the Lorem Ipsums November 2016 IN THIS EDITION CD s Now Available Artistic Director s Report W I N T E R 2 0 1 6 Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Uniforms Rehearsal Managers Update Board News Community News One Voice CD s Now Available Released at our 30 th anniversary concert, our latest CD is now available for purchase for $20. Simply order and pay online at www.trybooking.com/njun Once paid for CD s will be available for collection at rehearsals or there is an option to have one posted out to you (postage charges will apply) DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Citizenship Ceremonies 24 th November Herriot & Jones Choirs City of Casey Council Chambers 8 th December Heffernan / Dunlop Choirs City of Casey Council Chambers End of Year Concert & Awards 14 th December Join us for a night of celebrating yet another fantastic year at St Andrews Uniting Church Berwick Bunnings BBQ from 8am 17 th December Bunnings BBQ Narre Warren from 8am 4pm Berwick Community Carols 7pm 9:30 Edwin Flack Reserve
Artistic Directors Report! The last couple of weeks we have been busy learning new repertoire and getting to know each other. I have greatly enjoyed my first few weeks conducting all our young singers. I am particularly impressed with how everyone has absorbed the new music. It is fabulous to see everyone deploying the music literacy skills delivered by my fabulous colleagues, Naomi Heyden and Simon Loveless. Many thanks to Annette who has worked tirelessly to keep our music catalogue in good order. Whilst these are early days as the Artistic Director there is something pressing on my conscience. As you are no doubt aware we are currently a small choir. It is imperative that we grow our membership. There are so many co-curricular activities vying for the attention of our young people! However, I believe this is a special organisation that holds the potential to nurture many more young people. We want to nurture them not only as musicians but as positive, independent and happy citizens in our society. If you feel inclined, I encourage you to spread the word about our choir with friends and colleagues who may have youth interested in joining us. I hope our upcoming performances will help to promote the rich program we have to offer. Ultimately, our young people will gain the most benefit from adding to our numbers. Aside from delivering a larger sound as an ensemble there is the added benefit of making new friends. Personally, I am thankful for the several close friends made through choirs in my childhood. Thank you to the many who volunteer time to the choir or help spread the word about us. The end of year is fast approaching and I hope to build the momentum for our final concerts. Please don't hesitate to put us in touch with anyone interested in the M.Y.C. I would welcome any young people who would like to come along for a trial rehearsal and join in the fun! Warm regards, Daniel Brinsmead Artistic Director the Melbourne Youth Chorale B.Mus (Hons.) M.Mus 2
Uniforms Uniforms are now available for purchase. We would love it if our choristers could wear their polo s / hoodies to every rehearsal. Please contact Sarah if you have financial concerns in relation to affordability of the rehearsal uniform (manager.myc@gmail.com) Polo shirts $17.50 Hoodies $40.00 To order uniforms go to https://www.trybooking.com/mkjy Return of uniforms If you accidentally took home a rehearsal uniform or performance uniform, please return them at the next rehearsal. We will issue and collect performance uniforms at each performance. Jones / Herriot choirs may hold onto their performance uniform which we will collect at the conclusion of the citizenship ceremony performance on 24 th November. Your old performance uniforms can also be returned at the next rehearsal Uniforms for performances Please make sure that your child wears their performance uniform to the upcoming performances. If they do not yet have their uniform we are able to loan one which must be returned at the conclusion of their performance. Performance uniforms are as follows: Heffernan / Dunlop Black pants and MYC rehearsal polo, Black hair ribbon Herriot / Jones Black pants / Black skirt, black opaque tights, black closed toe shoes, white MYC shirt, MYC Vest, black hair ribbon 3
Sheet Music Annette Wright has done a fantastic job doing many hours of work cataloguing all of our sheet music. We are very appreciative of all the work that she ha s put into this task. Part of honoring all the hard work she has put into this job is taking care of the sheet music that we hand out. We ask that all students issued with music on loan from the choir take care of it by storing it flat in alphabetical order in the folders provided. Rehearsal Attendance We hope you all had a fantastic time over the September holidays. It would be great if you could all get to rehearsals on time. Heffernan / Dunlop rehearsing from 4:45pm to 6:15pm (Heffernan finish 5:30pm) Jones rehearsing from 5:15pm to 7:45pm If your child is unable to attend a choir rehearsal please let your rehearsal manager know. Contact details for each manager are below: Tiffany Dawson (Heffernan / Dunlop) Ph: 0435 347 647 Annette Wright (Jones / Herriot) Ph: 0434 431 191 Promotional Opportunities As Daniel mentioned in his monthly report we would love to increase our choir numbers to maximize the experience for our members. Please take some flyers with you to distribute at your school and to family and friends. We would love to hear your ideas about how we can promote the choir further. Please chat to Sarah at rehearsals or send an email through to manager.myc@gmail.com 4
BOARD NEWS BUNNINGS BBQ Our annual Bunnings BBQ fundraiser is on December 17th this year. As usual, we expect it to be a big day. This fundraiser has earned us close to $4000 in the past two years so it is well worth your time to join in. We ll need at least 4 adults, plus a couple of choristers (aged 13+) per shift to run smoothly. Please register your availability on the doodle poll - click here or on the sign up sheet at rehearsals Thank you, from the Board. STORAGE UPDATE: With new uniforms purchased, our next major purchase will be a shipping container that will be fitted out, suitable to store MYC s music library. If anyone has contacts re: builder or fitter that might help us with this project we d love to hear from you. We re hoping to start this project in the next couple of weeks to be completed by the end of term. Please email Sarah at manager.myc@gmail.com 5
Making Music at the factory COMMUNITY NEWS Cranbourne Choir is running a workshop from 3 rd 6 th January 2017 Come along and sing with other choristers just for fun Cost $250 per person, includes conductor, accompanist, morning / afternoon tea and light lunch daily For more information phone Jennie Toyne 0417 567 125 or email jennie.toyne@bigpond.com Victorian School of Peforming Arts Our final event for 2016 is our Christmas Evening on Tuesday 13 December starting at 7.00pm. Come along to the Lunchbox and surrounding gardens at St Margaret s School, Gloucester Avenue Berwick and enjoy the beautiful sounds of the VSPA Christmas Choir. You are welcome to bring food, rugs, deckchairs and drinks to enjoy. Tickets are limited so get in early. Visit www.stmargarets.vic.edu.au All tickets are $10 and profits will go to The Smith Family Charity supporting disadvantaged Australian children. Wanted empty egg cartons and jars Louise Gavin would love your empty egg cartons and jars, please bring them along to rehearsals for her to collect. Contact Louise on 0412 027 250 if you would like to purchase: Free Range chicken eggs $5 doz Free Range duck eggs $8 doz Fresh from the hive Honey $15 per kg She will bring them to rehearsal for you 6