 02
• Brant Ruggles April
• Laura Spoelstra Apr 13

Carmina Burana

Midi’s
For those in need of a few note checks, Carlos has put downloadable midi files for Carmina Burana on the members only section of the San Jose Symphonic Choir website. The files are in zip file format (just because there are so many of them). If you have problems or would like them in a different format contact Chris Brown. You can listen to the files using Microsoft Mediaplayer, Quicktime, or iTunes. There are also several free players such as Notation Player or Noteworthy Player which actually show the music score and words while playing the music.

Bus to San Mateo

We are investigating hiring a bus for the dress rehearsal and concert in San Mateo and would like to know how many people would be interested to utilizing that service. Please let Stephen Ferro know by EOD Monday your intent on taking the bus on both or either days. ($20 per trip).

Announcements: March 30

March 30, 2009

Tonight

Rehearsal for Carmina Burana begins tonight at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 7:00 PM. Music Purchase Carmina Burana scores will be available tonight. If you ordered, a copy, please bring a check for $35 or exact cash. Thanks, Maria

April Birthdays

• Angele Bagley Apr 10
• Mary Burfine Apr 08
• Stephen Ferro Apr 29
• Janice Goertz Apr 12
• Sally Logothetti Apr 22
• Pamela McCulloch April 4
• Eileen Parker Apr 02
• Brant Ruggles April
• Laura Spoelstra Apr 13

Spring Concert: March 21, 2009

YOU SAVED THE DATE.
IT’S ALMOST TIME.
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY AT 8 PM

St. Joseph’s Basilica, San Jose

San Fernando and Market Sts.

Spring Concert

Join us for an evening of compassion, triumph and joy!

This performance features music by two exciting local composers, Sondra Clark and Henry Mollicone, and the combined forces of San Jose Symphonic Choir, Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose and Mission Chamber Orchestra.
Guest soloists: Janet Campbell, Catharine Shoemaker, sopranos; Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo soprano; Norm DeVol, James Stahlman, tenors; Justin Niehoff Smith, baritone

Ticket Prices:

• $22 General
• $18 Senior/Student
• $10 Youth (12 yrs. & under)

Group purchases of 10 or more tickets receive a $2/ticket discount.

To order tickets, call 408.995.3318 or visit our website: www.sanjosesymphonicchoir.org

Announcements March 16

San Jose Symphonic Choir Announcements
March 16, 2009

Monday

Dress Rehearsal at Ascension Church – Sanctuary 7PM

Riser Dogs

Wed. Dress Rehersal – The Cathedral will be open at 5:30 PM I will need someone there to HELP me with sound set up and arrangement set up. I will load risers Wed. at 5 pm at Linocln Glenn Storage and then go to the Cathedral for set up. We will breakdown and leave risers at the church. If you can help with stands, chair arrangement, lighting set up, or riser set up please call me or email me.
Thanks
Mike Dyck
Cell: 408.666.8843
Email: mikedyck@aol.com

Sotto Voce

The Sotto Voce (SJSC outreach choir) will have a rehearsal on Monday, March 23rd, starting at 7:00 P.M. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. We will rehearse the following numbers in preparation for the performance at St. Timothy Lutherin Church, on Camden Avenue, in San Jose (off highway 85). This concert will have a call time of 1:00 P.M. and will last about 40 minutes:

Order of the Program for March 20th at the California Theater

1. Ride the Chariot–soloist, Patty Obrien–William H. Smith

2. Swingin with the Saints–Mark Hayes

3. Tomorrow sahll be my Dancinc Day–John Gardner

4. Sing Me to Heaven–Maniel Gawthrop

5. The Road less Taken–Dale Victorin

6. Keep Your Lamps–Andre Thomas

7. Hear Me Redeemer–soloist Leroy Kromm/Don D’Angelo, H. Mollicone

8. Ave Verum (in Latin)–W.A. Mozart

9. Little Innocent Lamb–Marsahll Bartholomew

10. Down By the Riverside–soloist– Walter Roach–arr. John Rutter

11. Old Irish Blessing

12. Sanctus from the Gospal Mass–soloist Walter Roach/Derk Johnson
Composer, Robert Ray

This is much more music than we will use, but while we have this extra time to rehearse, I think we could use it to prepare for any other concerts later in the Spring. Don D’Angelo

Sunshine Alert

If you know a choir member who needs some extra support due to personal or family hardship, please contact Anne-Marie Wiggers or Sister Jackie .
Give us some information, so we can send a card, make a phone call or a visit. This “service” is important to let our choir members know we care.

Black folders

Members can purchase the black folder from Frank Palermo, before rehearsal, or at the break. Cost of the black folder is $20, replacement cord $3, 3-ring adapter $1. Cash or check made out to SJSC. Questions see Frank at rehearsal, call 270-4720, or email frank7ann@aol.com

Announcements should be sent to Debbie office-manager@sanjosesymphonicchoir.org by Friday to be included in the Monday announcements postings. Announcements will be posted on the website each Monday, but you can sign up for the yahoo choir group and receive an email of the weekly announcements as well as other correspondences.

Apres Rehearsal

Join fellow choir members for eats, drinks and fun following rehearsal each Monday at Jake’s of Willow Glen (Lincoln Ave. in Willow Glen).
Dates to remember
Please note changes and additions in bold print.
In addition to the dates below,
Rehearsal at 7pm each Monday unless otherwise announced.

Board of Directors meets the second Wed. of each month, 7:30pm Westminster Presbyterian Church. Choir members may attend these meetings.

March
Flight Through the Stars and Requiem for Lost Children

• Mon 3/16 7PM Dress Rehearsal – Ascension Church – Sanctuary
• Wed 3/18 7PM Dress Rehearsal – St. Joseph Cathedral
  Sat 3/21 8PM – St. Joseph Cathedral (Choir Call Time 7PM)
• Arts Express Youth Outreach
  Fri 3/20 10:00am – 12:00 – California Theatre (Choir Call Time 9AM)
• Arts Express

  Outreach Concert
  St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church
  Thu 3/26 1PM

May
Carmina Burana with Peninsula Symphony

• Tue 5/12 7:30-8:45PM Dress Rehearsal – San Mateo Performing Arts Center
• Thu 5/14 8:30-10:00PM Dress Rehearsal – Flint Center Cupertino
• Fri 5/15 8PM San Mateo Performing Arts Center
• Sat 5/16 8PM Flint Center Cupertino

Venues

• St. Joseph Cathedral, 80 Market St., San Jose, CA
• California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose, CA
• San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA
• Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA
•  Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth St., San Jose, CA
• Church of the Ascension, 12033 Miller Ave, Saratoga, CA

Volunteers for Ushers

Hi,

Someone spoke to me on Monday about volunteering at the concert – they had 2 daughters but it was Nicole Deane who might volunteer. I can’t connect Nicole with a choir member ‘cos I can’t remember who I was talking to!!

It’s OK to laugh Whoever I was talking to, please reply to this.

Thanks,

Sonja

[Posted rom a group email by Walter Roach on behalf of the San Jose Symphonic Choir]

Dale Victorine’s “The Road Not Taken” for 3/20

Dear Sotto Voce members:  Dale E. Victorine’s piece entitled The Road Not Taken,  which is based on a poem by Robert Frost has been added by request for the Friday, March 20th concert.  I have asked Bill Downes to copy 46 copies hoping that that will cover those who did not have it from the NCCUSA concert we did back in 2002 or 2003 in Palo Alto.  We will have to run through it at the end of rehearsals on Monday, March 16th.  The piece is not difficult either in rhythmic organization nor in its tonality (minor/ major tonal system).  It probably won’t take more than 10 or 15 minutes to rehearse.  I also would suggest we run it again on the March 18th rehearsal at St. Joseph’s Cathedral.

Don D’Angelo

[Editor: A YouTube slide show with San Jose Symphonic Choir singing "The Road Not Taken" is available.]

Practice MIDI Files ONLINE

Practice MIDI files for the Requiem for Lost Children have been created by Chris Brown and posted in the Members section of our website by Carlos Soriano.

Tim Anderson

For a Mac, once you are Member Info section and click on Midi Files, Click on the Chris’ files individually a drag them to the desktop.  Click on theme again and the midi will begin in Quick Time.

On 2/16/09 11:52 AM, “Timothy Anderson” <tjohnanderson@att.net> wrote:Chris Brown has created the following practice MIDI files for Flight Through The Stars:

• The Shape of the Dream
• The Patron and the Dream
  
• The Inquisition
  
• Finale

Carlos has posted these files on http://sanjosesymphonicchoir.org/
To access them, go to the Member Info section, log in, and click the “MIDI FILES” link.

The MIDI files can be played from the website, usually just by clicking on the file you want.  I expect that your default MIDI player will then open and begin playing the music.

The files can also be downloaded to your computer, saved, and played.  On a PC, this is done by right-clicking the name of the file and selecting “Save target as …” from the menu that pops up.  I don’t know how it works on a Macintosh, but Bill Downes may know.

Tim Anderson

Sonia Cook Seeks Ushers

Hi All,

I am once again offering ushering opportunities for our next concert on Sat. March 21 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, SJ.

I will need 8 volunteers in total, 6 for ticket / ushering duties & 2 for sales of CDs. Each volunteer will receive one comp. ticket to the concert. I took into account the comments I received from the last volunteer crew, so have increased the staffing to 8 & will provide boxes for the ticket stubs. That will give us 3 people on each door.

Call time for you would be 6.45 p.m. for the 8 p.m. concert. From the wait list of people who got bumped last time, I have 5 volunteers. Therefore, I need 3 more + 2 alternates. If you have someone who could help us, please Email your reply or see me at choir tomorrow.

Thanks,

Sonja Cook

Leroy answers Questions

Dear Choir members

As March unfolds this weekend, we are now within close range of our big upcoming concert. I would like to answer a few questions that have popped up about it as well as some other upcoming concerts.

When and where is the concert?

The concert is Saturday evening, March 21 at Saint Joseph Cathedral Basilica in San Jose–concert time is 8 PM and call time is 7 PM with set-up occurring well before call time.

When and where are the dress rehearsals?

There are two rehearsals with orchestra, soloists and Vivace Children’s Chorus. The first is Monday, March 16 at 7 PM at the Church of the Ascension in Saratoga located at the corner of Prospect and Miller. The second and final rehearsal is Wednesday night, March 18 at the Cathedral, also at 7 PM. Remember, dress rehearsal does not mean you come dressed in concert attire. Wear casual and comfortable attire for the dress rehearsals, not formalwear.

Could you let us all know (by email or announcement) the length of each half of the concert?

The first half of the concert consists of a short solo piece by John Musto sung by Justin Smith, followed by the Requiem for Lost Children. I would estimate the length to be around 45 minutes. Then after a fifteen minute intermission, the second half will consist of Flight Through the Stars (minus the Lunar Lament movement) which should take another 40 minutes. At this point, these are the only three pieces on the program.

What about the concert on March 15 featuring the Five Mystical Songs?

Particularly those singers who performed the Five Mystical Songs with Nathan Gunn a few years ago, you are cordially invited to sing this Vaughan Williams’ treasure once again on Sunday, March 15 with the Saratoga Symphony and singers from Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, Monterey Symphony Chorus, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, and Stone Church of Willow Glen. Rehearsals are Thursday, March 5 from 7:30-9:30 and dress rehearsal with orchestra and soloist, Justin Smith is Thursday, March 12, 7:30-9:30, both rehearsals and concert are at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church in Saratoga. Concert is Sunday, March 15 at 3 PM. Bring the scores you purchased, or scores will be provided. The piece is about twenty minutes in length. Either concert attire or white and black will be worn.

When will we start rehearsing Carmina Burana?

As is our custom, we will be taking a break Monday night, Monday, March 23–no rehearsal that evening. Carmina rehearsals will begin the following Monday, March 30 at our regular time and venue.

What is happening on Friday morning, March 20?

Maestro Leroy Kromm

In past years, we have been able to perform for school-aged children through an organization called Arts Express. This form of outreach not only provides an important informance-type concert for children, but helps the choir receive grant funding because of community service being performed. This year on Friday morning, March 20, we are privileged to sing a program for many busloads of kids at the California Theater. There will be one performance at 10 AM and it is scheduled to last ninety minutes. Due to the length of program, we will be devoting a significant portion of our next two rehearsals to preparing music (much of the former tour music) for this outreach concert. Any and all singers who can come to help out with this important program are asked to reserve Friday morning, March 20–call time 9 AM. This should be very thrilling to be able to sing at the California Theater.

I’ll see you Monday evening; we will take a short time to review in sectionals the portions needing a little more work. And by 9 PM we will be rehearsing the California Theater program for March 20. Your presence is appreciated.

Leroy

SJSC Announcements 3-2-2009

SJSC Announcements 3-02-09

San Jose Symphonic Choir Announcements

March 2, 2009 Rehearsal starts at 7PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Flight last sectional on entire piece pages 1-92 excluding movement S Requiem last sectional on entire piece pages 1-100

March Birthdays

• Carol Casper
• Patti Conner
• Natalie Ives-Drouillard
• Cheryl Parker
• Lydia Prieto
• Susan St. Claire

Sotto Voce

The Sotto Voce (SJSC outreach choir) will have a rehearsal on Monday, March 23rd, starting at 7:00 P.M. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. We will rehearse the following numbers in preparation for the performance at St. Timothy Lutherin Church, on Camden Avenue, in San Jose (off highway 85). This concert will have a call time of 1:00 P.M. and will last about 40 minutes:

• Ride the Chariot
• Sicut Cervus
• Sing Me to Heaven
• Keep Your Lamps
• Wondrous Love
• Down By the Riverside (copies will be given out at this rehearsal)
• Ave Verum
• Little Innocent Lamb (copies will be given out at this rehearsal)
• Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day
• Sanctus from Gospal
• Mass Bogoroditse Dievo
• Mollicone’s, Hear Me Redeemer
• Old Irish Blessing (Copies will be given out etc.

This is much more music than we will use, but while we have this extra time to rehearse, I think we could use it to prepare for any other concerts later in the Spring. Don D’Angelo

Pencils

Sonja will once again be bringing SJSC imprinted pencils to choir. They are 50¢ each & will be on one of the back tables. You’re on your honor to put the money in the jar provided. The plan is to have them available the first rehearsal of each month, so they will be there this Monday. Will the person who “borrowed” a pencil last month & returned one from Union Bank in Fresno, please put 50¢ in the pot. Thank you, Sonja

Behold the Seat

Do you need to sit while we take our “Flight through the Stars?” If so, please send an email to Lonna Smith and a seat in the first class cabin will be reserved for you!

Sunshine Alert

If you know a choir member who needs some extra support due to personal or family hardship, please contact Anne-Marie Wiggers or Sister Jackie . Give us some information, so we can send a card, make a phone call or a visit. This “service” is important to let our choir members know we care.

Black folders

Members can purchase the black folder from Frank Palermo, before rehearsal, or at the break. Cost of the black folder is $20, replacement cord $3, 3-ring adapter $1. Cash or check made out to SJSC. Questions see Frank at rehearsal, call 270-4720, or email frank7ann@aol.com Announcements should be sent to Debbie office-manager@sanjosesymphonicchoir.org by Friday to be included in the Monday announcements postings. Announcements will be posted on the website each Monday, but you can sign up for the yahoo choir group and receive an email of the weekly announcements as well as other correspondences.

Apres Rehearsal

Join fellow choir members for eats, drinks and fun following rehearsal each Monday at Jake’s of Willow Glen (Lincoln Ave. in Willow Glen). Dates to remember Please note changes and additions in bold print. In addition to the dates below, Rehearsal at 7pm each Monday unless otherwise announced. Board of Directors meets the second Wed. of each month, 7:30pm Westminster Presbyterian Church. Choir members may attend these meetings.

• March Flight Through the Stars and Requiem for Lost Children Mon 3/16 7PM Dress Rehearsal – Ascension Church – Sanctuary Wed 3/18 7PM Dress Rehearsal – St. Joseph Cathedral Sat 3/21 8PM – St. Joseph Cathedral (Choir Call Time 7PM)
• Arts Express Youth Outreach Fri 3/20 10:00am – 12:00 – California Theatre Arts Express
• Outreach Concert St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church Thu 3/26 1PM
• May Carmina Burana with Peninsula Symphony Tue 5/12 7:30-8:45PM Dress Rehearsal – San Mateo Performing Arts Center Thu 5/14 8:30-10:00PM Dress Rehearsal – Flint Center Cupertino Fri 5/15 8PM San Mateo Performing Arts Center Sat 5/16 8PM Flint Center Cupertino

• 

  SJSC at Le Petit Trianon Theater

Venues

• St. Joseph Cathedral, 80 Market St., San Jose, CA
• California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose, CA
• San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA
• Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA
• Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth St., San Jose, CA