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SPECIAL EDITION
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT NEWSLETTER
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for male vocalists
seeking the ultimate SINGING experience |
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Dear ,
We hope you enjoy this week's issue of
Nashville Singers News
the official weekly publication of Music City's newest men's chorus. Nashville Singers, Inc. is a Tennessee 501(C)3 non-profit corporation and performing arts organization. Nashville Singers celebrates the power of the human voice to entertain, educate, unite, uplift, enrich, and inspire, by performing an ever-widening repertoire of choral music at the highest artistic level for a broad community of audiences.
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Mission & Vision
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Organizational MissionThe mission of Nashville Singers is to entertain, educate, unite and uplift our audiences and members through music that is distinguished for its innovation, diversity and artistic excellence. Philanthropic Mission
The philanthropic mission of Nashville Singers is to provide resources and support for music education in our schools and the community.
Leadership Mission
The leadership mission of Nashville Singers is to seek, develop, use and enhance the skills and talents of each member to such an extent that progress seems limitless.
Vision
The vision of Nashville Singers is to be a dynamic choral leader, enriching lives through the performance of significant music.
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| About Us |
Nashville Singers, Inc. is a 501(C)3 non-profit corporation and performing arts organization founded in 2008.
The members range in age from teenagers to retirees and reside in Brentwood, Hermitage, LaVergne, Lebanon, Nashville, Joelton, and Smyrna.
The group meets at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church the first three Thursday evenings of each month from 7-10pm.
Membership in Nashville Singers is open to all men who demonstrate the ability, desire, and a commitment to excellence in vocal and choral performance.
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| 2010 Leadership |
2011 LEADERSHIP
Todd Wilson
Executive Director
Director of Music
Webmaster
Newsletter Editor
Bryan PatrickPresident/Board Chair Costume Manager 
Sloan Yarborough
Vice-Chair
Assistant Director Bass Section Leader
 Ed LukeSecretary
Sergeant at Arms
Bruce CokeroftVP of Membership Development Membership Committee Chair Immediate Past President Manager of Auditions 
Harlan WilsonBoard Member At Large Performance Coach 
Ric DomenicoLearning Media Producer Lead Section Leader Music Engraver Music Librarian  Tim Mullican Historian Membership Committee In-House Photographer  Rodney Turner Manager of Fun Social Event Chair
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2012 Advisory Board
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The Nashville Singers, Inc. is blessed to have some outstanding community business and association leaders joining our team in 2012:
Craig Adams
Manager of Creative Development & Publishing, Lifeway Worship
Larry Collins
President,
Remington College
Lisbeth Couser
VP of Marketing & Development,
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Teresa Davidson
CEO
Tennessee Kidney Foundation, Inc.
Tiffany Davis
Executive Director, International Entertainment Buyers Association
Don Hart
Professional music arranger, composer, orchestrator
Don Hart Music
Suzanne Horne
Executive Director, Tennessee Literacy Coalition
Joyce Lavery
Executive Director,
Safe Haven Family Shelter
Lee Rose
Director of Operations, Brightstone
Dara Russell
Major Gifts Officer,
American Red Cross
Doris Shacklett
Development Director,
The Nashville Zoo
Yolanda Shields
CEO,
Youth Life Foundationof TN, Inc.
Brandon Taylor
Pro Personnel Assistant Tennessee Titans
CEO
The Elite Athlete, Inc.
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
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Current Repertoire |
REGULAR
America the Beautiful
Danny Boy
Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Happy Together
Home on the Range
Impossible Dream
My Lord and I
Shenandoah
The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Lord's Prayer
Lost in the Stars
Man in the Mirror
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Over the Rainbow
Satin Doll
Star Spangled Banner
Tonight
HOLIDAY
Angels We Have Heard On High
Auld Lang Syne
Caroling, Caroling
Carol of the Bells
Christmas Stays the Same
Coventry Carol
Do You Hear What I Hear
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
I Wonder What You're Doing for Christmas
Lo, How A Rose 'Er Blooming Santa Baby
Silent Night
The Secret of Christmas |
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Nashville Singers
In-Kind Sponsors
Kristopher Fisher
Sound
615-366-6588
Trade Show Exhibit Booth
Grace Thomson
Private Voice Instruction
Performance Coaching
For more information about becoming an in-kind sponsor of Nashville Singers, please click HERE to review a list of our current needs.
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present...
Season of Harmony
Tickets Available Starting Today!
November 19, 2011 @ 7:00pm
Silent Auction Begins at 6:00pm
First Baptist Church Donelson
2526 Lebanon Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Patron Seating $30
General Admission Seating: $15
with your host for the evening
STACY CASE
Fox 17 News Anchor
Featuring...
Nashville Singers
Lunch Break
Erica Lane
With special guests
 The MET Singers
under the direction of guest conductors
Grace Thomson and Todd Wilson
plus...
The John Overton High School Chamber Choir
Recipient of the Nashville Singers
2011 Music Makes a Difference
music education grant
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Nashville Singers Silent Auction
The very first Nashville Singers Silent Auction is taking place on the evening of our second annual concert starting at 6:00pm at Donelson First Baptist Church. Bidding will be permitted through the end of the intermission of our Season of Harmony concert event. Winning bids will be announced at the cast party scheduled to start at approximately 9:30pm. The goal is to raise $4000 from this year's auction. All money raised will help support many of our critical programs, including youth and adult music education programs, next year's annual concert, and recording projects.
Donating an Item to the 2011 Silent Auction
Donations are now being accepted for the 2011 Silent Auction, set to take place from 6:00pm to approximately 8:15pm at Donelson First Baptist Church.
Donating to the Silent Auction is easy - simply complete and submit the online donation reservation form so we have the necessary information about your item and the donor to be recognized, and your spot will be reserved in the auction. To have your donation acknowledged in the Season of Harmony 2011 concert program please complete and submit this form by October 15, 2011.
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Sight-Singing Helpful Hints
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Sloan Yarborough
Associate Director
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Special thanks to Marty Fuchs
For sight-singing musical intervals, here are some songs which illustrate intervals:
ASCENDING INTERVALS
- m2: YOU MUST remember this / I LEFT my heart in San Francisco/ Theme from the movie "JAWS"
- M2: DOE, A deer / hap-PY BIRTH-day to you / OH THE sun shines bright / PEO-PLE who need people
- m3: A-LAS my love you do me wrong / WHY DO birds ("Close to You")/ TO DREAM the impossible dream
- M3: CAM-E-lot / FROM THE halls of Montezuma / HAVE YOUR-self a very merry Christmas / TOOT, TOOT tootsie / OH WHEN the Saints
- P4: HERE COMES the bride / THE EYES of Texas/ DAY's DONE ("Taps") / A-MAZ-ing Grace
- Tritone: MAR-I-a/ BOY BOY crazy boy ("West Side Story")
- P5: Theme from `2001'/ Bass-Bari standard tuneup/ HEY THERE Georgie Girl/ YO-EE-oh ("Wizard of Oz") / TWINKLE TWINKLE little star
- m6: FOR PA-pa make him a scholar ("Matchmaker" from "Fiddler On The Roof") / MAR-I-a (plaintiff cry)
- M6: MY WILD irish rose / N-B-c (chimes) / DASH-ING through the snow / MY BON-nie lies over the ocean
- m7: THERE'S A place for us ("West Side Story") / Theme from `Star Trek'
- M7: BAL (li) HIGH ("South Pacific")
- Octave: BAL-LI hi /WHEN YOU wish upon a star /SOME-WHERE over the rainbow /I'M SING-ing in the rain
DESCENDING INTERVALS
- m2: DOE-TEA la so (descending scale) / MEOW-MEOW (cat food commercial / LIT-TLE pal / SHALL WE dance? ("King & I") / BEAU-TI-ful Dreamer / GOD BLESS America
- M2: SWEET AD-eline / WHIS-TLE while you work/ MA-RY had a little lamb / THREE BLIND mice
- m3: OH, OH say can you see / I, I wish I was in the land of cotton / LOOK AT me ("Misty") / BA-BY face
- M3: SWING LOW, sweet chariot / GOOD NIGHT ladies/ SUM-MER-time and the living is easy
- P4: BORN FREE/ MY GIRL, talking `bout my girl / SHAVE AND a haircut / I'VE BEEN working on the railroad / O-KLA-hom-a
- Tritone: European police siren
- P5: FEEL-INGS / THIS LAND is mine ("Exodus") / WHEN YOU know the notes to sing ("Sound of Music")
- m6: WHERE DO I begin...("Love Story")
- M6: NO-BO-dy knows the trouble I've seen / TE-LL me why the stars do shine / OV-ER there / SCHOOL DAYS, school days
- m7: Opening of "An American in Paris" / DOE, A deer (lead note then bass picks up melody an octave lower)
- M7: <see ascending minor 2nd tunes; first note by lead, 2nd note by bass one octave lower>
- Octave: WIL-LOW weep for me/ YOU ARE my lucky star / standard lead-bass tune-up
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Quote of the Week
Hard work is fun when improvement is evident. - Jim Clancy
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Today in History
August 1, 1971 - The Concert For Bangla Desh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangla Desh took place at New York's Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit number 1 in the UK and No.2 in the US and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
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 | River Road - Written and performed by ERICA LANE
You can see Erica Lane perform LIVE
on November 19th on "Season of Harmony 2011." |
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Agenda for August 4 Meeting
Please read through this schedule carefully. We have a major concert commitment approaching quickly. With 18 songs to have ready, only 15 hours of rehearsal time scheduled in the next six weeks, and 1/3rd of that time dedicated to holiday music, that gives us just 5 minutes of polish time per song, per week. We must make every minute count!!After August 4, 2011, no more sheet music will be permitted on the risers. SECTION I 7:00pm - Tag time 7:05pm - Warm-up SECTION II (prep for 9/10 and 11/19) 7:10pm - Oh Bla Di Oh Blah Da 7:20pm - Man in the Mirror 7:30pm - Tonight, Tonight 7:40pm - Satin Doll 7:50pm - Happy Together 8:00pm - Over the Rainbow SECTION III (prep for 11/19) 8:10pm - Christmas Stays the Same 8:20pm - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year SECTION IV 8:35pm - Business meeting 8:45pm - Break SECTION V (prep for 11/19) 8:55pm - Hark the Herald Angels Sing 9:05pm - Coventry Carol 9:15pm - Silent Night SECTION VI (pre for 9/10) 9:25pm - Lost in the Stars 9:35pm - Irish Blessing 9:45pm - Shenandoah 9:50pm - Home on the Range 9:55pm - Closing Song |
SUMMER 2011
July 28 - Next rehearsal
August 8 - Board of Directors Meeting
August 27 - (SAT) NEW Private event at 2pm
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FALL 2011
September 10 (SAT)
- Photo Session: 7:00am to 10:00am (location TBA)
- Coaching Session: 10:30an to 2:30am (location TBD)
- Concert Planning Session: 2:45 to 3:45pm (location TBD)
- Public Concert: 7:00pm to 8:30pm (Priest Lake Presbyterian Church), chorus call 6:00pm (Ticket information will be announced s
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September 29 - Board of Directors orientation teleconference with 2012 advisory board
October 6 (THU) NEW - Business Luncheon Performance at First Baptist Church downtown (TENTATIVE)
October 12 (WED) NEW Performance at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church (25 minute set) (TENTATIVE)
October 21 (FRI) Performance at the Franklin Wine Festival at the Factory in Franklin, benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters
November 19 (SAT) Second Annual Fall/Holiday Concert will be held at 7:00pm at First Baptist Church of Donelson; Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact Todd Wilson at 615-669-8633 or email todd@nashvillesingers.org.
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WINTER 2011
December 1 - General Membership Meeting / Election of 2012 Board & Officers
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SPRING 2012
March 1 - Board of Directors Dinner Meeting with Advisory Board (Time and location TBA)
FALL 2012
September 27 - Board of Directors Dinner Meeting with Advisory Board (Time and location TBA)
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Todd Wilson
Nashville Singers
Executive Director
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615-523-TODD (8633) fax
Member Organization
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The Nashville Singers, Inc. is a Tennessee chartered corporation and recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donations are tax -deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. For more information, visit our website or contact Executive Director, Todd Wilson by phone at 615-669-8633 or via email at todd@nashvillesingers.org
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