April 2005
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Newsletter of the
Greetings
from the President
Sue
Hintz-Siegrist
It is very rewarding to work with such a fine board of
directors, staff, and member representatives.
In determining how we would handle our
member numbers for next season, we considered all members and the health of the
Chorale as it moves into its 40th season. Tim and I outlined our new format for
next year at rehearsal Tuesday, March 22nd. I will try to include the details
below.
The not-to-exceed size for the Boulder Chorale will be
140 members, 35 members to a section.
Membership will be on a first come, first served basis. ALL current members will have membership
registration priority for next season.
In other words, all current members will be offered a place in the
Boulder Chorale next season, even if that number exceeds 140. If, after pre-registering our current
members, we have spaces left for next season, we will hold open registration in
the fall.
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three
2005-2006 - 40th
Anniversary Season Preview
By Tim
Snyder
Mid-November, 2005:
All-Bernstein Program,
featuring Chichester Psalms
December 10, 2005: Boulder Chamber Chorale with the Boulder
Philharmonic and winners of the Boulder Chorale Young Artists Competition Handel
Messiah
Mid-March, 2006:
Palestrina Pope
Marcellus Mass and other works from the Golden Age of the
Renaissance
May 6, 2006:
Brahms German Requiem
Fundraising
by Stephanie Wanek
We are having a Spring Raffle!
Over $2,000 in great prizes have been donated from local
businesses! The drawing will be at
our member potluck on May 10th.
This raffle is a new idea for us and a great opportunity to open our
fundraising to the community!! The
raffle drawing will be the capping event of this year and will fund the special
events and concerts to mark our 40th anniversary next season.
Everyone loves a raffle and that makes it easy to sell
tickets. Just bring them to the office and poof! And did someone say ‘challenge’? What an achievement it would be to sell
all 1,500 tickets we print. To
sweeten the pot, we’re offering a prize to the Chorale member who sells the most
tickets! Look for more raffle
information in this newsletter or see Stephanie Wanek
for details.
Volunteer Appreciation Snack is now on April
12th!
Remember! The Volunteer Appreciation Snack has been
moved to April 12 which is a joint rehearsal with Golden. Enjoy a snack and
socialize in honor of those volunteers who help us out all through the year!
Please help with Raffle Tables at
Concerts
We need two (non-singing) volunteers to sell raffle
tickets at the April 16th Chamber concert and the May 6th
Verdi Concert. A table for the two
volunteers will be set up in the lobby of Atonement on the 16th and
Sacred Heart on the 6th to sell raffle tickets before the concert and
during the break. If you or someone
you know can help us out, please contact Stephanie Wanek. Thank you!!
Help the Boulder Chorale win a $1000 donation!
Simply go to www.precisionplumbing.com to nominate the Boulder Chorale to receive $1000 in Precision Plumbing’s monthly giveaway for non-profit community organizations.
The more nominations, the greater the chance of winning!
SCFD Grant
Award
In
October we received our Scientific & Cultural Facilities District grant
check.
Thank you SCFD!
The Boulder Chorale and other non-profit
organizations in
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one
...thoughts
from Concert Manager Miriam Lindahl
The Concert Manager enjoys being a ‘factoid
junkie’. In my reading about the life and times of Verdi and his
Requiem, not a lot
jumped out at me. However, I did read repeatedly that in one of the first
reviews of Verdi’s masterpiece, German conductor and critic Hans von Bulow described the piece as “Verdi’s latest opera, in
ecclesiastical dress”. At the time, this was not an uncommon opinion
of the Requiem’s critics. Fauré’s and
Mozart’s are compositions meant to honor the triumph of heaven over death; this
Requiem is more concerned with the fate of the living who fear death and beg for deliverance.
IMPORTANT
information about the Verdi performance, our most ambitious project to date, in
SIGN-UP FOR RISERS:
Tuesday, April 12,
Tuesday, April 26,
We will be ‘running’ four crews: Thursday
teardown/setup before and after the dress rehearsal. On Friday, the work
will be repeated for the performance. It is your LAST chance to be
an active participant on the riser crew! I am sure that Verdi
would be impressed with our numbers—almost 230 singers, an orchestra of 80 plus
4 soloists.
PARKING: At the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, May 6, parking
will be at a premium. The SHJ School Mayfair—the annual fund
raiser—takes place that evening in the school (which is north of the parking
lot). Plan ahead!
A timely thank you to Barb Roach, Esri Allbritten, Ken Hotaling and Lucy Mercado who helped stuff Mozart programs
at the Phil offices. Good sports all! Each received a comp. ticket
for their efforts. The Mozart riser committee moves into action next
week. I’m certain this ambitious undertaking will be another successful
engagement with the Phil.
Finally, a very special acknowledgment to a new girlfriend: Ms. Chorale Manners. She contributed a March Noteworthy article. I am flattered that I was identified as the writer. Unfortunately, I am not. Witty and funny—hopefully, Ms. Chorale Manners will share her unique point of view with the Boulder Chorale in the upcoming season.
The Cherry Creek Chorale is looking for former singers to help celebrate their 25th Anniversary on May 20-21, 2005.
Please refer to their website www.cherrycreekchorale.com for more information.
The "Archives Task Force" (JoAn Segal, Archivist, with volunteers Josephine Bynder and Laurel Seppala-Etra)
are moving along well in organizing the materials we have in hand. We'd like to
have a good set of historical materials for the 40th anniversary celebration
next year.
Much as I hate to tackle new "stuff", I'd like to ask
those of you who have been members for a long time to give us your old programs,
photos (with id's) flyers, or other materials.
And if you ever served on the Board and have materials
you've never gotten around to passing on, this would be the right time to do
so!
End of the Season Party
and Annual Meeting
Thanks to the suggestion of bass member Mike Malmer, helped by our Concert Manager Miriam, we have a
great venue for our Pot Luck/Party/Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 10th! The board thought it might be nice to
plan this evening as a party since we will have the raffle drawing, recognition
of our member volunteers, good food, and BYO beer and wine.
We will get underway at 6:00 p.m. in the new facility
at:
Sacred Heart of
Mary
Bring your favorite dish and beverage, your raffle
tickets, and come for fun! Who
knows! You could leave a winner
with some really neat stuff!
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Sue
Hintz-Siegrist (continued from page
one)
The Chamber Chorale will increase in size to equal 40-60
auditioned members. Chamber Chorale
members must also be Boulder Chorale members in good standing. Both the Chamber Chorale and the Boulder
Chorale will be performing major concerts with full orchestra. The Boulder Chorale members will perform
two season concerts, one in the fall, and one in the spring. The Chamber Chorale members will perform
with the Boulder Chorale, and will also perform two additional concerts, one in
the fall and one in the spring.
Membership dues for the Boulder Chorale will remain the
same as this season, $80 for the season.
Payment must be made at the time of registration this spring. Full season payment is preferred,
however members may opt to pay $40 this spring, and the remaining $40 when we
reconvene in August. Chamber
Chorale season dues will be $40, and will be paid in August at the time of
member selection. Music costs for
both groups will be in addition to the dues.
As I mentioned, the board is forming a committee,
chaired by Karen Haimes, to prepare a proposal for
uniform dress. This will include
dress selections required for purchase by our female members. We are looking for separates that
include both a pant and skirt option, and plan to keep the per member cost below
$100. Of course, members may be
interested in purchasing both to have some variety.
Women should keep in mind that many of our male members
already own a tuxedo at a cost of approx. $150. Karen's committee will also be looking
into uniform dress for men that will define the tuxedo requirements, such as
consistent shirt type.
We will incorporate fundraising for concert dress so we
can offer some dress scholarships, as we realize some of you may be hard-pressed
to purchase the required dress on top of the dues and music costs. Our intention is to not exclude any
interested singer because of inability to pay.
Suggestion: You
can plan ahead for individual costs by paying your full season dues this
spring. The music fees and the
dress payment will be due in the fall when we place the
order.
Our 40th season gives us the opportunity to present you
to our community, the Boulder Chorale as it has matured and blossomed. The board and staff agree that we
deserve a more polished look to compliment our polished performances. Please join us for this very special
season!
King Soopers Grocery Certificates?
Dede
Beardsley
King Soopers gift
certificates are the effortless way for you to make money for the Boulder
Chorale. The key word here is:
effortless! It reminds me of one of
my favorite fortunes: “You will earn thousands of dollars simply by doing
nothing!”
How Does It Work?
Through the Boulder Chorale, you buy King Soopers gift certificates that are as good as cash at King
Soopers and at some Safeways. If
you normally spend $200 each month on groceries, you’d buy $200 in certificates
and use them as cash when you shop for groceries.
How do we, the Boulder Chorale,
benefit?
We buy the gift certificates at the following
discounts:
·
3% if we purchase
$200-$2499 in certificates
·
4% if we purchase
$2500-$4999 in certificates
·
5% if we purchase
$5000 or more in certificates
The key is getting into the 5% bracket. We can do that by each buying
just $50 each month in certificates; that would net the Chorale $250 each
month. If we each bought just $100
each month, the Chorale would make $500 each month...simply by doing
nothing! You do the
math.
Details
I will have certificates to sell at the Marketplace
during each rehearsal break. (They
come in $25 increments.) So bring
your checkbooks! Make checks
payable to the Boulder Chorale.
They’re great gifts, too!
Throw some in the direction of your starving college student, for
example!
Thanks!
Chorale: several members have been bothered by excessive fragrances again and have had to leave rehearsals.
Please be respectful of your fellow members and use only fragrance-free toiletries for rehearsals and concerts. Thank you.
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Calendar
of Events
Tuesday Rehearsals—Small groups 6:00-6:50
p.m.
Large group
7:00-9:30 p.m.
(in April, select rehearsals
will be held on Mondays)
Monday, April
4—Rehearsal with the Golden
Concert Choir
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday,
April 5—Large
group rehearsal CANCELLED
Chamber Chorale and Women’s
Chorale rehearsal
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Please note the time change for
rehearsals.
Thursday, April 7—Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Please let Sue know if you plan
to attend.
Sunday, April
10—
2:00-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 10—Mediterranean Viol Concert
Early Music
7:30 p.m.
(
Tickets: $15 ($12
student/senior)
Tuesday, April 12—Volunteer Appreciation Snack
Thursday, April 14—Dress Rehearsal
Chamber Chorale and Women’s
Chorale
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday,
April 16—The Voice of the Turtle Dove: Songs of Love and
Nature
Call
Time—6:30 p.m.
Concert—7:30
p.m.
Monday, April 18—Rehearsal with the Golden Concert
Choir
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday,
April 19—ALL REHEARSALS
CANCELLED
Friday, April
22—Deadline for Newsletter
contents
Sunday, April
24—
2:00-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday,
April 26—Rehearsal
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Friday, April
29 and Sunday, May 1—Handel
Festival
Early Music
7:30 p.m. both nights at
(
Tickets:
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Monday, May
2—Dress Rehearsal
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May
3—ALL REHEARSALS
CANCELLED
Thursday, May
5—Dress Rehearsal
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
14th & Mapleton,
Friday, May
6—Verdi Requiem
Call Time— 6:00 p.m.
Concert—7:30 p.m. Sacred
Heart of Jesus,
Sunday, May
8—Verdi Requiem
Call Time— 5:00 p.m.
Concert—7:00 p.m.
All Boulder Chorale members are welcome to attend Board of Directors meetings, or talk to any board member about an issue that we should discuss at the meetings. The meetings are generally held at Atonement on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Please let Sue know if you plan to attend.
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