The Ithaca Community Chorus

and Chamber Singers

Ithaca, New York

Gerald Wolfe, Director

VOICES Multicultural Chorus

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NEWS FROM THE ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS
Week of December 10, 2007
Read the ICC website ( http://ithacacommunitychorus.clarityconnect.com)
Send mail to the ICC Board ( IthacaCommunityChorus@clarityconnect.com)

MESSAGE FROM GERALD WOLFE

HOMEWORK:

1. Thanks for all your hard work and a great rehearsal this week!
2. For 12/19: Be prepared to request work on specific spots
3. For 1/2: Memorize all
4. Please read the attached program notes

EXTRA REHEARSAL ON DECEMBER 19TH

We will have an extra rehearsal on December 19th for those who would like to spend some more time with the music and who are in town. Jon Riss has kindly offered to direct the rehearsal. Same time and place as usual.

Wrap Artists Needed!
It’s not too late to sign up and we really need you as some people have had to pull out. These are the times that are open:
Sunday, Dec 16 (this Sunday!)
- one person for 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and
- one person for 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, Dec 20
- two people PLEASE for 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (we only have one person and this will be a busy time! Please don’t leave her alone!!)
Sunday, Dec 23
- one person for 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- one person for 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- one person for 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- one person for 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- one person for 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
All you have to do is enter Borders from the mall entrance. The table is right there, complete with wrapping paper, scissors, scotch tape, a big jar for all the money we collect, and plenty of fun.
Please email Annie Wall at awall2@twcny.rr.com to let me know which time slot is the perfect one for you. Please support Ithaca Community Choruses by wrapping gifts and celebrating the holiday spirit. Please, don’t be HAYDN from this activity; I know you can HANDEL it!

VOICES MULTICULTURAL CHORUS AND THE LANSING HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS AND CHORALE PRESENT WINTER CONCERT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, AT 7:00 PM

Voices Multicultural Chorus and the Lansing High School Chorus and Chorale present "Festivals of Light" at the Lansing Middle School Auditorium on Saturday, December 15, at 7 pm. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $3.00 for children, students, and seniors, and are available at the Ticket Center at the Clinton House, at Ludgate's Produce, from chorus members, and at the door.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, AT 8:00 PM

Handel's Messiah at First Presbyterian Church, corner of N Cayuga and Court Streets, on Saturday, December 15 at 8:00 pm, performed by the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble and orchestra under the direction of Lawrence Doebler. (This group was founded by Gerald Wolfe.)
http://www.cayuga-vocal.org/

THE LIFE OF MARY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, AT 7 PM
WHAT: Paul Hindemith’s “Das Marienleben” in song and dance
WHEN: Wednesday, December 19 at 7 PM
WHERE: Grace Episcopal Church, 375 West Church at Davis, Elmira, NY

Soprano Judith Kellock, pianist Kirk Severtson, and dancer Risa Fujita will perform Paul Hindemith’s setting of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Das Marienleben."

Hindemith’s piece for soprano and piano is a passionate musical portrait of the life of Mary, emphasizing the love, perils, and grief of a mortal woman and mother. The idea to add dance to the musical performance led to a collaboration between two faculty members at Cornell University: soprano Judith Kellock, of the Department of Music, and choreographer Joyce Morgenroth, of the Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance. Kirk Severtson, on the faculty of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, will be the pianist, and Risa Fujita will dance the role of Mary. Admission is free and all are cordially invited.

LUSCINIA: SELDOM HEARD SONGS OF THE SEASON: EARLY CHORAL MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS
Saturday, December 22, 8 PM
First Unitarian Society of Ithaca
306 N. Aurora St., (Corner of Buffalo St.)
Ithaca, NY

A program of a cappella music for the three seasons of Christmas from the 13th through the 17th centuries; including works by: Lassus, Victoria, Guerrero, Fernandez, Enzina, Palestrina, Sweelinck, and others. Admission is free. The group is composed of Liz Peters, Lynn Leopold, Sherry Smart, Jonathan Ivers, and Geof Royall. Contact: Jonathan Ivers, 607 351-4859.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Saturday Dec 15 - Voices Concert at Lansing High School - Gospel Messiah
Sunday Dec 16 - Chamber Singers sing at Kendal
Wednesday Dec 19 - Extra rehearsal at the usual time and place
Saturday, Jan 12 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