September 2005
Newsletter of the Boulder Chorale
303-554-7652
www.boulderchorale.org
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Greetings
from the President
JoAn
Segal
Welcome to a new year with the Boulder Chorale! An
exciting season! It's hard to face the fact that the summer is over, but what an
exciting season we have before us. In this, our 40th year, we will perform
some wonderful works which we have not done in many years. The collaboration with the Colorado
Hebrew Chorale is a new experience. This ground-breaking concert will
include sacred and secular works by Leonard Bernstein, who died 15 years ago. A
brilliant conductor, Bernstein (that's stine, not
steen) was also an early
example of a "cross-over" composer, whom we know for serious classical works
(his Mass), opera (Candide), and sacred works (Kaddish), as well as popular musicals such as On the Town and West Side Story. At this concert,
we will sing Make Our Garden Grow
from Candide, the Colorado Hebrew Chorale will sing Simchu Na! a joyous work in Hebrew; the
Boulder Chamber Chorale will offer music written for Jean Anouilh's play, The
Lark, (about Joan of Arc) and there will be several of Bernstein's popular
songs. The piece de résistance, in the second half of the concert, will be
the Chichester Psalms, commissioned by the Chichester Cathedral in
We
will kick off the fund-raising season on September 20th with our second annual
E-Bay collection and Dessert Decadence (Potluck). Dig out a treasure or
two for this one! (see Fundraising Corner page
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December 10 is the date when the Boulder Chamber Chorale will do the
Christmas part of the Messiah and
Bach's Magnificat at Macky Auditorium with the Boulder Philharmonic -- Timothy
Snyder conducting!!
The Boulder Women's Chorale will
perform the complete Ceremony of
Carols by Benjamin Britten at
We'll also do our second annual
Barnes & Noble Book Fair with caroling in December. Time to buy your gift books, CD's, DVD's, and other items, with the
Chorale benefiting handsomely as we receive a percentage of all sales that
evening.
The Spring brings more: the Women's Chorale in a concert of World
Music, the Boulder Chamber Chorale again joining forces with
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Fundraising
Corner
Stephanie
Wanek
September 20th
is Two-for-Tuesday with a duo of great Chorale events!
Dessert Decadence: A Welcome Back Potluck.
The
Chorale Board is very excited to start the Fall and
thought a community event would be a great way to begin the 40th anniversary
season. Please bring your
favorite dessert
item (fruit, cookies, cakes, candy) and drop it off when you arrive for
rehearsal on Tuesday, September 20th. We’ll be taking break from 8:00 to 8:45
for social time and gathering. Note: rehearsals will then resume
until 9:30!!
Ebay Donation
Night
Many of you may remember the Ebay collection last Fall which
raised over $3,000 from the sale of items donated. We’re repeating this event on September
20th. For new members, here’s an
introduction:
If you have
items you’d like to donate to the Chorale, you bring them on the 20th. A truck will be in front of the
church from 5:30 until 9:00 to load items. You will receive a tax receipt for
the value of the items donated to the Chorale. A local company, OnTheBlock, will then take the items and sell them through
Ebay and the Chorale receives the proceeds (minus a
small commission). It’s a terrific
way to support the chorale, get a tax deduction and clear out the garage all at
once! See Stephanie for details. We
also need some volunteers to sit at the donation table that night. Please see
Steph or JoAn to help
out. Things that sell very
well are estate jewelry, technology & lap top computers, construction tools,
CD’s/DVD’s, instruments, collectibles, sports equipment, kitchen
appliances. Think about items that
are small enough to ship!
Fundraising Steering Committee
The
last newsletter referred to a fundraising meeting on Sept. 6th. This Steering Committee meeting has been
cancelled (for now)! It’s too
difficult to try to schedule a meeting on a Tuesday and accommodate the
rehearsals of 3 ensembles. In the
lobby there will be a poster with a sign-up sheet. Please put your name &
email address there and we’ll schedule a short meeting to get things going. After that we’ll try to do much of the
communication through email to set up projects and independent work. The role of the Steering Committee is
overall planning of fundraising projects, organization of these events and
enlisting the help of volunteers for each event.
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Greetings
from the President (continued)
And the
climax of the season will be Brahms' German Requiem, again at Macky, with the entire Boulder Chorale, Tim Snyder again
conducting the Boulder Phil.
Board Doings:
·
Beginning at the
rehearsal of September 6, we will be taking even less of our precious rehearsal
time for announcements. Each Tuesday, we'll send you an e-mail
announcement hand-out for you and will have very few oral
remarks.
·
The Board has
established a Task Force on
·
The Board is moving
ahead with a plan to develop a new "image", which will involve the design of a
new logo. Sue Hintz-Siegrist, with many years of
experience as a graphic designer, will be the Board's representative in the
process, developing a call for entries. Is this your skill area? We
hope to be able to choose a design from someone associated with the Chorale!
(see article below)
Personal
Note
I heartily welcome all new and
returning singers to the Boulder Chorale, Women's Chorale and Chamber
Chorale. I will be at Atonement Lutheran every Tuesday from 6 pm on to
meet you, answer questions, and take your suggestions.
Calling All
Designers!
Sue Hintz-Siegrist
Our
40th season is upon us and the Boulder Chorale would like to present a new logo
image to mark this very special anniversary. The board has decided to offer a
design competition to those who have the skills and tools to create a new logo
for us. This image will be used on all print and promotional material, including
letterhead, envelopes, etc., and will be presented for use in finished form in
January of 2006. Details of the
competition schedule, cash award, and requirements will be distributed later
this month at rehearsal as a "Call for Entries" by Sue Hintz-Siegrist.
SCFD Grant
Award
SCFD has
awarded the Chorale $6,700 for the 05-06 season.
This grant proposal was written by Josephine Bynder,
who is currently chair of our Grants Committee. Thank you SCFD! The Boulder Chorale and other non-profit
organizations in
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Fundraising
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Fall Community Event Calendar:
Ebay
Collection:
Bring your donated items
and OnTheBlock Auction will sell them on Ebay. It’s a
great way to sell the items you no longer want but are too valuable to give away
or sell at a garage sale.
Dessert
Decadence: a community potluck. Bring a
favorite dessert. Date: Sept.
20th
Cabaret
Night: an evening of song and hilarity
with Kim Needham. Date: late Oct.- early Nov.
Barnes &
Noble Bookfair: buy all
your holiday book gifts on Dec. 11 and the Chorale will receive a percentage of
all purchases accompanied by a benefit coupon. Arrangements for an in-store performance
are still pending. Date: Dec.
11
Grocery
Scrip: You buy food and shop anyway, so why not
purchase grocery gift certificates and support the Chorale at one time! Dede Beardsley is once again selling grocery scrip available
in $25 increments. See her for details. The Chorale earned over $1,500 from this
program last year! (see Dede’s article, page
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Entertainment
Books
Josephine
Bynder
It's fall again; time for cooler nights, yellow aspen,
World Series, and football. Also time for ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS! Most
of you remember these books that have discount coupons for groceries,
restaurants, sporting events, cultural attractions, and hotels. This year
they cost $25, and you can recover the cost of the book just by having one
dinner (with a two-fer coupon) at a listed
restaurant. The Chorale gets $4 for each book we sell; we have 66 books,
so we could earn $264 by selling them all. They also make nice
gifts. I will be in the Marketplace starting at the second rehearsal and
will have a supply of books for you to browse through and, I hope,
purchase.
Audition
Opportunity-Boulder Bach Fesitval
Dan
Seger
Auditions for prospective
members of the 2006 Boulder Bach Festival Chorus will take place at the end of
September. The chorus is particularly in need of male voices for the tenor and
bass sections. The chorus will perform The St. Matthew Passion on 22 January in
Please let your interest be known to Dan Seger, BBF chorus manager, either by e-mail (dan.seger@comcast.net) or by phone (303
494 6669), and he will keep you posted as to specific dates of the
auditions.
Volunteers
Needed!
Keeping up with the Archives while being president is a
bit too much. Even with the
help of present volunteers Laurel Seppala-Etra and
Josephine Bynder, we could use more assistance to meet
our goal of soliciting materials from long-time members and former officers,
integrating the materials we have into the collection, and moving the archive to
the
Do
you have archival, library, or records management skills to offer us? Are
you just a person who loves organization? Please e-mail JoAn at jsegalvv@earthlink.net
...thoughts
from Concert Manager
Miriam
Lindahl
After placing over 1400 people on risers in 2004-05,
Verdi Requiem
On
sale September 13
Price: $15/each
Where: Marketplace
I
placed an order for 100 so there are plenty!
CDs
from the Chorale’s past concerts go on clearance in OCTOBER. They are listed below and will be sold
for $3/each (regularly $15/each).
Please consider the Christmas CDs for your holiday collection or there
might be a special piece that you had intended to own.
Italian
Masters May 2003
Mozart
Requiem with
Make We
Joy December
2003
The
Bells March 2004
Make We
Joy December
2004
Mozart
Requiem April
2005
In
my travels this summer, I found a wonderful quotation from Atilla the Hun.
I doubt if he was ‘up’ on his Western music, but I liked the sentiment.
“Chieftains make great personal sacrifice for the good of their Huns.” Your Concert Managers are here to
help. Here’s hoping that each of
you has a truly passionate singing experience, cultivates friendships and
becomes more involved in the life of the choir.
Help the Boulder Chorale win a $1000 donation!
Simply go to www.precisionplumbing.com and 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!Acting
Workshop
Joanne
Bracken
ReCasting™
is a new approach to change that combines Newfield’s powerful life strategies
with contemporary acting techniques. In this experiential workshop you’ll
develop new perspectives and gain immediate tools to catalyze positive ongoing
change in your life.
Led
by Aboodi Shabi (acclaimed
Newfield Coach from the
ReCasting
Change your life script… Change your LIFE!
Weekend
Workshop: September 24-25 •
Workshop Tuition: $395
Early reservations are urged for this workshop, as space
is limited.
Contact: Sopan Greene at
303.449.6117 for more information
www.newfieldnetwork.com
Contact
the Board Members
JoAn Segal
Sue Hintz-Siegrist
President
Past President
303-541-1065
303-543-9871
Elsbeth Pryer Diehl
Wren Fritzlan
Vice-President
Registration Assistant
Women’s Chorale Liaison
303-651-9318
303-443-2413
Peg Gorce
Karen Haimes
Membership Liaison
Member-At-Large
303-447-8720
303-442-7370
Jeff Hale
Julie Hale
Treasurer
Graphic Production
303-494-1836
303-494-1836
Paul Haynes
Greg Herring
Librarian
Asst. Concert Manager
303-494-9154
303-440-6920
Diane LaTourrette
Miriam Lindahl
Member-At-Large
Concert Manager
303-494-4177
303-530-2077
Secretary
Fundraising Chair
720-490-6468
303-545-9677
Mary Weisbach
Chamber Chorale Liaison
303-530-2963
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Boulder Dinner
Theatre
Joanie Oram
You
are cordially invited by the King of Siam to meet his new governess, Anna, and
her son on Sunday, March 19th 2006, at 6:15 p.m. Dinner will be served in the main
ballroom and followed by a most entertaining narrative: “The King & I”. Each guest will be charged the modest
price of $42.00 for the best seat and a mere $37.75 for seats a little to the
side. It is important that your
money is received a month in advance.
Please make checks out to:
Boulder Dinner Theatre and
send them to:
Joanie Oram
303-516-9301
A
mere 200 seats are available for the show, so make your reservations
quickly! You are encouraged to make
up your own tables of 2, 4, or 6 and to let Joanie
know. As always, we’ll have a
wonderful evening together!
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!
Calendar
of Events
Tuesday Rehearsals—
Women’s Chorale 6:00-6:50 p.m.
Chamber Chorale 6:30-8:15
p.m.
Large group 7:00-9:30 p.m.
—Sectionals from 7:00-8:15 p.m.
—Full ensemble from 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Thursday,
September 8—Board of Directors
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Please let JoAn know if you
plan to attend.
Saturday,
September 17—Women’s Chorale
Retreat
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Tuesday,
September 20—
Dessert
Decadence Potluck and Ebay Collection
Please bring a favorite dessert and any items you wish
to donate!
8:00-8:45 p.m.
*Please note rehearsals will be held before and after
potluck.
Friday,
September 23—Deadline for Newsletter
contents
Thursday,
October 13—Board of Directors
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Please let JoAn know if you
plan to attend.
Saturday,
October 15—Chamber Chorale
Retreat
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Chautauqua Community House
The
mission of the Boulder Chorale is to provide a beneficial musical experience to
singers and listeners alike. The
Chorale offers interested singers in
303-554-7692
www.boulderchorale.org
boulderchorale@yahoo.com
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