Members

Notices to Choir Members

Last updated: 15 October 2024
 
Membership enquiries and rehearsal attendance apologies: members@citychoirdunedin.org.nz

Regular Tuesday rehearsals 7:30-9:30 pm are a given, unless stated otherwise.

Sun 17 Nov – Rehearsal at MPC, 3:00-5:30 pm

Tue 3 Dec – Rehearsal with orchestra at Hanover Hall, time tbc

Thu 5 Dec – Rehearsal at Knox Church, 7:00-10:00 pm

Fri 6 Dec – Joyeux Noël, 7:30 pm in Knox Church. City Choir and soloists, accompanied by a Dunedin Symphony Orchestra ensemble.

Tue 10 Dec – Return scores; Sales table; final rehearsal of the year

[There is no performance of Carols @ Otago Museum this year]

2025

Tue 28 Jan – First rehearsal for 2025 at MPC

Thu 10 Apr – Rehearsal at Knox Church

Sat 12 Apr – Darkness and Light, Knox Church. Music for Easter by contemporary composers.

Mid-year date tbc – Zimbe! Come Sing the Songs of Africa, Knox Church. With jazz quintet and Dunedin Children's Choir.

Sat 13 Sep  – Engagement by DSO: Poulenc Gloria, conductor James Judd. Dunedin Town Hall

Fri 5 Dec – Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall

Tue 16 Dec – Final rehearsal at MPC

Sat 20 Dec – Carols @ Otago Museum


Practice Resources


Patapan on YouTube

Hodie Christus - Poulenc, on YouTube

O magnum mysterium - Poulenc, on YouTube

Christe Redemptor Omnium - Delalande, on YouTube

Motet Pour le jour de Noël - Clérambault, on YouTube


Oratorio de Noël - Saint-Saëns

   Quatuor on YouTube

   Quintette avec Choeur on YouTube

   Quintette (Consurge Filia Sion / Arise now) on John Fletcher Music (sound files to download)

   Quintette (Consurge) - Soprano 1 on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Quintette (Consurge) - Soprano 2 on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Quintette (Consurge) - Alto on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Quintette (Consurge) - Tenor on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Quintette (Consurge) - Bass on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Choeur (Tollite hostias / Praise ye the Lord of hosts) on John Fletcher Music (sound files to download)

   Choeur (Tollite) - Soprano on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Choeur (Tollite) - Alto on YouTube St Mary's Singers

   Choeur (Tollite) - Tenor on YouTube St Mary's Singers   

   Choeur (Tollite) - Bass on YouTube St Mary's Singers


Berger, secoue ton sommell profonde on YouTube


Berlioz L'enfance du Christ Scene VI, on YouTube (St Anthony Singers)

Berlioz L'enfance du Christ Scene VIII, on YouTube (St Anthony Singers)

Berlioz L'enfance du Christ Scene VIII, on YouTube (with score)


Cantique de Noël - Adolphe Adam, on YouTube

Entre le boeuf on YouTube

Quelle est cette odeur on YouTube




Christmas Carols (YouTube videos collection on choir website page)



Score loan policy
  • Please use only a soft 2B pencil to mark up the score.
  • Clean the score with a soft eraser before returning it to the Librarian.
  • Return the score by the due date as announced.
  • If you cannot return the score on the due date, please make arrangements to return the score before the due date.
  • If you have lost or badly damaged a score you will be expected to pay for a replacement.
  • If you return your score after the due date you will be liable for a handling, packaging and postage fee of $10.
Thank you, we appreciate your care and consideration.

Where to get Messiah scores
Handel's Messiah is performed every second year. You can get your copy from one of the suppliers listed here: Messiah score. If you have any difficulty with obtaining a score, speak to the choir's Librarian.

Would you like to use the score on your tablet? You can download a PDF of the Novello Watkins Shaw edition of Handel's Messiah suitable for use with forScore on iPad or MobileSheets on Android tablets. This PDF (23 MB) contains bookmarks for the choruses and the usual stands and sits are noted.

100 Carols for Choirs
The choir regularly performs Christmas Carols at the end of the year. Members are expected to purchase their own copies of 100 Carols for Choirs. These can be purchased online from Fishpond. 

Formal concert dress
For women, the uniform consists of a black top and black skirt or dress trousers, or a black dress. The neckline can be any shape. Sleeves should be 3/4 length, to long. Skirts and trousers should be 3/4 length, to long. Black stockings and black shoes complete the outfit.

For men, the uniform consists of a black dinner suit, white dress shirt, black bow tie, black socks and black shoes.

Singing teachers
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