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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.
Click
here for the Section Leaders and Attendance Takers contact
info. A password is required to open the PDF
file. It was mailed to chorus members, but if you
forgot, please write to Liz at ChorusNews@oratoriosocietyofny.org.
Click on a link:
Regular,
Extra
& Orchestra Rehearsals
In addition to our regular Thursday night rehearsals
(7:00 - 9:30 pm at Holy Trinity, 88th St between 1st and
2nd Aves) the following extra and orchestra rehearsals
have been scheduled. (For an overview of all the
important dates for the season, please click here to visit the Calendar
Page.)
Thursday, November 17, 2911
Mozart Coronation Mass
Recording Session
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30
West 68th Street (between Columbus and Central Park
West)
New York, NY 10023-6097
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Messiah Orchestra
Rehearsal
DiMenna Center (450 West 37th
Street, NYC)
10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Chorus with
orchestra)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Soloists
with orchestra)
Monday, December 19, 2011
Messiah Concert
Sound Check: on stage, 6:00 pm
Concert 8:00 pm
Enter Carnegie Hall via the
Stage Entrance on 56th Street
Saturday, April 21, 2011
Location TBA
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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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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Dues
Membership dues are $175.00 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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