Hi, folks

On count-down now, to a new season, and with no idea how it’s going to shape! We’re all learning together – and I keep saying to myself, ANYTHING we do is better than not singing at all....

Administrivia stuff: I’m going to post any materials I need you to get on the ROCA members section of the website – some of it will be stand-alone, and some will give you links to GoogleDocs. All YOU need to do is know how to access the website:

find www.roca.ca
scroll down to the black section at the bottom of the page, and click on MEMBER LOGIN
password is ROCAisgr8 (ROCA is great!)

It’s not fixed yet, so don’t rush to it! Let’s call it a Labour Day project for you...

Bernie’s writing a President’s Welcome, and will have info about membership registration and so on in that. However, I will reinforce that if you are able to make a further donation to ROCA at this, or any, time, it would be MOST appreciated. This is going to be a deficit season... :(

We will have some non-member guests joining us and offering a donation in place of a fee. Some may attend regularly, and others will be drop-ins.

There is a LOT for me to do to make a Tuesday evening come together, and I’d really appreciate some help from you. What I need are

A couple of tech-savvy people who can trouble-shoot Zoom and other electronic issues, and be resource people for those who aren’t Zoom-savvy; screen-share, music share etc as needed
A door-keeper for each rehearsal, to let people in from the waiting room and check attendance – this could be rotated
A guest-host, to look out for visitors or new people and make sure they’re included
A PEOPLE section-leader for each section to lead sectional discussions, do follow-up with missing bodies etc Let’s count tenors and basses together...
a MUSIC section-leader for each section to do sectional rehearsals in breakout rooms. I’m going to suggest
- sopranos – Susan Ohannesian
- altos – Elizabeth Oh
- tenors/basses – Brigid

but if there’s anyone else who wants to step in here...

If you can help, please check back to the first sheet of the GoogleDocs file you had – I’ve edited the bottom of the page for sign-ins....

Two more things – and then I’ll leave everything to discussion time on Tuesday

one of the things we’ll probably do is to revisit past repertoire favourites. There’s a list in the Member Zone under Sheet Music of EVERYTHING we’ve sung since 1994. If there are things you’d love to sing again, let me know.
Sometimes that’s easy – I can pdf a copy so you all have access (which is OK if we have a full set in the library), or we may be able to find an online access. Sometimes it may mean that we have to work out pickup /dropoff depots, or trust to Canada Post, so we’ll need to give Kate lots of warning. Someone on Tuesday asked to sing Missa Gaia again....
we’ll discuss the Virtual Choir recording option, but I’m going to suggest that we take part in Phoenix Chamber Choir’s upcoming project, which is being thrown open. Once we get to recording, you can decide for yourself if you want to submit it.... It’s a parody of the Disney song “Part of your world”
We want to be where the people are
We wanna to sing, wanna sing together

We miss our friends in our (Whad'ya call 'it?) oh - choir"

See you Tuesday on Zoom for singing and discussion!

Brigid

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95350781933?pwd=Y1NSQld3QTVROCtVUUdZMzZONnVIQT09

Meeting ID: 953 5078 1933 / Passcode: SATB

Something like this....

7-7:30pm drop in when you’re ready

7:30pm we start!

Vocal technique; Non Nobis Domine

7:50pm welcomes and introductions; random breakout rooms for discussion

8:10pm We Are One – reminder – follow with recording

8:15pm break for movement, bathroom, tea, chat....

8:30pm in plenary session, synthesize what came from discussion

8:45pm sectional breakout rooms – do some note-work

8:55pm We Are One – with recording

done at 9pm; drop out then or any time after; the Zoom room will be open till 9:30pm