Rehearsal date, time and venue until end 2011

ST CUTHBERT'S REHEARSAL ROOMS 2011

October Tuesdays 11^th– church; 25^th – Lindisfarne Room;

November Tuesdays 1^st, 8^th, 15^th & 17^th – church (15^th is a Care Shelter night so use the side door.)

November Sunday 20^th – 6 pm to 7 pm rehearsal & 7.45 pm Concert;

November Tuesdays 22^nd & 29^th– church (22^nd is a Care Shelter night so use the side door.)

December Mondays 5^th & 12^th Church

Gotterdamerung -Opportunity - men's chorus

Walter Thomson (Jubilo) has contacted us to say that he is looking to form a men's chorus for Philip Taylor's "sing-thro" weekend of Gotterdamerung on the weekend of 24/25 September with Edinburgh Players Opera Group. The chorus is likely to be involved on Saturday morning, and sunday afternoon. Walter will also arrange a "note learning" session for earlier in that week.

If you are interested (and a man, of course!)and would like to know more, please contact Walter by phone (0131 662 0405), or e mail walterthomson@hotmail.co.uk

Brian

Future Concert Dates for your diary

CONCERT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

4 June 2011	Greyfriars
Saturday 19 Nov 2011	St Michael’s Linlithgow
Sunday 20 Nov 2011	St Cuthbert’s
24 March 2012	St Cuthbert’s
16 June 2012	St Cuthbert’s
8 Dec 2012	St Cuthbert’s
23rd or 24th Feb 2013	To be confirmed
8 June 2013	St Cuthbert’s
7 Dec 2013	St Cuthbert’s
29 March 2014	St Cuthbert’s
7 June 2014	St Cuthbert’s

Dress for St Matthew Passion - Please! The code is ....

Yes, clothing is recommended for St Matthew Passion, as follows:-
Ladies - long sleeved black blouses or tops, UNadorned with glitter/sequins/decoration etc and full length black evening skirts or black evening trousers (NO jeans, NO leggings, NO jeggings etc)

Gentlemen- black trousers and either black long sleeved shirts or black long sleeved polo necked tops. NO ties. NO evening jackets.

ALL - NO jewelry (apart from wedding/engagement rings)

Thanks

Rehearsals Dates and Venues for Haydn's Creation (concert 4.6.11)

These are the dates for April and May rehearsals for Haydn's 'Creation'. All rehearsals at 7.30pm unless indicated otherwise. All rehearsals at St. Cuthbert's will be in the main church (and there are no sleepovers!)

Tuesday 5th April at St C's;
Monday 11th April St C's;
Tuesday 3rd May at St C's;
Tuesday 10th May at St C's; Please note 10.5.11 is also an 'open rehearsal" for potential new choir members. No doubt you will make any newcomers feel very welcome.
Tuesday 17th May at St C's;
Tuesday 24th May at St C's.
Tuesday 31st May Greyfriars
Thursday 2nd June Greyfriars
Saturday 4th June Rehearsal Greyfriars 2pm
Concert Greyfriars 7.30pm (lining up 7.15pm)

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Rehearsal dates and times (St Matthew Passion)

To confirm:
There is no rehearsal next tuesday,March 8th.
Instead there will be a rehearsal on thursday March 10th at St Cuthberts.

The rehearsal on the day of the concert (Saturday 26 March) will start at 9 30 am., and should be concluded by 1 30 pm.

The performance begins at 6 30 pm.

Any questions or uncertainties or difficulties- please let one of us know.
Thanks
Brian

Civic Reception -THIS FRIDAY - 25th February 2011, 7-8pm

Hi All

Can there ever be enough reminders? This Friday is our big event - the Civic Reception at City Chambers, Edinburgh from 7-8pm. The entrance to City Chambers is just opposite St Gile's Cathedral on the Royal Mile. There is no specific dress code but hopefully everyone will want to look smart for the occasion and dress appropriately for a relatively formal, if brief, evening function.

Enjoy!

Concert Programmes 2011/12

A number of members have been asking about our Concert programmes for next season (2011/12). Here it is in outline .

November 19 and 20th 2011
Brahms: Tragic Overture; A German Requiem
Bruckner: Ecce Sacerdos
November 19 - St Cuthberts.
November 20- St Micheal's, Linlithgow.

March 24th 2012
Bach: Easter Oratorio; Mass in G Major; Cantatas no. 4 (Christ lag in Todesbunden); and no. 6 (Bleib bei uns denn es will Abend Werden)

June 9th 2012
Parry: Songs of farewell
Gorecki: Totus Tuus
Tavener: St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Kenneth Macmillan: Sedebit Dominus Rex, and A Child's Prayer

We expect to be able to confirm dates of rehearsals and all other details,( including ordering scores) before the end of this season. If you have any queries before that please don't hesitate to ask by email or at rehearsal and we will do our best to answer.

Brian