The Newsletter of the Boulder Chorale	   JULY 2004

Noteworthy

Calendar – 2004—2005 Season
August 9	Monday				Deadline for Mail Registration – Forms and checks 
must be received by this date.
August 9-14	Mon.-Sat.	By Appt.	Auditions for Boulder Chamber Chorale & 
Boulder Women’s Chorale
August 31	Tuesday		6:00		Registration -- in person – open to all voices.
ONLY date for registration by Sopranos and Altos.    
				7:00		First rehearsal
September 4	Saturday		TBA		Voice placement for new singers 
September 7	Tuesday		6:50		Registration—Tenors and Basses ONLY (last day)
September 11	Saturday		TBA		Voice placement for new Singers
September 21	Tuesday		5:00		Kickoff Dinner
2004-2005 Concert Schedule
October  9 &10					Chamber Chorale Concert with Laudamus Chamber
 Chorale of Fort Collins (ATLC & TLC)
November 5 & 6, 2004				Faure Requiem with Boulder Phil (FUMC)
December 11 & 12, 2004				Holiday Concert with Kutandara Ensemble and
 Cathedral Brass Quintet (FUMC)
April 1 & 2, 2005					Mozart Requiem with Boulder Phil (FUMC)
April 16						Boulder Women’s Chorale & Boulder Chamber
 Chorale Spring Concert (ATLC)
May 7 & 8, 2005	(Tentative)			Verde Requiem with Jefferson Symphony Orchestra
June 10-22, 2005					European Concert Tour
ATLC = Atonement Lutheran Church
FUMC = First United Methodist Church	
TLC = Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Collins	

From the Artistic Director
Tim Snyder
Greetings Chorale Members and Friends,

After a three-year hiatus, I am pleased to report this season the Boulder Chorale will join the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra in four performances of two of the most beloved works in the repertoire: the Requiems of Fauré and Mozart.  These works are a natural choice for our ‘first’ season with the Phil. Because they are pieces with which so many of you are familiar. We can look forward to a rewarding journey rediscovering and polishing these gems. We also have the opportunity to perform Mozart’s Requiem next June in Austria—more on this below.  

Your well-received Holiday Concerts return this December, as we join with guests, the Cathedral Brass Quintet and the Kuntandara Center Marimbas (don’t toss out your Gloria score!). The season ends with a spectacular crescendo as we join the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra and professional soloists for a performance of the Verdi Requiem.    

The Boulder Chorale has been invited to participate in the 2005 Innsbruck International Choral Festival. We will join other select choruses from around the country for a four-day festival culminating in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the brilliant Mozart Orchester Salzburg.  Prior to the festival we will spend a week touring Austria, giving concerts in Vienna and Salzburg.  Tentative tour dates are June 10-22, 2005. Singing members and non-singing friends of the Chorale are welcomed. Detailed information will be available at our first rehearsals.  I sincerely hope all who are interested will be able to join us for this exciting itinerary. 

The Boulder Chamber Chorale begins its second season this fall, and I am happy to announce the creation this year of the Boulder Women’s Chorale under the direction of Kim Needham. Both groups are open by audition only to active and singing members of the Boulder Chorale.   See page 2 for audition information and details.  

The 39th season of the Boulder Chorale has developed into one of the most ambitious in memory.  I thank our Board of Directors for their extraordinary work in bringing this season together, and I thank you for your dedication to this organization and for your love and enthusiasm for the choral art.   We have a memorable year ahead of us.  I look forward to seeing familiar faces and greeting new ones on August 31st. 

With wishes for a happy summer...

 Boulder Chamber Chorale and Women’s Chorale 
The Boulder Chamber Chorale and the Boulder Women’s Chorale further the mission of the Boulder Chorale by providing an opportunity for interested members to learn, study and perform choral works composed for small ensemble and treble voices.  All interested members of the Chorale are invited and encouraged to audition for these groups.  It is our desire to find a place for everyone who has the time and interest to sing with these ensembles.  

General Information
-Membership in both groups is open only to active, singing, dues-paying members of the Boulder Chorale.  Those participating in either small group must remain full, participating members of the Chorale, and must adhere to all policies (including attendance policies) as outlined in the Chorale Handbook.  

-Members are responsible for the cost of additional music and dues for both the Chamber and Women’s Chorales.  

-Please consider your schedule carefully before auditioning.  Regular, punctual attendance is required for membership in these groups.  

-Both groups rehearse each Tuesday evening the Chorale is in session from 6-6:50 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church.  Extra rehearsals may be scheduled.

-All members must be available to perform the concert dates listed below: 

Chamber Chorale			Women’s Chorale
-October 9, Boulder	
-October 10, Fort Collins			
-December 11 & 12, Boulder 		-December 11 & 12, Boulder 
-February 5, Denver
-February 6, Boulder
-April 16, Boulder			-April 16, Boulder	
											
Audition Information

-Auditions for returning Chamber Chorale members, and for current Chorale members interested in either group will be held during the week of August 9.  Auditions are required for all (including 2003-2004 Chamber Chorale members).  

-To schedule your audition, contact Tim Snyder: timothy.snyder@colorado.edu or (303) 499-4567 ext. 4.  

-Auditions for new Chorale members and for returning members who are out of town the week of August 9 will be held and scheduled during the first week of rehearsals.  All are strongly encouraged to audition during the week of August 9.  

-The audition is short (7 minutes) and painless!  A prepared solo is not required.  You will be asked to vocalize (demonstrating your range), sight read a short excerpt (demonstrating reading ability), and sing pitches heard at the piano (demonstrating aural recall).  Do not let the sight-reading component keep you from the audition.  Audition!!

-Results and placements for both groups will be posted at www.boulderchorale.org on or before Monday, September 5.  First rehearsals will be held Tuesday, September 7, at 6:00 p.m. 

 

Greetings from the President
Sue Hintz-Siegrist

The summer is flying by, as always, and the board has been busy with several new projects. We are very excited about our move into a permanent home at Atonement Lutheran Church, where we have been busy setting up our new space that will house the music library , as well as provide our first office ever! Atonement will become our new rehearsal venue, offering us the use of the sanctuary as well as several sectional rehearsal spaces. Our new address is Boulder Chorale, 685 Inca Parkway, Boulder, CO 80303 and our phone remains the same, 303 554-7692.

We are very pleased to inform you that we have met our goal and our new risers will be delivered this fall. Thanks again to all of you who helped with the many fundraisers. Our agreement with Atonement Lutheran also includes storage of the risers, so we finally will have everything under one roof.

The Board met for a very successful annual retreat at the Broker Inn, May 15 - 16. (See Retreat Highlights) During that meeting board positions were assigned, and several new positions were created.  

Tim has a lot of neat things to tell you about and has planned a wonderful season for us. Kim will be organizing and conducting our new Boulder Women's Chorale. Our participation at the Innsbruck International Choral Festival tour in June of 2005 is in the planning stage and we will have much more information on that as it evolves.

Neale Ward, our Administrator, informed me that she will be stepping down from her position when her contract is up at the end of August. We will miss Neale and thank her for the time that she has spent with us, especially for increasing community awareness of the activities of the Boulder Chorale. Her connections with the local newspapers and media has given us excellent exposure, and much better visibility. We also thank her for the great job she has done introducing the monthly newsletters. The board wishes Neale the best of luck as she moves on. We will be replacing Neale with an Administrative Assistant. You can read more about that position in this issue. 

In an effort to increase community awareness within our group, we ask that you submit any personal items that you would like to share with our members. Such as family births, deaths, achievements, announcements, etc., to be printed in our monthly newsletters. The first newsletter will be distributed at the first rehearsal in October, giving our new staff member a chance to get settled.

I look forward to welcoming back familiar members and meeting new ones for the first time on August 31st! Please make a note so you remember to go to Atonement Lutheran Church for rehearsals. Happy summer to you all!

2004-2005 Season Board and Staff

The board welcomed five new board members to the Board Retreat.  They were elected at the Annual Meeting and pot luck on May 4th. The new board members are Karen Haimes, Stephanie Wanek, Greg Herring, Jeff Hale, and JoAn Segal. The Board voted to create three new board positions; Ticket Manager, Chamber Chorale Liaison, and a Co-Chair for Fundraising, to help us better manage the member needs. The existing and newly appointed board is as follows:

Sue Hintz-Siegrist, President
Elsbeth Pryer Diehl, Vice President / Planning
JoAn Segal, Secretary
Jeff Hale, Treasurer
Christina Brady, Fundraising Co-chair
Stephanie Wanek, Fundraising Co-chair
Miriam Lindahl, Concert Manager
Peg Gorce, Membership Liaison
Julie Hale, Graphic Production
Paul Haynes, Librarian
Laura Meyers, Ticket Manager
Mary Weisbach, Chamber Chorale Liaison
Greg Herring, At Large, Concert Manager Assistant
Karen Haimes, At Large

We also welcome back the following staff members for the 2004-2005 season:

Timothy Snyder, Artistic Director
Kim Needham, Assistant Director
Katherine Christensen, Accompanist
Michael Mastronicola, Accompanist

Hopefully, by the time we reconvene for rehearsals, we will have hired a new Administrative Assistant. Peg Gorce is working on a more effective attendance system and will also be appointing new section stewards. The alto and soprano sections will now have two stewards each to help manage the numbers. Please feel free to talk to any board or staff members about concerns you may have.

Administrative Assistant Position Opening

The Boulder Chorale Board is seeking candidates to fill the position of Administrative Assistant. The duties of this position include assisting the board and staff with Administration, Chorale Publications, Publicity, Fundraising, and Concerts. The position is for 10 hours a week beginning September 1, 2004. If you know of someone who may be interested in this position, please have them contact JoAn Segal at 303 541-1065 or jsegalvv@earthlink.net for a detailed job description and more information.

From the Concert Manager
Miriam Lindahl

THE PURCHASE OF SEVEN RISERS (THREE TIERS EACH, PLUS RAILS) will be placed about August 1.Thank you to the Executive Board who released the money and to Dianne Ewing and the Silent Auction Committee who did such a wonderful job raising the needed funds.A special thanks to all those who purchased the goods and services as well as those who provided them.

Greg Herring did a masterful job as the ‘project manager’ for this important acquisition.

Fundraising Report
By Christina Brady

The fundraising team has been gearing up and developing ways to raise more money to support our much-anticipated 04/05 concert lineup and the programs of the Chorale!  This year, with the help of the new Chorale Guild (see below), we will be building new relationships in the corporate community, planning fresh fundraising events (an E-auction Kickoff Dinner coming in the fall and a Raffle Gala in the spring), and applying to a greater number of funding sources for sponsorship and support. The goal of the fundraising team is to increase the financial support from the community and decrease the money we ask you for!  Last year, combining grants, sponsorships and all the fundraising activities, the Chorale raised over $17,000. This year, with our ambitious concert schedule including the performance at Macky, we have even greater incentives to find those much needed dollars $$$.  Please read about the Chorale Guild and our Kickoff Dinner below, and watch for other updates from your fundraising team – Christina Brady & Stephanie Wanek.

Join the new Chorale Guild!
The demand for successful fundraising increases as the Chorale’s presence in the community grows; we are offering more concerts, adding more ‘adjunct chorales’ and expanding the roles of our staff. This all raises the amount of our overhead and thus raises our fundraising goals. We need volunteers to support these efforts and help expand the presence of the Chorale in the community. If you would like to help promote the Chorale but you are not ready to become a board officer or committee head – you can easily get your feet wet in the Guild.

What will we be doing?  A variety of things! We’ll be stuffing and addressing envelopes, folding flyers, planning fundraising activities, collecting names of potential donors, organizing volunteers or simply discussing ways to better the Chorale and improve fundraising efforts. You don’t need to solicit donations!  If you would like to distribute sponsorship information to local business, we welcome those efforts but if you don’t, we respect that too. Every bit helps.

We will meet the second Tuesday of every month at 5:15 (so if you’re in the women’s or chamber groups you can still make our meetings).  For more information, contact Stephanie or Christina of the fundraising team or just come to our first meeting on Tuesday, September 14th.
Stephanie – smwanek@yahoo.com, 720-560-4564
Christina – cbradyco@aol.com, 303-926-5587

’04-’05 Chorale Season Kickoff Dinner!
Tuesday, September 21st
Dinner will be served from 5:00-6:30.
Chamber rehearsal starts at 6:00 and full Chorale rehearsal starts at 7:00

What is this event?
1.  A Fundraising Dinner:
Bring your spouse, family and friends! All are welcome to this all-you-can-eat buffet from Noodles & Co.  For $12 per person, you get your choice of three noodle dishes, three meat toppings, side salad and dessert.  Children under 12 eat free! Drinks sold separately.

2.  An E-auction Donation Drive:
Bring household and collectable items (in good shape, please) that will be sold online at Ebay. Each sale generates funds supporting the Chorale! Tell your friends and employers about this great tax-deductible opportunity to donate salable items to the arts.  Receipts will be given. Popular items include: home video & audio equipment, smaller antique items, bicycles, telescopes, cameras, tools, collectors items, original comic art, jewelry, musical instruments, purses & handbags and sports memorabilia. We’ll distribute more information soon, but if you run across an item in your garage, workroom, attic or closet, set it aside for the 21st of September.

3.A Social Event:
Come early, bring a lawn chair, relax on the grass and re-connect with your chorale mates over a late Summer dinner on the Atonement Church lawn.

Mark your calendars now! More information will be circulated later this summer. 

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