CHORUS NEWS
Reservations are now available
for our one-day workshop with world-renowned choral conductor,
JERRY BLACKSTONE!
“Creating a FANTASTIC Choir: Practical Tips for Choral Excellence”
Saturday, August 24, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm, $20 advance tickets, lunch included
Advance registration deadline: 8/21.
Join us for this exciting day for SE Michigan choir members, conductors, and choral ensembles of all levels – including community, church, university, and professional choirs – with special guest, Grammy® Award-winning conductor Dr. Jerry Blackstone, Director of Choirs and Chair of the internationally acclaimed conducting department at the University of Michigan, who will present a one-day workshop on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Detroit, sponsored by the Community Chorus of Detroit. The morning session will cover warm-up exercises, vowel unification, expressive elements, rehearsal possibilities, “Rules of the Game” for choral singers, and other important choral music topics in a lecture/workshop format, with audience participation, as we learn Jerry’s top tips for ways we can all improve. We’ll break for a delicious pizza buffet lunch (vegetarian option) with salad and dessert, followed by our afternoon session with Jerry, during which we’ll enjoy a community sing of the Fauré Requiem with Jerry as conductor, employing the ideas from our morning session.
Schedule of the day:
10:00 check-in
10:30 morning session: lecture/workshop presentation
12:00 lunch
1:00 afternoon session: community sing - Fauré Requiem
3:00 end
Address/parking: Central United Methodist Church; 23 E. Adams St. on Grand Circus Park, Detroit, MI 48226; parking lot entrance off Woodward.
Tickets: $20 in advance or $30 at the door, including lunch and use of scores. Tickets will not be sent by mail; there will be a will-call desk at the event. Your Paypal record serves as your receipt and ticket voucher. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the NOAH Project, serving homeless people in Detroit.
SINGERS WHO REGISTER TO SING WITH THE COMMUNITY CHORUS OF DETROIT BY 8/22 RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION FOR THE 8/24 WORKSHOP. Please complete the registration process on the site (Membership/Register) and pay fall or full-year CCD dues; note on your workshop ticket order that you’ve registered for the CCD.
Please share this invitation with your friends and colleagues.
Pay here to register for the “Creating a FANTASTIC Choir” workshop. You do not need a PayPal account to pay online, as you can pay by credit card on PayPal.
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We also cordially invite you to our FUNdraiser at the Gold Cup hydroplane races on Sunday, July 14, 9:30-late afternoon. Tickets for this private party are $30, and include spectacular viewing of the entire course at a private, historic residence in a garden setting close to the finish line, a pizza-buffet lunch, and an ice cream social in the afternoon. Reservation deadline is July 9. Please email us (below) for an invitation with complete info.
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LOVE TO SING? Please join the chorus for our fall 2013 season by going to Membership. Our December concerts feature some of the most beautiful holiday music ever written, and in the spring we’ll sing the magnificent Verdi Requiem with several other major Detroit choirs, full orchestra, and outstanding soloists at one of the city’s most stunning historic sites.
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…and stand by for info about our fall 2015 European tour in France, where we will sing at the Cathedrals of Notre Dame in both Paris and Chartres, among many extraordinary venues!
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All of us in the Community Chorus of Detroit thank you – our supporters – for all you do to help us to continue “Singing in the heart of Detroit!”
Questions: info@communitychorusofdetroit.com