Chorus Notes May 2, 2006 03-May-2006 00:23:41

Dark clothes and soft-soled shoes (no high heels - so we don't sound like tap-dancers backstage)

Big or small, all contributions make a difference! Brochures and donation envelopes are available tonight. Particpation % and totals will be announced May 19!

Re auditions will be held May 18 and May 20. Please sign up TONIGHT if you need to reaudition! Auditions will be held in quartets singing the following excerpts from the Verdi Requiem:

Copies of these excerpts are available tonight. Please learn this music even if you didn't sing the Requiem in February.

We will hold our year-end ceremonies on stage at Jones Hall after the first all Strauss concert on Friday, May 19. The Houston Symphony is hosting this thank you reception for chorus members, and it promises to be a special event!

Men singing Strauss: Please RSVP if you plan to attend (lists in hallway). This event is for chorus members only, not guests, so men singing Strauss may want to use their comp ticket for another night.

Women: You are invited to attend the Strauss concert that evening as the
guest of the Symphony. If you would like a comp ticket for this concert, please sign up on the lists in the hallway.

Women's tickets will be in individual envelopes at the Will Call window. Because the box office is handling this directly, if you have signed up to have tickets together, could you please re-sign and indicate in whose name the tickets should be held? And be sure that this information is clear: no vague arrows please!!

Calendar

Holst (women) & Strauss (men)

May 3 NO PIANO REHEARSAL

May 4 Holst

Piano Rehearsal JH ON STAGE 6:30

Orchestra Rehearsal follows

May 5, 6 Holst concert call time 8:30 pm

May 7 Holst call time 3:00 pm

May 9 Strauss 7-10 pm

May 16 Strauss Jones Hall

Piano Rehearsal JH Reh room 6:30

Orchestra Rehearsal follows

May 17 Strauss Orchestra call time TBA

May 18 No Rehearsal

May 19, 20 Strauss Concert 8 pm call time TBA

May 21 Strauss concert 2:30 pm call time TBA

May 19 Year End Celebration

After the Strauss concert: see details on back

Holst attire:

Dark clothes and soft-soled shoes (no high heels – so we don’t sound like tap-dancers backstage)

2006 Endowment Drive Continues Tonight!

Big or small, all contributions make a difference! Brochures and donation envelopes are available tonight. Particpation % and totals will be announced May 19!

Re Audition Sign Up Continues

Re auditions will be held May 18 and May 20. Please sign up TONIGHT if you need to reaudition! Auditions will be held in quartets singing the following excerpts from the Verdi Requiem:

No. 1 Requiem

Meas. 28 – 55 (Te decet hymnus)

No. 2 Dies Irae

Meas. 573 – 612 (Dies irae reprise)

No. 7 Libera me

Meas. 132 – 155 (Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine)

Copies of these excerpts are available tonight. Please learn this music even if you didn’t sing the Requiem in February.

Tickets:

**Last Night for Holst Comp Ticket Sign Up.

Tickets will available at the piano/orchestra rehearsal on Thursday.

**Strauss Comp Ticket Sign Up Starts Tonight

May 19 Years of Service Awards and Season End Celebration

Women: You are invited to attend the Strauss concert that evening as the guest of the Symphony. If you would like a comp ticket for this concert, please sign up on the lists in the hallway.

Women’s tickets will be in individual envelopes at the Will Call window. Because the box office is handling this directly, if you have signed up to have tickets together, could you please re-sign and indicate in whose name the tickets should be held? And be sure that this information is clear: no vague arrows please!!