Summer 2006

                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                        

 

           303-554-7692 www.boulderchorale.org                                                 Newsletter of the Boulder Chorale

Greetings from the President

JoAn Segal

I welcome all of you to another exciting year with the Boulder Chorale. As I move into my second year as President (this time around - I was President of the Board in 1995-96, too!), here are some of the things I've learned, things one doesn't necessarily know about as a singer member of the Chorale.

 

All that rehearsing, learning the music, being faithful in attendance, getting outfitted with concert wear, leads to the fine performances - what we are really all about. But behind the scenes is the infrastructure we need to support that activity.  We need to lease rehearsal and workshop space; we need to negotiate contracts with collaborating groups - the Boulder Philharmonic, the Kutandara Marimba Ensemble, the Cathedral Brass. We need to hire and support staff: an Artistic Director (our marvelous Tim), an

Associate Conductor/Director, Women's Chorale (our beautiful, highly competent Kim), a Principal

Accompanist/Music Preparation (the extraordinary Mike), and accompanists for the Women's Chorale (sweet Caitlin) and the Chamber Chorale (Tony, with Major) and our Administrator sine qua non, Erin. We must arrange for space, soloists, and instrumentalists, publicity and printed programs for our independent concerts - we have three this year: the Duruflé in November, the Christmas Make We Joy in December, and the American Tapestry in March. The Beethoven Ninth with the Boulder Philharmonic under its new music director, Michael Butterman, in April, brings a new relationship and hope for future collaborations.

 

We must order and distribute the music to our singers, recruit new members (especially male voices), promote our concerts to gather audiences to hear us perform. We need to budget carefully to control expenses and to raise sufficient income to cover those expenses through ticket sales (for the first time, we will offer a season ticket option at a good price break), and soliciting ads, donations, and grants.

 

We are embarking on a strategic planning process that will help us move forward into our fifth decade with definite goals ahead of us. It's an exciting time to be in the Chorale, a challenging time for leading this community chorus to the excellence it can achieve.

 

Without your commitment to responsible membership, we would have no Chorale at all; but that commitment and participation is undergirded by an infrastructure that supports and strengthens it. Welcome to a wonderful year!

 

 

Greetings from the Artistic Director

Tim Snyder

Every conductor has a wish list.   Looking back on our recent seasons, I am struck by the number of works on my own wish list which we have performed—Bach’s Magnificat and Wachet auf, Beethoven’s Ninth, Carmina Burana,  the Requiems of Mozart, Faure and Verdi, Chichester Psalms, Ceremony of Carols, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Messiah, Mozart’s Confessor Vespers.  It’s quite an achievement, this line-up. But more to the point, it is a privilege.  To encounter the great works, to discern the composer’s intentions and strive to meet them, to work with you in bringing these works to life is a great joy and a great responsibility. 

 

As we enter a new season, I want to challenge us to renew and grow in our discipline.  Let me encourage us towards more score study and note-learning outside of rehearsal, and towards stronger continuity and retention between rehearsals.   Kim and I have proposed several new initiatives which should help us along the way.  We will distribute our podium time in rehearsal more evenly among the three ensembles.  We will continue to post a detailed plan of the upcoming rehearsal on the website.  New to the rehearsal plan will be periodic “guideposts” which will allow you to measure your progress and plan your course.  If you’ve ever been in a play, think of it as the date we go “off-book”.  Each singer in the full Chorale will be individually placed by section, and according to voice-type (and height!), within the ensemble.  This seating chart will be established early in our first weeks and will be used throughout the year in rehearsal and performance.  I am most excited about our upcoming rehearsal retreat—something with which the members of the Women’s and Chamber Chorales are already familiar.  For the first time, the full Chorale will meet for a day-long rehearsal/food/good time intensive.  The day is designed to be fun and productive, and will surely pay benefits as we head into our musically ambitious first concerts in November.  Please mark your calendars now for Saturday, September 30^th.  

 

We’ve made tremendous strides in our musical growth and refinement in recent years.  I dare say the May 6 concert was our finest yet—your Mozart sent my spirits soaring!  Incidentally, “Send Spirits Soaring” is our theme for the year.  An apt phrase, I think, (and one I co-opted from last year’s annual fund drive) in describing what we do and what we are about. 

 

The 41^st season of the Boulder Chorale opens with a program of works long near the top my wish list—works of the great 20^th century French master Maurice Duruflé.  His choral works are marked by an ingenious fusion of chant, counterpoint and richly expressive harmonies.  The full Chorale will perform Duruflé’s Requiem—the composer’s most famous work; the Chamber Chorale will offer the sublime Quatre Motets sur des Themes Grégoriens; and the full Chorale (divided into men’s and women’s ensembles) will perform some of the Gregorian chants upon which Duruflé based these works.  Our Holiday concerts return this season, by popular demand. Joined by the Kutandara Ensemble and the Cathedral Brass Quintet, our December concerts will feature the Chorale, Women’s and Chamber Chorales in a spirited Holiday program sure to please.  All three ensembles will take the stage again in March for a program we are calling An American Tapestry—a warm and eclectic program of Americana including folksongs, spirituals and musical theatre works.  Our season ends in spectacular style as we join the Boulder Philharmonic under the baton of newly-appointed music director Michael Butterman in one performance of Beethoven 9 at Macky Auditorium.  

 

I want to thank and acknowledge our Board of Directors, the various sub-committees of the Board, and especially our president JoAn Segal, for their tireless work on our behalf. 

The talents and initiative of these folks continue to inspire and challenge me.  We thrive because of them.  Speaking of sub-committees, the members of the Tour Task Force worked throughout last year investigating destinations, gathering feedback and soliciting proposals for our 2007 Summer Tour.  I’m thrilled with their choice, hope you are too, and I look forward to what will undoubtedly be another famous experience—especially the concert we are slated to give aboard the Greek cruise ship—Opa!

 

Wishing you all good things for the reminder of summer, and looking forward to seeing you August 29, I am

 

Yours truly,

Tim

 

 

Greetings from Women’s Chorale Director and Chorale Associate Director

Kimberly Needham

I am pleased to announce the continuation of the Boulder Women’s Chorale.  The group will operate as it did last year, as a non-auditioned group for all interested Boulder Chorale women.  We will participate in two concerts this season: “Make We Joy” in December and the Americana Concert in March.  Since our season is relatively short, Tim Snyder has invited Women’s Chorale members to sing Beethoven’s Ninth with the large group in the spring.

 

The Women’s Chorale will hold a potluck/rehearsal on Saturday, September 9^th, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Diana Doyle’s home.  Maps will be provided.  It will be a wonderful way to get to know each other and to get a head start on the music. 

 

The board of directors has approved a plan to allow Chamber Chorale women dual membership in the Women’s Chorale. Dual enrolled members will miss 20 minutes from one choir each week in order to ensure equitable participation in both groups. We are excited that many women will not have to choose between the two small groups now! It’s a win-win situation for all!

 

We are happy to welcome back Caitlin Sugishita as accompanist and will be excited to hear news of her as a new mother of a baby boy! Caitlin, Tim, and I are looking forward to a wonderful season with this talented group of women!

 

 

Boulder Chorale Retreat

Miriam Lindahl, Concert Manager

 

Yet another milestone for the Chorale!  Our FIRST all-Chorale retreat offers the unique experience of being more involved in the life of the choir.  Special emphasis: bonding with the music—especially the Duruflé  Requiem---cultivating friendships and appreciating a new venue.

 

WHO:  Boulder Chorale and Women’s Chorale

WHAT:  A day-long Chorale Retreat

WHEN:  Saturday, September 30, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  (The Chorale will sing together as well as participating in break-out sessions.)

WHERE:  Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. (off 55th St.) Boulder 80303

CONDUCTORS: Tim and Kim

MEALS:  A light breakfast and boxed lunch will be catered.  Beverages provided.

FEE: $10.00/singer. (The Chorale will match your $10 to offset $20 in cost.)

 

You can expect the Chorale retreat to be an enjoyable and worthwhile experience.  We will enjoy uninterrupted and productive rehearsal with our repertoire, good food and spirited ‘down time’.  Treat yourself ‘royally’; let’s make this another musical and social for all the Chorale members.   In early August, I will send out the application form. Thanks—hope you are enjoying your summer R&R.

 

 

Boulder Chamber Chorale Auditions

Timothy Snyder

All current members of the Boulder Chorale, members of the Women’s Chorale, and members of the community are invited and encouraged to audition for the Chamber Chorale, which will continue to rehearse on Tuesday evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m.  Full and active membership in the Boulder Chorale is required of all Chamber Chorale singers.  All membership policies for the Boulder Chorale (attendance, dress rehearsal, concert dress, etc.) will apply to each member of the Chamber Chorale.

 

All 2005-2006 Chamber Chorale members must re-audition.   

 

Auditions will be held August 8 and 9 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and August 11 from 4-7 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church.  For those out of town the week of August 7, an alternate audition date will be held Saturday, August 19 from 1-3 p.m.

 

To schedule an audition appointment, please contact: Erin Christensen-Mandel at boulderchorale@yahoo.com or by phone:  (303) 554-7692.

 

Important:  It is hoped that the Chamber Chorale roster will be finalized before the first full Chorale rehearsal (August 29).  Please do not wait to schedule your audition.    Auditions for returning members will not be held during the first week of regular rehearsals, as in years past.  

 

The purpose of the audition is to hear what you can do, not what you can’t.  The auditions with Tim and Kim are designed to be friendly, casual and painless.  Each 10-minute audition will include vocalization, aural recall and sight-reading (melodic and rhythmic).   The most important consideration, however, is one’s ability and desire to successfully prepare the repertoires for both the Full and Chamber Chorales.  For the first time this year, women of the Chamber Chorale will be permitted concurrent membership in the Women’s Chorale.  If you have questions or would like more information about the Chamber Chorale, the Chamber/Women’s combination, or the audition process feel free to contact Tim (timothy.snyder@colorado.edu).

 

 

Chorale Tour to Greece

Erin Christensen-Mandel, Coordinator

The Greece Tour will be from June 28-July 7, 2007.  Members from the Chorale, the Women’s Chorale, friends, and family are all invited to join us.  In the meantime, we will have a representative from Gateway Tours visiting at the end of the large Chorale rehearsal on Tuesday, September 12, 2006.

 

Payment Information:

• A $200 deposit per person will be due on September 22, 2006.  Please pay with cash or with checks made out to:  The Boulder Chorale.

 

• The tour will cost approximately $3,000 per person and will be divided into four installments (due in January, February, March and April).  You can always pay early.  For these installments, you can pay with cash, checks made to the Chorale, or you can pay with a credit card.  Credit card forms will be available this fall.

 

About Air Deviations:

Gateway Tours do not allow out-going flight deviations.    This means that if you will not be flying to Greece on the same flight as the Chorale group (ex: if you leave before or after June 28, earlier or later in the day on June 28th, if you wish to use your own frequent flier miles, or if you use a different airline, etc.) you will be responsible for your own

airline transportation.   In this case, you can purchase a “Land Only” package (approximately $1500) and will be responsible for meeting up with the group in Greece.

 

Gateway Tours does allow deviations on the returning flight.  If you fly out with the Chorale group and you plan on extending your stay past July 7, you can!  Gateway will charge a processing fee for each deviation and will also charge any supplemental fees assessed by the airline.  More information about the charges will be available in when the Gateway Representative visits in September.

 

Good News:

We will be visiting Athens, Cape Sounion, and taking a cruise to Mykonos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, and Santorini.   There will be four performances throughout the tour: two in Athens, one on the cruise ship and one near Delphi.  If you would like a color brochure of our tour, please let me know.  As always, if you have any questions, please contact me: 

Erin Christensen-Mandel, Tour Coordinator

303-554-7692

boulderchorale@yahoo.com

 

Have a great summer and see you in August!

 

 

 

 

 

Why Does the Chorale Need Fundraisers?  As we enter another year filled with enriching rehearsals and exciting concerts, here’s a little spiel about fundraisers. As you know, the financial health of our organization depends on revenue we generate. We do this mostly by concert ticket sales and member dues both of which we try to hold as low as we can. We rely on other fundraising activities to bridge the gap between what running the Chorale really costs and what we earn through tickets and dues. It really takes a lot of money to fund a growing organization. We pay the salaries of a great group of artistic, musical and administrative staff and we handle all costs related to producing concerts like graphic printing, musicians, venue rental and advertising. So, though they’re a lot of work and may seem annoying, these benefits raise vital funds to meet our budget obligations. They also provide a way for us to communicate our mission.  Your help is essential in every event (and concert) we produce! Like any household, we simply must make ends meet every year for our growing financial needs.  We appreciate all your help getting the word out about the Chorale, its concerts and fundraisers.

 

Calendar of Fundraising Events for the New 2006-07 Season

The Basics:  All interested participants will pay a registration fee providing them with table space to display and sell their pieces. Exact details and amounts will be ready in September.  Members wishing only to promote their businesses will be able to rent a space to display and highlight the service.  Space is limited and registration will be first-come, first-served. Interested? Send Sharon an email! Registration forms and additional information will be available at first rehearsal and in the next newsletter.  And keep your ears open for opportunities to donate specific items to the Chorale for sale at its own table.  We will also need lots of goodies to sell at the Snack Shack as the Chorale will sell coffee, drinks and baked goods during the craft sale. 

SO SAVE THE DATE (Saturday, 10/14) TO SHOP, SELL AND VOLUNTEER! 

For details or if you’re interested in a table, contact Event Chairperson Sharon Soderlund at sksoderlund@yahoo.com.

Other Fundraising Events and Activities we have planned for the coming year are listed below and are subject to change, of course! Remember, we need your help! Spreading the word to your friends, community and other groups about these activities is the key to our continued fundraising success. 

Ø       Cabaret Evening 2007

Date: Sat., Jan. 13, 2007  Time: Reception at 5:30 and Performance at 7:30  Location: The Dairy Center  26^th & Walnut

Description: It’s back by popular demand for another year! Our own diva and Associate Chorale Director, Kimberly Needham, will perform an evening of songs and comedy in a cabaret-style evening.  Last year’s evening was hysterical fun and a great community event. The performance will be preceded by the ever popular wine & cheese reception in the lobby.

 

Ø       Helping Hands, Helping Voices; A Goodwill Outreach Performance to benefit the Dushambe Sister City Project

Date: TBA Spring 2007  Location TBA

Description: This unique outreach partnership will feature the Boulder Chorale and the Jubilate! Singers each performing their own repertoire with a song or two together. This will be an opportunity to perform songs already in our repertoire to benefit a wonderful cause. We encourage all Chorale members to participate. All contributions made during the concert will benefit the Boulder-Dushanbe Sister City Cyber Café as they continue to raise funds to complete Boulder’s obligation to build a Cyber Café as a reciprocal gift for the gift of the Dushanbe Tea House.  

 

Ø       The Big Spring Fundraiser

Date: TBA Spring 2007  Location: TBA

Description: An evening of fun featuring cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and dancing. Will we see another member cabaret?? Maybe! Will we need to make a lot of money?? Definitely!! This year the evening will feature a silent auction with lots of great items, activities, vacations, gift certificates and wines. All proceeds will provide major support for the operations of the Chorale.

 

 

The Chorale Annual Meeting

On May 9, the following people were elected to the Board:

Jack Biddle

Christie Evenson

Karen Haimes

Jeff Hale

Julie Hale

Greg Herring

Miriam Lindahl

Sam Richman

JoAn Segal

Stephanie Wanek

 

These members join those whose terms are continuing:

Elsbeth Pryer Diehl

Wren Fritzlan

Peg Gorce

Paul Haynes

Diane LaTourrette

Sharon Soderlund

 

Thanks to all who participated in this, the first competitive election for the Board in many years.

 

 

Newly Created Board Position

Jack Biddle, Vice President/President Elect

I am thrilled to be chosen to fill the newly created position of Vice President/President Elect.  This position will entail a variety of duties, the foremost of which is learning the job of President of the Boulder Chorale.

It’s an honor to be in this demanding role and one which shouldn't be taken lightly.  I feel that my pre-retirement experience in management, leadership, organization and planning have prepared me to step into this Chorale position when the time comes.  I worked in information technology for 31 years specializing in project management and planning for the last six years.

I will be working closely with President JoAn Segal over the next year and helping Elsbeth Pryer Diehl on the planning committee.  I sing in the baritone section at rehearsals and would enjoy meeting you.

 

For Your Information, by Miriam Lindahl

Are you anxious to get a ‘jump start’ on the fall program?  Barnes & Noble is ordering Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.  This masterpiece will open our 41^st Season in early November.  Tim’s recommendation is:

Duruflé: Complete Choral Works

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

Richard Marlow, Conductor

October 2005     Chandos label

$20.54 per c.d. (tax included)

The recording is not being held for the Chorale, but they have agreed to keep some in stock.

 

 

New This Year…Season Tickets!

Karen Haimes, Ticket Manager

Watch for an email somewhere around mid-August announcing when and how you can order yours. You will be saving more than 15% on each of our concerts when purchasing season tickets! With this savings, you may want to consider purchasing more than just one----as gifts for friends, perhaps.

Or, email the names and addresses of any friends you think may want to order season tickets (before August 1) to boulderchorale@yahoo.com and we'll add them to our mailing list. An invitation to order season tickets will be mailed out to non-members at about the same time that you will get your email invitation.

 Order deadline will be October 14, but seat availability at Macky Auditorium will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Don't delay! Think now about how many season tickets you'll want to order so you can order promptly and get the best seats available in your price range.
Offering season tickets is an exciting new way to increase our patrons and our audiences. Our 41st season is starting off on a new level of professionalism! 

 

For the Membership

Peg Gorce and Wren Fritzlan

As members of the Boulder Chorale Board of Directors, Peg Gorce, Alto, serves as Membership Liaison and Wren Fritzlan, Tenor, serves as Assistant Registrar.    Over the past few years attendance at rehearsals (particularly dress rehearsals) has improved greatly.   This is an indication of increased commitment to the group and to our own growth and further development as a group of singers.  

Our job is to assist members with registration and to ensure that attendance is being taken in each section, beginning with our third rehearsal (September 12).   Members are allowed two absences before each concert without any questions asked.   After two absences, it is the Section Steward’s job and our responsibility to follow up with members who are having attendance difficulties.

Our attendance policy allows members to submit a written appeal to the Registrar to be allowed to miss more than two rehearsals, or to take a leave of absence.   All appeals are considered on a case by case basis, and may involve a consultation with the Artistic Director in terms of music preparedness and/or ability of any given singer.

It is our intent to be helpful to the membership, to assure that we are all attending rehearsals in order to prepare our music to the best of our ability, and to support the mission and purpose of the Boulder Chorale as an outstanding arts organization in the Boulder community.   Walk-in registration will begin on August 31, 2006 at 5:30 p.m.   We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time.   Welcome to the Boulder Chorale!!

 

 

Boulder Chorale Transition Meeting

Sharon Soderlund and Diane LaTourrette

Saturday, June 17th:  9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 18th:  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

SATURDAY:

All 2005-2006 Board members gave reports of their positions for this season.

 

The main item of business was the election of officers and the assignment of board positions.

There was some discussion about the board positions at our May 9 meeting, but this was the time to make firm decisions. 

 

Officers and Board members for 2006-2007:

President:  JoAn Segal

Vice President/President Elect:  Jack Biddle

Treasurer:  Jeff Hale

Secretary:  Diane LaTourrette

Concert Management:  Miriam Lindahl / Greg Herring

Development/Fund raising:  Stephanie Wanek             

Marketing/Publicity: Sharon Soderlund

Tickets:  Karen Haimes

Graphics:  Julie Hale / Christie Evenson

Web site:  Christie Evenson

Librarian:  Paul Haynes / Sam Richman

Membership:  Peg Gorce / Wren Fritzlan

Planning:  Elsbeth Pryer Diehl          

 

Issues discussed:

• Changing the day of the monthly Board meeting.
• Dual membership for the Women’s Chorale and the Chamber Chorale.
• Web site redesign. 
• Registration form.
• Role of registrars and member liaisons for Women’s Chorale and Chamber Chorale.

 

Tracy Allen joined us to facilitate the discussion of the Attendance policy and the Sponsorship policy.

 

SUNDAY:

1. In Executive Session, the Board decided on staff compensation.
2. Board members reported on plans, goals and ideas for the upcoming year.
3. Plans are proceeding for the tour of Greece.  Sue will put together a “tip” list as she has recently returned from Greece.
4. The Women’s Chorale will be open to women of the Chamber Chorale.
5. A new position, Publicity/Marketing, is being developed and is being chaired by Sharon.
6. A strategic planning process is being developed.
7. For the first time, the Boulder Chorale is offering a season ticket package for its four concerts.
8. Brief season schedule, including fund raising events:

Sept: Annual fund drive begins

Oct:  Arts and Crafts Fair

Nov: Concert on 5^th and 6^th 

Dec: Concert on 16^th and 17^th  

Jan:  Cabaret

Feb. or Mar: Benefit with Jubilate for Dushanbe Sister City Project

Mar: Concert on 17^th and 18^th 

Apr: Concert on 28^th

May: Gala event with silent auction and possible Greek theme

July 28^th – July 7^th:  Tour of Greece

9. Brief review of budget:

During the 2005-6 year, there was a deficit of approximately $2000 plus the cost of the retreat.

During the 2006-7 year, there is a projected deficit of approximately $1000.

 

 

2006-2007 41st Season Preview

I

Lux Aeterna: Works of Maurice Duruflé

The Boulder Chorale and the Chamber Chorale

Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church  (1421 Spruce Street)

 

II

Make We Joy: Songs of the Season

The Boulder Chorale, the Chamber Chorale, the Women’s Chorale with the Cathedral Brass Quintet and the Kutandara Marimba Ensemble

Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street)

 

III

An American Tapestry: Folksongs and Spirituals

The Boulder Chorale, the Chamber Chorale, and the Women’s Chorale

Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street)

 

IV

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

The Boulder Chorale with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado, Boulder

 

 

 

Contact the Board Members

JoAn Segal                                            Jack Biddle

President                                               Vice President/Pres. Elect

303-541-1065                                         720-304-2178

jsegalvv@earthlink.net                       jackbcmt@aol.com

 

Elsbeth Pryer Diehl                              Christine Evenson

Planning                                                Graphics/Website

303-443-2413                                         303-774-9301

elsbeth@indra.com                              christie_evenson@hotmail.com

 

Wren Fritzlan                                        Peg Gorce

Membership Assistant                       Membership Liaison

Assistant Registrar                              303-447-8720

303-651-9318                                         puritanprop.earthlink.net

wfritzlan@coloradorecovery.com    

 

Karen Haimes                                       Jeff Hale

Ticket Manager                                    Treasurer

Concert Dress Chair                            303-494-1836

303-442-7370                                         jeffhale58@msn.com

haimes1@aol.com

 

Julie Hale                                               Paul Haynes

Graphics                                                Music Librarian

303-494-1836                                         303-494-9154

juliehale1@msn.com                            prhaynes@comcast.net

 

Greg Herring                                         Diane LaTourrette

Asst. Concert Manager                      Secretary

303-440-6920                                         303-494-4177

gherring@us.ibm.com                         sjlatourrette@att.net

               

                                                                Sam Richman

Miriam Lindahl                                     Assistant Librarian

Concert Manager                                 303-494-2253

303-530-2077                                         samrichman@comcast.net

miriam.lindahl@comcast.net

 

Sharon Soderlund                                Stephanie Wanek

Marketing/Publicity                             Development/Fundraising

303-494-9459                                         303-545-9677

sksoderlund@yahoo.com                  smwanek@yahoo.com

         

 

General Announcements

 

Sarah Myers gave birth to a son, Alexander John Semple, in May.

 

Caitlin Sugishita gave birth to a son in July.

 

Charlotte Haynes died on June 3rd.  Services for Charlotte, the Chorale member with the longest tenure and our oldest and still sweetly singing member, were held at Atonement Lutheran Church, since the First Christian Church, of which she was a member, was undergoing renovation.  Several Chorale members sang at the service.

 

 

Calendar of Events

Tuesday, August 1—Mail-In Registration Begins

Registration forms will be available on-line at our website: (www.boulderchorale.org) and at the Boulder Chorale office.  Mail-In Registration will end on Tuesday, August 29.

 

Tuesday, August 8 through Friday, August 11—Auditions for the Chamber Chorale (see page three for times).  To schedule an audition, please call Erin Christensen-Mandel at 303-554-7692 or email: boulderchorale@yahoo.com

 

Monday, August 14 —Board of Directors Meeting

7:30 p.m.  Atonement Lutheran Church

Please let JoAn know if you plan to attend.

 

Friday, August 25—Deadline for September Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 29—Rehearsals begin

Large group 7:00-9:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday, August 29, Tuesday, September 5, and Tuesday, September 12—Walk-In Registration.

Boulder Chorale:  male tenors and basses

Boulder Women’s Chorale:  sopranos and altos

Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Parkway, Boulder

 

Tuesday, September 5—Rehearsals begin for small