| Greetings!
After an amazing trip to central Europe with our touring group, Carolina International Chorale and String Ensemble, I am busy with plans for the coming music season. CHCC Symphonic and Cantari each have a great line-up of music that you can read about in this issue of the newsletter. And, at the helm of our Board of Directors is tenor and business leader Bill Kodros. Get to know Bill in this issue and remember to ask him about his latest accomplishment - recording a CD of some of his favorite songs!
I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in rehearsals and concerts this season. Celebrating a rich tradition of choral music in Chapel Hill, that's what we're all about!
Dr. Sue Klausmeyer
Chapel Hill Community Chorus, Conductor & Artistic Director
Cantari, Conductor |
| Full House at CIC's Final Concert | |
Performance at St. Michael's Church |
The Carolina International Chorale concluded its 2010 Incantato Performance Tour to Central Europe on July 2 with a finale highlight concert at St. Michael's Church in the heart of Budapest. The singers & string players from Chapel Hill were supported by local musicians from the Matyas Templon Orchestra and enchanted the audience with works from Mozart and Vivaldi along with a selection of American spirituals. A full house and lots of applause was the perfect ending for the 11-day journey that started in Prague and went via Cesky Krumlov, the Wachau Valley and Vienna (Austria) to Hungary, Central Europe Trip a Success!
See more pictures pictures of CIC and read about the trip itinerary by visiting the trip blog at
http://cic-incantatotour.blogspot.com |
| Meet CHCC's Board President |
 Bill Kodros has been an integral part of Chapel Hill's Community Chorus since he joined in 1998. Friends of the Chorus may recognize Bill as one of our regular tenor solists. But, many may not realize that Bill has been a force behind the scenes too, serving on CHCC's Board of Directors in several different roles since 2005 including a previous stint as President from 2007-2008.
We've asked Bill to share some insight into why he enjoys being part of the chorus. His answer is recounted below.
When I was 11 years old, I was asked to join the Senior Choir at my church in Alton, Illinois. I guess I was a loud mouth even back then! Luckily for me, choirs and choruses have been part of my life ever since. I have been in singing groups in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina, and of course, here in North Carolina.
My vocation after graduating from the University of Michigan, was business management. I have been lucky enough to own 2 small businesses during my working career. Through it all, singing has helped keep me balanced and focused.
Recently I made a CD for my wife, Debbie, and daughter, Sally. In looking back, I thought it would be great if I could send one to my Jr. High Chorus Director if he were still living. I found that George Heidbrink was alive and well at 85!
Mr. Heidbrink was one of the main reasons I kept singing even when football, basketball, and baseball took up most of my time. I sent him a CD and he called me after he received and listened to it. He was very pleased that I remembered, and he told me how he and his wife, Shirley, sat and listened and remembered how much fun we used to have. He reminded me of how he asked me to recruit some football players to sing in a new Boys Chorus he was trying to get started. I talked over 30 guys into joining, and we had a ball with George's help.
I think that success blessed me big time. It kept me singing all these years, and it also made me a " salesman " for choral music! Oh, and I'm not afraid of asking for volunteers!!
Let's have a great 2010-2011 and 30th Anniversary season, I know I will!
Bill Kodros
President, CHCC |
| A Season of Roses |
 SymphonicOur Symphonic Choir's 2011-12 season opens with two holiday concerts in Hill Hall Auditorium on the UNC campus. "There is No Rose of Such Virtue" features the 130-voice chorus, brass, organ, and percussion performing the eminently popular "Gloria" by John Ruttter, "Ave Rex" by William Mathias, "There is No Rose" and "Torches" by John Joubert and a tour of favorite carols artfully arranged by Stephen Chatman. Celebrating our rich heritage of choral singing in Chapel Hill, we'll give away 30 long-stemmed red roses at the concert. Join in the fun at this seasonal event!
You'll have two opportunities to hear Cantari's A Christmas Rose, a holiday concert exploring music from the 15th century forward. Cantari is not just another small vocal ensemble, it is one of the best! A cappella music by Gabrieli, Praetorius, Hugo Distler, Herbert Howells, Bob Chilcott, Stephen Chatman, and Richard Rodney Bennett. |
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Recognized for musical excellence, the Chapel Hill Community Chorus is an organization open to qualified singers who desire to bring the beauty of choral music to our community and beyond. |
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| CHCC turns 30! |  | |
This season marks the 30th anniversary of the Chapel Hill Community Chorus.
Join us as we celebrate with fantastic music from both our Symphonic Chorus and Cantari Ensemble.
Symphonic Concerts
December 17 & 18
Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill
Cantari Concerts
December 3
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Durham
December 11
Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill
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| Friends of the Chorus |
Interested in supporting your community chorus?
Our ability to include guest soloists, engage musicians, and offer a wide variety of music at our concerts is directly related to the funding we recieve from our donors.
Donors will be listed in our 2010-11 Program. |
| CIC Summer Tour Memories |
Some unforgettable memories were made by CIC Members on the tour this summer.
- Penanske Brezany (pop. 500) outside Prague, where the villagers packed into (and overflowed) their tiny 16-century chapel to hear our
concert, then treated us to brats and beer on the lawn outside.
- The small garden plots and window boxes full of bright flowers.
- Viewing ancient Roman ruins and aquaducts in Budapest that date back to 2nd Centry AD.
- Our string ensemble gathering one evening in their hotel in Czesky Krumlov to read through some music together, giving those of us lucky enough to hear about it an impromptu concert.
Megan Gray, Jenny Leech, Sue Klausmeyer, and Rosiland Goodwin prepare for a concert |
- In the big Gothic church at Gottweig, hearing Bill Kodros' voice booming out of nowhere at the beginning of "Children, Go Where I Send Thee". He was in the loft at the back with the organ, and completely out of sight.
- Dinner in an outdoor beer garden, surrounded by hundreds of Viennese talking, eating, drinking, and smoking, with waiters running up and
down the rows of tables to bring more beer, and everyone looking on as a few brave souls in our group tried the roasted pigs' feet.
- Claire Wright always with her backpack and looking for anyone who would climb the highest hill or tower, and later that evening would sing like an angel during her solos at the concert.
- Leisurely cruising up and down the Danube with a glass of wine in hand, as the sun set over Budapest on our last night. |
| CIC's Travel Arrangements were handled by: | Incantato Tours & Concert Management
9099 Pitcairn Drive
Tega Cay, SC 29708
www.incantatotours.com | |
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