Stay tuned to this page for announcements and updates about our Spring 2012 season. ************ Choral Sunday at SUNY Orange (aka OCCC) The WVC will be the 2nd of 3 groups performing in this concert in the theater of Orange Hall on the campus of SUNY Orange, Middletown, NY. The concert starts at 3 PM. *** The chorus call for the Sunday's performance is 2:30 PM in Room OH-23 [which is on floor below the theater] *** Orange Hall (OH) is adjacent to Parking Lot # 1 at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues in Middletown.  The order of the WVC-part of the program: Young - from Missa Exultate: "Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing" ("Introit" on page 4) Rutter - 1st movement from Magnificat: "Magnificat anima mea" Mozart - from Vesperae Solenmes: "Laudate Pueri" (starts on page 38) Walker - from New Millennium Suite: "Peace I ask of Thee, O River" Walker - from New Millennium Suite: "Sinner Man" All music needs to be in black folders. Also performing in this concert will be Kairos and the JLB Chorale of the House of Refuge. For more information on this concert, download this flier or visit the SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs web site. To order tickets in advance for this concert, click here.
WVC is going back to Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall! Spring 2012 Concert Schedule Sunday, February 26, 2012 - Performance in "Choral Sunday" at SUNY Oragne Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:30 pm - Goshen United Methodist Church 115 Main Street, Goshen, NY Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:30 pm - Warwick Reformed Church 16 Maple Avenue, Warwick, NY Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 8:00 pm - Participate in MidAmerica Production's concert at Lincoln Center Make sure you have registered with Susi Eurich for participating and bus rides. Practice music tracks for the Feb 26th concert at SUNY Orange Click here to download practice files for WVC's program at the Choral Sunday concert. Practice music tracks for WVC's Spring 2012 concerts Click here to download practice tracks for Leavitt's Missa Festiva and Young's Missa Exultate Email from Singing Susy [Jan 4th] about the upcoming season, a performance on Feb 26th at OCCC and the start of rehearsals: "Here are some additional details regarding WVC's music for the Spring 2012 season. I've spoken with Stanley and he's planned a very nice program for this upcoming season. Our program will consist of contemporary, sacred, folk, AND patriotic music - quite a combination! The first half of our program will include 2 Masses: "Missa Exultate" by Gordon Young and "Missa Festiva" by John Leavitt. The second half of our program will be the "American Reflections" music: an arrangement by Gwyneth Walker (we sang her "Together in Song" and "Tree of Peace" arrangements at Carnegie Hall in May 2010) as well as arrangements of "America" and "God Bless America" (and possibly others). More details will follow at our first rehearsal. We will be performing the "American Reflections" portion of our program at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on June 5th, 2012! (details will follow). Stanley has arranged for us to perform at Orange County Community College on Sunday, February 26th. We will be one of three groups performing at this event. We will be singing some selections from Rutter's "Magnificat," and possibly some portions of Mozart's "Solemn Vespers" for this program. We may also sing some of our music for this Spring 2012 season. Stanley will provide us with more information regarding this performance. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 845-222-9809. Please come join us in singing this season - and if you have friends or family members who like to sing, please invite them to join us, too!" Congratulations from WVC President Singing Susy [email Dec 17]: "Hi, Everyone, Congratulations on our 3 wonderful concerts! Our audiences were warm and very receptive, and having "standing room only" crowds in Goshen and Warwick was fantastic! People truly enjoyed our performances (I'm still getting calls and emails from people), and so many people have told me that we really seem to enjoy ourselves while we're singing! Thank you all for your hard work and for your dedication to WVC as we had some terrific concerts - great job, everyone! Wishing all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday season, and all the best in the New Year! Looking forward to seeing you in mid-January! Love & Peace, Susy    "******************************************************* or download a copy of the review by clicking here. *******************************************************
 *******************************************************  Music files for learning and practicing the Magnificat the two Messiah choruses. Recordings of Magnificat and I Love Christmas from WVC's 1992 Winter Concert can be found here.
  WVC members singing Christmas carols for Warwick's "Home for the Holidays", Sunday, November 20th.  A Look Back at our Spring 2011 Concerts
 WVC preparing for Mozart's Solemn Vespers photo by Ed Bailey   WVC in performance of "The Wonder of Christmas" at the Warwick Reformed Church, Dec 12, 2010 photo by Heidi Mauler
 WVC members ready for the big show
Post-Carnegie euphoria from the WVC President: "Congratulations on a wonderful performance! Receiving a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall was thrilling! I am so very proud of all of you - not only for singing beautifully, but for representing our WVC in such a wonderful, positive way! It is truly an honor and a privilege for me to be your President and to be a member of our amazing group! Last night will be a "night to remember" for all of us. My love and thanks to you for everything you do. You're the best!" Congratulations from the WVC Conductor: "I caress and congratulate each and every one of you for the magnificent concerts we performed these past two weeks. Your unified effort conveyed a needed message beyond the outreach of the music itself. Our world needs so much more of the joyful, positive spirit you provided. Thank you. I personally have expanded my musical experience, particularly working with unfamiliar genres, and hope you have too. It was heartwarming to know how "spot on",for the most part, we were for the concert at Carnegie. Our weekly bouts of preparation paid real dividends in the end. I wish all you a restful Summer and look forward to an equally successful upcoming concert season. Yours truly, Stanley" |
|
|
For WVC Members |
