The Nora choir sings for our enjoyment and
for church services approximately once a month.
We rehearse in the church sanctuary on Sunday mornings from 9:00-10:00.
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.
Come and enjoy our warm fellowship and great music.
You can contact the choir director, JoAnn Huss by e-mail at
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or if you do not have e-mail you can use the form on the comments page.
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Rehearsal Schedule
( Please check weekly - this may change! )
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. in the church sanctuary on the dates listed below.
2010
( Performance dates are in bold. )
September
12, 19, 26
October
10, 17, 24, 31
November
7, 14, 21, 28
December
5, 12, 19
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
- Repertory -
2010 - 2011
Title
Composer/Arranger
mp3 & midi Files
When in Our Music God is Glorified
( Scheduled for Sept. 19, 2010. )
Singing the Living Tradition
#36
The Fire of Commitment
( Schedule for Oct. 17, 2010. )
This year the Nora & Mankato Fellowship choirs will combine to sing:
Circle of Song
Words & music by Tony Turner
Arrangement by Jane Perry
This arrangement was used as the theme song
for the 2008 Annual conference and meeting
of the Canadian Unitarian Council, Ottowa, Ontario.
Tony Turner leads the ACM choir and participants in his Circle of Song,
generously offered to the CUC as the theme song for the conference.
Performed on
May 23 - Nora Church
&
June 6 - Mankato Fellowship
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.
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
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.)
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