Help needed on the door on Saturday!

Is there anyone who would volunteer any of their friends/family who are coming to the concert to sell tickets and programmes on the door on Saturday?

Many thanks for your help.

from Ed and the Champs

Gosforth High Street 12 noon

Amsterdam Repertoire

Dear All,

Once again the system has foiled me. I've uploaded the Amsterdam repertoire but the email hasn't arrived so here it is: http://tsgcc.blogspot.com/2011/07/amsterdam-repertoire.html

Ed

Amsterdam Repertoire

And once Saturday is over we start thinking about our trip to Amsterdam!

Here's the repertoire list for our rehearsal on Monday. We'll work out then what we going to do for certain.

Bennet, John	All creatures now	SSATB	http://tinyurl.com/4xj3zhs
Biebl, Franz	Ave Maria	TTB, TTBB	http://tinyurl.com/yzfchs9
Byrd, William	Sing Joyfully	SSAATB	http://tinyurl.com/3wrob5j
Elgar, Edward	As torrents in summer	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/3mbbqyf
Elgar, Edward	The Shower	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/43ouwvt
Finzi, Gerald	My Spirit Sang All Day	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/3f2th4j
Grieg, Edvard	Ave maris stella	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/yf5vkf5
Holst, Gustav	Nunc Dimitis	SSAATTBB	http://tinyurl.com/3tth3hn
Kodaly, Zoltan	Esti Dal	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/6gbfcka
Kodaly, Zoltan	Turot Eszik	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/3cfh5ra
Monteverdi, Claudio	Cantate Domino	SSATBB	http://tinyurl.com/3je9s6a
Orbán, Görgy	Daemon irrepit callidus	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/yksw3mu
Passeareau, Pierre	Il est bel et bon	SATB	http://tinyurl.com/lm4lpa
Rheinberger, Josef	Abendlied	SSATTB	http://tinyurl.com/3dgaat8
Stanford, Charles	Beati quorum via	SSATBB	http://tinyurl.com/63fcq8r
Whitacre, Eric	Sleep	SSAATTBB	http://tinyurl.com/ygarlnz

Saturday!

Dear All,

I have put lots of lovely information about the concert with a photo of Rachel on the website and for some reason it hasn't sent it out. Please check here for it: http://tsgcc.blogspot.com/2011/07/saturday.html

Thanks.

Saturday's Practical Details

Dear All,

Here are the practical details for Saturday.

Please be at the church ready to sing for 16:00 (and no later). We will be joined by Jenny at 17:15 and then Rachel at 17:45. The choir will then have a break from 18:00 (when Rachel and Jenny will rehearse), and the concert starts at 19:00. We should be all done by 21:00 and then it's round to Mary's for a well deserved drink (and some food).

Please wear black with a splash of colour for the concert and remember your black folder. You will need water for supping, and an emergency pencil. We will bring spares for music, but please do check all your music and put it in order beforehand. The programmes will be for audience first so please do bring an order of concert, and we will print up some snazzy programmes for you to remember it all by afterwards.

That's it I think! Look after your voice during the week please. Not a good time to take up smoking or for yelling at the bairns (get someone else to do it) and remember to get lots and lots of lovely sleep.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Ed

Saturday!

Thanks all for such a great rehearsal.We are very excited about Saturday. The practical details will follow, but in the meantime here's the information I promised to help us all sell this gig. Pick and choose!

The Sage Gateshead Chamber Choir is singing on Saturday 23 July at Trinity Church, Gosforth, with the local young soprano Rachel Dyson.

Rachel Dyson (29) is from Morpeth and is studying with the wonderful Geordie English National Opera Bass soloist Graeme Danby. As well as developing her singing career, Rachel works as Project Leader for The Sage Gateshead CoMusica programme. Rachel has performed in many exciting venues including Wembley Stadium, York Minster and St. Mark’s in Venice but is always delighted to be asked to sing in the North East. Recent performances have included the 21^st George Walker Last Night of the Proms in Newcastle, Colombina in Lusvardi’s Colombo Tutto Tondo in Galway, the title role in Sullivan’s Patience at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, her first Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata in Leeds, touring with Heritage Opera’s production of Die Fledermaus and the soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah for Guisborough Choral Society. Rachel is a young talent on the up and has to be heard to be truly appreciated.

Here’s Rachel in the Journal: http://tinyurl.com/3jsubb3

The Sage Gateshead Chamber Choir (http://tsgcc.blogspot.com/) is part of the organisation’s brimming Adult Programme and is made up of 40 enthusiastic singers from across the region. We sing a whole range of music from very ancient (including a French peasant madrigal about men being cuckolded) to right up to date (including a fabulous 7 part Ave Maria for male voices by Biebl), and aim for singing to really high standard whilst having a good time. In the concert the choir will be performing in any number of parts, accompanied by Jenny Martins (who plays for lots of local choirs, including The Sage Gateshead’s own Quay Voices and Philharmonic Voices). 

The choir is directed by Ed Milner. Ed is from the north east and is Head of Young Musicians Programme at The Sage Gateshead. He has worked with many choirs, and believes passionately that everyone has a voice to sing with. Ed studied at Sheffield and Newcastle and has played classical violin, fiddle and French horn in his time. Singing however is his first love. Ed is an experienced choral conductor; he has prepared choirs for performances of the Little Match Girl Passion (Lang) and for the BBC Free Thinking Festival. Ed is Head of Young Musician’s Programme at The Sage Gateshead. Ed loves working with the Chamber Choir; the first rehearsal 6 years ago consisted of Ed, 2 altos and a bass and he is very proud of the 40 singers who now regularly attend and sing together so passionately.

Jenny Martins is originally from Keighley, West Yorkshire and came to Newcastle to study Music in 2004. Since graduating she has worked all over the North East as a freelance musician. Jenny currently teaches the piano as well as working with several local choirs including Quay Voices, Streetwise choir, Philharmonic Voices, Northern Praeclassica and the newly established Femme Chorale. Jenny also accompanies regularly for soloists at all the local universities and performs with the chamber ensembles Sirocco Sextet and Newcastle Sinfonietta.

We are hoping for a really lovely summer concert wt a great crowd, and there is fizzy wine and strawberries in the interval. 

7pm, Saturday 23 July, Trinity Church Gosforth High Street, £8/£4