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Looking for a few good
volunteers.... The Elgin Choral Union is seeking committed individuals to serve on its Board of Directors. Supporters of the arts, choral music enthusiasts and community leaders who have skills in finance, communications, marketing, human resources, website design, public relations and similar business areas are invited to submit an application to serve a three-year term on the ECU Board of Directors. APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS About Elgin Choral Union and BOD For further information, please call 847 214 7225.
Your support provides much needed revenue for programs and concerts that enable us to create beautiful choral music.
2nd Annual Elgin Choral Union Spring Tea Save the Date: Saturday April 24, 2010
Our Fundraiser Tea will be held at a beautiful setting in the Fox Valley area. To be added to the mail list to receive complete details, please click link below.
2009 - 2010 Concert Schedule http://elginchoralunion.org/concerts.htm
AUDITIONS!
Auditions for the next season membership will be held in late August and early January.
(Section Leader
auditions are held in early June.) To schedule an audition, please call 847-214-7225. Elgin Choral Union is a 120-voice adult community choir singing to professional standards. Our diverse membership of 110 volunteers and 8 professionally trained section leaders comes from over 30 communities and ranges in age from 17-80! In residence at Elgin Community College, we perform three public subscription concerts at the Visual Performing Arts Center's Blizzard Theatre, are hired by other organizations such as Elgin Symphony Orchestra and also participate in numerous free community events. We are asking everyone to sing a segment from Mendelssohn’s St. Paul oratorio (available by clicking here) : http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/mendelss/mend-how.pdf; altos: m.1 to m. 11; basses: m. 11 to m. 20; tenors: m. 30 to m. 40; sopranos: m. 33 to m. 40 In addition, Andrew Lewis, Music Director, will assess your sight-reading skills, musicality and intonation. We structure the audition to be as stress-free as possible; the entire audition will take about 10 minutes. As an in-residence organization of Elgin Community College, the class meets weekly on Tuesdays from 7-9:30 p.m. Annual membership is $250 ($125. per semester, includes credit/non-credit tuition and music). Limited scholarships may be available based on need.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. Performance is held in the Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center, Blizzard Theatre Click below to get a sneak peak: http://www.youtube.com/user/ElginChoralUnion
Concert Tickets Click link below to order tickets through ECC box office - http://www.elgin.edu/community $23 adults ~ $18 seniors ~ $15 students $5 for children (under 10 with a paid adult admission)
Get into the Christmas spirit! Come to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Home for the Holidays concert featuring the Elgin Choral Union. Held at the Hemmens Cultural Center on Saturday, December 12th, at 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. For tickets, click the link below -
For more information about the Elgin Choral Union please contact
us:
ECU is a not-for-profit organization and is an In-Residence Ensemble at the Elgin Community College Institute for the Performing Arts. |
