Jury sheets available

Folks, nice job on juries today! I was proud of all of you, and in spite of a few little things that probably felt much bigger to you than they actually were, you all sang well. Instead of trying to get together to review jury sheets or wait until the fall when we've all forgotten what you did, I've posted them on my door. I've also included Honors Recital audition sheets, SERNATS comments, etc. If you have any questions about the comments, let me know and we'll talk.

Be sure you have posted your listening assignments in your Google doc by noon tomorrow. It was due the last day of class, but I have given you a few extra days to be nice. Missing out on doing your listening can knock you down a grade if you're on the edge...it's in the syllabus, so this should not be a surprise to any of you. Be sure to get it done!

Auditions for THE MERRY WIDOW will be Friday, August 17, two days after classes resume. Callbacks will be the following Tuesday if necessary, and some of you may be asked to learn a duet or trio over the weekend. If you'd like to be considered for a major role and need guidance regarding what to sing, email me. Otherwise, sing something in English...and it's fine if I've heard it before. The idea is to sing something you're comfortable singing. Les Fillmer will be our conductor.

Have a wonderful summer! 

Voice juries

Darlings, remember to bring 5 copies of your completed Jury Repertory Sheet (link to the form is here) to your jury. We'll provide our own jury sheets for comments: no need to bring them. Enjoy yourselves and know that we want you to succeed! Happy summer.

NO OPERA on Thursday

Thanks for the fun today watching the DVD of MoLM...take Thursday off! Hope to see you next week to watch the DIE FLEDERMAUS video. Please go to the Facebook event and RSVP!

It's official: Fall Opera 2012

The fall opera is Johann Strauss's DIE FLEDERMAUS.

Performances will be November 15-17. We'll watch a video of the show next Tuesday (dead day) at 1pm. See the Facebook event: food will be provided, so we must know how many people are coming in advance! Please RSVP. Thanks.

MOLM meets Tuesday during opera

We'll meet tomorrow at 3:30 for the second performance viewing. If you can plan to come a little early (RIGHT after choir) and stay a little late, we won't have to meet Thursday! Looking forward to seeing all of you again.

Ghettos per last week's Convocation

For those of you interested in learning more about the ghettos we briefly discussed in conjunction with the Lori Laitman songs, here are some links:

Ghettos in Europe are discussed here.

The Warsaw ghetto uprising is here.

The Nazis took over the entire country of Poland in the space of one month. The Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, which encompassed only 1.3 square miles, were able to resist Nazi deportation for the same amount of time.

Final opera meetings

Our last two opera meetings will be Tuesday, 4/24 (in HRH) and Thursday, 4/26 (in the Choral Room). Both are required for those registered for opera, and anyone interested in being part of the opera in the fall is more than invited to Thursday's meeting. We'll discuss options for the opera selection, as well as auditions.