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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017
NBCF NEWS CHORAL FEST 2017: POULENC GLORIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, SEP-TEMBER 29, 2017 Clinician: Matthew Leese Organist: Richard Kidd Soloist: Jessica McCormack October 20-22, 2017 at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, St Andrews NB Choral Fest 2017 is fast approaching and the registrations are pouring in! Make sure you get your registration in before the deadline of Friday, September 29, 2017. The Poulenc Gloria belongs in the repertoire of every choral singer. Don’t miss your chance to learn this wonderful work of choral music. Accommodations in St. Andrews are limited, so don’t delay in making your arrangements. For complete details visit: http://nbcfsite.-wordpress.com/choral-fest/ Online learning files for the Poulenc are avail-able on may web sites, including: http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Poulenc_F/poulenc_gloria.htm http://www.voiceparts.com/mfc/poulenc/glo-ria/poulenc_gloria.html More on our wonderful soloist: Soprano Jessica McCormack is Coordinator of Voice Studies and Associate Professor of Voice at Indiana University South Bend, where she recently received tenure. During the summer, she is on the voice faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. Additionally,
she was appointed as a Visiting Assistant Pro-fessor at the University of Notre Dame for fall 2016. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts de-gree from the University of North Texas, a Mas-ter of Music from Southern Methodist Universi-ty, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto. McCormack has sung at Carnegie Hall, under the direction of Ton Koopman, Helmuth Rilling, and Robert Spano as part of the Professional Training Workshops series. Her roles include Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Barbarina in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Auro-ra in Cavalli’s L’Egisto, Tirsi in Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Can-dide and Cathy in Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years. Her oratorio work includes Carissimi’s Jepthe, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Schütz’s Die sieben Worte, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Schu-bert’s Mass in G, Fauré’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana. A featured soloist with the Fort Worth, South Bend, New Brunswick, and Springfield (Ohio) symphonies and the Bach Society of Dayton, engagements in 2016-2017 included recitals and guest teaching appoint-ments in Bangkok, Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Hong Kong. Dr. McCormack was selected as an Emerging Leader by the National Association of Teachers of Singing in 2012 and 2016, and she has presented for the National Opera As-sociation and the Pan-American Vocology As-sociation on issues related to vocal health. Dr. McCormack thoroughly enjoyed serving as Co-Manager of the Opera Company for the Bos-ton Early Music Festival’s 2017 season, and she looks forward to spending more time in the field of Arts Administration. Upcoming en-gagements in the 2017-2018 season include a
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The next NBCF Newsletter will be posted mid-October 2017. Send your news before Monday, October 16, to: [email protected]
NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017recital at the University of Northern Colorado, performances of Handel’s Messiah in the US and Canada, and her debut performance with the Astraios Chamber Music series in Texas.
SILENT AUCTION We are looking for donations for the NBCF silent auction to take place during Choral Fest. Please contact Laurel Boone if you have silent auction items to bring: [email protected] Because the NBCF no longer has office space, our ability to store items is very limited. If you have a donation to make, we would appreciate your willingness to keep it until Choral Fest in October. Please also give a description of the item and its approximate value. If you are in-terested in serving on the committee, Laurel is eager to hear from you. And thank you Laurel!
AWARDS Nomination deadline October 5, 2017 We continue to seek nominations for this year’s NBCF Award for Distinguished Service Award and Youth Achievement Award. Please include a biography for your nominee. Winners will be announced at Choral Fest 2017. Email: [email protected]
CAROLYN NIELSEN LIBRARY The NBCF needs to update its storage furni-ture. We hope to replace many our filing cabi-nets with bookshelves, which will allow us to better use our new space. If you have book-shelves or similar storage units to donate, please contact the NBCF office.
CHŒUR DES JEUNES DU NOUVEAU-BRUNS-WICK 3-6 Mai 2018 Université de Moncton Chef de choeur: François Ouimet Date limite d’application: Mercredi 15 No-vembre 2017 Coût : 225 $ (comprend frais d’inscription, partitions musicales, logement et repas)
Auditions. Tous les appliquantes doivent en-voyer leur c.v. dans le domaine choral/musical. Les nouveaux appliquantes doivent aussi join-dre: 1. un enregistrement audio de leur audi-tion. L’enregistrement doit comporter deux
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017courts morceaux solos contrastants, un dans la langue de votre choix et l’autre dans une autre langue, et des vocalises (qui seront fournis) montrant votre registre et votre timbre musical. 2. Une lettre de recommandation signée par un professeur de chant ou un maître de chœur 3. Une lettre d’accompagnement expliquant votre intérêt dans le CJNB. Toutes les auditions doivent être présentées sous forme d’enreg-istrement et transmises par courriel électron-ique, ou lien URL, au bureau de la FCNB. Pour en savoir plus, visitez: nbcfsite.word-press.com/le-choeur-des-jeunes-du-nouveau-brunswick/ François Ouimet Basé à Montréal, François A. Ouimet est un chef de choeur aux horizons multiples. Après avoir complété une maîtrise en direction chorale à l'Université de Montréal, il a dirigé et enseigné à l'Université de Sherbrooke, puis à l'Université de Montréal. De 2009 à 2015, il a dirigé les choeurs à l'École de musique Schulich de l'Université Mcgill. François A. Ouimet est chef-répétiteur pour le Choeur de l'Orchestre Métropolitain, qu'il a préparé dans des productions telles que la Missa Solemnis de Beethoven, le Requiem de Verdi, l'Oratorio de Noël et la Passion selon Saint-Mathieu de Bach et Lohengrin, de Wagner. Cette dernière production a d'ailleurs remporté un prix Opus
pour ''Concert de l'année, musique roman-tique''. François A. Ouimet dirige les choeurs de l'École de musique Vincent-d'Indy. Il en-tame sa seizième saison en tant que directeur musical des Voix Ferrées, un des choeurs québécois les plus en vue, avec lequel il multi-plie les collaborations avec des artistes de renom tels que les Soeurs Boulay, Karim Ouel-let, Émile Proulx-Cloutier et Patrick Watson.Il a enregistré les choeurs pour la bande sonore du film Mars et Avril, composée par Benoît Charest, qui a remporté le Jutras de la ''Meilleure musique de film'' en 2013. En jan-vier 2015, il endisquait la Missa Campanula, de Karen Young, avec le choeur professionnel Vo-ces Boreales et Suzie Leblanc. François A. Ouimet arrange et compose pour des choeurs de tous âges et tous niveaux. Sa musique chorale a été chantée par quelques-uns des meilleurs ensembles professionnels du Cana-da, notamment Voces Boreales et Pro Coro Canada. Polyvalent, passionné, positif et ex-igeant, il est très en demande et donne des ateliers sur le chant choral partout au Québec et au Canada.
NEW BRUNSWICK YOUTH CHOIR 2018 May 3-6, 2018 Université de Moncton Clinician: François Ouimet Application Deadline: Wednesday November 15, 2017 Eligibility. Singers aged 16-24 are eligible to audition for the NBYC. Candidates should have some singing experience and it is strongly rec-ommended that they can read music. Accommodations and cost. NBYC members who must travel will be billeted with local fami-lies. Cost is $225 and includes all music, rooms and meals. A $50 deposit is due March 9, 2018, $25 of which is non-refundable.
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017Auditions. All candidates, including former NBYC members, must submit an updated mu-sical c.v. Candidates who are not former NBCF mem-bers must also submit: 1. An audition recording. The recording will consist of two vocal exercises which will be provided, and two songs sung a cappella, one in the singer’s preferred language and one in a different language of the singer’s choice. 2. A brief letter explaining why the applicant wishes to join the NBYC. 3. A letter of reference from a voice teacher, music teacher or choir director. Complete audition details, and other details of NBYC 2018 are available at: nbcfsite.-wordpress.com/new-brunswick-youth-choir-2018/ François Ouimet François A. Ouimet is a very active Montreal-based conductor. He completed a Masters in Choral Conducting at Université de Montréal in 2000. He then went on to teach and conduct at Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, and conducted the choirs at McGill's Schulich School of music from 2009 to 2015. Mr. Ouimet teaches at Vincent-d'Indy Music School, where he conducts multiple choral en-sembles, from elementary to college level. He is Chorusmaster for the Orchestre Métropoli-tain, conducted by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, since 2010. He has prepared this cho-rus for such works as Bach's Christmas Orato-rio and St-Matthew Passion, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, and Wagner's Lohengrin. This last production won an Opus award for 'Concert of the Year, Romantic music'. A versatile conductor, he is equally at ease in Renaissance, contemporary choral works, Jazz and Gospel. He has worked with many of the best Québec pop and jazz artists, providing singers and choral arrangements for
Patrick Watson, Karen Young, les Soeurs Boulay, and Oscar-winning film composer Benoît Charest, who won a Félix for 'Film soundtrack of the Year' for Mars et Avril, which featured choral music prominently. He is musi-cal director of les Voix Ferrées, widely consid-ered to be one of the best, most original community choirs in the province. In 2015 he recorded an album of Karen Young's Missa Campanula, with Voces Boreales and Suzie Leblanc. A sought-after clinician, he has been invited in various parts of Canada to give workshops and conduct. He has a small cata-logue of choral works that have been per-formed by Pro Coro Canada and Voces Bore-ales, two of the best professionnal choirs in the country.
MEMBER NEWS ROTHESAY ORGAN RECITAL Sunday September 24, 3:00 pm Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Rothesay NB There will be an organ recital at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Sunday September 24 at 3:00 pm, featuring Michael Molloy. The program will feature music based on chorales and hymn tunes by composers including
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017Pachelbel, Bach, Vaughan Williams and Mendelssohn. The chorales will be sung by a small choral group, and the audience will be invited to participate in the singing of some of the better known hymn tunes. There is no ad-mission charge, but a freewill offering will be accepted.
A SEESAW OF SONG – FROM BACH TO BRITTEN Sunday September 24, 7:00 pm Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 512 Charlotte Street Fredericton NB Karon Croll, Contralto, and Ruth Nieboer, Pi-ano, with guest Alexis Ervin, Soprano, will present A Seesaw of Song – from Bach to Brit-ten. Along with sacred selections, the program will feature composers J. S. Bach, Franz Schu-bert, Ralph Vaughan Williams and a Benjamin Britten arrangement of a playful English folk-song. Please join us for an enjoyable hour of musical entertainment. Admission by free will offering at the door. Reception to follow in the Church Hall.
FREDERICTON LADIES CHOIR SEEKS NEW MEMBERS The Fredericton Ladies Choir is a non-audi-tioned, three-part, 70-voice community choir under the direction of Sally Dibblee. The choir practises on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 in the church hall (Family Life Centre) at Brunswick Street Baptist Church, corner of York Street at Brunswick. Parking available. The choir per-forms two concerts each year, at Christmas and in the Spring. Repertoire includes sacred and popular selections, folk songs and show tunes. For more information call 452-1016 or e-mail [email protected] for registra-tion form.
SAINT JOHN CHORALE FIRST REHEARSAL Monday September 25 All singers are welcomed. Our Christmas con-cert, with the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment Band and guests, is planned for December 9. Find the Saint John Chorale on Facebook. Visit: www.facebook.com/Saint-John-Chorale-203880143011034/
SAINT JOHN CHORAL FESTIVAL Saturday, October 28, 7:00 pm Trinity Church, Saint John This will be the third instalment of the annual Saint John Choral Festival. Involved choirs have included the Saint John Chorale, Saint John Men’s Chorus, Carleton Choristers, Saint John High School, Harbour View High School, and Divine Mercy School ensembles. The 200-voice concert finale will include Handel’s ‘Hal-lelujah’ with trumpets and the new digital pipe organ, and proceeds will go to Trinity’s renova-tion fund.
VOCE DELL'ANIMA CHOIR December 3 at 2:00 pm December 5 at 7:30 pm Monument Lefèbvre Theatre, Memramcook NB Christmas Annual Concerts under the direction of Monette Gould. Tickets will be $20, available by calling 506-758-9808 For more information contact Monette Gould 506-851-1368
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017ANNUAL COMMUNITY CAROL SERVICE Saturday December 16 Trinity Church, Saint John Featuring a Military Brass ensemble, digital pipe organ, community choir and political and community leaders.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH Friday December 22 Trinity Church, Saint John Featuring soprano Jessica McCormack, con-tralto Heather Flemming, Tenor Colin Frotten, Basso Paul Bustin, Concertmaster Geoff Mc-Causland, Trumpeter- Rob Dutton, Chamber Orchestra and the 80-voice Symphony Chorus, with Conductor Spencer Belyea.
IN MEMORIAM NBCF member Robert Taylor writes, “With great regret I report (in case you haven't heard) the passing of two great supporters of choral music in Saint John and beyond — Jean Taylor on August 4 and Carol (Harris) Raynes on Au-gust 12. “A choir of nearly 50 voices, drawn from Choir School, Colla Voce, and St. Paul's Church in
Rothesay, offered wonderful music at Jean's service.” NBCF members and Choral Fest participants will especially remember Jean Taylor’s many years of active participation and support of the Diocese of Fredericton's Choir School, the NBCF, and choral music all around the Saint John/Rothesay region. She will be missed. Jean Murray’s obituary may be found at Bre-nan’s Funeral Home. Visit: www.brenansfh.com/obituaries/118290 Carol (Harris) Raynes obituary may be found at Castle Funeral Home Visit: www.arbormemorial.ca/castle/obituaries/carol-harris-raynes/7908/
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL NEWS CANADIAN CHORAL CENSUS RESULTS The results of the first ever National Choral Census have been released! View the com-plete results. Visit: http://www.choralcanada.org/activities-projects/national-choral-census/
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017RÉSULTATS DU RECENSEMENT CANADIEN DU MONDE CHORAL Les résultats du Recensement national du monde choral sont maintenant disponibles! Téléchargez la version complète. Vizitez: ww.choralcanada.org/recensement-canadien-du-monde-choral/?lang=fr
NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR 2018 Audition Deadline October 13, 2017 Conductor: Jeff Joudrey Are you in need of assistance? Contact Choral Canada at [email protected] or 647-606-2467. Visit: http://www.choralcanada.org/activities-projects/national-youth-choir/
LE CHŒUR NATIONAL DES JEUNES Date limite pour poser votre candidature: le 13 octobre 2017 Le chef du chœur : Jeff Joudrey Avez-vous besoin d’aide? Joignez le bureau de Canada Choral en écrivant à [email protected] ou en composant le 647-606-2467. Visitez: http://www.choralcanada.org/national-youth-choir/?lang=fr
JOIN US FOR THE 2018 FUNDY SOUND – A CHORAL FESTIVAL BY THE BAY JUNE 27 – JULY 1, 2018 Fundy Sound – A Choral Festival By The Bay provides participating choirs with the opportu-nity to have a variety of musical experiences, explore the inspirational East Coast of Canada, and share experiences while developing life-long friendships with musicians young and old. Details available online. Visit: http://fundysound.com
GRAND PHILHARMONIC CHOIR LAUNCHES COMPOSITION COMPETITION Deadline: November 15 A new choral composing contest, open to Canadian composers aged 30 or under, is be-ing launched by the Grand Philharmonic Choir. "Through this contest, we hope to add to the great depth of Canadian choir repertoire by showcasing the work of young, exciting com-posers," said the choir's artistic director, Mark Vuorinen. The Kitchener-based organization operates four choirs: a large symphonic choir; a cham-ber ensemble; a youth choir and a children's
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NBCF NEWSLETTER SEPT. 2017choir. Each year, a different ensemble will give the premiere of the winning work. The juried contest offers a prize of $1,500. This year's contest is for large adult choir and has a deadline of November 15. The winning work will receive its premiere in February 2018. For details, visit the choir's website at www.grand-philchoir.com/compositioncontest
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR NATIONAL CONDUCTOR’S SYMPOSIUM February 12-17, 2018 Vancouver, BC Entry deadline: November 22, 2017 An intensive workshop with Master Conductor Jon Washburn and Canada’s premiere choral ensemble, the Vancouver Chamber Choir. The Vancouver Chamber Choir’s 38th Annual National Conductors’ Symposium is an oppor-tunity to take part in master-classes as a con-ductor or observer. Learn choral techniques, conducting gesture, score interpretation and more. Each conductor will conduct before an audience, as part of the Choir’s regular concert season. Email [email protected]
Visit: https://vancouverchamberchoir.com/out-reach/#ncs The New Brunswick Choral Federation La Fédération des chorales du Nouveau-Brunswick PO Box 714, Station A, Fredericton NB E3B 5B4 (506) 478-2875 Funding for the New Brunswick Choral Federa-tion comes from membership fees, private do-nations, and grants. Programs are funded from the NBCF operating budget and from program registration fees, as well from as grants and donations whenever possible. To donate to the NBCF, visit: http://nbcfsite.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/donations-and-fundraising/ or: http://www.canadahelps.org/dn/10420 The New Brunswick Choral Federation is grate-ful to receive an operating grant from the Arts and Cultural Industries Branch of Tourism, Her-itage and Culture, Province of New Brunswick.
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