Minneapolis Community and Technical College will present a Spring Choral Concert featuring the MCTC Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble Friday May 3 at 7:30 pm in the Whitney Fine Arts Theater, 1424 Yale Place, on the MCTC campus in downtown Minneapolis. The concert, directed by Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and accompanied by Christopher Wolter will include compositions and arrangements by Dan Davison, Sten Källman and Pavel Tschesnokoff among others. Songs will be sung from all over the world, in languages ranging from Haitian Creole to Spanish. Featured on this concert will be the premiere of “A Glimmering Girl” by award-winning composer David Evan Thomas. Set to poetry by William Butler Yeats, and composed for the MCTC Choirs, this song will be a highlight of this concert. The choirs will be joined at this event by special guests Thomas Reimer, percussionist and Julie Johnson, flutist. A reception in the Fine Arts lobby will follow immediately after the concert. Light refreshments will be served. Children are welcome. Admission to this concert is free, but the choirs ask that you bring a non-perishable food donation that you may deposit in the marked bins outside the theater. Food donations will go to the Hennepin County Emergency Food Network.
Fine Arts Festival Events in Music at MCTC
MCTC Music Department
Spring Fine Arts Festival Events
Collaborations Concert
April 16, 12-2 on the first floor of the Helland Student Center Lounge. Click here for more information.
Chamber and Jazz Ensemble Concert
April 23, 7:30 in Whitney Fine Arts Theater.
Student Recital
April 24, 12-1 in Whitney Fine Arts Theater. Click here for more information.
Faculty Recital
April 30, 7:30 in Whitney Fine Arts Theater. Click here for more information.
Spring Choir Concert
May 2, 7:30 in Whitney Fine Arts Theater. Click here for more information.
Sacred Harp Winter Singing
Choir Members – This is always a great event!
2000 ~ Fourteenth Annual Minnesota State ~ 2013
Sacred Harp Winter Singing
from the new 2012 Cooper edition (“blue book”) of The Sacred Harp
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2013 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Celtic Junction
836 North Prior Avenue, Saint Paul
EVERYONE IS WELCOME ~ NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
THE SACRED HARP continues a 200-year-old American tradition
of singing non-denominational hymns and gospel songs, written with shaped note heads. Singers sit in a hollow square facing the center and sing four parts, a cappella, with uninhibited vigor.
THE MUSIC has a distinctive open and modal sound, and the singing is exuberant, rhythmic, and full of feeling.
Visitors are encouraged to join in the singing, or they are welcome to just listen.
~TUNEBOOKS will be available on loan, or you may purchase a book at the singing~
~POTLUCK DINNER ON THE GROUNDS provided by local host singers~
~CHILD CARE will be available~
MORE INFORMATION available at http://mnfasola.org
or contact event co-chairs Jim Goetz (mljgoetz@gmail.com, 763-545-7815)
or Barb Patterson (barbjudson.yellow@gmail.com, 612-801-0157)
~ JOIN US FOR OUR REGULAR SINGINGS ~
2nd Sundays: Saint Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N. Howell St., Saint Paul, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
4th Sundays: University Baptist Church, 1219 13th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesdays: University Baptist Church, 1219 13th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota Sacred Harp September Convention
Choir Members – This is a wonderful singing opportunity – check it out!
The 23rd Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention
Join shape-note singers from all around the U.S. for a celebration of Sacred Harp singing from the 1991 Denson “red book” edition of the Sacred Harp.
Dates: September 22-23, 2012
Location: Saturday, September 22nd:
Calvary Lutheran Church
3901 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Sunday, September 23rd:
The Landing
2187 Highway 101 East
Shakopee, MN 55379
Registration: 9:00am, Singing starts at 9:30am
Dinner on the Grounds (potluck): 12:00pm
Singing ends: 3:00pm
2012 Convention co-chairs:
Paul Landskroener & Thea Johansen
Email: plandskroener@mac.com or theajohansen@aol.com
Phone: Paul (612) 990-2248 or Thea (651) 644-3153
Housing available for out of town singers:
For housing with local singers or for hotel information,
contact Paul Wyatt (wyatt006@iphouse.com ; 651-698-1525)
Social event/singing on Saturday evening will be announced at the convention
Child care available Saturday and Sunday.
Song leaders wishing to lead new music not in the 1991 edition of the Sacred Harp should talk to one of the chairs before the weekend of the convention.
Loaner books will be available for use or purchase ($20)
Media should contact Matt Wells at (651) 695-0086 or fasolamatt@yahoo.com for our press kit.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information please contact the convention chairs or Matt Wells, fasolamatt@yahoo.com
Updates from the MCTC Choir Retreat
The MCTC Choirs had a great time at their retreat on Sept. 15. Social time, lunch, workshops, and a great session on movement and breathing for singers, lead by Shelley Kline. Check out this video and pictures from the event:
Chorus America Opening Night Concert
The Chorus America Convention, held here in Minneapolis last week, had a wonderful opening night concert, and your choir director was there, singing with the Minnesota Chorale. MPR has posted the full concert online.
Check it out here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/06/06/chorus-america-opening-gala-concert/
MCTC Choirs present A Spring Choral Concert May 4
Minneapolis Community and Technical College will present a Spring Choral Concert featuring the MCTC Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble Friday May 4 at 7:30 pm in the Whitney Fine Arts Theater, 1424 Yale Place, on the MCTC campus in downtown Minneapolis. The concert, directed by Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and accompanied by Christopher Wolter will include compositions and arrangements by Eric William Barnum, Nick Page and Rollo Dilworth. Songs will be sung from all over the world, in languages ranging from Mandarin to French. The choirs will be joined at this event by special guests Thomas Reimer, percussionist and Julie Johnson, flutist. A reception in the Fine Arts lobby will follow immediately after the concert. Light refreshments will be served. Children are welcome. Admission to this concert is free, but the choirs ask that you bring a non-perishable food donation that you may deposit in the marked bins outside the theater. Food donations will go to the Hennepin County Emergency Food Network.
MCTC Music Department Fine Arts Festival Events 2012
Collaborations Concert: April 18th, Noon -2:00 T- Building, skyway by the coffee stand. A meeting of musicians at MCTC, students participating in the applied music program are invited to “play a song or two” with their peers and faculty members. MCTC instrumental students study a variety of instruments including; guitar, bass, voice, percussion, keyboards, accordion, woodwind and string instruments. The student musicians are joined by members of the music faculty and guests.
Open Concert and Master Guitar Class with guest artist Dean Magraw: Thursday April 19 Noon-1:30, Multi Purpose Room Helland Center. This is an unique opportunity for all at MCTC to hear a performance by renowned guitarist Dean Magraw and to experience how his insights inspire guitar students. Dean Magraw’s life as a guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer reveals an artist uniquely consistent in his ability to rise to the highest level of musical expression in a dazzling array of contexts.
Dean’s passion transcends all perceived musical boundaries, yet the vital essence of his distinctive style is ever present, whether he’s performing and recording as a solo artist, leading his own ensembles such as the experimental jam band Eight Head, or collaborating with such notables as Japanese shamisen prodigy Nitta Masahiro, classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, South Indian vocalist and vina virtuoso Nirmala Rajasheker, epic songstress and storyteller Ruth MacKenzie, Irish supergroup Altan, radio and film celebrity Garrison Keillor, jazz bassist Anthony Cox, and countless others.
Ensemble Concert, Monday April 23 at 7:30 PM Whitney Fine Arts Theater. From “classical” to modern form and many styles in between, the various will take you on “a musical survey”. The groups include chamber music and the jazz ensembles. Musical direction and context is provided by the vestal Yolanda Williams.
Music Student Recital: Thursday April 26 at noon, Whitney Fine Arts Theater. This event showcases the musical talents of MCTC students participating in the applied music program.
Music Faculty Recital: May 1, 7:30 PM Whitney Fine Arts Theater. Featuring the diverse knowledge and skills of the MCTC Music faculty and joined by special guest artists. This event presents a sampling of the vast skills and styling of the creative faculty members.
Spring Choir Concert, May 4 at 7:30, Whitney Fine Arts Theater. Showcasing the MCTC College Choir and Vocal Ensemble, the concert, directed by Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and accompanied by Christopher Wolter will include compositions and arrangements by Eric William Barnum, Nick Page and Rollo Dilworth. Songs will be sung from all over the world, in languages ranging from Mandarin to French. The choirs will be joined at this event by special guests Thomas Reimer, percussionist and Julie Johnson, flutist.
Lunchbreak Choir Member Craig Hergert’s Essay on the Beatles
The Minneapolis Star Tribune just published MCTC Faculty member (and Lunchbreak Choir member)’s terrific essay on the 48th anniversary of the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. It is a great article, despite the fact that we now have it in writing that your choir director did not really know it all at the age of five. Check it out at: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/138965084.html
Winter Blues? How about a little singing to take them away?
Join MCTC music faculty members Liz Pauly and Sarah Greer along with the MCTC Choirs for a session designed to help chase away the winter blues. By the time you leave this session you will have learned several fun songs made to be sung in community, participated in group improvisations, and learned some breathing, posture and stretching exercises to help calm and relax your winter-weary body.
Singing for Stress Relief
Time: 10:30-11:45
Location: F2700
Date: February 23, 2012 – Student Success Day
This event is presented as part of Student Success Day on the Minneapolis Community and Technical College campus.