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Gerald Wolfe, Director

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NEWS FROM THE ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS
Week of April 14, 2008
Read the ICC website ( http://ithacacommunitychorus.clarityconnect.com)
Send mail to the ICC Board ( IthacaCommunityChorus@clarityconnect.com)

MESSAGE FROM GERALD WOLFE

HOMEWORK FOR 4/23: #1, 2, 5, 9, 23, 24, 34, 41, 43

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT

Hello Chorus,
Well, the end of the semester is upon us, and it is time for us all to come together to make it a successful one! It is time to start volunteering for all of the little projects that occur near the end of the semester. Picking up one of these small, generally one-time volunteer opportunities really makes the lives of your board members (and our further steering committee) a lot easier. At this point, we are spending a number of hours per week getting the heavier jobs taken care of, and as much as we obviously enjoy making the chorus run, we can't hold the fort by ourselves. Please volunteer. If you have teenagers or friends who might like to help out (with ushering), feel free to put them in contact!

The Chamber Singers Concerts are next weekend. So far, I have one person who is willing to help. We need more than one person, obviously, so please contact me if you would like to usher (free admission!) or sell tickets at the door.

Saturday April 26, Grace Cortland (get there at about 7pm), we need 3 or 4 ushers, and 1 or 2 people to sell tickets.

Sunday, April 27th at the Unitarian Church (get there at about 7:30pm), we need 3-4 ushers and maybe one more person to sell tickets.

This Sunday, at 4pm, Cortland Grace concert, selling tickets for our concerts. We need someone to go to Grace, enjoy an amazing concert, sell some tickets, and schmooze with music folk. Honestly, if the program was not looming over me this weekend, I would loooooove to be doing this! The only person that I've found to take this on is busy until after 4, so would have to drive to Cortland, miss most of the concert, sell tickets, and come home, making it feel like a chore (when she is already juggling a lot of other chorus responsibility). If someone else has the time to go see a free, great concert, please let me know as soon as possible: bellamayophoto@hotmail.com, or 342-5719

Tickets: Remember to sell tickets. This is really going to be one of our best concerts. Honestly, preparing to move, I am realizing what an amazing gift it is to be able to a part of giant productions like this--people need to see us. We ARE very good, the orchestra is going to be great, we have a boy soprano, and amazing soloists, all for 12$. At the movies, you can get a popcorn and soda for 12$. Go figure.

Program stuffing will take place at 6pm on Friday May 2nd, during concert week. Last year, we stuffed 500 programs in less than 30 minutes. Let's do it again!

Post-concert party: Have any questions? Would you like to host? Let us know!

Time for gratitude:
Thank you, thank you Elizabeth Mount, for the stunning posters! You've outdone yourself, yet again!

Welcome a-Board (har har, pun intended), to Janine Willis, Tamara Lovell, and David Woodard! We are so glad to have you, and look forward to our first meeting together!

Next week, come to rehearsal at 6:30 to hear Marty's pre-concert speech! Thanks, Marty.

And thank you, chorus, for sounding sooooo amazing at rehearsal. Again, this is going to be a fabulous concert.

If you would like to volunteer for any of the upcoming opportunities, please contact me. bellamayophoto@hotmail.com, or 342-5719.

Be Well Everyone!
Steph
ICC VP, Chorus

MENDELSSOHN LECTURE

Don't forget to come to rehearsal early this Wednesday (April 23) to hear Marty Ginsburg's talk on Mendelssohn. The talk will begin at 6:30 pm.

OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS

Jon Riss To Present Benefit Recital on April 18

Jonathan Riss, Organist and Children's Choir Director of First Unitarian Society in Ithaca, will present a benefit recital on Friday, April 18, at 8:30 PM in the First Unitarian Church Sanctuary. There will also be a pre-concert demonstration of the church's 1975 Hellmuth Wolff pipe organ at 7:30 PM. The recital program will be the Dritter Teil (Third Part) of Johann Sebastian Bach's Clavierübung (Keyboard Practice), one the great monuments of organ literature. Clavierübung III consists of a cycle of 21 Chorale Preludes and four Duetti with a massive Prelude and Fugue opening and closing the work respectively. Jon has requested a good will offering at the door and would like the offering to go to the church's piano endowment fund.

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

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!

Voices To Present Annual Spring Concert on May 10

Voices will perform their annual spring concert, AMANI (Peace), with the Vitamin L Chorus on Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 PM at the Statler Auditorium, Cornell University.
Tickets are available in advance from members or at the door. $8 Adults and $3 Children, Students, Seniors

DATES TO REMEMBER

Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30 PM - Marty Ginsburg's talk on Mendelssohn before our regular rehearsal
Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 PM - ICC Chamber Singers concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Cortland
Sunday, April 27 at 8:00 PM - ICC Chamber Singers concert at Unitarian Church, Ithaca
Saturday, May 3 at 8:00 PM - ICC concert
Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 pm - Voices Annual Spring 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