Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Rehearsals Begin Soon!

How do YOU warm the long winter days? Looking at seed catalogs, planning summer vacations – AND – joining your CVCC friends in song! The Chippewa Valley Community Chorus invites new and returning singers to join us for our 2009 season. The program will feature Mozart’s "Coronation" Mass, a tribute to Queen (medley), and works by local composer Warren Hermodson. Something for everyone. We will be directed by Mr. Val Knobloch and accompanied by Elaine Mann.

Rehearsals will be held Monday evenings at 7:30 pm, beginning JANUARY 12TH. Performances are scheduled for March 21st and 22nd. Rehearsals and concerts will be held at the Chippewa Valley Cultural Association/Heyde Center for the Arts, 3 South High Street, Chippewa Falls. A $25.00 fee will help defray costs.

For more information, please contact Jan Adams, 726-1136.
Posted by Chippewa Valley Community Chorus Board at 11:16 AM

Our 2009 Concert

Music fit for a Queen Chippewa Valley
Spring Concert
7 pm, Saturday, March 21
3 pm, Sunday, March 22
Chippewa Valley Cultural Association / Heyde Center
3 S. High Street, Chippewa Falls

The program features Mozart's Coronation Mass, a tribute to the rock band Queen, works by local composer Warren Hermodson spirituals.

Conducted by Val Knobloch
Accompanist: Elaine Mann
Soloists: Cathy Statz, Wilma Hovland, Terry Hoepner, Mike
Steinberger, Howard White & Randy Adams

Adult-$6 Students-$3 Children under 5-free
tickets available at the door

In cooperation with the Chippewa Valley Cultural Association.
For more information, please call 715-726-9000

Our 2008 Season

The 2008 concert featured Frostiana by Randall Thompson and music by Mack Wilberg, complemented by a selection of spirituals. Frostiana is a large work based on a collection of well-known poems by the American poet Robert Frost. Thompson was a prolific Twentieth Century American composer who wrote for choral groups, symphony, strings, and opera. His settings capture perfectly the mood and pace of Frost’s The Road Not Taken, Stopping By Woods, and several others. 2008 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the commissioning of Frostiana. Mack Wilberg provides settings of four American folk hymns. Wilberg is currently the Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and has had a long and distinguished career. His arrangements of these four hymns are inspirational in their energy and grandeur. The concert will also feature a piano duet. The concert once again was directed by Valerius Knobloch, and accompanied on piano by Elaine Mann and Judy Lies. Performances took place at 7:00 PM, Saturday April 26th, and at 3:00 PM on Sunday April 27th.