 choirs who attend every rehearsal, but drop out just before a concert?) I think it’s safe to predict some of the pieces will almost certainly not be performed to anything like the composer’s desired intentions – as happened in 2007 during my watch as conductor.
ROCS is in desperate need of very good sight-readers who can offer their services for the next two Thursdays, and Friday 22.
Given the difficulties of the undertaking, I would guess that Mark Tosolini and Sandra Uitdenbogerd would only be too glad to hear from you, if you can offer any assistance at this late stage.
ERATO is back in business!
The deadline for submissions to the post-CIV issue (Erato 99) is Sunday 28 February 2010.
What do we want in Erato?
- Concert reviews!
- Articles and stories from your own society's newsletter!
- Tales by Shiny New Freshers (or even from Boring Old F...olk)!
- (Very, very short) compositions!
- Crosswords or puzzles (presumably with a choral theme)!
- Anything else AICSA/choir related!
- In other words - Pretty much anything, provided it's not discriminatory or defamatory!
Also we are planning at least 3 issues this year, so if you have anything for Erato just send it to us. We try publishing your contributions as soon as possible, space permitting.
We also like to foreshadow that the mid-year issue will be Erato100!! If you have anything relating to the glorious history of this infamous magazine (collections of old issues, historical anecdotes, anything), please get in contact with us now or email your contributions to us!
Please forward this information to the members of your individual societies.
MIV2012 - Dates and Information.
For those of you who don't know me, I'm Alex, MonUCS president and a member of the MIV2012 steering committee. The steering committee is myself, David V (MonUCS), Sandra U(ROCS), Andrew W(ACU), Charles S (MUCS) and Renata B (MUCS).
MIV2012 is not really all that far away. We are determined that it will be a huge success! The steering committee has been doing lots of groundwork - if you'd like any information, please feel free to contact any of us.
Sunday 7th March - MUCS/MonUCS/ROCS/ACU social barbeque on the banks of the Yarra. This will be a great afternoon to chill out, have some yummy food, catch up with old friends and maybe make some new ones! Watch this space for more information, but keep this date free in your diaries!
Sunday 21st March - MIV2012 committee elections. Again, watch this space for more information, but keep the date free! Members of any of the Melbourne societies are welcome to attend and eligible to vote.
I've just received an email from David, the T&B officer for CIV, confirming car use and occupancy for the festival. So I thought it was probably time to work out who was driving from Melbourne and in which cars and when.
Bron and I are driving up to Canberra on Friday 15 Jan, leaving from Mount Waverley, leaving early (time TBC). We have one space available in the car.
If you are interested in car-pooling or convoying (ie, need a lift, can offer one, or have a full car to join in the trip), please leave a similar comment and I'm happy to coordinate things here on LJ (if no-one else is already doing so).
MIV2012 is fast approaching and the time is upon us when we need to get cracking on organising the thing. MIV 2005 had 18 months lead in, with the committee being officially elected in April 2003. Now, with a little over two years before the probable date of MIV2012, there needs to be a steering committee established and the ball needs to get rolling. Ideally Melbourne should be able to report to the AIVCC at CIV2010 that some form of planning has commenced for MIV2012.
After conferring with representatives from the choirs, I would like to propose that a meeting be called on Sunday, 13th of December. December 13 gives people time to mark it in their diaries and is also one of the few dates around that time that is free of commitments on the part of the choirs. I envisage that meeting would take place in the afternoon, commencing about 2pm, although this can also be subject to change. As yet, I have not sourced a venue, however I am hoping that a similar venue to last time can be found.
This meeting will be most useful if as many interested parties as possible are present. I am particularly aware that much of the 'old guard' of the Melbourne choral movement are currently not directly involved in AICSA affiliated choirs, but would nevertheless have an interest in helping organise IV.
Come along! It will be brilliant!
Singing in choir a growing trend...
An interesting look at the growth of choral singing in the US. According to Chorus America, there are 10 million more choral singers in the US now than there were in 2003, and the trend is increasing.
After a hiatus of four years, Erato will be published in the next couple of months and in your hot little hands by October.
Tim Dunstone and I (tim.dunstone / philip.m.legge AT gmail) have sent around a few report templates to the baker's dozen of AICSA societies to help gather people's thoughts, and we are currently sitting on about six or seven society reports; 60IV and CIV have given us some stuff on their recent doings. There will probably be a competition (which ROCS might have something to do with) and the latest installment of the venerable J.C.'s Acts of the Choristers. So we're not talking vapourware, folks; the thing will go to print by hook or by crook!
* Concert reviews!
* Articles and stories from your own society's newsletter!
* (Very, very short) compositions!
* Crosswords or puzzles (presumably with a choral theme)!
* Pretty much anything, provided it's not discriminatory or defamatory!
If you have any doubts on whether something you have is suitable for publication in Erato, please submit it anyway, and let the editors work with you on how to best include it.
 Oh, I know, I was going in composition order, and didn't do the last number. Sorry Leanne! Will fix now.
And we have another composer, which gets us to double figures.
Home Magazine Will Donald Trump leave protected forests in Alaska red?
Severe forest fires in Amazon and could not be solved for several weeks. Siberia has also been fighting firefighters for weeks with military, volunteers and firefighters. In this difficult situation, only the rainforests in Alaska, which are among the world's largest forested areas, were spared disaster. Now they can also disappear soon. Media in the United States reports that US President Donald Trump wants to wipe out protected forests in Alaska.
Will Donald Trump oppose the abolition ban?
For over 20 years, Bill Clinton had worked with a ban on protecting rainforests in Alaska. The National Forest extends to an area of ​​approx. 7 million acres and is the world's largest rainforest in a temperate climate zone. But that should change soon, with President Donald Trump instructing US Secretary of Agriculture with the task of removing protection. The US media relies on reports from witnesses who have experienced about the plans of the Alaska governor. The American government, the president and the Alaska governor have not expressed themselves.
If the status of the forests is withdrawn, then only forest forests could benefit. At this time, road construction is prohibited in the protected areas, but if the ban is lifted, then mining and the energy economy are also promoted. Thus, new jobs were also created in these industries.
Whether such a measure will be rewarded in the end remains questionable. The sector, which provides more than 15% of jobs in the federal state, is tourism. And industry experts suggest that large industrial and infrastructure projects are affecting nature. Even the fishing industry would be negatively affected by such a decision, as the trees cast cooling shadows on the streams and could then regulate the temperatures in the waters.
Environmental protection organizations suggest that no more accommodation could be found through the abolition of the rainforest's many animal species.
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