The Ice King Cometh!

Sex, politics, intrigue, great parties, the famous Can-can, and it’s all in English!

Orpheus in the Underworld

Sat January 17 at 8pm; Sun 1/18 at 3pm; Sat 1/24 at 8pm; Sun 1/25* at 3pm

At the Atlas Performing Arts Center: 1333 H St. NE - Valet Parking - 
Free Shuttle from Union Station Metro (Saturday only - call 1-301-751-1802)

Sex, politics, intrigue, great parties, the famous Can-can, and it’s all in English!

Offenbach’s satirical opera makes fun of the myth of Orpheus & Eurydice and 

of societal convention: When Pluto, the Lord of the Underworld, kidnaps Euridyce, 
Orpheus is delighted, as he no longer loves her! However, Public Opinion dictates 
he must go to her rescue … The gods of Olympus, bored with their exalted 
existence, intervene, and everybody goes to Hell! 
Super singers, fab dancers, chamber orchestra, a beautiful mini-opera-house… what fun!

Rick Davis and Joel Lazar, Directors; Susan Shields, Choreographer. New English adaptation 
by Kelley Rourke. Designed by Osbel Susman-Peña, Marianne Meadows, Donna Breslin. 
With Philip Bender, Serena Canino, Catherine Carlin, Grace Gori, Bryan Jackson, 
Scott Kenison, David Kozisek, Laura Lewis, Daniele Lorio, Sean Pflueger,

Rick Novak, Randa Rouweyha, Marcos Rivera, Beth Rubens, Jennifer Suess and

Richard Tappen.

Tickets: $39 - $36 -  $20

 

*OUT at In Series performance offering a special welcome to  the GLBT

Community, and including a post-performance discussion led by Colleen Fay.

For reservations and more information call 202-204-7760
or visit www.inseries.org

We're Back!

It's been quite a while since we've posted to the choir blog, but I wanted to share some photos from the 1st NYAPC caroling venture. Several of us visited Ingleside (a local nursing home) and sang for NYA members and strangers alike. Much fun was had by all! We are hoping to turn this into a Christmas tradition for the choir and to visit homebound NYA members in other places as well. Stay tuned!

On a sad note, this turned out to be our last visit with Betty Jackson, who died 10 days after this photo was taken. May God bless her and keep her and all who grieve for her.

NYAPC choir goes down to the river

On Sunday, March 30th, the choir hosted a guest men's choir from Limburg, Germany. The music was magnificant, and in the afternoon we took them for a boat ride. The cherry blossoms were in bloom, and although it was cold much fun was had by all! We look forward to another choir boat trip soon...

Avast Ye!

Shiver me timbers! Our very own David Williams will be performing in the upcoming production of Pirates of Penzance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. Note below David's performance dates. If you're interested in going as a group, contact Tamara.

The Washington Savoyards, Washington's Light Opera Company, will be presenting the Gilbert & Sullivan classic Pirates of Penzance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington from February 23-March 9. The 16 performance production will feature David Williams in the role of the Sergeant of Police. Info and tickets at the Washington Savoyard web site http://www.savoyards.org/ The Atlas Center is at 1333 H Street NE.

The role of the Sergeant is double cast with David taking eleven of the sixteen performances. These are evenings at 8 PM on Feb 23,27, Mar 1,5,6, and 8. Also 2:30 PM matinees Feb 24, Mar 1,2,8,9. This is also a "Stages for all Ages" production which means you can get one free child (17 and under) ticket for each paying adult for all performances.

Schedule for Lent and Easter

Good morning fellow choristers! Please check out the updated choir calendar in the column on your right...keep looking...that's it...not too far down...okay, you see it!

Also, thanks very much to those who volunteered to keep some of the German students, but they will be staying on campus with George Mason students. However, we will be hosting them for breakfast on Sunday, February 23 at 9:30 a.m. So please come up and have a bagel before choir rehearsal at 10:15 a.m. Don't forget that we will perform one of the Duke Ellington Sacred Service works with the choir.

Stay warm and have a great week. See you Thursday!

So Much To Say

Hello fans of the NYAPC Choir! Can I get a "whoop-whoop?!"

I think that we've been doing a great job with our pieces the last couple of Sundays: connecting with the audience, uh I mean, congregation, and working more on our diction and dynamics. Please do your best to continue to come to rehearsals and, of course, services. One voice can make such a difference.

This week, we've updated the blog to include a lot of performances happening at the church and in the surrounding community.

Please remember that we're welcoming the Berlin Musikhochschule Jazz Choir during the 11:00 a.m. worship service on February 24. On Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., they will be presenting Duke Ellington's Sacred Service at the Vienna Baptist Church, 541 Marshall Road, SW, Vienna, Va. This is a free concert and features choir, soloists, tap dancers, and jazz orchestra.

See you Thursday!