choir community info & schedule
Fall 2011 Season Spring 2012 Season
Radio interviews, photos & videos
Concert Information Concert Beneficiaries
Sectionals SWAT Events Other Events Drop-Ins Calendars
Events/activities updates will be announced in the choir newsletter
or via special announcements and posted here as they are scheduled.
photo by Andrew Kielbowicz, choir photographer and former GHC Bass
Fall 2011 Season
Our 2011 Fall season new singers intake period is now over. This season runs from September 19, 2011 to January 26, 2012 with a 2 week break over the holiday season from Dec. 16th to Jan. 1st. Choir starts again Jan. 2nd and ends with two benefit concerts for the Power Of Hope on Friday and Saturday evenings, January 20 & 21, (one week earlier than usual, due to AG Hall availability). And we’ll follow those with one more week of singing together, winding up the season on January 26. (Go to "Concerts" for more end of season concert information).
We will take in new singers again for the first two weeks of our Spring 2012 Season. If you, or someone you know, would like to be notified by email prior to the start of the next season please email your (and/or their) name, phone and email address to New Singer Notifications
If you would like to sing in a daytime choir |
For more Gettin' Higher Choir information: check out FAQs for New Singers, visit some of the other pages in this "Choir Community Info" section of our site using the menu in the left hand panel (above) and/or listen to these radio interviews from past seasons:
Shari Ulrich on CFAX radio January 22, 2010
(Shari was our guest artist for our 2010 January 29th & 31st concerts)Shivon Robinsong & Perpetua Alfazema on CBC Radio, June 4, 2010
(Shivon is our founding director & Perpetua is one of the founders of the Kapasseni Project and the founder/manager of the Kuwangisana Project. We have been supporting the former organization with our June concerts since 1999 and the latter since 2007.Aurafidelite Arindam on the Francophone community radio station, CILS-FM 107.9, July 2, 2010 (Aura is an enthusiastic GHC Soprano)
...and check out our Choir Photos and Choir Videos pages.
Spring 2012 Season
Our 2012 Spring season starts the week of Feb 13th and ends with two concerts on June 8th & 9th (Go to "Upcoming Concerts" for more on our concert schedule.)
Choir fees are $175 for the season with a sliding scale discount from there down to $130 for seniors/ students/unwaged as needed. If a discounted fee is appropriate for you we ask you to decide where on the sliding scale you fit based on your knowledge of your own finances. Payment plans and partial or full scholarships are also available as needed. Our bottom line is, no one misses choir because of money.
Our new singer intake dates for the 2011 Fall season are:
Mondays (Feb. 13 & 20)
The First Unitarian Church of Victoria, 5575 West Saanich Rd.
Tuesdays September (Feb. 14 & 21 and Thursdays (Feb. 16 & 23)
The Church of Truth, 111 Superior St. (James Bay)
We meet from 7:30 to 9:30 each night of the season and there will be New Singer Orientation sessions from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. on each of the intake nights.
If you, or someone you know, would like to be notified by email prior to the start of the each new season please email your, and/or their, name, phone and email address to New Singer Notifications
Concerts
While a significant portion of the singing we do each choir night is purely for the fun of it we also work toward a pair of concerts at the end of each session. There is no requirement that every member sing in these concerts but we enthusiastically recommend the experience. Usually two thirds or more of the members do so with many of the rest enjoying the concert from the audience. Singing for friends, family and well wishers, to raise funds for very worthy causes as part of our 300+ voice singing community is a great means of "Gettin' Higher".
Our end of Fall season concert in January 2012:
Title HOW WE LOVE Dates & Times Jan. 20 & Jan. 21 @ 7:30 p.m. Location Alix Goolden Hall Guests Paul O'Brien & Family Poster* Print ready, letter-sized poster
~ Add yourself to our ~
"Concert & Event Notification List"
(please include your full name and phone #)* Letter size suitable for residential, local and work display please support our efforts on behalf of The Power Of Hope and post copies in the places you frequent such as your car window, windows of local businesses and residential, work and community bulletin boards. Our end of Spring season concert in June 2012:
Title TBA Dates & Times Jun. 8 & 9 @ 7:30 p.m. Location Alix Goolden Hall Guests TBA Poster* Will be added when available
listing is posted to the "Concerts" section of this web site.
~ Add yourself to our ~
"Concert & Event Notification List"
(please include your full name and phone #)* Letter size suitable for residential, local and work display please support our efforts on behalf of The Power Of Hope and post copies in the places you frequent such as your car window, windows of local businesses and residential, work and community bulletin boards. The primary beneficiaries of our end of season concerts are:
Fall Season (late Jan. early Feb.) ~ A Benefit for the Power Of Hope
The Power Of Hope
PoH Video
Power to the Kids ~ A Photo EssaySpring Season (mid to late June) ~ A Benefit for Mozambique
Other information about Kapasseni & the project:
Journey To Kapasseni ~ A video on how the project started
Return To Kapasseni ~ The village 3 years later
From time to time we also support the following projects in Mozambique:
Honouring Fund (all concerts)
For each concert the members of the choir take up a collection among themselves to donate to a worthy cause that is connected to the primary beneficiary. This donation is made in honour of the choir's directors, guest artist(s), and others sharing the stage with it in liu of purchasing the traditional bouquets.
Sectionals
WHAT ARE SECTIONALS?
New Members please note:
A Sectional offers an individual section (Sop/Alt/Ten/Bass) an opportunity to practice its parts without the distraction of waiting while other sections are learning theirs. There are two types. Choir Sectionals that happen for ¾ of an hour before the regular choir sessions and Home Sectionals that happen at times and places set by those who choose to host them.
Announcements about home sectionals, and any other rounds of choir sectionals, will be made in the newsletter as we approach concert time.
Special note:
If you are so solid in your parts that you don’t feel a need to come to a sectional please come anyway, others in your section could use your support. The more strong voices there are around them the easier it will be for those others to learn.Choir Sectionals
Alto & Bass
TBA
Soprano & Tenor
TBA
Instead of Choir Sectionals in the last weeks before the concerts (starting Jan 2nd) our practices will be 1/2 hour longer, running from 7:00 to 9:30
Home Sectionals
Altos @ Sandy’s – Jan. 15th
A last minute decision, I will host an alto sectional next Sunday, the 15th from 2 to 4pm at my home at 3640 Bridgeport Place, off Tattersall Drive - Shivon will join us, and I do have a keyboard. Tea/coffee will be provided - if anyone want to bring goodies that would be great. My phone number is 250 472-7227.
Submitted by Sandra Savage Thursday Alto
Basses @ Dennis' ~ Jan. 15th
Sunday January 15th from 2-4PM. Please call 250 995-1770 to confirm and reserve a spot leaving your name and phone number (limited to 10 people).
Beverages and snacks are welcome and the opportunity for socializing after is available if desired.
My address is #201-905 Burdett Avenue (at Quadra by Christ Church Cathedral) buzzer number 10 to get in. Feel free to call me if you have questions. 250-995-1770
Submitted by Dennis Murphy Thursday Bass
THE JOY OF HOSTING A HOME SECTIONAL
*** EXTRA PRACTICE! *** EXTRA SOCIABILITY! *** POTLUCK? ***
Just pick a date and time that works for you, let me know and I will:
1. add your sectional to the “Home Sectional Invitations” list in the appropriate issues of the newsletter
2. email a special advance announcement to everyone in your section (just your night or all nights)
1. email you a call list of names and phone numbers for members of your section who are not on email
If you want to host a home sectional either during our break or in January please call me at 920-4160 (8 to 8 weekdays) or
email meOur last choir night before the holiday break is Thursday Dec. 16th and we start up again Jan. 3rd
Sectionals will be announced in our newsletters as well as here
SWAT Events
"Sing When Asked To"
SWATs will be announced
in our newsletters as well as here
Other Events
Other events will be announced in our newsletters as well as here
GHC Fall 2011 Potlucks
There will be potluck gatherings from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on each of the following choir nights:
Tuesday Nov. 1, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 3, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. (choir 7:45 to 9:45!)
Monday Nov. 7, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.These potlucks, held every season, are a tradition in the choir that allows us to get to know each other a little better.
Please bring a tasty dish to share and your own plate, cup and cutlery. An ingredients sign would be helpful for those with dietary considerations and perhaps a name label in case someone wants to get your recipe from you.
All choir members are welcome at all potlucks. Come and enjoy!
Editor’s Note:
Grace & Birthday Song Lyrics
(for choir potlucks and other food oriented events)
Summer Drop-Ins
TWO TOONIES FOR TUNES ON TUESDAYS
Unless otherwise specified all drop-ins will be held at the Church Of Truth (111 Superior St.) Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Please check back periodically in case of changes or add yourself to our New Singer Notification list so that we can update you by email.
Drop-ins will be announced
in our newsletters as well as here
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DIRECTOR/HOST |
| TBA | Gloria Hansen CCLT Grad & Registrar, HNC Relief Director & Registrar GHC Director's Admin. Asst. Contact Info: gloria@gettinhigherchoir.ca |
Please Note: Anyone who would like to try their hand at leading a choir song, or teaching a new song, on one or more of the drop-in nights is encouraged to contact the Director or Host to make arrangements. |
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