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Concert Order

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind    John Rutter     from As You Like It
inter is at Hand    Ruth Morris Gray    from Richard III
Orpheus With His Lute    Christine Donkin    from Henry VIII

Sonnet set:
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? (Sonnet 18)   Nils Lindberg
Sonnet 43    Laura Hawley
That Time of Year (Sonnet 73)    Stanley Hoffmann
How Like a Winter (Sonnet 97)    Ruth Morris Gray

So Hallowed and So Gracious is the Time    Paul Ayres    from Hamlet

When Daisies Pied    John Rutter   from Loves Labour's Lost
When Icicles Hang By the Wall    Thomas Arne    from Love’s Labour's Lost

 choir sit-down break. entracte (small ensemble song)

Under the Greenwood Tree SSA    Robert Boyd    from As You Like It
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind    Elise Letourneau    from As You Like It

Lawn as White as Driven Snow    Robert Johnson    from The Winter’s Tale

O Mistress Mine    Matthew Harris    from Twelfth Night
Hey Ho, The Wind and the Rain    Robert Schumann    from Twelfth Night

Ottawa actor Robin Guy will join us to help put the songs in their dramatic context: she will be performing excerpts from each of the plays, as well as reciting the sonnet texts. Robin is a frequent performer at the Gladstone Theatre, as well as being the venue Manager, and she also runs Three Sisters Theatre Company.

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New Season

Winter's Tales: Shakespearean Songs for the Season

Welcome back to our returning members, and a warm welcome to new members! Our weekly rehearsals resume on Monday, September 8 from 7:15 - 9:30 pm at Centretown United Church (507 Bank St.). Scott has once again put together an exciting winter program for us - Musica Viva Singers is going back to the Bard! Winter's Tales: Shakespearean Songs for the Season. We will learn songs from the plays in settings by composers from across five centuries, from Robert Johnson to John Rutter, as well as by contemporary Canadian women composers Laura Hawley, Christine Donkin, and Elise Letourneau. And to bring the poetry and drama vividly to life, we will be joined by actor Robin Guy of Three Sisters Theatre Company.

We are planning to present a winter concert on Monday, December 15, so save the date! The dress rehearsal will be on Saturday, December 13 in the afternoon.

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Getting Your Music

Please arrive early at our first rehearsal to collect your music from our Music Librarian, Aditi Magdalena, who will be located at the front of the church.

There are 15 pieces on the programme this Fall.

(1) Four (4) pieces have been purchased by MVS as e-licenses. Choristers are responsible to print these materials for their own use.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lFF-6qjufchHXbT3aewChP2AVFDdIX3U

Returning members, and new members who pay dues, have access to this Drive folder. Paperless singers may download the entire programme at this link. Also please read this information about e-scores

https://www.musica-viva.ca/for-members/types-of-scores-we-use

If it is a hardship for you to work with google Drive folders and/or to print copies, please seek help from a choir buddy (in exchange for lifts to rehearsal, baked cookies, hand-knit socks, whatever) before consulting our hard-working library volunteers.

(2) Four (4) more pieces are already owned as e-licenses. We made and used paper copies in past seasons. These will be distributed and not collected. Please highlight as much as you like!

(3) Seven (7) published paper scores will be loaned out and should be marked in light pencil, only. Current members may collect these in advance at 263 Somerset W - please check first as we're still awaiting delivery of 2 new items. On Sept 8, please arrive early if you don't have paper scores yet.

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Payment of Fees

Fees for the fall term (Sept. to Dec.): $150 for returning members or $110 introductory fee for newcomers to the choir. Remember, your fees should be paid before September 8th unless you are a new member wishing to try us out for one week before committing to MVS.

Fees can be paid either using Interac E-transfer or by cheque

The easiest way to do this is by Interac e-transfer to: mvs.choir@gmail.com

No password is required.

Please include the word “Fees” on the memo line.

If paying by cheque, the cheque is to be made out to ‘Musica Viva Singers’, and can be handed in to any Board Member at the first rehearsal or mailed to:

Musica Viva Singers, c/o Eleanor Abra 

675 Mansfield Ave. Ottawa K2A 2T5.

Feel free to get in touch with Marjorie at MusicaVivaMembership@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Hope to see you all soon!