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The information on this page is primarily for the people
currently singing with The Oratorio Society of New York. If you are
interested in singing with us, please visit our
Audition
page for more information.
NEW:
Paulus Practice Files available - Click Here.
This area is password protected - you should have gotten an
e-mail with the info. Contact Liz at
ChorusNews@oratoriosocietyofny.org if you need help.
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here to view OSNY Video at YouTube!
Check out the most recent Member
News & Notes. Karl Lauby & Alexandra
Deis-Lauby.
Check out the Calendar page.
Click on a link:
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Rehearsals
BEGINNING JANUARY 7, 2010, regular Thursday
night rehearsals will take place at Holy Trinity Church,
with the following exceptions: SPRING SEASON -
Extra & Orchestra Rehearsals: Thursday,
March 4, 2010
7:00 - 9:30 pm
Regular rehearsal will take
place at Holy Trinity (Note - this is a
change. It was originally posted as Christ
Church.) Friday, March 5, 2010
Orchestra Rehearsal
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Chorus call is 5:15
Christ Church
Please note: this is a
change. Rehearsal with the orchestra will start at
4:00, and the chorus may arrive at any time to observe,
but the chorus should plan to be in their seats by 5:15
pm. Saturday, March
6, 2010
Orchestra Rehearsal
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Christ Church
Vocal warm-up at 12:45 pm Monday, March
8, 2010
Concert
Sound-Check at 6:00 pm, on
stage Saturday, March 20, 2010
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Christ Church Saturday, April
17, 2010
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Christ Church Thursday, May
6, 2010
7:00 - 9:30 pm
Regular rehearsal location to
be announced. (Note - this is a change. It
was originally posted as Christ Church.) Friday, May 7, 2010
3:00 - 7:00 pm (chorus call may
be 5p)
Christ Church Saturday, May
8, 2010
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Christ Church Monday, May 10,
2010
Concert
Sound-Check at 6:00 pm, on
stage
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Important Addresses:
Holy Trinity Church:
88th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Turtle Bay Music School:
244
East 52nd Street Christ Church is located at:
520 Park Ave (at 60th Street) St. Ignatius is located
at:
980 Park Ave (at 84th Street) Carnegie Hall - Stage
Entrance
56th Street just off 7th Avenue
Chorus Room is on the 4th floor |
Music
and Study Tools for the 2009-2010 Season
Some music will be available
for the continuing rehearsals in May, otherwise all will be
available at rehearsal in the fall:
Handel Messiah (Oxford University Press, edited Clifford Bartlett) - $12.00
Cherubini, Requiem (Carus) - $17.00
Mendelssohn, Paulus (Carus vocal score in German and English) - $27.00
Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs (Galaxy Music) - $3.00
Britten, Te Deum in C (Oxford Church Music Octavo) - $4.00
Study Tools will be available at rehearsal in September:
Robert Starer Rhythmic Training -
$10.00
Melodia Comprehensive Course in
Sight-Singing Solfeggio - $13.00
Wittner A440 Tuning Fork - $5.00
12-Stave Manuscript Book - $5.00
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Practice
with MP3 files from Tim
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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Practice Online
with MIDI files at CyberBass
If you would like to practice your
voice-part on-line, please visit www.cyberbass.com.
It's a website that has MIDI files of many choral works.
There are separate files for each voice part. You can
listen to the files with Windows Media Player. If you
don't already have the player on your computer, it can be
downloaded from Microsoft.
There is no shortage of MIDI files
for choral works out on the web, but most of them are single
files for all voice parts, and you need to have special MIDI
sequencer software in order to isolate your voice part.
The folks at CyberBass have already done that, making it easy
to practice online.
Thanks to Ben Platt for finding this
great site!
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Practice Tapes
If you prefer to purchase a practice
tape or CD, check out Hammond Music Service. Cost per
tape or CD is $19 (incl. s&h). If you are
not familiar with Hammond's product, he uses piano (not
voice), with the other parts in the background and your part
in the foreground. You can go to their website www.songlearning.com
for a demo.
Thanks to David Goldblatt for
providing this information.
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2009-2010 Season Schedule
Monday, December 14, 2009:
Handel Messiah
Monday, March 8, 2010:
Britten Te Deum
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical
Songs
Cherubini Requiem
Monday, May 10, 2010:
Mendelssohn Paulus (St. Paul)
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Dues
Membership dues are $150.00 for the season, payable
as soon as possible after rehearsals start. If you have any questions,
please see Marie Gangemi at rehearsal.
Click here for the complete Dues Policy.
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Book
Recommendation
As mentioned by bass Ben Platt,
at the 2/2/06 rehearsal:
The
Choral Singer's Handbook - How to become a good choral singer
Author: Roy C. Bennett
Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company in 1977
Available through Amazon.com
or from SheetMusic.com
via the Cyberbass.com
website. Paperback copies sell for around $5.00.
Ben purchased his through SheetMusic and it took close to 4
weeks for delivery.
The book includes all the basics of
singing, and excellent section on sight reading, rhythm,
diction, as well as pronunciation guides in Latin, German,
Italian and French. There is a large index of musical
terms. Ben considers this a very valuable addition to
his music library.
OS bass Neil Bennett, is the
author's son.
Jane Woodside and her family wish to thank the members of the Oratorio Society for all their gifts, cards and expressions of caring during Lyndon’s illness. Also, we thank everyone who gave their time, gifts of food, labor and singing for the memorial service. Everyone was bowled over by the “Amen” chorus. Lyndon would have been proud.
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