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Let Music Fill the Air!

This is the opening piece of the Minnesota Chorale’s Bridges concert, performed this past November at the SPCO.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqSTStxdqg&w=560&h=315]

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MCTC Choirs present An Early Winter Concert Dec 9

Minneapolis Community and Technical College will present an Early Winter Concert featuring the MCTC Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble Friday December 9 at 7:30 pm in the Whitney Fine Arts Theater, 1424 Yale Place, on the MCTC campus in downtown Minneapolis. The concert, directed by Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and accompanied by Christopher Wolter will feature the choirs’ characteristic blend of European art music with folk and traditional music from across the globe.  Pieces include compositions and arrangements by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, Monte Mason, Harry Belafonte, and Giovanni Croce among others.  The choirs will be joined by guest artists percussionist Thomas Reimer and flautist Donna Hryniewicki.  A reception in the Fine Arts lobby will follow immediately after the concert. Light refreshments will be served.  Children are welcome.  Admission to this concert is free, but the choirs ask that you bring a non-perishable food donation that you may deposit in the marked bins outside the theater.  Food donations will go to the Hennepin County Emergency Food Network. 
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011

This video of Jobs’ commencement address to Stanford University graduates in 2005 is, to me, moving and inspiring.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc]

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MCTC Choir Retreat Sept 17

What could be better than a good part of your day singing, developing your choir musicianship skills, and hanging out with people who love to sing as much as you do?


MCTC Choirs Annual Retreat
When: Saturday September 17 from 12-4:30
Where: On the MCTC Campus, L3100, L3400, F2700*
Lunch will be provided.
Dress in comfortable clothing
Agenda for Choir Retreat Sept 17, 2011
Time: 12-4:30
Locations: L3100, L3400, F2700
12:00-1:00                  Lunch, Choir business meeting (Patrick), L3100
1:00-1:40                   Getting to know you activities (Sara and Olivia), L3100
1:40-2:20                   Session: Diction for Singers (Liz) L3100
2:20-2:30                   Break
2:30-3:00                   Session: Movement (Ellie Ahmann) L3400
3:00-4:30                   Music Rehearsal (Liz) F2700
*All room locations are on the MCTC Campus. For campus maps, go to this link: http://www.minneapolis.edu/campusmaps/index.cfm

This event is required for all choir members. 

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Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention

Choir Members – This is a wonderful singing opportunity – check it out!

1990 ~ Twenty-Second Annual Minnesota State ~ 2011
Sacred Harp Singing Convention
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – 25, 2011
Town Hall, The Landing, Shakopee
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. both days
~ ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS FREE EVENT ~ ~ NO PREVIOUS SINGING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ~

~ TUNEBOOKS will be available on loan, or you may purchase a book for $20.00 ~

~ POTLUCK DINNER ON THE GROUNDS provided by local host singers both days ~ ~ CHILD CARE will be available ~

THE SACRED HARP continues a 200 year old American tradition

of singing non-denominational hymns and songs written with shaped note heads. Singers sit in a hollow square facing the center and sing four parts, a cappella, with uninhibited vigor.

~ THE LANDING-MINNESOTA RIVER HERITAGE PARK (formerly Murphy’s Landing)
is located at 2187 Highway 101, one mile east of Shakopee; enter at the far west gate, not the main gate.
~ MORE INFORMATION is available at http://freude.com/mnfasola/
~ JOIN US FOR OUR REGULAR SINGINGS ~

2nd Sundays: St. Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N. Howell St., Saint Paul, 5-7 p.m.

4th Sundays: University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays: University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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Minnesota Chorale to appear at Galleria’s “Fashion’s Night Out”

The Minnesota Chorale will make an appearance at the Galleria in Edina’s “Fashion’s Night Out” this coming Thursday, Sept 8. The event will feature a variety of fun things to do, including food sampling from participating restaurants, live models, trunk shows and more. Your conductor will be part of this event, which I can promise will be both intriguing and entertaining. I can’t say more right now – it is “hush hush”, but for more info about the event, check out this link: http://www.galleriaedina.com/eat/fashions-night-out-2011/.