FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

HOMEWORK FOR 11/18: #10, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26


FALL 2009 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Nov. 25: no rehearsal (Thanksgiving)
Dec. 2 and 9: Dining Room
Dec. 16: Dining Room
Jan. 6: Dining Room
Jan. 13 and Friday, Jan. 15: Sanctuary (dress rehearsals)
Saturday, Jan. 16: Concert


OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS


FINGER LAKES WOMEN'S CHORALE FALL CONCERT

The Finger Lakes Women's Chorale will present a concert titled "Water Under Snow is Weary", on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm, Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca and Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm, Morgan Opera House in Aurora.

"These are all pieces I found when I was researching last fall's concert repertoire," says Finger Lakes Women's Chorale director, Doreen Alsen. "I absolutely fell in love with the title piece, 'Water Under Snow is Weary' by Finnish composer Harri Wessman. It's a beautiful piece and leads us into the rest of the songs in the concert, which include Vincent Persichetti's 'Winter Cantata,' Joan Szymko's 'The Singing Place,' Stephen Hatfield's 'La Lluvia,' and Samuel Barber's 'Rain Has Fallen.' Water is such a powerful symbol for so many things. Before we are born our whole world is water ­ a place where we can grow. Through all our lives, we are subject to the ebb and flow of the water, with the tides, the phases of the moon, the changing of the seasons. From mist to ice, our artistic lives as well as our physical lives. The pieces in this concert, especially Szymko's 'The Singing Place' explore our deepest connections to water."

Tickets for both concerts can be purchased at the door: $10 general, $7 seniors and students. For more info about the Finger Lakes Women's Chorale: http://www.flwcithaca.com


OPEN READING OF MESSIAH AT CORNELL

The Annual Open Reading of Handel's Messiah will be on Saturday, December 5, at 7:00 pm. Please contact Candy Wu (icw6 at cornell dot edu) if you have questions about the performance. (I'll contact Candy and see where it will be held and include that in next week's newsletter--mr.)


THE METROPOLITAN 2009-10 OPERA LIVE IN HD SERIES

Coming soon to Regal Cinemas Ithaca Mall Stadium 14
The Metropolitan 2009-10 Opera Live in HD Series.

Les Contes d'Hoffman Offenbach
LIVE DEC 19th 1:00pm
Encore JAN 6th 6:30pm

Der Rosenkavalier R. Strauss
LIVE JAN 9th 1:00pm
Encore JAN 27th 6:30pm

Carmen Bizet
LIVE JAN 16th 1:00pm
Encore FEB 3rd 6:30pm

Simon Boccanegra Verdi
LIVE FEB 6th 1:00pm
Encore FEB 24th 6:30pm

Hamlet Thomas
LIVE MAR 27th 1:00pm
Encore APR 14th 6:30pm

Armida Rossini
LIVE MAY 1st 1:00pm
Encore MAY 19th 6:30pm

Please call the theatre at 266-7964 for ticket information or go to Fandango.com.


DATES TO REMEMBER

December 12, 2009 - Voices Concert - Lansing High School
January 16, 2010 - ICC Winter Concert
May 8, 2010 - ICC 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. Notices should be related to the chorus or the local music community.

Mary Royer
ICC Newsletter Editor

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NEWS FROM THE ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS
November 6, 2009

FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

HOMEWORK FOR 11/11: #2, 6, 9, 10, 12 - 16

MUSIC AT GRACE ORGAN CONCERT - Tonight at 7 PM

David Macfarlane will present an organ recital at Grace Episcopal Church, Elmira, on Friday, November 6, at 7 PM. The program, co- sponsored by the Chemung Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, will include music by Rheinberger, Langlais, Bach, and Jongen. David Macfarlane was named the Third Prize winner in the National Competition in Organ Improvisation and was honored by being chosen as organist for Pope John Paul II's Mass in Giants' Stadium during the 1995 Newark Archdiocese Papal Visitation, an event that was seen on world-wide television. Admission is free and detailed directions may be obtained from the parish website: www.grace-elmira.org or by calling the parish office at 732-0545.


FALL 2009 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Nov. 25: no rehearsal (Thanksgiving)
Dec. 2 and 9: Dining Room
Dec. 16: Dining Room
Jan. 6: Dining Room
Jan. 13 and Friday, Jan. 15: Sanctuary (dress rehearsals)
Saturday, Jan. 16: Concert


OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS

AUDITIONS FOR OPEN READING OF MESSIAH AT CORNELL

Auditions for the Annual Open Reading of Handel's Messiah are Saturday, November 7th starting at 2 pm in Tammany Coffee House in Risley Hall. Please contact Candy Wu (icw6 at cornell.edu) to schedule a time to audition or if you need directions to Tammany. If this date does not work with your schedule, please do not hesitate to contact Candy to find a date that is more convenient.

If you have questions about the performance, please contact Candy (icw6). The performance will be on Saturday Dec. 5. It starts at 7 pm. We usually have one soloist rehearsal a week before the reading and one whole ensemble run through the day before.


THE METROPOLITAN 2009-10 OPERA LIVE IN HD SERIES

Coming soon to Regal Cinemas Ithaca Mall Stadium 14
The Metropolitan 2009-10 Opera Live in HD Series.

Les Contes d'Hoffman Offenbach
LIVE DEC 19th 1:00pm
Encore JAN 6th 6:30pm

Der Rosenkavalier R. Strauss
LIVE JAN 9th 1:00pm
Encore JAN 27th 6:30pm

Carmen Bizet
LIVE JAN 16th 1:00pm
Encore FEB 3rd 6:30pm

Simon Boccanegra Verdi
LIVE FEB 6th 1:00pm
Encore FEB 24th 6:30pm

Hamlet Thomas
LIVE MAR 27th 1:00pm
Encore APR 14th 6:30pm

Armida Rossini
LIVE MAY 1st 1:00pm
Encore MAY 19th 6:30pm

Please call the theatre at 266-7964 for ticket information or go to Fandango.com.


DATES TO REMEMBER

December 12, 2009 - Voices Concert - Lansing High School
January 16, 2010 - ICC Winter Concert
May 8, 2010 - ICC 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. Notices should be related to the chorus or the local music community.

Mary Royer
ICC Newsletter Editor

Dear Singer,

The music for the coming year is among the most exciting in the history of the chorus. This fall we will be singing George Frederick Handel's magnificent oratorio Israel in Egypt (concert January 16).

Israel in Egypt (the Exodus story) is unique among Handel's oratorios, with many choruses (many for double chorus) and few solo movements. They range from poignant to jubilant, and become especially fun when singing about the plagues of Egypt. This work will be sung in English with full orchestra. The Chamber Singers will sing some of both the choruses and the solos. Auditions will be held after the second chorus rehearsal, and the group will rehearse immediately after chorus from 9-10 p.m. starting the third week. Anyone interested who can't be there for auditions should contact me in advance.

I can't wait to begin this year of glorious music. See you on September 9!

Gerald