The Ithaca Community Chorus

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Ithaca, New York

Gerald Wolfe, Director

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NEWS FROM THE ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS
Week of October 8, 2007
Read the ICC website ( http://ithacacommunitychorus.clarityconnect.com)
Send mail to the ICC Board ( IthacaCommunityChorus@clarityconnect.com)

MESSAGE FROM GERALD WOLFE

Please consult this link (PDF version---you can print it out if you wish) for:

1. Measure numbers for the Haydn Schirmer score

2. Pronunciation of German Latin for the Credo

3. Markings for the Credo and Handel Anthem #2

If anyone is driving from Ithaca to the following concert, please
call Joyce Morgenroth (273-7413), who needs a ride. Thank you!

MUSIC AT GRACE CONCERT

WHO: Ken Meyer, classical guitar

WHEN: Sunday, October 14, 4 PM

WHERE: Grace Episcopal Church (where Gerald is Music Director),
Church & Davis Sts., Elmira

Admission free.

The national first-prize winner at the Music Teacher's National
Association Collegiate Artist Competition, Dr. Kenneth Meyer directs
a thriving guitar studies program at Syracuse University'™s Setnor
School of Music and serves on the faculties of Hobart and William
Smith Colleges. His program, "Draw the Strings Tight", will feature newly commissioned pieces and traditional compositions by Heitor Villa-lobos, Mauro Giuliani, and Agustin Barrios.

FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT

Hello Choristers,
Things seem to be going well! This next week we will be meeting downstairs in our usual space, back to normal.

It has come to my attention that there is a small, but significant, typo on the Fall rehearsal schedule that was attached to the newsletter two weeks ago- our website address is ithacacommunitychorus.clarityconnect.com. I will send around a new rehearsal schedule when I have figured out the Thanksgiving week rehearsal, hopefully by next week.

Are you interested in helping to design/ put together this year's program? Last year it was done by Joan Costello of Voices. It would be great if a chorus member could take a turn this year, or potentially work with a VOICES member. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested.

We also are in need of Chorus members to help run the VOICES concert in December. This is a great way to mingle with other members of the organization (and a great way to see them sing). The concert is going to be at Lansing School.

Also, a few concerns have been raised to me: Foot tapping and viruses.
Tapping feet can annoy others around us, and when a number of feet are tapping, the room actually vibrates a little. So, perhaps instead of tapping feet, maybe people could sway or keep rhythm by tapping the air with their fingers...something silent. Also, if you are sick, and especially if you feel that you may be in the contagious stage of an illness, either stay home or sit in the back during rehearsal. That way we can limit the spread of germs within our ranks.

Oh yes! I hope ad sales are going well! They are so important to the well being of the chorus. Keep selling them, and remember- If you have sold an ad to a business in the past, they will most likely say "yes" again.

Thank you everyone!
Steph Meyer
ICC Chorus VP

BACH VESPERS TUES. OCT. 16 TO KICK OFF “MUSIC AT ST. LUKE”
St. Luke Lutheran Church will present a Bach Vespers on Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. Bach’s Cantata No. 93 will be performed by soloists, choir, and orchestra within the context of the traditional service of vespers. The soloists will be Deborah Montgomery-Cove, Ivy Gaibel, Thomas Baker, and Geoffrey Royall. The service will commemorate St. Luke, for whom the church is named. The church is located at 109 Oak Avenue in Collegetown, next to Collegetown Bagels. Park on the street or in the Dryden Road parking garage.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Saturday, 12 January 2006, 8:00 PM – ICC concert

NEWSLETTER ITEMS?
If you would like to include a brief item in the ICC e-newsletter, send text ready to copy and paste by Friday 11:00 am to Mary Royer (mroyer@twcny.rr.com). Notices should be related to the chorus or the local music community.

Mary Royer
ICC Newsletter Editor
mroyer@twcny.rr.com