Rehearsals will begin on Monday, August 27, from 6:30- 8:30 PM at the UH-H rehearsal room (click link to view location in Google Maps). We will then meet each Monday evening (except Labor Day) until our December 1 concert. Come early to get your music, pay your dues/music fee, and find your seat. Dues are still $45 per semester, and music fee this semester is $30 (total $75). Please pay by check (no cash accepted) made payable to Hilo Community Chorus.  Scholarships available; no one will be turned away for inability to pay.

New singers are welcome. There is no audition, and no previous choral experience is required.  The only requirement is a commitment to attend Monday rehearsals each week and to practice one hour a week outside of rehearsal if needed.

I am attaching the fall program numbers with links to listening websites. Tatyana Shapiro-Leiste will be with us playing harp for the Arnesen piece. For those of you who don’t know or know of her, here’s a link to her playing on YouTube:

Hilo Community Chorus music for December, 2018:

In addition to our main concert, we will also participate in the University holiday concert and offer our annual Messiah Sing-along (these events are optional).

Summary of Fall Season dates:

Monday, August 27, at 6:30 p.m. – First rehearsal for our December 1 concert at the UH-Hilo rehearsal room. Come early to pick up your music and pay your dues/music fee ($75 total).

Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. – Optional rehearsal at Christ Lutheran Church, 595 Kapiolani, for the Rutter “The Lord Is My Shepherd” for those of you who choose to sing with my Church Choir on September 2. You are all invited to sing with us.

Sunday, September 2 at 10:30 a.m. – Optional service at Christ Lutheran Church, with choir singing “The Lord Is My Shepherd. Call time for run-through is 10:10 a.m.

Monday, September 3 – No rehearsal – Labor Day (We’ll rehearse all other Mondays at 6:30 p.m.)

Thursday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m. – Rehearsal at First United Protestant Church (above Hilo Medical Center and Kaiser). This will be our only rehearsal with our harpist before concert day.

Saturday, December 1 at 3:00 p.m. – Concert at First United Protestant Church. Call time is 1:30 p.m.

Monday, December 3 at 6:30 p.m. – Rehearsal at UH-H for music we’ll sing with the University choruses on Sunday, December 9.

Saturday, December 8, at noon ’til about 5:00 p.m. – Rehearsal with University choruses.

Sunday, December 9 at 2:00 p.m. – Concert with University Choruses. (Call time probably at noon).

Monday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. at UH-H rehearsal room – Rehearsal for Messiah sing along.

Saturday, December 15 at 2:00 p.m. – Rehearsal for Messiah sing along at First United Protestant Church.

Sunday, December 16 at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. (depending on schedule of instrumentalists) – Messiah sing along at First United Protestant Church.

Tuesday, December 25 – Have a very merry Christmas!

For more information email Tom McAlexander at tommac@hawaii.rr.com or call (808) 985-7192

Aloha,  — Tom