Click here for the 2008 Re-Audition Schedule.

Read the New York Times Review of our March Concert!

Click here to view OSNY Video at YouTube!

     Check out the most recent Member News & Notes. Carole Swaim, Florence Long, Chieko Yamaguchi, Lorraine DelliCarpini & Brian Fisher, Lydia Good, Marti Torn, Susan Shelhart, Shirley Medwick.

Check out the Calendar page.

Hear a sample of the Brahms Tragic Overture.
     Bass Tim Dwight has provided a Shockwave link that will let you hear a sample of the Brahms Tragic Overture.  Share this link with your friends - it's a great way to sell tickets - let everyone sample this piece, which will showcase our great orchestra.  
     Click here for the Shockwave sample page.  (Please be warned, there are repeated "preview" and "Shockwave-Sound-dot-com" announcements. There are also brief previews on iTunes and other sites that sell recordings.)

Hear Brahms speak(?) and play.
     Tenor Joe Bookmyer shares this link to an Edison cylinder recording made by Brahms in 1889.  He plays (barely audibly) part of his first Hungarian Dance in a transcription for solo piano. What can be heard more clearly is a voice, long thought to be Brahms himself, introducing the performance. The AOL video describes it as such. (Click here for the recording.)  However, the Stanford University page suggests that the voice is more likely to be that of the Edison technician who made the recording. (Click here for the Stanford page.)

Orchestra & Extra Rehearsal Schedule	Score Markings & Master Score Files	OSNY Podcasts
Member Photo  Face Book	Chorus Committee  Contact Info	Chorus Ticket info and order forms
Rehearsal Handouts	Music for the  2007-2008 Season	Practice with MP3 files from Tim
Recording Recommendations	Brown Bag Seminars	Conductor's Notes  Message Board
Practice Your Latin Pronunciation	Practice Your German Pronunciation (PDF file) Listen to the  German Diction Podcast	Practice Your French Pronunciation Cantique Phonetic Guide
Practice Online with MIDI files at CyberBass	Practice Tapes	Dues

Orchestra & Extra Rehearsal Schedule Brahms:      Saturday, Apr 26, 2008           2:00 - 5:00 pm           Turtle Bay      Thursday, May 15, 2008           7 - 9:30 PM           Christ Church       Saturday, May 10, 2008  NEW           2:00 - 5:00 pm           Turtle Bay      Saturday, May 17, 2008           1 - 5 PM           Christ Church       Monday, May 19, 2008           3 - 7 PM (Chorus @ 4:30)            Christ Church       Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Concert Night           6:05 pm - Sound Check                On stage at Carnegie                Use the stage entrance - 56th St.           Remember:                 Black folders for your music.                Tenors & Basses                     black tux or business suit                     plain white shirt (no ruffles)                     black bow tie                     black shoes and socks                Sopranos & Altos                     black floor length skirt                          (no sequins, slits                               no palazzo pants)                     black long-sleeved round                          necked pull-over blouse                     26" length pearls                     black shoes                     black or flesh-tone stockings                     small evening bag if needed                Everyone                     no perfume or cologne                     please use deodorant                     jewelry should be subtle NEW:  Getting Ready for Next Season Bernstein & Bach:      Thursday, May 22, 2008           7 - 9:30 PM           Turtle Bay       Thursday, June 5, 2008           7 - 9:30 PM           Turtle Bay       Thursday, June 12, 2008           7 - 9:30 PM           Turtle Bay  [top]

Turtle Bay Music School 244 East 52nd Street Christ Church United Methodist 520 Park Avenue (At 60th Street)

Recording Recommendations
     A recording of the Moravec Songs of Love and War is available at OmniTone.  (Click here for the website.)  The title of the CD is Reflections: Four Contemporary American Composers Look Back.  It's recorded by the Dessoff choirs, with our own Kent Tritle conducting! 
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Music for the 2007-2008 Season
The following scores will be available at the first rehearsal on September 6th: 
     Handel Messiah - Oxford University Press, edited Clifford Bartlett - $8.00 
          (Same as last year) 
     Fauré: Requiem - Rutter edition, Hinshaw Music - $7.00 
          (This is a different edition from the last time we did this piece. 
            Kent would prefer we use this edition.)
     Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine - Hinshaw Music - $2.00 
          (OK to use Broude edition if already owned) 
     Moravec Songs of Love and War - $8.00 
     Brahms Requiem - Peters Edition No. 3672 in German - $12.00 
          (the same edition was used in 1996) 

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Practice with MP3 files from Tim
     Tim has moved most of the Practice Files to the new Podcast page (link is below.)  He is using his old home page (http://homepage.mac.com/timdwight) to host the practice files for the Moravec Songs of Love and War because they are password-protected.  (If you forgot the password, write to Liz at ChorusNews@oratoriosocietyofny.org.)
     All the files are suitable for downloading and playing on your computer, loading onto an iPod or other device, or burned onto CD.  
     Once you get to Tim's site, click on the "OSNY" folder, then the "Music" folder.  There  you will be able to navigate through appropriately named sub-folders to find the files you want.  Once you find the file you want, click on the download graphic for it, and you should be given the option to save the file to your computer.  Please note that many of the files, especially rehearsal recordings, are quite large, and may take a long time to download, especially if you are using a dial-up internet connection.
     Thanks Tim! 
NEW:  Tim is now Podcasting!  You can get all the practice files, as well as rehearsal recordings, downloaded directly into iTunes, via Tim's Podcast Page: http://web.mac.com/timdwight/OSNY/OSNY_Podcast.html
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