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News from The Master Chorale |
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Summer Noteworthy News
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June, 2008
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Message from Dr. Z
What a wonderful season we
presented to this community. Your mentorship
and performance at Festival of Voices was very
much appreciated. The concerts with the Florida
Orchestra presenting Faure's
Requiem
and Orff's
Carmina Burana were solid. (I heard from
many sources that
Carmina
was one of our best performances ever and was
the highest attended TFO event of the year!!)
We successfully brought back Christmas with The
Master Chorale. Our Winter Retreat with Dale
Warland was very productive. And our Discover!
Alice Parker rehearsals, workshop and concerts
took us to new musical heights, exploring a
style of music we seldom get to perform! The
CD, Discover!
Choral Music of Alice Parker and Libby Larsen
is completed and it sounds great!
Our
08-09 - 30th Anniversary Season looks very
promising: Bernstein, Christmas, Verdi and
Mahler! With this wonderful repertoire,
refinement of tone and attention to detail will
be our keys to success and vocal growth.
You perform best when we have 5 to 6 rehearsals
in preparing a concert. I have planned for
fewer Tuesday rehearsals and will ask for more
personal-at-home score preparation. If we can
get 90 to 95% attendance at 5 or 6 rehearsals...
we can produce a higher artistic product. With
this kind of schedule it will allow us to take a
few Tuesdays off in the fall and spring.
Onward!
You are truly amazing people and I enjoy working
with all of you. Thank you for your commitment
to producing quality choral music. Enjoy these
summer months.
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Message from
Will Keller, Chairman
This
spring, the Board, joined by Rick, Kara, and a
facilitator from Transition Guides, held a
day-long retreat where we reviewed the strengths
and weaknesses of the Chorale and then
focused
on setting the Chorale's priorities for the next
several seasons. Strategically, we concluded
that to best fulfill its mission, the
Chorale needs to transform itself into a more
outwardly focused organization. What does
that mean?
Development is the key, as in further
development of funding sources, Board
membership, audiences, and organizational
capacity (particularly in terms
of self-producing concerts). We held a spirited
discussion as to how the Chorale's
leadership
-- Rick, the Board and our to-be-hired Executive
Director -- can best partner to meet these
priorities. We are fortunate to have in Rick a
leader superbly capable of tackling the artistic
components of these goals. Our Executive
Director will be charged with achieving
administrative
and
organizational priorities while our Board will
focus on fundraising and strategic governance.
Together with our talented singers, as we begin
our
30th Anniversary season, we will build on the
outstanding legacy
of the
past 29
seasons.
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Contact Info
Master Chorale Office
813-974-7726
Kara Schneider
Office Administrator
kara@masterchorale.com
www.masterchorale.com
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Discover! CD Pre-Orders
Our
newest CD featuring works by Alice
Parker and Libby Larsen is here.
Pre-order yours today!
Price:
$15
Click here to purchase
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Auditions for Everyone
August 19 - 26: Dr. Z will ask all
current and former members to audition
for him. There will be no voice
placements as in years past. Your
audition will include a 2 - 3 minute
(max) piece that really shows off your
beautiful voice, sight-singing, rhythm
and vocal exercises. An accompanist
will be provided so please bring sheet
music for them. Visit our
website for the full schedule and
then call the office to set up your
appointment (813-974-7726).
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Executive Director Search
The Master Chorale has launched a nation
wide search for a new Executive
Director. We have been fortunate for
many years to have had board leadership
that performed many tasks that would
otherwise be done by an Executive
Director. While these individuals have
done a fantastic job keeping the Chorale
going behind the scenes, it is time to
welcome a new member to our staff and
take the organizational side of the
Chorale to the next level. We encourage
you to spread the word. More
information can be found on our website
at
www.masterchorale.com
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Conducting Apprentice Change
Each
season The Master Chorale funds a graduate
assistantship in the area of Choral
Conducting within the USF School of Music.
This student serves as an assistant to the
Music Director, receives private conducting
lessons, and learns the administrative
duties of a music director.
This past
season Melissa Bumbach graced us with her
presence under this title. Melissa has
finished her Master's at USF and we wish her
the best of luck as she searches for a new
job as a music teacher!
Coming in this year as our Conducting
Apprentice is Kari Hamada. Kari attended
USF as an undergrad and has sung in the
Chorale for several years. We are most
happy to welcome her as our Conducting
Apprentice this year!
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Trustee of the Season
At our June meeting, the
Board honored Jim Heck with the annual
Trustee of the Season award. Currently
Executive Advisor and Chair of the
Development Committee and a
previous Chair for several
terms, Jim works tirelessly to support
the mission of the Chorale. Jim's deep
roots in the Tampa Bay area serve the
Chorale well, whether in meeting
fundraising goals or strengthening
strategic partnerships. As a founding
Board member, Jim's balanced,
long-term perspective helps the Board
steer its way smoothly through rougher
passages. Congratulations Jim on this
well-deserved honor.
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Volunteers of the Season
Every season we have
outstanding volunteers who go over and
above to help The Master Chorale. We
strive to recognize those individuals
for their priceless contributions of
time and energy. This year we have
chosen to recognize Andrew Carini and
John Parigros both of whom are members
of The Friends of The Master Chorale,
our newly budding volunteer
association.
Andrew Carini has provided all of the
materials and made, by hand, all of the
ladies beautiful holiday corsages and
the stunning stage decorations for our
Christmas concerts. Andrew also spends
a few minutes before each concert
putting the finishing touches on our
lobby tables. We couldn't be more
pleased with your efforts, Andrew!
Thank you!
John Parigros is not a singer, however
he has made a huge difference for the
Chorale this year. John has been behind
the scenes picking up hundreds of cases
of water and transporting them to ALL of
our events including the concerts and
retreats as well as staying through our
concerts to keep an eye on purses and
bags while we're all on stage. Taking
this load (pun intended) off the MC
staff has been more welcome than we can
express. Thank you, John, for all of
your help this year!
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Christmas Carol Competition
The
Master Chorale of Tampa Bay announces their
first annual Christmas Carol Competition!
The winner will receive a cash prize and
have the opportunity to have their carol
performed by The Master Chorale in the 2008
Christmas concerts. Visit
masterchorale.com
for guidelines and an application. We can't
wait to hear what Christmas sounds like to
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2008 Singer Survey Coming
Every
summer we post a survey to the MC
singers to get their opinions and input
on key issues for the Chorale and also
to gather information for grant
purposes. The Board of Trustees highly
values this information and assigns a
non-singing member to read the results
and provide a meaningful summary. In
addition to the summary, we also provide
a link to the individual question
results in the Singer's Section of our
website. Last year's results are linked
below. We will send you a notice when
this year's survey is available.
Click below for:
2007 Singer Survey Individual Question
Results
2007 Singer Survey Results Summary
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Online Box Office Updates
This
coming season you can expect to purchase
all tickets (including Friends and
Family discount tickets) from the same
ticket site easily accessable from the
homepage of our website (www.masterchorale.com).
To get the Friends and Family discount,
you will have an opportunity to enter a
discount code "harmony".
Please continue to encourage your
friends and family to enter your name on
their ticket order so that we can give
you proper credit for the ticket sale.
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Singer's Section
Your MC Singer Online
Resource
The Singer's Section has many useful
resources for you throughout the year. Here
are some of the many things you can expect
to find:
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Music Costs (as soon as
they are available)
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Season Planner -
Interactive Calendar
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Noteworthy News
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Carpooling RideBoard &
Directions
Make sure to check it out...
www.masterchorale.com/singers.htm
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