It never ceases to amaze me the varied amount of organizational hard work it takes to run Camerata. I just emailed you the results of our successful Canada Council operations grant. The amount of hours it took to put that grant together, and the many areas of the organization's activity which were inputted into the application itself was staggering. What committment we have - people so willing to help and have the expertise to help the organization move forward.
As we countdown to the final run out to St. Bernard in a little over a week, please make sure you are confident with all the scores on the program. On Tuesday we will essentially run the program and I expect all eyes out of the music. Please download a copy of the program and put it in your folders as you will need to refer to it a number of times, if only to keep your scores in concert order.
Some housekeeping items: Some of you are consistently arriving late - please don't. Rehearsal begins at 7pm and the warmup is important. If you need time to find a parking place or deal with traffic, please leave home earlier. Also please arrive this Tuesday with your scores in concert order so we can get straight to the program.
Auditions: The first round of auditions for Camerata is taking place on Saturday morning, June 25th at Bethany United. Next season there are vacancies for altos, tenors and baritones (unless there are sopranos not coming back who haven't spoken to me) and I hope to fill at least one of those positions from the auditions scheduled for the 25th. Some of you have said that you knew of singers interested in singing with Camerata so please forward on any names you have, give them my email address. Audition info is on the website. I am especially interested in two tenors and a baritone (sounds like a B Italian movie!)
Speaking of replacements, Laura, Chris, Lynn and Robin are taking what I hope to be a leave next season to concentrate on their jobs and in the case of Robin, to go back to school to do an MBA. Hopefully all this is temporary, as I know we all will miss these talented singers and lovely people. St. Bernard will be their last concert. I wish you all well and thank you so much for everything you have given to Camerata.
So next Tuesday we run the program and then on Sunday at 2:30 pm we meet at St. Bernard for a short sound check. Until then, stay dry!
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