- Welcome to all the pleasures
- Palladio (Glendale Phil only)
~Intermission~
- Music’s Echo
- Bloom
- Kpanlongo
- Fame is a Fickle Food
- The Frim Fram Sauce
- Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet (men only)
- Wanting Memories
- Travelin’ Train
- Five Hebrew Love Songs
- Inscription of Hope

Concert Folders

I’ll be ordering the folders this week, so please let me know if you want one by end of day March 8. I have confirmed orders for Gabriella, Michael, Julie, Tainy, and Lindsay. Anyone else?

Technical Rehearsals

Wednesday, March 17 at Congregation Kol Ami, 7-10pm (byo snack)
Wednesday, March 24 at Hollywood United Methodist Church, 7-10pm (byo snack)

Marathon Alert

Just a reminder that the L.A. Marathon is Sunday March 21st. There shouldn’t be a problem for our audience at 3pm, but double check the map to make sure you can get to the 1pm Sunday call time at Kol Ami. L.A. Marathon Official Map

Water Bottle & Cookbook Promotion

Encourage your friends and family to make a $25 or bigger donation to the Chorale and get a limited edition Metropolitan Master Chorale stainless steel water bottle. Plus… for tyhe first three donations of $75 or more, they can also get a Wolfgang Puck autographed cookbook.

Wilshire Pres Parking

Don’t forget to use street parking for regular rehearsals during Lent.

Thank You For Your Support

A big thank-you to everyone who solicited ads or purchased a “personal” in the concert program to help us reach our fundraising goals.

For all who are interested in auditioning for one of five solos, this is the process:  Glenn will audition interested singers during rehearsal, so if you’re so inclined, you can prepare ahead of time. While we all get to listen, the choice is Glenn’s.

The solos are:
-Frim Fram Sauce, as written or improvised, pages 9-10.
-Welcome to all the pleasures: Alto, pages 9-11; Bass, page 16; Contralto or Tenor, page 22; Tenor, page 24.
-Optional sixth solo: Wanting Memories.

Sara Sinclair will perform the solo in Five Hebrew Love Songs.

Mailing

We should get the flyers for this concert by Monday, February 22. I would greatly appreciate help in sticking on mailing labels and stamps. If a couple of you are available Tuesday afternoon/early evening to come to my place (Catherine’s on Cahuenga south of Melrose), that would be wonderful. Let me know if you are available.

New Music

If you missed Sunday’s rehearsal, Glenn handed out the first three pages of Bloom, the last song we will perform in this concert. Please get your copy from the table at the back of room (they will not be in your music folders). Glenn hopes to have the rest of the pages for everyone on Wednesday.

Parking on Wednesday Nights

Just a reminder to find street parking for the next several weeks so that church-goers can find space in the lot for Wednesday evening services during Lent.

Concert Folders

A few of you have asked me to order concert folders for them. I will be taking orders until March 8th. When I know how many, I will ask you to pay me ahead of time. Then I’ll deliver them as soon as I get them.

For the next 6 weeks or so, members of the Wilshire Presbyterian Church will be attending 7 pm services. So please give yourselves time to find nearby street parking. The church provides the rehearsal space at a very low price and we are very grateful.

Concert Folders

The Chorale will use standard black concert folders (not those nasty three-ring binders) for our concerts. Some of you may already have black concert folders, but all of us will need our own folder for the March 21st concert.

The following websites sell folders, ranging in price from about $19 to $24. At $21.50, I think the one at onlymusicfolders.com is the best and most versatile. You can also find, or order them, from local music stores.

Only Music Folders
My Music Folders
Music Folder

I would be happy to order for you, and probably save on shipping if we order several at a time. Please let me know.

We have scheduled three Sunday rehearsals. Please check your folders for the updated calendar.

Sunday, February 21st.  Tenors and Basses will rehearse from 2 to 4 pm, Sopranos and Altos from 3 to 5 pm.  To make the most of our time, we will probably not have a big break.  (So please bring your own snack if you anticipate starving).   Note:  We are still waiting for approval for this date, but put it on your calendars anyway.

For the June concert: Sunday, April 25th and Sunday, May 16th.

Reminder:  These rehearsals are not optional!

Change in Performance and Call Time

The Sunday, March 21st concert at Kol Ami will be at 3 pm, not 4 pm as originally scheduled.

Our call time will be 1:00 pm.  This doesn’t give us a lot of time, so please be prompt!

Carpool on March 24

Because of other events at Hollywood United Methodist Church, there will be limited parking for our technical rehearsal on Wednesday, March 24th.  Please try to carpool, or you’ll have to find street parking or pay $10 at Hollywood & Highland.

Ads and Personals

We have already sold a couple of ads for the concert program.  Please spread the word and ask the local businesses you patronize, your friends with their own businesses, and family & friends to buy advertising space in our program.  And it’s a two-fer for this concert, since there are two performances.

An updated roster is available at The Inside Song. Some emails have changed, we have some new members, and some singers are gone, so you might want to print this out. But I’ll include it here too!
MMC Roster Feb 2010

Also, let’s get busy with the ads & “personals.” It really won’t take that much effort to meet our advertising goals! Here is the form you would give prospective advertisers, or send them to the website (under the Support page), where they can upload their files.
Ad Subscription Page

One more thing: Don’t forget to notify your section leader if you’re going to be late or have to miss a rehearsal.

A new — and I hope foolproof — way to get Chorale news & updates. Go to the News Page on our website and click on The Inside Song. Then enter your email address in the form and follow the instructions.

You will get the latest post sent directly to you at your email. Your emails will say they’re from admin@metrosings.org, but they’re really from me (Catherine).

Instead of emailing me for information posted earlier, you can just visit our site at The Inside Song to look at older posts!

Bloom (Philip Silvy)
Fame is a Fickle Food (Emily Dickinson/Ruth Morris Gray)
Five Hebrew Love Songs (Eric Whitacre)
The Frim Fram Sauce (Joe Ricardel/Redd Evans)
Inscription of Hope (Randall Stroope)
Kpanlongo (Derek Bermel)
Music’s Echo (Thomas Moore/Greg Gilpin)
Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet (Parker/Gilpin) (Men only)
Travelin’ Train (Edna St. Vincent Millay/Rollo Dilworth)
Wanting Memories (Ysaye Barnwell)
Welcome to all the Pleasures (Henry Purcell)

Dues will be joyfully accepted by Reid.

From the Music Librarian: If you forgot to return your music after the Dec. 13th concert, please bring it and put it in your hanging file. Singers who have not returned their music by January 31 will be billed for the replacement cost.  Some of our new music will be in your folders.

New Music: Music for the next concert will include:

Welcome to all the pleasures (Purcell)

Five Hebrew Lovesongs (Whitaker)

… more to come