Spring Quarter 2010

We had an incredible quarter ending with an awesome concert on March 11th. For winter quarter our theme was "Requiem for Winter." and was full of lots of great music.

Spring is here and we've had a little turn over, but the choir is going to be great again! Our new theme is "Of Life and Music," which is pretty broad, but the music will certainly be more cheery than it was last quarter.

Some of the music we'll be singing:

Salmo 150

A Maiden is in a Ring

The Waking

Past Life Melodies

Tambur

Its not too late to join us. Rehearsals are Mon-Fri from 12:00-12:50, contact Dr. Owen for details (253)864-3202

Chamber Choir rehearsals are Wednesday March 30th, and we'll see how big the group is this quarter. A lot of the decisions on chamber choir's music are still up in the air.

Spring Quarter concert is June 3rd.

Winter Quarter

Exciting things ahead for Winter Quarter.

Concert: March 11th @ 7:30pm $5 general admission, students free

Tentative Program

Concert Choir:

Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem

Requiem, arr. Craig Hella-Johnson

Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem

The Stars Stand Up in the Air - Eric Barnum

Chamber Choir

When Somebody Loved Me, from Toy Story

The Night is Young - arr. Carey

The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre

Concert Choir

Sleep - Eric Whitacre

Other Exciting things going on:

February 9th - choir festival day

Karen Fulmer, President of ACDA will work with us

Karen Thomas, Director of Seattle ProMusica will work with us

Seattle Pro Musica will perform at Pierce College Puyallup

In Fall Quarter the Concert Choir rehearsed only 3 days a week and the chamber choir met at the same time for the other two days of the week. Though our concert was a success, I felt that both groups could be even better with more rehearsal time. This quarter the Concert Choir will meet Monday through Friday from 12:00-12:50. The Chamber Choir will likely be smaller and will need to meet at a different time, most likely the hour before or after choir (preferably after). This additional rehearsal time will facilitate the challenging music that we will be performing in March.

Welcome!

Welcome to Pierce College Choir!
please enter your information and answer the questions above.
For the first 2 weeks we will meet as the whole Concert choir M-F, then we will begin to work with only the chamber choir on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are interested in the chamber choir, be prepared to stay past 12:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdsays.

Naxos
To access the listening assignment, go to the library home page:
www.pierce.ctc.edu/library/
click on the word Databases
Find "Naxos Music Library" under "Arts and Humanities
It may ask you for your Student ID and last name.
Once you are into Naxos click on "paylists" in the grey bar that runs accross the top of the screen.
Select choir and listen to Riu Riu Chiu and other things we will be singing!

Have a good summer!

We will be in the new building in the Fall!
Look forward to rehearsals in a wonderful acoustic space, and performances in our own hall!
See you in the Fall.

Concert Friday June 4th!

7:30 pm
Lagerquist Hall at PLU
$5 general admission, students free

Tour

Congrats to the choir on a great trip.
Please feel free to comment and give feedback about the types of activities that were done on the tour and what was valuable to you etc.

THE TOUR IS HERE!

Our tour is this Friday
Be at the College, in parking lot A by 7:20 AM so we can leave at 7:30
Remember to get your waiver turned into student programs by tomorrow - they will give you the money for meals on the trip.

What to wear?
The choir T-shirts should be here - but we may not have them until we meet you on the bus. So dress comfortably and plan on wearing the choir T-shirt.
Bring your Tux/Dress for the festival
Bring your performance clothes with you:
Women:
Dress, Black close-toed shoes, black hose, and the necklace Carolyn gave you or other white pearl necklace if you have it. Remember to do your hair up out of your face and stage makeup.
Men:
Tux or Black suit. White button-up shirt w/collar, black bow tie, black socks, black dress shoes.

What else should I bring?
The $ for meals you got from Student programs
Your music
Anything you want to study for other classes while on the bus
Focused positive energy
Professional demeanor