Just to clarify, the choir will not be singing at the service this
Sunday, January 1st. We will begin regular Wednesday-night rehearsals
this coming Wednesday night, the 4th.
See you then, and thanks for all the great singing these past several
weeks. (We even had nine people to sing in the choir on Christmas morning!)
Allan
"The Day-Spring" was a great treat for me last Sunday, and I hope it was
for you also. I thought it went pretty much without a flaw: the
soloists did an excellent job, the choir sounded great, and Laura and
Sue played beautifully. And with the young people joining us on the
final chorus, it made a lovely and exciting end to the cantata. Thanks
to everyone for all the hard work and for capturing the style of the
music so wonderfully.
Wednesday evening we will rehearse the Christmas Eve music. Then, let's
plan to meet at 10:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve so we can have time to go
over everything before the 11:00 service.
Also, it appears that we will have a small but nonetheless stalwart
group of singers for the Christmas morning service, so we will plan to
meet at our usual time (8:45 a.m.) that morning to practice an anthem or
two for that service.
Thanks again to everyone for your time and talent -- and a blessed
Christmas to all.
Sincerely,
Allan
Just a reminder that we will meet at 8:30 this Sunday morning for
rehearsal, as we do have a number of pieces to rehearse before the 9:30
service.
See you then.
Allan
The summer certainly went by quickly/slowly, and it's that time again.
Choir rehearsals will begin again this Wednesday evening, September 7th,
at the usual time -- 7:30 p.m.
We will sing at the service next Sunday, the 11th -- with a brass
quartet and our new organist, Laura Edman -- so I look forward to seeing
you Wednesday evening.
It appears that a number of people will be out of town this week
including on Sunday, so I doubly hope you can be there Wednesday and
Sunday! (And bring a friend!)
Thanks again for your time and talent.
Allan
Wednesday evenings this July come to Epiphany Church in Plymouth to sing and play some really great music for some really great causes. We gather at 7 and rehearse for just an hour, take a break for some wonderful refreshments, then come back and play it straight through without stopping.
Suggested donation: $10 — every dime goes to the charity of the evening.
Church of the Epiphany, 4900 Nathan Lane N, Plymouth — just west of US 169 at the 49th Avenue exit [map]
July 6 - Vivaldi Gloria - for CARE
July 13 - Haydn Mass in Time of War / Paukenmass - for City House
July 20 - Mozart Requiem - for the National Alliance on Mental Illness
July 27 - Brahms A German Requiem - for NEAR Foodshelf
Thanks so much to all of you who sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" for
yesterday's service. I think that the many individual comments we
received from members of the congregation attest to how meaningful it
was to them. It was great to have Lenny and Lyle join us in the choir,
and we owe special gratitude to Rebecca Erickson for her excellent work
at the piano playing the difficult accompaniment. So, thanks to all of
you for turning out early to rehearse and for singing and playing
beautifully; it was much appreciated by everyone.
Sincerely,
Allan
Just a reminder that this Sunday is the day we will be singing "Battle
Hymn of the Republic" (I realize that some of you have indicated that
you cannot be there, but it was easier just to send this e-mail to all
names on the choir list).
The plan is to meet at 8:30 a.m. in the choir loft to rehearse the
anthem, then sing for the service at 9:30. We won't wear robes, and the
music will be available in the sanctuary.
I think there will be several non-regular-choir-members joining us, but
we can always use more, so please invite others to come and sing.
Looking forward to seeing all who can be with us,
Allan
Sunday, May 15th, Picnic at Todd and Marjorie Williams, beginning at 1:00 PM
for choir members and significant others, honoring Ann McManus. We will barbecue chicken and ribs and provide tea and coffee and Punch. Please sign up to bring something to share below. Please email us at milliams@comcast.net to indicate RSVP. Weather providing we will be outside and on porch. Bring lawn chairs. Be prepared to play Bocce ball, or just sit and relax.
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Sorry that I forgot to indicate in my previous message our rehearsal
time for Easter Sunday morning. I think we will need to (brace
yourself) meet at 7:45 a.m. that morning in order to have time to get
everything rehearsed. But remember that we used to do that with some
regularity, so this is like old times! And remember also that there is
a breakfast between the services. Also, that we are taking the summer off.
And a further reminder that information about the choir schedule is
posted on the choir's web site:
https://sites.google.com/site/firstpresstillwaterchoir/
See you tomorrow night at 7:00.
Allan
Just a reminder that our rehearsal tomorrow night will be at Our
Savior's Lutheran Church, not at First Presbyterian. If you are able to
be at their church soon after 7:00 (I realize there are some who cannot
make it early), we can have a short rehearsal of our own before we join
their choir to rehearse with Bill Beckstrand. If you can come early
just go to their choir room. It's easy to locate: come in the back
door off the back parking lot, turn right at the first hallway, then
immediately right again into the choir room.
I will bring the folders of any people who might have not taken their's
home with them on Sunday, so don't worry about picking up your music at
our church.
After our combined rehearsal, we will have a rehearsal there with just
our own choir and be finished by 9:15.
It will be fun to sing this great new composition together, and I look
forward to seeing you tomorrow night.
Thanks.
Allan
We have received the entire score for the new composition Bill
Beckstrand has written for our Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
services. It is a beautiful work, very accessible, and we will be
singing through the entire piece at tonight's rehearsal. I'm sure you
will enjoy singing it.
Also tonight, guest-harpist Denise Boczek will be with us to rehearse
this coming Sunday's two anthems (one of which also includes our
resident clarinetist, Dan Roth).
We have a lot of music to prepare for the coming Sundays -- (they seem
to be coming up quicker than usual!). So I hope you can be at rehearsal
tonight and in the upcoming weeks.
Thanks for your time, talent, and devotion.
Allan
ADK to Bill Beckstrand: We sang 'Herre Gud" as the anthem this morning. It went very well, I think, and the young saxophonist -- senior in high school -- played it beautifully. It also fit in well with the scriptures, as the pastor alluded to in his sermon.
Bill Beckstrand to ADK: Thanks so much for the word on HERRE GUD... so glad it went well..!! Just got word from MorningStar as to its publication release, so that's good news (a bunch of other pieces too).I'm still putting the final touches on "Great God..." working like sixty... having a few turns and surprises (good ones!) that I hadn't counted on, but will have an email (PDF file) to you by morning. Wish I could say tonight, but I have my Borealis Chorale rehearsals tonight, and lessons this afternoon. I'll be up tonight as late as necessary to get you the goods by morning...
It was a wonderful and really meaningful experience. Thanks so much to Linda for organizing the event and to Allan and Linda for welcoming folk afterward. What a great ministry afternoon.
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Allan & Linda Kellar <aandlkellar@comcast.net> wrote:
We had a nice time caroling yesterday with a dozen of us in the group (there would have been 13 except that Cathy Gillaspy's car misbehaved just as she drove into the church parking lot and she had to bow out). The group included Julie James, Marjorie and Todd Williams, Don and Margaret Irwin, Stephanie Frost, Donna and Mac Barlass, Noel White, and Daryl Timmer (who very graciously joined us to help round out the tenor section). Our repertory included six different hymns (from "Trust in the Lord" to "I'm Gonna Live so God Can Use Me"), and we sang for Merle Strohbehn and family members over in Hudson, for Elva Keller and Anita Stepan at the Good Samaritan Rest Home, and for Diane Thompson at her house (tracking in a fair amount of snow, but we sounded really good, so it was okay). Afterwards we repaired to the Kellars for refreshments.
It was a nice afternoon. Thanks to all those who were able to take part. We'll plan to go hymn-caroling again -- with more advance notice next time!
We had a nice time caroling yesterday with a dozen of us in the group (there would have been 13 except that Cathy Gillaspy's car misbehaved just as she drove into the church parking lot and she had to bow out). The group included Julie James, Marjorie and Todd Williams, Don and Margaret Irwin, Stephanie Frost, Donna and Mac Barlass, Noel White, and Daryl Timmer (who very graciously joined us to help round out the tenor section). Our repertory included six different hymns (from "Trust in the Lord" to "I'm Gonna Live so God Can Use Me"), and we sang for Merle Strohbehn and family members over in Hudson, for Elva Keller and Anita Stepan at the Good Samaritan Rest Home, and for Diane Thompson at her house (tracking in a fair amount of snow, but we sounded really good, so it was okay). Afterwards we repaired to the Kellars for refreshments.
It was a nice afternoon. Thanks to all those who were able to take part. We'll plan to go hymn-caroling again -- with more advance notice next time!
It was a nice afternoon. Thanks to all those who were able to take
part. We'll plan to go hymn-caroling again -- with more advance notice
next time!
Just a reminder of the plan to go hymn caroling next Sunday afternoon,
February 27th, for all who are available to do so. The plan is to
depart from the church at 2:00 and to come to our house afterwards for
refreshments. There will be a sign-up sheet at choir rehearsal
Wednesday night. Hope you will be able to join us.
See you Wednesday, and thanks.
Allan
Our web site is ready for visitors. Give it a look!! It is designed to
keep you up to date on music we will be singing, dates we will and will
not sing, as well as listing practice and Sunday start times. In
addition, we will list upcoming musical events of particular interest to
us all. Though I often mention these events on Wednesday evening, the
web site will provide additional information including directions to get
to the venue. We will be happy to list additional events that you care
about. Just email that information to Bill White for posting on the
schedule.
I will continue to send out periodic emails when new information
requires it so the website won't be the only source of information.
Here is the link to the web site.
https://sites.google.com/site/firstpresstillwaterchoir/
Since the website URL is not easy to remember, please bookmark this link
in your browser.
Your suggestions or comments to Bill White (whitewm@yahoo.com) or myself
are always appreciated.
A little weather related levity. NOT from my brother-in-law, incidentally, although it might well be, since they are in Texas for the winter! And they're certainly having it there.
ADK
Just a reminder that we need to start our Sunday morning rehearsal
promptly at 8:45 -- or even a bit earlier would be great. Remember, we
have 3 (THREE!) pieces to rehearse with the trumpeter. See you then.
Allan
