Rehearsal venue - starting June 07

It's now confirmed that rehearsal venue will be changed to Causeway Bay Chinese Congregational Church starting 1 June 07.

But rehearsal time will be changed from 07:30 - 09:30pm

Detailed address is :

119 Leighton Road
Causeway Bay

Hong Kong

Rehearsal Scehdule July - Sep

The rehearsal schedule from July to Sep can be found :

Rehearsal schedule for Choir

Rehearsal schedule for Orchestra

Website revamp

The learners website has been completely revamped. Go there and check

Learners Chorus Concert Orchestration - 14 Sep 07

For the coming 14 Sep 07 concert, we will perform Prokofiev's cantata "Alexander Nevsky", Op.78. This piece of music requires an extensive orchestra with various instruments. Click to check what instrumentalists are still needed.

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Coming Rehearsal Schedule

Click the link below to see the coming rehearsal schedule for Learners:

Rehearsal Schedule

Songs online

The following songs are available online as below:


Elgar - My love dwelt in the northern land


www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/Elgar/My%20love%20dwelt


Elgar - The dance


www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/Elgar/The%20dance



Parry - My soul, there is a country


www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/Parry


J. Willcocks - Drunken sailor


www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/Three%20Sea%20Shanties



V. Williams - In Windsor Forest

www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/In%20Windsor%20Forest



J. Rutter - What sweeter music


www.learners.org.hk/Jan%2007%20Concert/Rutter/What%20sweeter%20music

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No rehearsal - mid autumn festival

Please note that 6th Oct is the Mid-autumn Festival. There will be no
rehearsal. Rehearsal will be resumed on 13th Oct.

Rebecca

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Drunken Sailor Midi online

Dear all,

I've found the midi for the song Drunken Sailor by
Jonathan Willcocks and extracted the various parts.  They're now
available on line as below:

Drunken Sailor

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In Windsor Forest Midi online

I've found the midi of "In Windsor Forest" and have extracted the
various parts.  They've now been made available online as below:

In Windsor Forest

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13 Aug Concert Photo

The photo of our 13 Aug concert have been made available on line.  The link is as below:

13 Aug Concert Photo

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13 Aug Concert Photos

Anyone eager to see some photos of the concert?? You can see some photos taken by one of the Soloist Melody in her photo album as below:

Photos

Learners Apr Concert Photos on line

The photos of the Apr 06 Concert are now available on line as below:

4 Apr 06 Concert Photos

New Rehearsal Venue

The decision is final. We'll be changing our rehearsal venue to a new place starting this Friday (June 16):

The Music & Drama Institute,

16/F, Dotcom House,

128 Wellington Street,

Central, Hong Kong

Tel: (852) 2526-1499

A map is attached as below. The Dotcom House is highlighted by the red circle with cross.

This is a pretty decent place, but quite pricey. So don't be shocked if we go around collecting fees from each of you.

The time period we've booked for is 8-10 pm, but as usual, Apollo would like everybody to arrive at least 15 minutes earlier so that we can have some voice training without eating into our regular rehearsal time.

To reach this place, you can go from Queen's Rd Central, right opposite The Center (中環中心). Look for HSBC, and nearby there's Peel Street (卑利街). Walk up Peel Street and you'll hit Wellington Street (威靈頓街). If you cross the street, there's a Japan City (日本城) store. Dotcom House is very near the store, to its left.

Learners Gathering - 29 Apr

Hi,

Below are the details of our dinner gathering on Apr 29 (Sat):

Venue: YMCA International House, 1/F Balcony Lounge

Address: 23 Waterloo Road, very near MTR Yau Ma Tei station (look for YMCA exit)

Time: 7pm

Price: $100 per person (half-price for full-time students)

If you have not signed up and intend to attend, please let me know asap.

Cheers,

Maisie

Web page update

Dear all,

I will soon update the Learners web page to show the coming concert on 13 Aug. Before this, I would like to collect your view on what contents to be put on the web page. Any idea is welcome.

Regards
KL

Resume Rehearsal - 21 Apr

Dear all,

 

Feel a bit left out the last two Fridays when there were no choir rehearsals?! Don't worry, Learners' rehearsals will resume on Apr 21, coming Friday:

 

Time: 7:45pm - 10pm

 

Venue: Rebecca's place at Tai Yuen Street (a.k.a. Toy Street) in Wanchai. Details of the address and how to get there will be sent out when Rebecca returns from her ribbon-cutting trip on Apr 19.

 

Our next concert: Aug 13, City Hall Theatre

 

Programme: Come to our rehearsals to find out!! Actually, tbc.

 

If any of you do not want to be on this email circulation list, please let me know. 

 

See you on Friday.

 

Cheers,

Maisie

 

Guest Book - Important Clarifications

Dear all,

It has come to my attention that someone find it difficult to navigate to the guestbook for posting comments / views on the 4 Apr concert. I need to clarify the following :

1. Please refrain from using the "Reply All" option when you reply E-mails. This is because one of the E-mail address in the list will automatically post your message onto the BLOG. This is meant to be used only by the administrator / moderator. I trust you will assist to keep the LEARNERS BLOG free from wanted messages / spam.


2. In order to ease the pain of navigating to the guest book, please click on this link GUEST BOOK. It will automatically take you to the guest book without any sweat.

There are already a few messages posted on the guest book. You can go there and have a look.

Regards
KL

回覆： Thank you for this wonderful night

Dear all,

More than that wonderful night! The rehearsals during the past few months remain unforgettable, probably :), for the rest of my life!

Thanks to you all, especially Apollo, Rebecca, Mr Tang & Maisie.

Ciao

Stanley

*BTW, The Choir of The Hong Kong Medical Association will have a concert, together with St Margarette Church Choir, on Jul 02 2006 (Sun) in City Hall's Concert Hall. You are all welcome to join and practise with us every Monday evening 20:00-22:00 at Cultural Centre Rehearsal Room. For details, please contact me at 6730-7431 (Stanley) or 2576-0906 (Dr Michael Sai-Wing Leung)

Guest Book for Collecting Comments

Dear all,

As Rebecca has mentioned, a guest book has now been included in the BLOG for collecting comments / views on tomorrow's concert. Look for icon below (it's just underneath the clock). Click on it and then a guest book will appear for anyone to post his / her view / comment.

Please invite the attendees that you know to visit the BLOG and drop us a few lines. Of course, you are more than welcome to post your own view / comment.

Learners Concert

Dear all,

Tomorrow is our big day. Before the concert, I would like to settle some items.

1) If you have not paid the $100. concert fee, please do so. Collectors are Stephanie(soprano and alto) and Tang Kin Leung (tenor and bass).

2) If you have signed up for dinner after the concert, please look for Florence and pay $80. or $40 (full time students).

Please approach them as they may not recognise you. Thanks for your cooperation.

May I also take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped make tomorrow possible?

Apollo definitely deserves the greatest applause for his hard work, his musicianship and his coordinations. Surely, he is the main attraction to many of the current Learners. Our next concert is on 13 August, 06, at Theatre, City Hall Hong Kong. Hope you can stay with us. In fact, Apollo has promised to do the concert.

I'd like to thank the working team, Maisie, Sandra, Stephanie, Sau Woon, Florenece, Bonnie, for their commitment and effort. I also like to express my gratitute to those who have helped behind the scene. Tang Kin Leung is one of them who has assisted with all the IT work. He has registered a new link for us to express our comments after the concert http://learnerschorus.blogspot.com

After the concert, we'l take a break, ie 7 April will be a holiday. We will arrange a gathering to watch video of the concert and listen to the recording. Rehearsal venue and programme will be notified soon.

Let's enjoy tomorrow's performance, and Sandra's homemade muffins, Maisie's sandwiches. Thanks to aunties.

Jiayou!

Regards

Rebecca

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