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Ithaca, New York

Gerald Wolfe, Director

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NEWS FROM THE ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS
Week of March 31, 2008
Read the ICC website ( http://ithacacommunitychorus.clarityconnect.com)
Send mail to the ICC Board ( IthacaCommunityChorus@clarityconnect.com)

MESSAGE FROM GERALD WOLFE

HOMEWORK FOR 4/9: All of Part I

FINAL PERFORMANCE IN MUSIC AT GRACE CONCERT SERIES

Organist Erica Johnson will give a recital at Grace Episcopal Church, 375 West Church, Elmira, this Sunday, April 13, at 4 PM. The program will include music by Bach, Sowerby, Widor, and Guilmant. Admission is free. Detailed directions may be obtained from the parish website: www.grace-elmira.org or by calling the parish office at 607-732-0545.

Erica Johnson is a native of Winston-Salem, NC. With the assistance of a generous grant from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians in 2001, Erica investigated historical keyboard technique and instruments in Bremen, Germany for two years, spending most of her weekends exploring historical instruments in Ostfriesland and Niedersachsen, particularly those of Arp Schnitger. In August of 2002 she was awarded second prize in the Norddeutsche Rundfunk International Organ Competition, and in November of 2004 she received the International Arp Schnitger Preis in Hamburg, Germany. Since the fall of 2003 Erica has been working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music and is currently instructor of organ literature at the Oberlin Conservatory and the Eastman School. She is also organist of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Rochester, NY.

CHORAL WORKSHOP WITH SCOTT TUCKER ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5

St John's Episcopal Church, 210 N. Cayuga
Register at 10:00 for Session 1 at 10:15 am. Session 2 starts at 12:30 pm.
At the door $18 per session, $30 for both sessions.
Bring your brown bag lunch AND your Elijah score!

BAGADUCE MUSIC LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP!

This wonderful not for profit music lending library, from whom we have borrowed music, is holding a raffle to celebrate its 25th anniversary.You could win a week for two in a cottage in Maine and support this fine organization. See the pdf attachment Bagaduce_raffle.pdf for more details and an entry form.

OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS

ICC Chamber Singers Concerts on April 26 and April 27
Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 PM at Grace Episcopal Church in Cortland
and
Sunday, April 27th, at 8:00 PM at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca

The Chamber Singers will sing four Mendelssohn motets and be joined by the talented Gerald Wolfe with a few organ pieces. The concert will be one hour in duration and admission is $5. Please invite your friends to join you in supporting our Chamber Singers and in enjoying great music!

FREE CONCERT SPONSORED BY CORNELL DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Free concert on Friday April 18, at 8 pm in Barnes Hall, sponsored by the Cornell University Department of Music:
Joseph Lin, violin; Orion Weiss, piano; John Haines-Eitzen, cello.

Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Bach: Sonata in G Minor for Violin solo
Smetana: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

DATES TO REMEMBER

Saturday, April 5 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Workshop with Scott Tucker
Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 PM - ICC Chamber Singers concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Cortland
Sunday, April 27 8:00 PM - ICC Chamber Singers concert at Unitarian Church, Ithaca
Saturday, May 3 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