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2003 (1st Quarter)Articles this quarter:
(2003/03/31) 450th anniversary of "Laudate"Excerpt from choral-announce The piece of music by Dr Christopher Tye, which eventually became the ditty we know as "Laudate", was composed 450 years ago (give or take a month), so I've taken the opportunity of making a new version. In fact, I've made several "new" versions, as explained at the following web page, being hosted courtesy of Karl Aloritias: http://www.arach.net.au/~algernon/laudate/history.html (N.B. Acrobat Reader required for musical examples) As the "traditional" AICSA Laudate has been simplified from what Tye wrote, my own new edition takes some liberties, such as giving back the altos something of a melody at the end (a radical idea there ;) and changing some of the less sensible word underlay (which is a later addition anyway). It is offered for free, for comment, and if anyone wants to sing that version instead of the "trad" one they're welcome to. I notice that Karl is doing a lot of work on songbook material for Perth IV -- some of which is duplicating stuff which has already been done by numerous people for IV's past -- is there any hope of making this sort of society task a more unified effort? Perhaps a solution might be a [choral-editors] mailing list (or possibly a Yahoo group, or summat) to request music to be edited, and delegate the editing... If the same effort that goes into producing pub songs were applied to finding new material the repertoire of AICSA pub songs might be three or four times larger. [1] ... [1] Anyone who doubts the amount of duplication of work involved
should check out the following web pages: (2003/03/27) Rottofest 2004Excerpt from choral-announce Perth IV is less than eleven months away. And with PIV comes Rottofest! For those that don't know about Rottofest, it is a relaxing and fun minifest-cum-party traditionally held immediately after PIV on the fabulous Rottnest Island, just off the cost of Perth. No obligations, no compulsory rehearsals, no concert stress, just fun. However, as PIV in 2004 will be running a week or so later than it normally does, we are providing people with the chance to have Rottofest in the week before PIV 2004. Naturally, we want your say about this. If you wish to attend Rottofest in 2004, please e-mail me at algernon at aloku.net indicating your intention to come, and if you would prefer Rottofest to be before or after PIV. If you wish to stay longer/shorter than the listed dates, please indicate that, too. Please not that this is merely a quick hand count and vote, and is NOT a formal registration. So, the options: Accomodation will be ABOUT (this is not a final quote!) $15 per person per night, although it may rise to $20 per person per night depending on how long you want to stay and what standard of accomodation you want. Camping is also an option; a flat rate of $6 per person per night applies. Get those votes rolling in, Rotto-fans! (2003/03/27) Change to CIV2003 RegoExcerpt from choral-announce There's been a slight change to CIV2003 registration. Registrations postmarked on or before 27 March 2003 will NOT be affected, and neither will registrations paid by cheque or money order. Only credit card payments made after today are affected. Read on if this applies to you... The banks charge us for credit card transactions, to the tune of 5% from each transaction. That's nearly $20 of a typical full adult rego + dinner + camp fee of $380! We therefore wish to strongly discourage the use of credit card registration from now on! We're doing this three ways:
Thus, if you pay by credit card after this moment, you need to add on an extra 5% to your bill. So for the above-mentioned adult rego of $380, you actually pay $399. This means we still keep slightly less than the full amount (do the maths if you like) but it's only cents instead of decadollars. New rego forms are now available at http://www.civ.aicsa.org.au/. Please throw out the old ones, or edit by hand if you're frugal. (2003/03/27) Perth IV 2004: DatesExcerpt from choral-announce The dates for the 55th Intervarsity Choral Festival (Perth IV 2004) have now been finalised. They are: Start - Friday 6th February 2004 (arrival, registration) (We apologise for the delay in finalising these dates; this was due to matters beyond our control.) More information about PIV 2004 will be provided at a later stage. In the meantime you can get your IV fix in July at Canberra (http://www.civ.aicsa.org.au/). We hope to see you all [...] in Perth in February 2004! (2003/03/26) FUCS Concert (12th April 2003) "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel"Media Release from FUCS Flinders University Choral Society performs an inspiring collection of gospel songs interspersed with readings of poetry by Blake and others. 6 p.m. Saturday 12th April at Malvern Uniting Church, corner of Cambridge Tce and Marlborough St, Malvern. Entitled Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, the concert features both traditional and contemporary arrangements of favourite gospel songs including 'Deep River', 'Steal Away', 'The Storm is Passin' Over', and of course 'Ezekiel Saw the Wheel'. Special guests include reader Farley Wright and soloist Nicole Zago. The performance is to be held at Malvern Uniting Church, corner of Cambridge Tce and Marlborough St, Malvern on the 12th of April at 6 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 full price and $9 concession. Bookings can be made through BASS on 131 246 or tickets can be purchased at the door. Currently under the direction of up-and-coming Adelaide conductor Tom Farnan, the choir has also been conducted by notable Adelaide conductors including Carl Crossin, Peter Deane, Timothy Sexton, Deb Hepworth, Peter Leech, Russel Larkin and Kynan Johns. Flinders University Choral Society is renowned for performing a wide range of interesting musical styles, and this concert will be no exception. Backed by a strong cast of musicians, the choir brings a youthful enthusiasm to an exciting programme of gospel songs. The Flinders University Choral Society proudly co-hosted the Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival in 2001. The festival choir performed two superb concerts which were followed by top reviews. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel For more information and to arrange interviews call: (2003/03/17) 2003 AICSA Committee ElectionsFrom AICSA Secretary The 2003 AICSA Committee Elections will be run in April 2003. Nominations for these elections open today (17/3/2003). The notification posted to choral-announce is shown below:
2003 AICSA Committee Elections
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The 2003 AICSA Committee Elections are being held by email/postal ballot in
April (Monday 21st April - Monday 28th April, 2003).
The AICSA Executive have appointed, with AIVCC approval, Karl Aloritas of
PUCS to be the Returning Officer.
Nominations are now open and should be submitted to the 2003 AICSA Returning
Officer.
Nominations for the Executive close on Monday 14th April 2003, seven days
before the open of voting. All other position nominations close on the day
before the open of voting on Sunday 20th April.
Email nominations received up to and including the closing date will be
accepted and valid. No email nominations received after this date will be
accepted.
Postal nominations postmarked and/or received up to and including the
closing date will be accepted and valid. No postal nominations postmarked
and/or received after this date will be accepted.
Nominations should be made using the template at the end of this document
(this template is also available from the secure section of the AICSA
website), note that Executive positions (President, Secretary, Treasurer)
must be nominated on a joint ticket whilst all other positions (Archivist,
Librarian, Erato Editor) may be nominated for individually.
Full details of the AICSA election procedures are detailed in section 8 of
the AICSA Constitution - an extract of this section is included at the end
of this document.
Nominations should be sent via email to: returningofficer@aicsa.org.au
If email is not available to nominees postal nominations may be sent to:
Karl Aloritas
2003 AICSA Returning Officer
69 Bramwell Rd
Noranda WA 6062
The Returning Officer will will collate nominations and report them to the
council between the dates of close of nominations and the opening of voting
via the AIVCC mailing list.
Yours sincerely,
Bradley Dean, AICSA Secretary
Appendices
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A. Extract from the AICSA constitution
8. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
8.1 All officers of the Association shall be elected for a term of one year,
commencing on the first day of the year. The elections shall be held at
the last ordinary meeting of the Council preceding the commencement of
the year in question;
8.2 Unless otherwise stated in this Constitution, all candidates for
election must, at the date on which they stand for election for a given
position, in which election they are successful, be financial members of
a Constituent member society or, where there is no financial membership,
be listed on the membership rolls of such a society; except that any
officer shall be eligible for re-election for a second consecutive year,
even though he shall have ceased to be such a member as required at the
time of his previous election. No officer shall be eligible for a third
consecutive year in the same position;
8.3 Nominations for all positions must be made and seconded by a financial
member of a Constituent society, or, where there is no financial
membership, a person who is on the membership rolls of such a society.
Nominations for all executive positions shall close with the Secretary
seven days before the meeting for which such election is scheduled. All
other nominations shall close immediately prior to the election being
held, at the meeting for which any such election is scheduled;
8.4 All elections shall be preferential and held by secret ballot. The
Council shall appoint a returning officer for each election;
8.5 In the event of any officer, with the exception of the President of
the Association, ceasing to hold office for any reason during his term
of office, the Executive, or, where the person ceasing to hold office
was a member of the Executive, the remaining members of the Executive
shall appoint a person to act in such a position for the remainder of
the year and inform all members of their action. If any Constituent
member society, in committee or in general meeting, shall lodge written
objection to such appointment with the Secretary within fourteen days of
it being informed of such appointment, the position shall be declared
vacant, advertised as such nominations called in accordance with this
Constitution, and an election held within twenty eight days of
nominations being called, at a meeting of the Council or by means of a
Referendum, in accordance with this Constitution.
B. Nomination form template
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Australian Intervarsity Choral Societies Association
2003 AICSA Committee Election
Nomination Form
This is the official nomination for for the election of AICSA office bearers
for the period 2003 to 2004. Please read the following information
carefully.
All candidates at the date on which they stand for a given position must be
a financial member of an affiliated society (c8.2). Nominations for all
positions must be made and seconded by a financial member of an affiliated
society (c8.3).
The Executive (President, Secretary and Treasurer) are nominated as a team
and must satisfy c9.3.1 and c9.4.1 in that "the [Secretary or Treasurer],
shall at the time of his/her election, reside within such a distance of the
President of the Association as shall make it possible for the Executive to
fulfill its function properly on a day to day basis."
EXECUTIVE NOMINATES HERE:
President: FirstName LastName
(2003/03/14) Open of Online Registration for 2003 Canberra FestivalExcerpt from choral-announce Registration for CIV2003 is now open at http://www.civ.aicsa.org.au. Registration forms are available there; download and print. On-line rego will be available as soon as possible. (2003/02/18) Concert Details for 2003 Canberra FestivalExcerpt from choral-announce Greetings all AICSA Choristers! I am delighted to announce the program for the 1st concert of the 54th Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival in Canberra in July. Concert 1: 1st Half Organ solo (5-10 minutes) Psalm 150 - Schutz INTERVAL 2nd Half St. Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn Conductor: Jonathan Powles Note: Details of the concert are subject to change. A reminder .... the 2nd concert details are as follows: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 St. Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka Saturday 19 July 2003 We plan to have registration out within the next few weeks. We look forward to having you here!! Please spread the word about IV to fellow choristers (especially those who are not on -announce or -net). The website is currently being updated, however a reminder of the website is www.civ.aicsa.org.au. Keep posted for updated details. Wishing all of you a wonderful start to the 2003 singing year!! Luke Murtagh (2003/01/31) Gurrelieder Review in the Australian (WA Edition)Excerpt from choral-announce Review of the 2003 Perth Festival Gurre-Lieder concert - choir provided by the AICSA Intervarsity Chorus. YIPPEE AYO FOR SCHOENBERG Perth's Australia Day Celebrations are usually marked by taking advantage of nature's gifts in the lead-up to the annual sky show, a fireworks spectacular over the Swan River. However, 2003 will live in the memories of a substantial number of festival patrons as the year an Irishman offered beauties rich and rare through the music of Arnold Schoenberg. Festival director Sean Doran had long entertained the idea, and despite the forbidding reputation of Schoenberg's music, each of the events - from exquisite chamber music performances to and exultant staging of Gurrelieder - was a sell out success. The 1913 world premiere of Gurrelieder was a triumph for Schoenberg, but the work is of such magnitude that Perth had waited 90 years for it's premiere. For this event Doran assembled an impressive line up of musical forces, including the Australian Youth Orchestra, the combined choral voices of the Gurrelieder Festival Chorus, and soloists Horst Hoffmann, Nicole Youl, Bernadette Cullen, Gary Rowley and Gerald English. Esteemed French conductor Diego Masson presided over the evening, masterfully controlling the work's dramatic structure and capturing its ecstatic expressiveness. It was musical and intelligent leadership that made for a profound and unforgettable experience for the performers and audience alike. Although there were occasional issues of balance, the success of Sunday's performance was dependent upon the uniform excellence of all performers. Hoffmann and Youl were, in particular, able to relish the lyricism and drama of their roles, especially through their extended melodic phrases and rapturous outpourings. Creating an honours list is a little unjust, but special mention has to be made of the AYO, which dominated the night with outstanding orchestral playing. Whether delivering transparency of colour, the ravishing beauty of atmospheric episodes or simply the sheer virtuosity of Schoenberg's orchestrations, the AYO consistently demonstrated why it should be considered a national treasure. And of the cast of fine soloists Cullen shone in the role of the Wood Dove, her magnificent vocal sound infused with the emotional intent of every word in the text. When, nearly two hours after the work commenced, the assembled forces delivered the spectacular 'Hymn to the Sun' which concludes Gurrelieder, the concert hall audience were unable to contain the enthusiasm, rising to its feet for a tremendous extended ovation. (2003/01/15) Call for singers - Australia Day 2003 in SydneyExcerpt from email to choral-announce. SUMS have been approached about a possible performance on Australia Day (2003) They have been asked by the Beethoven Society to provide 10 tenors and 10 basses for a concert. It would require a rehearsal on Saturday 25th Jan from 10 am to 3 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to 7;15 pm (including the concert). The venue is the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre in Darling Harbour (you could go and see the fireworks afterwards). Lunch is provided on both days. For further information, or to become register your interest in the event contact the SUMS Fundraising Officer. (2003/01/13) Gurre-Lieder 2003 - Information UpdateFull details for the Perthe Festival Gurre-Lieder performance have now been confirmed. For details see: http://www.aicsa.org.au/resource/#gurrelieder. |