NYAPC Carolling

NYAPC will be carolling on Sunday December 9th at 4:00 pm. We will meet at the church and go on together to sing in various places. We will probably start at the Franklin Shelter a few blocks from the church, and then go on to 14th and P street to sing at Whole Foods and other places in that neighborhood.

We really need to have some good strong singers to keep things moderately musical, so please do come out and sing! There are rumours that we will be having some hot mulled cider somewhere along the way.

Our own Martha Davis is organizing this event.

2007-2008 Holiday Season Calendar

12/9 Advent II

• Prelude: (8:45) Hymn Sing/(11:00) Chorale Prelude on "Wachet auf" J. S. Bach
• Introit: "Sleepers, Wake!" A Voice Astounds Us" J. S. Bach
• Anthem: "And the Glory of the Lord," from Messiah G. F. Handel
• Offertory: O Magnum Mysterium Nicolas White
  

12/16 – Advent III

• 8:45 AM Youth pageant
• 11:00 AM – Senior Choir, Britten, Ceremony of Carols
  

12/23 – Advent IV – Single Service, 10 AM

• Anthem: O Come, O Wisdom from on High French melody, arr. Martinson With instrumental solo
• Offertory: Hope for Resolution arr. Caldwell and Ivory
  

12/24 - Christmas Eve

• 5:30 – Multigenerational Service – soloist, no choir
• 8 PM – Choir on for full communion service – white book carols, etc.
  

12/30 – Christmastide I, Single service at 10 AM (beaucoup carols…)

• Prelude: Chorale Prelude on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her" Johann Pachelbel
• Anthem: Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (From Heaven above, to earth I come) J. S. Bach
• Offertory: The First Noel Arr. Willcocks
  

NB: No Thursday rehearsal, 12/29

1/6 – Christmastide II

• Anthem: Upon My Lap, My Sovereign Sits M. Peerson Offertory: I Wonder as I Wander Traditional
  

1/13 – Epiphany (Stan in Hawaii, Alice Mikolajewski conducts)

Schedule for the next week

Sunday, November 11

• The usual 8:45 and 11am services.
• At 10am meet in the downstairs Sunday school level to rehearse with the children who will be singing with us at the first service on Sunday, November 17.
• Immediately after that rehearsal (10:15) dash upstairs to the choir room. Stan will go over the music to be sung that day but will also work on Handel.
  

Thursday, November 15

• Rehearsal will be extended to 7:15 - 9:00.
• Alice will be there at 6:30 to work with all who would like additional help.

Sunday, November 17

• At the 8:45 service, the childen will be singing the benediction with the choir. Please join us if you can.
• Immediately after the first service make a bee line for the choir loft where we will rehearse with Stan and the orchestra.
• Ready or not, at 11am we have a date with George Frideric.

Help with Handel

Thanks to Tamara, who found a link to the CyberBass audio rehearsal tracks for Dixit. Click here to perfect your part!

U.S. Music Camp International Children’s Choir Sings at NYAPC

This coming weekend, we are hosting an international choir of young people. Please see the press release information posted here.

An international children’s choir of 35 young people—14 from Romania; 17 from Ukraine and 4 from California, will be performing at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 28, at 11:00 a.m.

The choir is a project of Music Camp International, an international children’s charity that brings music education to children, especially poor and disadvantaged families in Eastern Europe. The children, ages 10-17, will sing a variety of repertoire in five languages: English, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Latin.

Founded by Connie Fortunato in 2002, Music Camp International’s purpose is to take the healing gift of music to all children, regardless of economic or cultural status. Music Camp International is based on the belief that all children have music inside, and in the process of discovering and developing that gift, each child develops dignity, self-esteem, and hope. The week long Music Camps provide instruction and outstanding music involvement for orphans, children in the social service system, and all children without an audition or cost to them. Each child on tour has participated in at least one Music Camp in their own country.

Music Camp International’s home office is in Santa Cruz, California. It is also a registered charity in both Romania and Ukraine, with national offices in Kiev and Bucharest. Music Camp International works closely with the Ministry of Education in Romania and the Department of Social Services in Ukraine, and has earned the endorsement of the highest government officials and advocates for children’s affairs.

Jacob's Baptism Open House

From Stacey - pulled from her comment to the last post:

Great blog! Thanks for putting this together and, more importantly, maintaining it.
I would like to make sure that the details for Jacob's Baptism Open House are on the blog.
What: Jacob's Baptism Open House
When: October 28, 2007 1:30 - 4:00
Where: Stacey, John and Jacob's House (see Choir Roster for address. Feel free to e-mail or call us for directions.)
Thanks!

Open House, Sunday!

No, we weren't putting the choir room on the market...although housing sales are still really strong in DC...hmmm.

On Sunday, September 30, the choir hosted an open house, complete with food--of course--and lots of fellowship. As promised, here are photos of the grand event. We signed up two new choir members, making the event an unqualified success.

Tutti Verticale

Last weekend we enjoyed a great choir clinic with George Singleton. He taught us how to loosen our palates and reminded us to keep our columns straight--tutti verticale!!

If you missed the session (oh where, oh where have the mens' sections gone?), here are some photos. The afternoon concluded with a tasty lunch in Chinatown.

Stay tuned for photos from Sunday's Choir Open House.

...And don't forget, you can make comments to this blog, give suggestions, cheer us on, etc. etc. etc.

Let's Get Clinical!

Next Saturday, September 29, we will have our annual choir retreat at the NYAPC choir room. I know, that's hardly a retreat, but we have a great morning planned for you. Our goals are to give guidance on improving our sound and spend extra time preparing for this fall's program of music. Please see all the details below.

Choir Retreat
September 29, 2007
9:15 a.m.
NYAPC Choir Room
Please be on time... it's not our group's strength, but if you put your mind to it and just build in a few extra minutes, I know you can do it! You're reward is a tasty breakfast.

Our Schedule
9:15-9:45 a.m. breakfast and socializing
9:45 a.m. greetings and warm-up
9:48-11:00 a.m. choir clinic with George Singleton
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon additional rehearsal

12:00 noon and on...please remember to vote for your after retreat preference below.

We are very pleased to welcome George Singleton, who will be leading us in a choir clinic. For more than twenty-two years, George was a member of The Singing Sergeants, the official chorus of the U.S. Air Force. He has served as soloist at Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ for thirty-three years, and served as director of the children’s choir for seven years. Additionally, he has sung both as soloist and as a member of Circle Singers, the Southern Maryland Choral Society, and for several years was the director of the USAF Officer’s Wives Club Chorus, The Skylarks.

George is a graduate of Pfeiffer University, The American University, and has studied in the Opera School of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

The First Posting Gives You a Choice!

We've created the NYAPC Choir blog to help form an online resource for the choir. If we manage to get our act together, we can use this space to post info on upcoming events and works, scheduling, and retreats.

Which leads us to our very first interactive feature:

What would you like to do after the choir retreat?
	Go see a DC United game.
	Go have Dim Sum.
	Go have a wine tasting in Virginia.
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