As singers began to fill the rehearsal room in the Fine Arts Building last Tuesday evening, one couldn’t help but notice we were quickly running out of chairs. Alex Estes scoured the building looking for anything that wasn’t nailed down and could be used as a chair! More singers filed in and soon all the music was gone! It was a wonderful “problem” and I couldn’t have been happier. I was also happy to order more music and requisition more chairs (thank you Steve Hoskins and the Physical Plant).
The Union College Regional Chorus had its first rehearsal of the 2012-2013 concert season this past Tuesday. Our veteran singers were joined by new members, members who had taken a short sabbatical, and a couple of singers I had not seen in quite a few years, but whose schedules now permitted them to rejoin the RC.
Alumni, area music teachers, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the college make up the membership of the Regional Chorus. Along with the UC Singers and Union Harmony, Union College has three wonderful choirs!
All the choirs have now begun work on music for the Christmas Festival. Over the next three (plus) months we will be working to bring this music to life. I often tell the singers that any choir can learn the correct notes, rhythms, and words, but we are not just any choir. We strive to present beautiful phrasing, bring out hidden nuances, and indeed make the music come to life for the enjoyment and edification of the campus and surrounding communities.
I will continue to keep the campus community informed on what is happening with the Union College Choral Program. In brief, in the upcoming months the Singers and/or Harmony will be singing at the Homecoming Service, First United Methodist Church, Barbourville, the Hanging of the Greens, and (along with the Regional Chorus) the Christmas Festival. Stay tuned!
Blessings…