Choir

Nora Choir

  • The Nora choir is a group of people who sing for our enjoyment and perform for church services approximately once a month.
  • We rehearse in the church sanctuary on Sunday mornings from 9:00 - 10:00 weekly.
    Our rehearsal schedule is posted below.
  • Choir membership is open to anyone ( high school - adult ). No audition is required.
  • You do not have to be able to read music to join our group.
  • All members receive practice CDs which include sing along music for each part to all music performed.
  • All music is also available below in mp3 format.
    Click on a selection to listen.
    Right-Click on a selection to download. ( Mac users will Control-Click on a selection. )

Come and enjoy our warm fellowship and great music.
To join, contact Gil Hanson at

If you do not have e-mail, you can contact Gil by using the form on the comments page. Please note that if you contact Gil in this manner, your comment submission will not be published on the comments page.


Rehearsal Schedule
( Please check weekly - this may change! )
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. in the church sanctuary on the dates listed below.

2007
( Performance dates are in bold. )
September 16, 23, 30
October No rehearsal on October 7
14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18, 25
December 2, 9, 16
No rehearsals on Dec. 23 & 30

2008
January No rehearsal on January 6
13, 20, 27
February 3, 10, 17-This rehearsal has been cancelled
24
March 2, 9, 16, 23,
30 - 9:30 AM
April 6 (at the Mankato Fellowship) - 9:15 AM
13 - 9:30 AM,
20 - 9:30 AM

- Repertory -

Select a year:

2007 - 2008

Title Composer/Arranger mp3 & midi Files
The Fire of Commitment
( Performed on October 21, 2007.)
Jason Shelton Women & Men    midi
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
( Performed on November 4, 2007. )
Kittridge / Smith SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Like A Mighty Stream
( Performed on November 18, 2007. )
Hogan & Jacobson SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Ding Dong Merrily On High
( Performed on December 16, 2007. )
Carolyn Jennings SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Winter Night
( Performed on January 20, 2008. )
Shelley Jackson Denham Women & Men    midi
Everything Possible
( Performed on March 2, 2008. )
Fred Small SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Morning Has Broken
( Performed on March 23, 2008 - Easter )

Please note that this version has been transposed down one step from the original. The keyboard part has been voiced to sound like vibes and pizzicato double bass and in some places has been simplified slightly.

Vaclav Nelhybel SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass

The Road to The Isles
The Nora Choir & the Mankato Fellowship Choir combined for performances on:
    April 6 - Mankato Fellowship
    &
    April 20 - Nora Church
    View the April 20th performance

Margaret Donaldson

Listen to a recording by Margaret Donaldson to hear the pronunciation of the Scottish words. Her tempo and style are both very different from ours, but I'm sure you will enjoy her rendition.
(Click her picture to view her web site.)

Arr. by Ken Berg SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass


2006 - 2007

Title Composer/Arranger mp3 & midi Files
Haba Na Haba
( Performed September 24, 2006 )
Estes SATB    midi
Part 1 (Soprano & Tenor)
Part 2 (Alto & Bass)
Turn the World Around      
( Performed October 29, 2006 )
Belafonte & Freedman SATB    midi
Part 1 (Soprano & Tenor)
Part 2 (Alto & Bass)
A Rose Touched By The Sun's Warm Rays      
( Performed November 26, 2006 )

Note that in measures 8 and 9, the soprano part has been altered in order to make it more singable for sopranos with a limited upper range.

Jean Berger SATB    midi
Soprano (altered)
Alto
Tenor
Bass
A Joyous Christmas Song
( Performed December 3, 2006 )

Note that a special soprano part was created in order to make it more singable for sopranos with a limited upper range.

Knudsen/Hokanson SSAATBB    midi
Special Soprano Part
Soprano I
Soprano II
Alto I
Alto II
Tenor
Bass I
Bass II
In the Bleak Midwinter
( Performed January 21, 2007 )
Gustav Holst SATB    midi
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
The Gift Of Love
( Performed March 18, 2007 )
Hal Hopson SATB    midi
Women
Men
All Things Bright and Beautiful
( Performed: Easter - April 8, 2007 )

measure 29 - sopranos sing the alto line
measures 69 & 70 - sopranos on lower divided part
measure 73 - sopranos sing the alto line

John Rutter SATB    midi
Soprano (altered)
Alto
Tenor
Bass I
Bass II
On The Dusty Earth Drum
( Performed: Earth Day - April 22, 2007 )
Cotter & Shelton SATB    midi

 

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