My apologies to all of you who will have received this information from Brigid twice. If you received this blog, but did NOT get an email from me will you please send me your email address at president@roca.ca . Thanks Cathy

Wed 14 September

Hi singers

Lovely to be back working on music with you all!

For some homework – most of the recordings of “Ceremony of Carols” you will find are in the original SSA voicing, but there’s a good SATB one for you to investigate at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCt4FLf9C0

Midis of this are available on CyberBass - http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Britten_B/britten_ceremony_carols_satb.htm

The other work that we’ll be focusing on in prep for spring is the “Five Childhood Lyrics” by John Rutter. There’s a decent YouTube at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gFRNcBDL8 – a few tuning glitches, and just occasionally you can hear that English is not their first language

Midis at - http://www.singingpractice.co.uk/music/Renaissance/jan12.html

Especially if you have to miss rehearsals, dig into these whenever you can!

Reminder: Bruce Pullan is presenting “WORDS MATTER” on Saturday 22 October at St Mary’s Kerrisdale. I’ll bring a group signup sheet. Walk-in registration is $40, but that’s reduced to $35 for members of a BCCF choir who pre-register, and $30 is you pre-register as a group. ($25 if you are currently an individual member). Can I ask if someone is willing to be group coordinator, and take registrations so that the choir pays with one single cheque?

And just to lay it out:

September 20 & 27; October 4, 11, 18 & 25; November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
and then concerts on December 6, 10 & 11.

It’s really not that much time....

Brigid