Jazz Choir Concert Preparation

We are now beginning preparation for a Jazz Concert to coincide with the ever successful Paeroa Jazz festival, with a performance in Waihi the week prior.

Our first practice back is Waihi: Monday 2nd May 7.15pm at the Salvation Army Citadel. All new members are welcome. There is no requirement to read music and no auditions. The only requirement is a love of singing. Once the programme is finalised, a practice CD with parts will be issued to each choir member to keep. We are starting with brand new music and a few old favourites thrown in for good measure.

We will have a selection of gospels and some good ol' Jazz standards with a couple of 'Jazzier' numbers with a more modern flavour - so something to suit everyone.

Our list of songs to choose from consists of:

Autumn Leaves
Muddy Waters
Java Jive
Plenty Good Room
Swing Low
Rhythm of Life
Ticket to the Kingdom
He Never Failed Me Yet
Goodnight Sweetheart
This Little Light
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
My Lord What a Morning
Deep River
Medley: I'm Just A Goin' Home

St Louis Blues

Chatanooga Choo Choo

Sentimental Journey

Watch out for some posts with youtube clips of some of these pieces coming soon.

Generous Support from Creative Communities Trust Hauraki

The Ohinemuri Singers would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Creative Communites Trust through the Hauraki District Council.

Afternoon concert with the Bay of Plenty Mens Choir 10th April

This combined concert is on Sunday the 10th of April, 2.30pm at the Paeroa Bible Chapel on Wharf Street, Paeroa.

Entry is by donation and all proceeds go to the work of the Bible Society. For more information phone: Vic Bowen (07)862 8491

Change of Venue for Practices

We have changed our Pearoa venue to the Paeroa Bible Chapel on Wharf Street. Waihi rehearsals will be at the Salvation Army Citadel on the main street of Waihi by the Pumphouse.

After the combined concert on the 10th of April, there will be a break for 3 weeks before choir resumes in preparation for the August Jazz concert.

Welcome to 2011

Welcome back to everyone, especially our new members. It is exciting to have such great numbers! We just need a few more men to balance the 30 ladies we now have.

We had a successful end to the year with three great performances of the Christmas Cantata. All three venues were packed with very receptive and appreciative audiences.

This is a very brief plan for 2011 with some details and dates to be confirmed:

• Rehearsals in both Paeroa and Waihi Monday nights 7.15 till 9.00pm - a year planner will be given out next rehearsal with proposed dates of practices and concerts.
• Work towards a combined concert with the Tauranga Bible Society on April 10th
• Jazz Programme for the first half of the year with well-known Jazz standards and favourites from the years with the aim to perform just prior to the Paeroa Jazz Festival in August with a performance in both Paeroa and Waihi
• Two workshops on vocal pedagogy/health/voice production and a Barbershop workshop during the year
• Work towards a Christmas Cantata in December with performances in Hamilton, Thames, Waihi and Paeroa : work tba

We will looking at funding for new music and sound equipment for our performances.

A reminder that there are some great websites out there with valuable tools for singing. Check out these: Click on the logos to take you to the sites sites.

A great site with a lot of useful information and diagrams

Another great site of a local NZ Music business with a lot of valuable information:

Both worth spending a bit of time having a look around :)

BOP Music School 2011

Tauranga - April 9th to the 11th

Click on the University of Waikato logo to take you to the site for the Bay of Plenty Music School where you can view biographical information on the conducters for this weekend and also download the enrolment form. Hope to see some of you there!

I have also emailed info and the enrolment form to you. You can still get earlybird deals till the end of February.