Updates Oct 6, 2025
Director’s Notes
Looking forward to another great week of rehearsal! This week we will be working through Gaudete, Adoramus Te, I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, The Road Home, Hanerot Halalu, and Theme from Elf! Currently, we do not have learning tracks for Hanerot Halalu, but hope to get them ASAP.
Memorization
As a reminder, we are planning to memorize the following pieces for our winter concert:
Gaudete
Precious Lord
The Road Home
Theme from Elf
Snow Miser/Heat Miser
Nutcracker Jingles
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Nov 2 Concert
The Open Door Food Pantry Benefit Concert – Sunday, November 2, 2025
Sound Check – 2:00pm
Move to holding rooms – 2:30pm
Concert begins – 3:00pm
We sing second. Following our set, you are free to leave or stay for the rest of the concert. You do not need to be memorized for this concert!
The Set:
The Road Home
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Season of Light
Chorus Etiquette
While our chorus has its own member handbook, it’s nice to occasionally look outward to how other choirs operate. Chorus Connection is a large organization that supports choirs of all types. They posted this article recently, and we thought you might like to glance through it and see if you can learn something new!
IF YOU MISSED A REHEARSAL…. Please check the rehearsal notes and put markings in your music before coming to the next rehearsal! It saves time (by not having to repeat the directions), and helps move us along to making better music. Thank you!
Dan Henke We’re so excited that former SCS member is being honored at Sycamore High School! For those who may not know, Dan Henke was a longtime Sycamore educator and administrator, and he hired SCS’s founder Linda Gartner for her position as a Sycamore Music teacher. Dan sang with the choir for about 7 years. We hope to see many choir members at the opening ceremonies of the Dan Henke Field at Sycamore High School on Saturday, Oct 18 at 1:00 pm. See attached flyer for more details.
Wine School Fundraiser – Unfortunately, due to lack of participation, we have cancelled this event. Those that purchased tickets will have their money refunded through Peggy.
CALENDAR
October 18, 1:00 Dan Henke Field Opening Ceremonies, Sycamore HS
November 2, 2:00-4:00 Open Door Benefit Concert
Dec 2, 6:30-9:30 – Dress Rehearsal
Dec 4 & 5, 7:30 Our Concerts!
December 14, SW OH Symphonic Band Concert (rehearsal on Dec 11).
Cincinnati Music Scene
Cincinnati has a wealth of concert offerings, and we love to share some of these events, especially ones that include some of our members! Please send information about exciting upcoming performances to share with everyone.
See you on Thursday!
Mary Wynn
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