Festival of Voices singers ticket purchase

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Rebecca Buchanan

To spare you of the frustration of trying to do something that is not currently doable:

I have just spoken to a representative with Festival of Voices as I was unable to purchase the $99 ticket each Choirbolical member will need to purchase.

They are reconstructing their website and the ticket purchase option for singers is not available. I was informed it may not be available until May. They said “Don’t worry”.

They are “fully aware Choirbolical is attending” as we are registered already as a pop up performing choir (bless you Astrid!).

Hopefully this will make things easy for the rest of you!

Cheers,

Rebecca

Choirbolical VOCE meeting and Minutes

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Rebecca Buchanan

A gentle reminder to All Choirbolical members:

VOCE is meeting Tuesday 28 March 6:30 @ 15 Argyle Street Toowoomba ( Pam’s )

Everyone is welcome to participate! It is casual and you can share ideas.

We are still formulating our performance schedule and your input is most welcome!

Cheers,

Rebecca

VOCE MEETING – 28.3.17

Present: Lesley, Marion, Pam, Kent, Catherine

Apologies: Dino, Chris R, Alison B, Rebecca

Performances:

First Coat festival: Saturday May 20th choir will perform pop-up performances, meeting first on lawn in front of Empire Theatre at 9 am for performances 9.30 – 11.30 am to be followed by a shared lunch in a park.

Action: Leslie will confirm details with organisers

Tuesday 20 June- performance at Bon Amici. Walk down after a short rehearsal.

Action: Dino to explore possibilities.

Toowoomba Performance – proposal for 22nd July.

Action: Check with Suzie about this date as a possibility. Canvas other performance ideas with choir.

Summer Tunes – to investigate being one of the performance groups for this at the end of the year.

Action: Leslie to follow up.

Jazz Club – possibility of September date.

Action: Marion to follow up and let us know the outcome from Jazz Club.

Cultures and Languages Festival – 20 August. Awaiting application form.
Spring Event – 9 September. Idea to have instrumental/percussion (no experience required) and voice workshops (Orff person & Astrid). Target group is Choirbolical and others through word of mouth.

Action: Kent to check availability of Choral Hall. Pam to inform other choirs etc. Brian to follow up on Orff possibilities and hopefully come along to next Voce meeting

Big Sing: Action: Kent to contact James or Carla to find out details.

Joint concert with Elaine Coates’ choir to help with their fundraising. Possibly joint performance again at end of year.

Action: Kent to contact Elaine.

1. Voce membership: Kent will encourage new members to come along and help out with Voce this year as we really appreciate the new ideas and enthusiasm that newer members bring.
2. Social activity: Proposal is to encourage people to come along early for a coffee/glass of wine at 6 pm at Park House, commencing rehearsal 18 April

Fees: looking at possibility of using current balance to cover choir members . Action: Action: Kent to discuss with Astrid.

“You’re The Voice” – domestic violence awareness project

Action: Kent to follow up.

Choirbolical Rehearsal reminder:

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Rebecca Buchanan

A gentle reminder of our next rehearsal: Tuesday 21 March, 6;45 for a prompt 7:00 start.

Demolay House Margaret Street.

Another gentle reminder: Fee’s for 2017 are due the end of this month. Please visit the website for instructions how to pay or see Catherine after rehearsal.

It has been suggested we start wearing our Choirbolical name tags to rehearsal, it is a friendly gesture for our new members.

Look forward to seeing you all Tuesday!
Rebecca

An event that might interest you, suggested by Allison & Clive

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Rebecca Buchanan

Practice Parts

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Astrid Jorgensen

Hi team,

Please find below some practice parts for I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. Listen, learn, learn to love! These recordings came with the purchase of the song. I believe simply clicking on a link should start it downloading – if not, try right-clicking on the link, and then selecting the ‘save target as’ option.
I wish I knew (Soprano learning track)

I wish I knew (Alto learning track)

I wish I knew (Tenor learning track)

I wish I knew (Bass learning track)

Here also is some help for Father Father. I don’t quite have the time to sing through each part, but I hope to do this some time soon. In the meantime, here are the notes. Not particularly beautiful, but hopefully can help to learn some pitches between rehearsals.

Finally, here are some old rehearsal tracks I first recorded when we learned Sing Me To Heaven a few years ago. I cannot attest to the current quality, but it hopefully will help new folks with their parts!

Sing Me to Heaven – Alto
Sing Me to Heaven – Bass
Sing Me to Heaven – Soprano
Sing Me to Heaven – Tenor

Thanks,
Astrid

Choirbolical rehearsal reminder

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Rebecca Buchanan

A gentle reminder of our next rehearsal: Tuesday 7 March, 6;45 for a prompt 7:00 start.

Demolay House Margaret Street.

Fee’s for 2017 are due the end of this month. Please visit the website for instructions how to pay or see Catherine after rehearsal.