Oye! on Sunday!

Choirsters - we all know the routine, I know. But here is a reminder in any case.

• arrive at 9:30 and we will rehearse until 10:05
• dress in a bright, vivid, festive, solid colored top, paired with black pants or skirt

Oye!

what you need to know for Sunday

This is a short reminder of the details for the Sunday service.

• arrive at 9:00am
• volunteers, you should know what you'll be wearing
• non-volunteers, dress as undead, or all in black if you prefer

See you Sunday!

videos up on blog

YouTube videos of In In Noctem [Andy was right, indeed there is a dwarf conducting the choir] and Oye are up on the blog. The Oye video features a female choir, but the quality and spirit seemed to more closely match our choir. Enjoy!

details for Sunday's Ingathering service

Here are the details you need to know for Sunday:

• show up and be ready to sing at 9:30 sharp
• dress in black pants or skirt and a solid colored top

The service starts at 10:30. Don't forget to bring your water for the water ceremony!

Rehearsal on 9/18

Dear Choristers,

Great to see all of you last week.

I will be trying to update the Email list with all of your changes. for now I will use the blog for most of our comunications :)

Squalicum has scheduled their Open House for Wednesday 9/18 and I must be there for that event.

Currently I am looking for a sub for that reharsal. It is likely that Mark Hoffer (our candidate for the accopanist position for Sunday the 22) will be able to do it. I am waiting to hear back from him. We will definately have chamber choir rehearsal even if BUF choir is cancelled.

Mean while There are several folks that mentioned they will be at choir rehearsal tomorrow that were not there last week so be ready for a croud. Keep the search out for some Tenors and Basses.

Thank Ayanna when you see her for helping with the music library stuff and getting off to a good organized start.

Any questions? Never hesitate to email: andygmarshall@gmail.com

in Harmony

Andy Marshall

Welcome Back

Dear BUF Choristers,

Was that the best summer ever or what!! I LOVE Bellingham! I hope you are ready to get to some singing this september because I certainly am. Here is what you need to know about choir this year.

First rehearsal is on Wednesday the 4th of September. 

Wednesday nights will still hold the same schedule of events which will be:

6pm Community dinner

6:30 Chamber choir rehearsal

7:00 BUF choir rehearsal

8:35 Womens ensemble rehearsal

Our Schedule up through December looks like this. This schedule is subject to change but we will do our best to stick with it and any changes will be available on our Choir blog. 

Sept 15th BUF CHoir

Sept 22nd Chamber

Sept 29th BWE

October 20 Chamber

Oct 27th BUF choir

Nov 3 BWE

Nov 10 Chamber Choir

Nov 17 BUF Choir

Dec 1 BWE

Dec 8 Chamber

Dec 22 Children's choir

Dec 24th BUF Choir + Chamber Choir + BWE 8pm Christmas eve Service. 

For the Christmas Eve Service this year we are doing the Franz Biebl "Ave Maria" This piece is magical and definitely one of the best pieces of choir music that I have ever performed. I am excited to work on it with you! Look for a recording on the blog of this piece!

I have tons of great music for this year and Lee and I and the worship arts team are deciding where it will land in the church year but be ready for a great ride.

If any one you know is interested in doing BUF choir Please have them come  a little before 6 on the 4th so we can get them oriented and put in the right place. We always have big numbers in our first couple of rehearsals and we never quite retain all of those folks. lets see what we can do about keeping those folks that are really interested. As usual we need guys so keep your ear out for those low voices while you are out and about. 

Lets have a great year!!

In Harmony

Andy Marshall

PS we are still looking for that Perfect Choral librarian that has the right mix of Well organized, Not interested in Singing but wants to help out in a powerful way, and can be scary when getting people to turn their music back in. Any of those spouses out there that want to help and have mad skills??

We Are One, indeed.

"When members of a choir sing, their heart rates quickly become synchronized, beating in the same rhythm. Researchers think this may be why singing together is a key part of religious rituals around the world, and such a joy for the singers."

I don't know how many of you caught the NPR story about this, but here is the link to the story. Very interesting. Yet another reason we love choir.