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 CANTORI SCOLARI - Regional Youth Choir of Indian Hill Music
Spring Term Choir Info:
Cantori Tutti: Age 8 to Grade 8
15 weeks per semester, meets Tuesday and Friday, 3:45-5:00 pm
Starts February 7
Tuition: $395 per semester
Other Fees: $15 registration fee, $35 materials fee
TOTAL FEES: $445
Registration Deadline:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Students can join Cantori Tutti up to February 28. Students and their parents/guardians may come to observe a class anytime during February to decide if they would like to register. The choir director will be available to answer questions during breaks and at the end of the rehearsal.
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 Cantori Scolari is Italian for “scholarly singers”. Through great music, games, and lots of lively interaction, the choir will learn and grow together.
The goals of the choir include:
Providing the highest quality musical experience and training in the art of choral singing, and in music theory, sight singing, and ear training.
Exploring the vast array of choral music, including classical, folk, ethnic and sacred music from all over the world.
Learning life skills, good behavior and teamwork in a safe environment where children and youth can be themselves and support each other in singing and performing; and to prepare them for leadership roles within the choir, and also in their schools and communities.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE "BETA" CHOIR --
The Cantori Scolari program is designed to provide developmentally appropriate groups and training, and in its ultimate form will be comprised of --
Piccoli Cantori ("Small Singers") - for Age 8 through Grade 4
Coro Melodioso ("Melodic Chorus") - for Grades 5-8
Coro Armonioso ("Harmonic Choir") - for Grades 9-12
Until the time when there is sufficient enrollment to divide into these three choirs, we are offering a "beta" version of the choir -- CANTORI TUTTI -- which will be open to students Age 8 through Grade 8. In a fun and spirited atmosphere, this combined choir (it literally means "all singers") will build a strong foundation of organic music skills which can be applied to all types of singing. Students will receive instruction in:
1) Singing in tune, 2) Learning how to place the voice, 3) Good singers’ posture (standing and sitting), 4) Keeping the beat in a variety of ways, 5) Listening with intent or purpose, 6) Singing in a manner appropriate to physical development, 7) Working together in a structured setting.
CANTORI TUTTI will rehearse on Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:45-5:00 pm.
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AUDITIONS --
Cantori Scolari is open to students from Age 8 through Grade 8. While prior musical training is not necessary, an audition is required. Auditions are brief, friendly, and no preparation is needed. The audition begins with warm-up exercises, the singing of a simple, familiar song, matching of pitches and rhythm patterns, and exploration of range and tone quality. Interest, enthusiasm, and learning potential will also be considered in the audition process.
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ABOUT OUR DIRECTOR:
Sandra LaBarge-Neumann
 “Through singing and making music together we can both heal and unite humanity”. These words express a significant part of the musical world-view of Sandra LaBarge-Neumann, the new Artistic Director of Cantori Scolari Regional Youth Choir of Indian Hill Music.
Sandra holds a BA in Voice from the University of Albany, a Kodály Music Teaching Certificate, and a Master of Music in conducting from the University of Massachusetts. After graduate voice study at New England Conservatory, she sang for 13 seasons with the Handel and Haydn Society Professional Chorus under the direction of both Thomas Dunn and Christopher Hogwood, as well as with such guest conductors as Tom Hall, Margaret Hillis and John Nelson. Beyond her role as chorister, she served as soloist with the Nashua and Manchester Choral Societies and the New Hampshire Philharmonic.
After teaching in Boston Public Schools (for the Kodály Center of America), Sandra taught music for St. Christopher School in Nashua, Pinkerton Academy in Derry and McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. Sandra also served as Music Director of The Unitarian Universalist Church and St. Christopher Parish in Nashua. She still maintains a small private voice studio in Nashua, New Hampshire, as well as singing with Boston’s Coro Allegro, a chorus for members and friends of the LGBT communities that affirms, strengthens, and enriches the lives of its members and the broader community through the presentation of outstanding performances of classical choral music.
Sandra’s conducting teachers include: Simon Carrington (Yale, King’s Singers) at the Sarteano Chamber Choral Workshop (Italy), Brian O’Connell (University of Massachusetts), composer and conductor René Clausen (Concordia College, Minnesota), William Weinert (Eastman School of Music), Lilla Gábor (Kodály Center of America and Hungary), Stephen Osmond and Ernest Knell (University of Albany).
As founder/organizer and conductor of Nashua’s successful “Concert for the Homeless” community outreach series (1989-1994), Sandra conducted chorus with orchestra in pieces such as Mozart’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Every cent of the five concerts’ proceeds -- exceeding $52,000 -- was given to various homeless agencies in Nashua.
Sandra is excited about Cantori and looks ahead to creating more passionate, literate and articulate singers through this new venture.
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Registration Form:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Indian Hill Music School reserves the right at any time to cancel a class due to insufficient enrollment. We will make every effort to hold all classes offered. In the case of a cancellation, those effected will be notified as soon as possible and a full refund will be issued if another suitable class is not available.
QUESTIONS? CALL THE OFFICE AT (978) 486-9524.
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